Luxury Cars

  • 2015 Cadillac Escalade

    During the bankruptcy days of General Motors Company [NYSE:GM], there were rumblings the automaker was looking to axe its Cadillac Escalade SUV and replace it with a large crossover with third-row seats. The new crossover was to be based on the Lambda platform found in the Buick Enclave and Chevrolet Traverse, and was devised in response to the financial crisis at the time and a spike in world oil prices. GM ultimately launched a new generation of its highly-profitable Escalade, and plans for the crossover were canned. Well, that might not entirely be true as there are suggestions GM is once...

  • 2017 Jaguar XE
    Jaguar Teases The 2016 XE Sport Sedan: Video

    Jaguar’s all-new XE sport sedan is almost here. In fact, the reveal is scheduled for this coming Monday. But Jaguar simply can’t contain itself from teasing its new 3-Series rival and has released a video showing glimpses of the car juxtaposed against the automaker’s other...

  • Audi driving experience center
    Audi Opens Driving Experience Center In Germany

    In the past, a driver buying a high-performance car would be handed the keys and then off on their merry way, to experience for themselves the performance of their vehicle... with occasionally destructive results. Now, it's not uncommon for companies like Porsche and BMW to offer driving...

  • 2015 Infiniti Q70
    2015 Infiniti Q70 Priced From $50,755

    Infiniti announces pricing for the 2015 Q70 sedan.

  • Teaser for Infiniti Q80 Inspiration concept
    Infiniti Releases Teaser For Flagship-Previewing Q80 Inspiration Concept

    Infiniti has made little secret of its desire to launch a new flagship to finally fill the void left by the departure of the Q45. At the 2014 Paris Auto Show next month, we’ll get our first solid look at the automaker’s progress in this regard. Recently, Infiniti started teasing a new...

  • WM Destino
    V-8-Powered Karma To Be Sold Under WM Brand Following VL Automotive's Merger With WM GreenTech

    VL Automotive, founded by former GM exec Bob Lutz and industrialist Gilbert Villarreal, has made headlines in the recent past because of its plans to sell Fisker Karma sedans stripped of their electric drivetrains and powered by Corvette V-8s. The modified Karmas were to feature the Destino name...

  • 2016 Land Rover Discovery Sport at Virgin Galactic’s Spaceport America

    You and three of your mates could win the trip of a lifetime thanks to Land Rover and its new ‘Galactic Discovery’ competition. As part of its efforts to launch the all-new 2015 Discovery Sport, Land Rover wants to trigger the excitement of discovery and adventure by partnering with Virgin Galactic to give away four seats on one of the firm’s planned sub-orbital space flights. To enter the competition, you’ll need to produce an image or 30-second video that demonstrates your spirit of adventure, and then submit it to the website www.landrover.com/gotospace. Given the...

  • 2016 Audi TT Roadster spy shots
    2016 Audi TT Roadster Spy Shots

    Prototypes for the convertible version of the upcoming 2016 Audi TT coupe have been spotted again, this time undergoing high-speed testing at Germany's Nürburgring. The new convertible is expected to debut in the coming months and join the coupe in showrooms early next year, also as a 2016...

  • 2016 Mercedes-AMG GT spy shots
    Mercedes-AMG GT Exhaust Sound Revealed: Video

    Layered inside this crazy coconut of German humor is the sound of the next super sports car from Mercedes-AMG, the GT. It sounds amazing. Based on the video, you might infer that it sounds something like the combination of an airliner, a lion, and a screaming goat, among other items. In the...

  • 2014 Infiniti Q50 Hybrid Sport
    Infiniti Q50 May Revert To Older Hydraulic Steering

    Automakers are often at their best when trying something new and breaking free of industry norms, but Infiniti's drive-by-wire steering system, optional on the Q50S sedan, is very much not one of those times. That would be fine if the car's base hydraulic power steering was a suitable alternative...

  • Mercedes-Benz Zetros
    Unimog-Based Mercedes-Benz Zetros Is One Extreme RV

    The Mercedes-Benz Zetros offers luxury in an apocalypse-proof package

  • 2013 Mercedes-Benz G65 AMG
    V-12-Powered Mercedes-Benz G65 AMG On Its Way For 2016: Report

    If you thought the G63 AMG wasn’t badass enough, wait until the G65 AMG hits the scene in 2016. The V-12 brute has been on sale elsewhere since 2012 but a new report claims we’ll be seeing it introduced to local showrooms for the 2016 model year. According to Automotive News...

  • Andy Palmer

    Nissan executive vice president Andy Palmer, a performance car champion with an engineering background, has been named CEO of Aston Martin. The famous British sports car brand has been without a CEO for some time, with previous CEO Ulrich Bez stepping down in early 2013, so Palmer’s appointment brings a close to this chapter. Palmer’s duties at Aston Martin will commence after he completes a transition period from his former employer, where the 51-year-old Brit was in charge of product planning. Replacing Palmer at Nissan is Philippe Klein, a veteran of Nissan alliance partner...

