Luxury Cars
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Precision driving takes many forms. Sometimes it involves clipping an apex at 140 mph, sometimes it means dancing a car sideways inches from another while blowing giant clouds of smoke from the rear wheel arches, and sometimes it means putting a very wide, very expensive car in a not-much-wider trailer at 1 mph. Guess which one this Lamborghini Veneno driver is doing? DON'T MISS: McLaren 12C Flamethrower Mode Engaged: Video It’s the last one, and while it might not sound all that exciting, once you take the $4.1 million price tag into account, the stakes—and surely, the heart...
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Lamborghini Launches Huracán LP 610-4 ConfiguratorThe Lamborghini Huracán LP 610-4 is just days away from its debut at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show but the car has already been presented to potential customers where it managed to rack up 700 orders in just one month. Even if you have little chance of affording its six-figure pricetag, you can...
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Next-Gen Audi A4 And Q7 Delayed For Styling Changes: ReportSome might assume that styling the next generation of an Audi model line is a fairly easy process. If recent models are any indication, you simply take the existing model, tweak a line here and there, give it a flashy new set of headlights, and send it to the metal stampers to be realized in all...
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Bentley Devises Bespoke Luxury Tours For BuyersWhen you buy into a company like Bentley you're buying into a little more exclusivity than you get from many marques, and customers expect to be treated that little bit better than they might elsewhere. Where one manufacturer might offer cheap branded merchandise alongside its vehicles, Bentley is...
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Report: BMW readying X1-based X2 coupe-like crossoverEarlier today we brought you a new set of spy shots of BMW’s upcoming X4, a second coupe crossover the automaker is working on to join its existing X6 in the coming year. However, in the not too distant future we could be seeing a third such vehicle wearing the BMW roundel. According to a new...
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2015 BMW X4 Spy ShotsThe proliferation of new luxury crossovers coming onto the market, and in never-before-seen bodystyles as well, is a sure sign of the changing trends in buyer preferences sweeping the globe. While not so long ago buyers after a luxury auto sought stately sedans with elegant styling, today those...
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BMW currently sources a lot of the carbon fiber components for its revolutionary i3 and i8 models as well as its sporty M cars from a company called SGL Group, which produces most of the lightweight pieces at a plant jointly owned with the German automaker. The two firms are now expanding the site to meet growing demand for carbon fiber components, which BMW plans to also use on its core models in the very near future. The advantages of carbon fiber in vehicle construction are obvious. The material is around 30 percent lighter than aluminum and 50 percent lighter than steel but is also very...
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BMW Details New Proactive Driving AssistantIf you think your current car is clever with adaptive headlights, rain-sensing wipers and the ability to pick a new navigation route based on traffic ahead, you haven't seen anything yet. BMW has announced details of what it calls its 'Proactive Drive Assistant', designed to make future journeys...
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Fisker’s new owner wants to build V-8 Karmas with VL AutomotiveThe American arm of Chinese auto parts supplier Wanxiang, Wanxiang America Corporation, recently won the rights to Fisker’s assets in a deal valued at $149.2 million, which was approved by the Delaware court overseeing Fisker’s bankruptcy on Tuesday. Information about Wanxiang’s...
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Porsche boss hints at 7th model, most likely a mid-size sedanTalk of Porsche launching a second sedan positioned below the Panamera dates back to early 2011. The latest word from Porsche is that adding a seventh model to the lineup makes sense, as it would allow the company to make a major model introduction every year since the typical lifespan of a Porsche...
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Infiniti To Reveal Q50 Eau Rouge Engine In Geneva, Video Suggests A Turbo V-6Infiniti is finally serious about launching a proper performance product, and our first taste of what’s to come is the awesome-looking Q50 Eau Rouge concept. At the concept’s reveal at the Detroit Auto Show last month, Infiniti boss Johan de Nysschen said that any production version of...
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Aston Martin DB9 Gets New Carbon Special Editions: VideoIn addition to its new V8 Vantage N430, Aston Martin will be showing off a pair of DB9 special editions at the upcoming 2014 Geneva Motor Show. The latest special editions revive Aston Martin’s ‘Carbon’ theme, which was last used on the DB9 back in 2010, prior to the car’s...
