Luxury Cars
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Earlier this year, Hyundai’s U.S. chief Dave Zuchowski revealed that the Korean automaker was considering a third premium model to join the existing Genesis and Equus sedans. Zuchowski didn’t say what segment the third model would compete in, but there have been rumors of a small, BMW 3-Series-like sport sedan being developed at Hyundai. Now, Zuchowski has revealed to Edmunds that Hyundai is considering a premium crossover to take on the likes of the Lexus RX. But unlike the Genesis and Equus, which sit on their own rear-wheel-drive platforms, the new crossover would likely be...
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One-Off Bugatti Veyron Makes Surprise Showing At Pebble BeachWhile Bugatti’s main attraction at the 2014 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance over the weekend was its six Legend edition Veyrons, the French automaker also rolled out an additional car, one with even higher exclusivity. The car is the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse ‘1 of...
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Jaguar Details New XE Sedan’s Infotainment System: VideoJaguar’s upcoming XE small sedan, set for a reveal in September ahead of a U.S. sales launch in 2016, will be the automaker’s first model equipped with a new infotainment system dubbed InControl. The system is designed around an 8-inch display with touch capability, but for added safety...
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Volvo S80-Replacing S90 Next Up After New XC90: ReportVolvo’s new XC90 based on the modular SPA platform is set for a reveal any day now. The SUV will reach showrooms by spring 2015, after which Volvo will launch a replacement for the S80 sedan, also based on the SPA platform and sharing many of its features with the new XC90. The information...
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Cadillac Mulls Rear-Wheel-Drive Mercedes CLA And Audi A3 Rival: ReportCadillac may build a sub-ATS sedan with rear-wheel drive.
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One-Off BMW i8 Sells For $825,000 At Pebble BeachRegular buyers will have to pay at least $135,700 for the pleasure of owning BMW's latest sports car, the plug-in hybrid i8. But one bidder has paid significantly more than that for a special edition version that went under the hammer yesterday at the 2014 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance...
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Audi is looking to a new engine design to increase four-cylinder refinement.
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Lincoln Gets Its Own Scent, And We're Not Talking New Car SmellEssence of Lincoln is a new scent that Lincoln hopes will make customers remember its cars.
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Jaguar Land Rover SVO Gets New HeadquartersAbout 150 new staff will work at the recently established Jaguar Land Rover Special Vehicles Operations (SVO) unit that serves as the British automaker’s personalization and performance division. The SVO team’s first product was the F-Type Project 7, which goes on sale later this year...
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Panoz Esperante Returns At Monterey Car WeekThis year's Monterey Car Week seems busier than ever, with headline-grabbing auctions, classic cars galore and all manner of special-edition sports cars. But for Panoz, it's also a chance to release a special 25th Anniversary Edition of the Esperante Spyder, celebrating the specialty sports-car...
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2016 BMW 6-Series Gran Coupe Spy ShotsThe BMW 6-Series Gran Coupe was only introduced for the 2013 model year, but the car it’s based on, the 6-Series coupe, is a bit older than that and is set to receive its mid-cycle update for the 2016 model year—and it looks like the changes will be applied to the four-door Gran Coupe...
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BMW 4-Series Convertible To Get M Performance PartsBMW previews a 4 Series convertible with M Performance accessories.
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The BMW X6 has been completely redesigned for the 2015 model year, although it’s hard to spot the differences unless you’re a true fan if the coupe-like crossover. There’s fresh styling, inside and out, but the powertrains carry over, although at this point the redesigned version of the X6 M is yet to join the fold. The 2015 BMW X6 is priced from $60,550, including a $950 destination charge. This gets you the base X6 sDrive35i model, which is powered by a twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter in-line six and comes with rear-wheel drive only. Opting for the all-wheel-drive X6 xDrive35i...
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Bentley Continental GT3-R Priced From $337,000Bentley’s most dynamic road car in the company’s history, the Continental GT3-R, is heading to the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance this weekend, after which it will be racing into showrooms with a staggering $337,000 price tag. That might seem steep at first, especially...
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Mercedes-Benz GLK63 AMG In The Works: ReportMercedes-Benz is set to launch a second-generation GLK-Class next year, and it may feature a high-performance AMG variant. The key is the AMG division’s new twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V-8, the M178, which debuts later this year in the Mercedes-AMG GT sports car and will eventually become the...
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2015 Volvo S60 And V60 Polestar Priced, Selling FastPolestar doesn't yet have the mystique or history of BMW's Motorsport division, AMG or even Audi's RS line of vehicles. But what it does have is a team of engineers capable of building race-winning vehicles, access to some excellent Volvo vehicles, and several tins of bright blue paint. DON'T MISS...
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First 1963 Jaguar Lightweight E-Type continuation model heads for Pebble BeachBack in February 1963, Jaguar embarked upon the 'Special E-Type GT' project—a series of lightweight, aluminum-bodied variants of the E-Type specially designed for competition. Just 18 cars were planned but only 12 were made—until now. WATCH: Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG 6x6 Terrorizes...
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Rolls-Royce Classes Up The Forza Motorsport 5 LandscapeThere are plenty of vehicles in the Forza universe. Nearly everything from sports cars to true race cars and even trucks are represented in beautiful detail, and each is able to blast across some of the greatest circuits on the planet. Now there's a new addition to the Forza family, and it should...
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This massive vehicle was custom-made to go where no other RV can.
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Volvo Reveals 'Face' Of New XC90 In Latest TeaserVolvo’s second-generation XC90 is set to be revealed in a fortnight at a special event in Stockholm, Sweden. But this being the first all-new version of the SUV since the original’s debut at the 2002 Detroit Auto Show, Volvo simply can’t help itself from revealing many of the...
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2015 Cadillac Escalade Platinum Revealed, Priced From $90,270The range-topping Platinum version of the latest Cadillac Escalade has been revealed, and will join the rest of the 2015 Escalade range in showrooms in the fourth quarter of the year, priced from $90,270 with a $995 destination charge tacked on. The regular Escalade starts at $73,965, including the...
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Volvo Presents New XC90’s Modular SPA PlatformVolvo is about to introduce a new modular platform called the Scalable Product Architecture (SPA) that will soon underpin all of its models sized from the S60 up. The first to be based on the SPA platform will be the all-new Volvo XC90, which thanks to the capabilities of its platform promises to...
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Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG 6x6 Terrorizes Supercars At Zandvoort: VideoThe Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG 6x6 was designed to go anywhere, almost.
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2015 Cadillac ATS Coupe First Drive: VideoAs much as General Motors has been in the news for getting things wrong of late, Cadillac deserves notice for how much it’s been getting right over the past decade, too. From the CTS sedan that kicked off the brand’s revival as a world-class marque, to the ATS sedan that helped cement...
Nelson Ireson