  • BMW 2-Series Active Tourer, 2014 Geneva Motor Show
    Possible Seven Front-Wheel-Drive BMWs In The Works, Including Z2 Roadster

    It was in the spring of 2010 that BMW first confirmed plans for a new front-wheel-drive car, and now that car has arrived in the form of the 2016 2-Series Active Tourer. However, the 2-Series AT is just the tip of the iceberg as BMW has a handful of additional front-wheel-drive models in the...

  • 2016 Volvo XC90  -  world premiere, Stockholm, Sweden  -  August 2014
    2016 Volvo XC90 Live Photos And Video

    Volvo’s second-generation XC90 finally made its debut at an event in Stockholm, Sweden last week, and these are our first live photos of the all-new SUV direct from its premiere. The original XC90 was launched in 2002, and it revolutionized the SUV segment with its combination of space...

  • Mercedes-AMG GT teaser
    Mercedes-AMG GT Nears Completion, Reveal Coming September 9: Video

    This is the next AMG-only sports car from the Affalterbach-based performance arm of Mercedes-Benz and it’s a pretty darned good-looking thing. It’s also a painstakingly created thing. This video details some of the effort that went into the development process. Why should you be...

  • BRABUS Mercedes Sprinter Business Lounge
    Brabus Business Lounge Concept Debuts At Moscow Auto Show

    Vans aren't the most glamorous means of transportation, but there are exceptions to every rule. German Mercedes-Benz tuning firm Brabus has used this week's 2014 Moscow Auto Show to launch its latest project, the Brabus Business Lounge concept. Based on the Mercedes Sprinter van, the Business...

  • 2016 Volvo XC90
    Volvo’s Future Mapped Out

    With the all-new XC90 SUV out in the open, attention can now turn to the other models Volvo plans to introduce over the next few years. Volvo’s plans are significant but we’ve put together a rough outline of what to expect and when. Volvo’s future lineup of vehicles will be based...

  • 2015 Mercedes-Benz SL400 (European spec)

    Hopping into a brand new Mercedes-Benz SL-Class is now much more affordable thanks to the introduction of a new V-6 model for the 2015 model year. The V-6 model is called the SL400 and it’s priced from just $84,925 including a $925 destination charge. This represents a significant saving on the $107,825 starting price of the next model up the rung and the previous point of entry, the V-8-powered SL550. And it’s not like the SL400 is a slouch. The car’s twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter V-6 is good for 329 horsepower and 354 pound-feet of torque. Paired with a seven-speed automatic...

  • General Motors Company's Spring Hill plant in Tennessee
    Next-Gen Cadillac SRX To Be Built In Tennessee

    Cadillac is set to introduce an all-new SRX for the 2017 model year, and production of the vehicle has been confirmed for General Motors Company’s [NYSE:GM] Spring Hill plant in Tennessee. The current SRX is sourced from a plant in Mexico. MUST SEE: Nissan Juke-R (WITH NAWSSS) Laps The...

  • Turbocharged Ferrari 458M spy shots
    Turbocharged Ferrari 458M Spy Shots

    Ferrari’s 458 Italia and its hardcore Speciale variant are shaping up to be the Prancing Horse’s last normally aspirated V-8 cars, as the 458 is about to undergo its mid-cycle update and we hear the new car will be powered by a turbocharged engine. These are the first spy shots of a...

  • 2016 Alfa Romeo Giulia test mule spy shots
    2016 Alfa Romeo Giulia Spy Shots

    Alfa Romeo promises to have an eight-car lineup by the end of 2018 and one of the cars, expected to launch next year, will be a sporty sedan rumored to wear the Giulia title. The car was originally due to arrive several years ago as a successor for the Alfa Romeo 159 sold overseas, but its arrival...

  • 2015 Mercedes-Benz C-Class
    Mercedes C450 AMG Sport To Debut At 2015 Detroit Auto Show

    Mercedes-Benz will soon have an answer for Audi’s S line and BMW’s M Performance range, as the automaker from Stuttgart is set to announce a new ‘AMG Sport’ trim that will help bridge the gap between the most powerful non-AMG models and those actually built by the...

  • 2016 Volvo XC90  -  world premiere, Stockholm, Sweden  -  August 2014
    2016 Volvo XC90 Preview: Full Details, First Photos & Video

    In Stockholm, Sweden, Volvo today pulled the wraps off the first of an entirely new generation of vehicles—with a fully redesigned, second-generation version of the Volvo XC90. MUST SEE: Tiny V-8 Nitro Engine Looks, Sounds Amazing: Video Developed in-house at Volvo, as part of a three-year...

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