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One of Audi’s main features for next month’s 2014 Geneva Motor Show will be this sporty new S1, which is based on its A1 hatchback sold overseas. The car is one of the only premium models in the sporty subcompact segment, with its only main rival being the MINI John Cooper Works. Sadly, with the A1 range not coming to the U.S., at least in this generation, we won’t be seeing this S1 on local soil. That’s a shame because it looks like it would be a bundle of fun on your favorite stretch of road or race track. The car is available in three- and five-door bodystyles, the...
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2015 Range Rover Evoque Gets Autobiography Trim And InControl App SystemLand Rover is looking to entice potential buyers of its Range Rover Evoque with a new Autobiography trim, which is being introduced for the stylish compact crossover’s 2015 model year update. The Autobiography trim is typically applied to Land Rover’s most luxurious models and comes...
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McLaren 650S: 2014 Geneva Motor Show PreviewAs members of the press get their hands on McLaren's searing P1 hypercar, few are giving the smaller 12C supercar much attention. The new 650S, leaked over the weekend and due to be presented at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show in March, is another slightly more realistic proposition from the British...
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Hyundai Exec Hints At Third Premium Model To Join Genesis And EquusHyundai’s first foray into the world of premium autos, the original Genesis sedan, got off to a solid start by managing to score itself the North American Car of the Year title right out of the gate. The Genesis later spawned an even grander sibling, the Equus, and later this year Hyundai...
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New Book Charts 100 Years Of Maserati HistoryMaserati turns 100 this year and has a whole list of events planned to mark the milestone. The biggest event will be an official Maserati gathering in Modena in mid-September, but if you can’t make it over to Italy you can still take part in the celebrations with a new book that charts the...
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2015 Ferrari California T Launched In Modena: VideoTalk of a turbocharged Ferrari dates back all the way to 2007, but the rumors never really gained traction until it was confirmed that Formula One would be adopting turbocharged engines for the 2014 season. Now, just weeks after Ferrari revealed its new turbocharged F1 car, the F14 T, the Italian...
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Florida’s Cigarette Racing is back with a new speed boat concept inspired by a Mercedes-Benz model, in this case the stunning AMG Vision Gran Turismo supercar concept unveiled last year. The boat is called the Cigarette Racing 50' Vision concept and it is being shown for the first time at the 2014 Miami Boat Show taking place this week. The boat has a bit more power available than its four-wheeled counterpart. Cigarette Racing tells us it’s powered by twin Mercury Racing engines delivering 1,650 horsepower each, making it the company’s most powerful twin-engined boat...
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Bugatti Holding Back New Model Until Veyron Grand Sport, Vitesse Sell OutBugatti will, eventually, build a new supercar. At least, one has been rumored to be in the works, potentially with hybrid technology, though it may not seek to outperform the quad-turbocharged W-16-powered Veyron, at least at the top end. But Bugatti can't build it until it sells the last of the...
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2015 Lexus RC 350 F Sport To Be Unveiled At 2014 Geneva Motor ShowLexus will add another model to the 2015 RC coupe range at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show.
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Porsche, Mercedes And Aston Martin Lock Horns In Chris Harris Comparo: VideoTake three of the hottest sports cars currently in production and throw them into a comparo and you’re guaranteed to get a great video out of it, as Chris Harris and his team at /Drive demonstrate in this latest video pitting the aging Aston Martin Vantage (in V12 S guise) and Mercedes-Benz...
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2014 Bentley Continental GT V8 S: First DriveHow quick is the new Bentley Continental GT V8 S? How powerful? If this were the Bentley of the past, when it was intertwined with Rolls-Royce, the deflective reply to such questions would be “Sufficient.” And it would be left up to us to agree. A quarter-century ago, when the...
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Turbocharged Ferrari California T Revealed: VideoFerrari has revealed its new, turbocharged California, the California T, which debuts next month at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show and sees the Prancing Horse return to turbocharged power for the first time since the legendary F40 supercar of the 1980s. Yes, 2014 marks a new era for Ferrari, both on...
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