Luxury Cars
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Although senior executives at Lamborghini are confident the green light will be given for production of a new SUV based on 2012’s well-received Urus concept, there’s still a chance fear of the model cannibalizing sales of other Volkswagen Group brands, or perhaps damaging the performance car image of Lamborghini, may cause the project to be canned. However, faced with an unemployment rate of around 12.5 percent, the Italian government understandably wants to see Lamborghini go through with the project and according to reports may offer some generous incentives to persuade the...
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New Patents Surface For Porsche Electric And Fuel Cell SedansNew patents have emerged suggesting Porsche is serious about launching zero-emission versions of its upcoming mid-size sedan due towards the end of the decade. Nicknamed the Pajun, short for “Panamera junior”, the mid-size sedan is being developed as a rival for the Maserati Ghibli and...
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2017 BMW 1-Series Sedan Spy VideoLast year, BMW broke with tradition by introducing its first-ever model with front-wheel drive, the 2-Series Active Tourer. Next year, the German automaker will do the unthinkable once more, this time by introducing a front-driving sedan. That sedan will be called a 1-Series, and it’s been...
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Fisker relaunches with customer support program for Karma ownersFisker introduces a new Customer Support Program with free parts and labor.
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2016 Mercedes-Benz G-Class Benefits From New V-8, Chassis UpgradesWe recently reported that Mercedes-Benz, in an effort to curb the emissions on its G-Class, was planning to replace the current 5.5-liter V-8 in the G550 (a G500 in other markets) with a smaller yet more powerful 4.0-liter mill. Well, the German automaker has now confirmed the news while also...
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Bugatti Veyron Successor To Do 0-60 MPH In 2.0 Seconds: ReportBugatti just sold its final Veyron, which means full attention for the crew in Molsheim, France has turned to the car’s successor, a new supercar tipped to be called the Chiron and packing a hybrid powertrain. Early test mules for the car have been spotted, but no new details could be...
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Jaguar is entering new ground with its first-ever SUV, the recently confirmed F-Pace, which is featured as a prototype in our latest spy video. The new F-Pace is currently undergoing final testing ahead of a world debut at the 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show in September. You may recall that it was at the German show two years ago that we first saw the handsome C-X17 concept, which we’re glad to report closely resembles the production F-Pace it previewed. Faithfully transferred to the production model are the concept’s muscular haunches and taut surfaces, as well as its slit-like lights...
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Mercedes-AMG And Cigarette Racing Partnership Makes For Smoking Hot BoatIf you're a Mercedes-Benz fan, you'd be forgiven for thinking that if an AMG product winds up in the drink, something has gone terribly wrong. But the three-pointed star's tuning wing has a history of working with uber-boat manufacturer Cigarette Racing, and over the years the partnership has...
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Cadillac May Offer More Aggressive V-Series Tune To Target Mercedes’ Black SeriesCadillac’s new ATS-V may be a genuine rival to BMW’s M3/M4 and Mercedes-AMG’s C63, but right now the American luxury brand doesn’t have an answer to more potent offerings from the Germans such as BMW’s GTS-badged cars and Mercedes’ Black Series models. That might...
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2017 Audi S4 Avant Spy ShotsThe next-generation, B9-series Audi A4 sedan is just around the corner and that means new versions of all the separate variants such as the A4 Avant wagon, A4 Allroad soft-roader, sporty S4 and high-performance RS 4. We’ve already seen prototypes for the new A4, A4 Avant and S4, and now we...
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Jaguar Land Rover Special Vehicle Ops To Launch SVX Off-Road BrandingJaguar Land Rover recently formed a new division called the Special Vehicles Operations (SVO), whose job is to develop vehicles that are a little bit more customized and more capable than your run-of-the-mill Jaguar or Land Rover. The first vehicle from SVO was the limited edition F-Type Project 7...
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Aston Martin Secures Funding For SUV, Other Luxury VehiclesAston Martin has managed to secure an additional round of funding from key shareholders Investindustrial and Tejara Capital to the tune of £200 million (approximately $307 million) to develop an SUV as well as other luxury-oriented models. This is in addition to previous rounds of funding...
