Luxury Cars
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Barely disguised prototypes for BMW’s new 4-Series Convertible have been running around Europe for the past couple of months, but now we have the first official images of the completed car. The images show the 4-Series Convertible with some of its official accessories and look to have been published on BMW’s Belgian website. The styling of the car is pretty much as you’d expect: a 4-Series Coupe without the roof. Unfortunately, we still don’t know what the 4-Series Convertible will look like with its roof up. That roof will be a retractable hardtop, just like the one...
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2014 Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG first drive reviewThe Mercedes-Benz S Class is all new this year, and with it, we get an all-new S63 AMG with 4MATIC all-wheel drive. If there is such a thing as diamond icing on a platinum cake, this is it. First things first: this isn't a driver's car, at least not in the way a BMW M3, or a Ferrari 458 Italia, or...
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Mercedes Targets 60,000 Combined Annual Sales For CLA And GLA In U.S. AloneMercedes-Benz’s new compact range has proven a hit in the markets where the stylish offerings are sold, and it looks like that success will be repeated in the U.S. The automaker’s local chief, Steve Cannon, is confident of reaching 60,000 combined annual sales split evenly between the...
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Watch The 2015 Cadillac Escalade Reveal Live, Here, Tonight: VideoThe 2015 Cadillac Escalade has been revealed. You can catch the photos and full details right here. This evening in New York City, Cadillac will unveil the 2015 Escalade, and the live broadcast will be streamed on the Internet--right here. Of course, we'll also have the full details and photos at...
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Audi Waiting Until Q3 Facelift For Crossover's U.S. Launch: ReportThough it’s been almost two years since Audi first promised its Q3 for the U.S. market, the pint-sized crossover is yet to make it into local showrooms. That may be about to change, as Car and Driver is reporting that Audi is waiting until the launch of a facelifted Q3 in the next year or two...
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Audi RS 6 + Former Stig + Parkour Guy + Paint Fight = Fun: VideoIt's a duel between former Stig Ben Collins in an Audi RS 6 Avant and a Parkour runner. Who will win?
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Check out The Car Connection's in-depth coverage of the Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class as a month's worth of detail and analysis unfolds.
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Custom Bugatti Veyron Inspired By Celebratory Pianist Lang LangLang Lang has inspired the design of a Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse. The car was presented by the world famous pianist at an event that took place last month at Chateau St. Jean in California, and features a color scheme that mimics the black and white keys of a piano as well as the two-tone...
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Audi Q1 Crossover Rumors Return: ReportWill Audi's smallest crossover ever see the light of day?
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Mercedes-Benz CLA Shooting Brake: Future Forbidden FruitMercedes has a new version of the CLA in the works, but it won't be coming to the U.S.
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BMW M To Offer All-Wheel-Drive Option On Future Models: ReportA few years back if you were told BMW’s hallowed M division would be launching SUVs, installing turbochargers and striving for improved fuel efficiency, you’re immediate assumption would be that the person telling you all this was crazy. Fast forward to today and we have the X5 M and X6...
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2015 Mercedes-Benz CLS Shooting Brake Spy ShotsThese are the first spy shots of prototypes depicting Mercedes-Benz’s planned updates for its CLS Shooting Brake. The second generation of the CLS, which spans both sedan and Shooting Brake wagon bodystyles, was introduced for the 2012 model year so it’s about due for a mid-cycle...
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Yesterday we learned that the SLS AMG would be phased out soon, with its role as the flagship Mercedes-Benz sports car to be taken up by a smaller and more agile model likely to be called the AMG GT. Fans of the big gullwing needn’t be too sad, however, as a direct replacement is planned, though it may be some time before we see it. The information was revealed to Car Sales by outgoing AMG boss Ola Källenius. He explained that the SLS AMG was a huge success for AMG and helped put the Affalterbach tuner on the map, in terms of standalone sports car manufacturing. At the same time...
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2014 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque Priced From $41,995Land Rover’s popular Range Rover Evoque is entering the 2014 model year with a series of important updates, including a world-first nine-speed automatic transmission. The good news is that pricing hasn’t gone up with the number of gears, as the 2014 Range Rover Evoque is still priced...
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Watch Maserati's Ghibli Undergo Extreme Weather Testing--Indoors: VideoMaserati’s new Ghibli sedan is close to making its showroom debut, but here’s a chance to look back at the car during its development days. In addition to extensive testing in the real world, Maserati engineers also use a sophisticated climatic wind tunnel to put the Ghibli through...
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2015 Cadillac Escalade’s Interior Revealed In Latest TeaserCadillac continues to build anticipation for the Escalade's October reveal.
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Aston Martin Cygnet Dead: No More Tender For Your Land-YachtSome things just don't go together. Mustard and chocolate. Camaros and caviar. Aston Martin and minicars. The Toyota iQ-based Cygnet is dead. Rumors of the Cygnet's death have swirled for a week now, but Autocar confirms the minicar is out of production and won't be revived. Aston Martin had...
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2014 Land Rover Range Rover Sport Priced From $63,495Land Rover’s new 2014 Range Rover Sport has hit the market, priced from $63,495 including an $895 destination charge. That’s about $20k cheaper than the regular Range Rover with which the 2014 Range Rover Sport shares its chassis, drivetrains and styling. The $63,495 pricetag gets you...
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Mercedes-Benz has demonstrated the breadth of its design capabilities by revealing a stunning luxury yacht concept at a boating event in Monaco this past weekend. The concept is called the Mercedes-Benz Arrow460 - Granturismo and it is described as the “Silver Arrow of the seas” because of the legendary grand prix race cars that inspired its design and also because it was developed in partnership with a company called Silver Arrows Marine, which plans to build and sell versions of it. The concept exists only as a scale model for now but Mercedes says the final version would...
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2014 Lexus GS 350 Gets Eight-Speed Auto, Other UpdatesLexus’ GS 350 has only been on sale for a year but the car is already receiving its first round of updates, just in time for the start of the 2014 model year. The highlight is the addition of an eight-speed automatic transmission with paddle shifters instead of the previous six-speeder. The...
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2014 Audi SQ5 first drive reviewIs the Audi SQ5 a bona fide performance model, or is it a great pretender? We've wondered about the SQ5's credentials ever since the brand confirmed this performance version of the Q5 crossover, its 354-horsepower output, and its 5.1-second 0-60 time. And in the absence of established head-to-head...
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Mercedes A45 AMG Takes On Downhill Skateboarder: Forbidden Fruit VideoIt's turbocharged Mercedes hatchback versus gravity in this race down South Africa's Franschhoek Pass.
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Range Rover At Full Production, Still Can't Build Enough SUVsThe new Land Rover Ranger Rover and Range Rover Sport SUVs are lighter, higher-tech, and more luxurious than ever--and they're in massive demand. So much so, that even with production running full-blast around the clock, Land Rover simply can't keep up with demand, which is about 40 percent higher...
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2014 Audi RS Q3: Fresh New PhotosThe idea of a hot crossover has yet to really take off, but that isn't stopping Audi from trying to blaze the trail with the 2014 RS Q3. While we wait in suspense to hear if Audi will finally bring the Q3 to the U.S., we doubt the RS Q3 will follow. Too bad for us, as this blend of tall hot hatch...
Nelson Ireson