Luxury Cars

  • 2014 Audi SQ5

    Sport Utility Vehicles often lack in the sport--unless you count the ability to stick some surfboards on top and take an ice chest, the dog, and the kids along as "sport." Some, however, have found the truer meaning of the word, and it looks like the newest of them might just be the 2014 Audi SQ5, set to debut at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show next week. How so? Let's start with the vitals: a 3.0-liter V-6 engine gets a supercharger and a 354-horsepower rating (or 348.66 hp if you convert the claimed kilowatts figure) complemented by 346 pound-feet of torque. All-wheel drive courtesy of the...

  • 2013 Dodge SRT Viper
    Detroit Auto Show To Again Feature 'The Gallery' Of Luxury Cars

    While the Detroit Auto Show will again serve up something for everyone, those shopping for luxury and ultra-luxury cars may object to waiting in line behind a gaggle of unsupervised children to get a glimpse at the latest wares from the likes of Jaguar, Land Rover, Lexus or Porsche. If you’re...

  • Jay Leno tests the 2012 Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 and the LP 550-2
    Jay Leno Pits The Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Against The LP 550-2: Video

    Lamborghini has just introduced its final update for the Gallardo before its successor arrives sometime in the next 12 to 18 months, but the previous models are still well worth the look if you’re in the market for a supercar you can drive everyday. This latest episode of Jay Leno’s...

  • 2013 Cadillac Escalade
    2013 Cadillac Escalade, Other GM SUVs Recalled For Roll-Away Issue

    General Motors has issued a recall on its 2013 Cadillac Escalade, plus several other of its top-selling SUVs and pickups. The cause of the recall is due to a potential fault with the vehicles' ignition system. The recall affects 2013 Cadillac Escalade, Escalade ESV, and Escalade EXT models, as well...

  • 2013 BMW 3-Series Sports Wagon
    BMW Tops U.S. Luxury Auto Sales In 2012

    While other parts of the globe struggled in 2012, the U.S. has experienced its best year in auto sales since 2007, with close to 14.5 million light vehicle sales registering over the past 12 months, a 13 percent increase over 2011’s tally of 12.7 million sales. A significant portion of those...

  • 2014 Mercedes-Benz E Class Coupe
    2014 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Coupe & Cabriolet Preview: 2013 Detroit Auto Show

    The Mayans (or at least their interpreters) were wrong, the holidays are over, the new year is upon us, and the 2013 Detroit Auto Show is just around the corner. Accordingly, Mercedes-Benz has some more of the E Class range to bring us, as a sort of belated holiday gift: the 2014 E Class Coupe and...

  • Rolls-Royce Phantom Series II, launched at 2012 Geneva Motor Show

    It was on January 1, 2003 that the first of the latest-generation Rolls-Royce Phantom sedans was delivered to its owner, marking the reign of the prestigious British brand’s ownership under German automaker BMW. At the time, production of the Phantom was trickling along at just one car per day but now, ten years down the track, Rolls-Royce is busier than it’s ever been during its tumultuous history. While Rolls-Royce as a car manufacturer can trace its roots all the way back to the early 1900s, the current car division, Rolls-Royce Motors Cars, which is owned by BMW, was only...

  • 2013 Jaguar XKR Coupe
    Jaguar's F-Type To Reposition The Jaguar XK: Report

    If you were to head down to your local Jaguar dealer today, cash in hand, the sportiest offering on the lot would be one of Jaguar’s XK series cars, in coupe or convertible variants. Even in its most potent XKR-S form, fitted with a supercharged 5.0-liter V-8 rated at 550 horsepower, the XK...

  • 2012 Fisker Karma
    Fisker's Insurer Denies Payment On Flood-Damaged Karmas

    When Hurricane Sandy devastated the New York metro area last October, some 338 Fisker Karma sedans parked at Port Newark, New Jersey were destroyed by flooding or fire. Fisker believed the vehicles were covered by insurance, issued through XL Group Plc., so it submitted a claim as quickly as it...

  • Ferrari F150 (Enzo replacement) rendering by Iacoski Design
    Ferrari's F150 Enzo Replacement Rendered

    One of the most important cars of the decade, Ferrari’s replacement for the Enzo supercar, the code-named F150, is scheduled to be revealed in the coming weeks. Ferrari has already teased us with a few shrouded images of its new flagship, and revealed some of the car's technology, but so far...

