Luxury Cars
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Last year, the Continental GT Speed made headlines for becoming the fastest production Bentley ever. And next month at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show, the luxury marque will debut a model-spanning host of upgrades which should prove impressive at any speed. But obviously, there's more power. CHECK OUT: 2016 Lotus Evora 400 Is British Brand’s Fastest Road Car To Date The GT's already formidable 6.0-liter W-12 gets bumped from 567 to 582 horsepower and from 516 to 531 pound-feet, and while cruising, the engine will be capable of running on six cylinders. Not that variable displacement will...
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Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Road Car Revealed, Not Coming To U.S.The new Vulcan supercar isn’t the only surprise Aston Martin has in store for the 2015 Geneva Motor Show. Today, the British automaker revealed its new Vantage GT3 road car, which will be shown in public for the first time at the upcoming Swiss show. Unfortunately, it's also been confirmed...
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Rolls-Royce to build SUVIt wasn’t that long ago that the idea of an off-roading Rolls-Royce seemed preposterous, but even a brand as traditional as the British maker of ultra-luxury vehicles cannot sit back and ignore the booming demand for SUVs all across the globe. That’s why, in a letter written to no one...
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Mercedes-Maybach Pullman debuts at the 2015 Geneva Motor ShowFifty years is an important mark in the life of anyone—or anything—and for the legendary Mercedes-Benz 600, that half-century line is celebrated in the new Mercedes-Maybach Pullman, which carries on its storied tradition of grandiose transportation. The second of the Mercedes-Maybach...
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Mercedes-Benz E-Class Gets Tech UpdatesEuropean versions of the Mercedes-Benz E-Class get new tech features
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Mercedes Celebrates 1955 Mille Miglia With Special Edition SLMercedes-Benz is celebrating this year the 60th anniversary of its historic win in the 1955 Mille Miglia, where Sir Stirling Moss and co-driver Denis Jenkinson heroically crossed the finish line in their 300 SLR ahead of all others. This represented the automaker’s second win in the dangerous...
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Do you find yourself getting stressed out when you're in your Rolls-Royce? Do you wish there were a way to take your already soothing, comfortable interior to a new level of calming? The Bespoke Design Team has just what you need, and they're going to prove it with a new one-off interior to be shown at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show. MUST WATCH: The Bugatti Veyron Finally Sounds Like Your Brain Thinks A Quad-Turbo W-16 Should: Video The concept is called "Serenity", and no they're not using George Costanza as a pitch man for this one. The name of the game is a calming environment here, which is...
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2016 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque Teased, Will Feature Full LED HeadlightsLand Rover’s stylish Range Rover Evoque crossover first burst onto the scene back in 2012, so the vehicle is rapidly approaching the midway point in its life cycle. In order to keep sales brimming Land Rover is introducing a subtle facelift for the Evoque, which we’ll see for the first...
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2015 BMW 228i Convertible first drive reviewFifty shades of grey may be a box-office phenomenon this weekend, but at BMW, it's business as usual. Ever see a Bavarian brochure without some halftone hue? Or five of them? If grey could be anthropomorphized, it'd be the brand mascot. Somehow BMW manages to conjure grey outside of showrooms, too...
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2016 Acura MDX Gets Nine-Speed Auto, Available Electronic Driver Aids: Live PhotosThe current MDX has only been around since the 2014 model year but already the popular seven-seat SUV is receiving some significant updates. Although there are no changes to its styling, the 2016 Acura MDX will be coming to the market with a new nine-speed automatic transmission, a new...
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2016 BMW Alpina B6 xDrive Gran Coupe PreviewThe Alpina line of factory-approved improved BMW vehicles has an new member today: the 2016 BMW Alpina B6 xDrvie Gran Coupe. Built around BMW’s much-lauded 6-Series Gran Coupe, the Alpina B6 adds custom appearance, luxury, and performance enhancements. DON'T MISS: McLaren 675LT Shown In New...
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BMW 2-Series Gran Tourer PreviewWith BMW’s re-naming scheme mostly in place, and a small handful of new models bearing those names, BMW is using the new nomenclatural real estate to introduce yet another: the 2-Series Gran Tourer. Fitting the vehicle class known as an MPV elsewhere in the world, Americans can think of the...