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The 2016 Acura RDX is refreshed with new styling, a new powertrain, and other features.
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2016 Cadillac CTS-V Priced From $84,990, Starts Sales This SummerThe order books are now open for the 2016 Cadillac CTS-V, which officially goes on sale this summer priced from $84,990, including a $995 destination charge. That’s a lot of coin for a General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] product but recall that you’re getting a luxurious, lightweight sedan...
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2016 BMW 3-Series Long-Wheelbase Sedan Spy ShotsBMW’s 3-Series is about to undergo its mid-cycle update, with the popular range of sedans and wagons due to receive a few styling tweaks as well as a renewed powertrain lineup. Today we have spy shots of a prototype for the long-wheelbase 3-Series sedan, and although this model is sold...
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Second SUV A Possibility, Says Bentley ExecBentley’s first-ever SUV, the Bentayga, hasn’t even reached the market but the British ultra-luxury brand is already considering whether to add a second high-riding model to its lineup. The reason is insatiable demand for SUVs all over the globe but particularly in China, where some...
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Audi Attempts To Add Matrix Lighting Technology To Its Laser HeadlightsAudi’s Matrix LED headlights allow you to drive with your high beams left permanently on, as they can detect other vehicles on the road and actually split up a light path so that they don’t blind other drivers while at the same time continue to cast their full light in the areas where...
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Volvo Tuner Polestar Now Offering Dealer-Fitted Drivetrain ModsVolvo’s official motorsport arm and burgeoning tuning division Polestar has come up with a new assortment of dealer-fitted upgrades designed to make your standard Volvo quicker and more fun behind the wheel. Best of all, the upgrades are made with certified emissions and fuel consumption and...
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The 2017 Jaguar XE won’t arrive for sale in the U.S. until the spring of 2016, but today, Jaguar announced its specs in American trim. Two variants will be available, with a choice of rear-wheel or all-wheel drive and one of three trim levels. The XE 20d gets its go from a 180-hp, 318-lb-ft 2.0-liter Ingenium aluminum-block diesel four-cylinder, and promises strong fuel economy. The XE 35t, on the other hand, focuses on performance, its 3.0-liter V-6 rated at 340 hp and 332 lb-ft of torque (think F-Type V6 S), 155 mph top speed, and 4.9-second 0-60 mph times. ALSO SEE: Latest LaFerrari...
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Want To Impress Friends With An Audi R8 Spyder? Start With This iPhone AppDreaming of a long-weekend road trip with an Audi R8 Spyder, or to arrive at your high-school reunion in a loaded Audi S7? Through a new service called Audi On Demand, it might be possible. You could have a $180k Spyder for $1,295 a day, the S7 for $385, or even a far-more-accessible Allroad for...
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Chris Harris Hops Behind The Wheel Of The $337k Bentley Continental GT3-R: VideoBentley’s most dynamic road car in the company’s history, the Continental GT3-R, happens to weigh more than 4,800 pounds. British journo Chris Harris recently took one to the track to see just how dynamic the big bruiser actually is—and fortunately he was kind enough to film the...
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2016 Volvo XC90 T8 ‘Twin Engine’ Priced From $69,095Volvo's uber-luxurious XC90 Excellence debuted at the 2015 Shanghai Auto Show last week, but at this point there's no information available regarding pricing for the Swedish marque's forthcoming flagship. MUST SEE: Road Rage Camaro A-Hole Wrecks Himself Into Big Rig: Video That said, we have...
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Volvo’s New Compact Cars To Be Built In Belgium, Probably ChinaVolvo’s latest XC90 SUV is based on a modular platform called SPA (short for “Scalable Platform Architecture”) that will eventually underpin all of the automaker’s models sized from the S60 up. For everything smaller, Volvo teamed up with its Chinese parent company Geely to...
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2016 Cadillac ATS-V First Drive VideoFirst things first: yes, this newfangled V car is better than the Germans. For me, anyway. Maybe for you, too. Already half of you are flabbergasting and chuffing, the disbelief—or is it disdain?—like a fine haze of saliva in the air. Well, tough. The 2016 Cadillac ATS-V is that good...
Nelson Ireson