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The Bentley Bentayga may be one of the most awkwardly named vehicles headed to market, but it’s also the brand’s first SUV, planned to take the brand into new markets. It makes sense, then, that Bentley may be considering a smaller version to expand even further. According to a report from Top Gear, that’s exactly what Bentley plans to do—but rather than making a sub-Bentayga model, it would seek to offer a more design-centric coupe-type crossover. DON’T MISS: Bentley SUV To Be Called Bentayga: Video Citing a talk with Bentley chief Wolfgang Duerheimer, Top Gear...
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Report: BMW building i5/i7 to target Tesla Model SThe Tesla Model S remains the undisputed king of electric cars at the moment primarily because it’s the only real car that is entirely electric. But that will change soon, and BMW will be among those seeking inroads into Tesla’s empire. BMW’s vector for those inroads will be...
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Lexus RC F Added To Dubai Police FleetThe 2015 Lexus RC F is the latest car to be added to the ever-growing pantheon of exotic machinery that is the fleet of the Dubai Police force. DON'T MISS: Jeep Driver Out-Jerks Corvette Driver’s Jerk Parking Job: Video The 467-horsepower RC F police car won’t exactly be speeding after...
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Bugatti Will Present Final Veyron At 2015 Geneva Motor ShowBugatti only ever planned to build 450 Veyrons, made up of 300 coupes and 150 open-top Grand Sports. Recently, we reported that there were just eight build slots left for the car, and that these slots were all for the open-top Grand Sport (the run of 300 Veyron coupes sold out years ago). Now...
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Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG 6x6 For Sale In Florida: $975,000If you’ve always wanted your very own insaneballs six-wheel-drive AMG-powered pickup, now’s your chance. One of the vanishingly rare Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG 6x6s is for sale in Florida for just under a cool million. That’s right—$975,000. If that seems like a steep premium...
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2016 BMW M6 Is A Thrill For The Senses: VideoFor anyone that’s thinking BMW has lost its way with cars like the oddly-shaped Gran Turismos and the blasphemous front-driving 2-Series Active Tourer, this promo video for the 2016 M6 range should restore your faith in the blue and white roundel. The cars have just been updated for the 2016...
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Audi used the 2014 Beijing Auto Show to present a high-riding version of its TT sports car in the form of the TT Offroad concept. At the reveal, Audi said the crossover concept provided a glimpse at how the automaker might turn the TT sports car into a family of vehicles spanning a number of different segments. Now, a report out of Europe claims a production version of the TT Offroad concept has been approved and may end up wearing a TTQ badge. ALSO SEE: Ford Focus RS Coming With More Than 316 HP, All-Wheel Drive The production TT Offroad will be a compact crossover sitting between the Q3 and...
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Lexus Surprises With A Super Bowl Spot For The RC 350: VideoIt turns out the ad for the NX crossover we first saw last month wasn’t the only spot Lexus had booked for this year’s Super Bowl. The Japanese automaker also ran a more youth-oriented spot for the sporty RC 350 coupe, dubbed Let’s Play. DON'T MISS: Watch The New ‘Furious...
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Audi Rules Out Models Smaller Than A3 In U.S.Anyone in the U.S. hoping for Audi to eventually bring over its A1 subcompact range is going to be disappointed, as the automaker has ruled out bringing over anything smaller than the A3 compact. This means we’re also going to miss out on the new Q1 subcompact crossover that’s currently...
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Spyker Appeals Bankruptcy Decision, Still Plans Merger With Electric Aircraft ManufacturerSpyker was finally forced into bankruptcy late last year by a Dutch court after it was determined the struggling sports car brand, already behind in its payments, wouldn’t be able to pay back creditors. Fast forward to today and Spyker is no longer in bankruptcy thanks to a bridging loan that...
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Rolls-Royce Phantom Nighthawk Bespoke Build Brings Bounty Of Carbon FiberThe Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe is undoubtedly one of the finest machines to ever grace the street, but as always with Rolls-Royce, each example is up for an endless range of bespoke treatment. Here, we see a tour de force effort from the company’s Bespoke team, leverage through...
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Mercedes-Benz To Outsource R-Class Production To AM GeneralThe R-Class is no longer sold in the U.S., but it's still built here.
Stephen Edelstein