  • Wrecked Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4, image via TrafficTicketForum and WreckedExotics
    Lamborghini Aventador Crashes In Florida

    A black Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 crashed earlier this week in Sarasota, Florida, and the cause of the accident is alleged to be a 79-year-old woman. It’s not clear how the crash occurred though WreckedExotics claims a 79-year-old woman driving another vehicle hit the Aventador. The...

  • The BMW Zagato Roadster, introduced in 2012
    BMW Takes A Look Back At 2012: Video

    When it comes to year-end videos, they typically recap memorable news stories, celebrity deaths and other major events of the past 12 months. BMW thinks that the end of the year is a perfect time to show its 2012 highlight reel, thankfully without any overly maudlin tributes. Daryl Jackson, the...

  • Teaser for 2014 Infiniti Q50 sedan

    UPDATE: The 2014 Infiniti Q50 (G37 replacement) has been revealed. Click here for all the official details and photos. Here’s our first official look at the first model to be launched under Infinti’s new naming strategy, where each of the automaker’s offerings will come with either a “Q” or “QX” attached to its name. This will eliminate the current alphabet soup of names at Infiniti, which may seem confusing now but will make more sense as an onslaught of new models arrive. The model being teased in this video is the 2014 Q50 sedan, the replacement...

  • Porsche Panamera Sport Turismo concept
    Porsche Details The Development Of Its Panamera Sport Turismo: Video

    Porsche’s latest video gives us a rare behind-the-scenes look at the development of one of its concept cars, in this case the Panamera Sport Turismo that turned out to be a surprise star of the 2012 Paris Auto Show. The video details the concept car’s gestation from initial drawings to...

  • 2014 Audi RS 5 Cabriolet
    Audi Going On $17 Billion Spending Spree As It Targets Rivals

    Despite facing challenging economic circumstances, particularly in its home market of Europe, Audi has committed to investing 13 billion euros ($17.2 billion) through 2016 on developing new products and technology as well as upgrading and constructing new production facilities. A bulk of the...

  • 2013 Maserati GranTurismo Sport
    More Details On Maserati’s New Sports Car

    Maserati will launch a new sports car in 2015 to challenge the likes of the Jaguar F-Type and Porsche 911; a car that could end up reviving the GranSport name. Unfortunately, apart from its 2015 launch, few details are known about it. A previous report suggested it will feature a mid-engine layout...

  • 2013 Porsche 911 in 'Motionless Driving' video
    Porsche 911 In ‘Motionless Driving’ Video

    We’ve just come across a video that shows one of our favorite sports cars, the Porsche 911, in a whole new light. Dubbed Motionless Driving, the video, first picked up by World Car Fans, uses light projection to create the effect of a car driving through the countryside, in sunny, cold and...

  • 2014 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black Series
    AMG Prepping New 4.0-Liter V-8: Report

    Just as its rivals downsize to high-performance fours and sixes, AMG is reportedly working on a brand new V-8, albeit one smaller than we’re used to seeing from the official tuner to Mercedes-Benz. The new engine is said to be a turbocharged 4.0-liter V-8, destined for the upcoming 2015...

  • Ron Dean

    If you’ve never had the pleasure of driving a mid-1960s Cadillac Coupe DeVille, do whatever is necessary to get yourself behind the wheel of one. It’s not that the cars were strong performers, it’s more that they had a ride quality unlike anything else on the road, before or since. Drive one, and you’ll long for the crisp steering response of a early-1980s Buick LeSabre, with blown shocks and bad tie rod ends. You’ll never again complain about fuel economy in a modern automobile, either, since a 1960’s Cadillac can make even a Camaro ZL1 seem like a...

  • The Ferrari F150's front
    Ferrari Leaks Details On Its F150 (F70) Supercar

    According to the latest information from Ferrari, its Enzo successor is no longer being called the F70; instead, Ferrari is referring to it with the same alpha-numeric combination that it used to identify its 2011 Formula One car. If you recall, Ford wasn’t too happy about that, claiming that...

  • 2013 Chrysler 300 Motown Edition
    Chrysler Celebrates Motown Spirit With Special 300: Video

    Chrysler continues its ‘Imported From Detroit’ campaign with a new special edition 300 that celebrates the spirit of Motown.

  • The Cadillac ATS, now featuring PAL
    The Cadillac ATS Wants To Be Your PAL

    Just when you think you have every automotive acronym figured out, General Motors goes and invents a new one. In this case it’s “PAL,” which stands for “Performance Algorithm Liftfoot,” and we think you’re going to like what PAL can do for you. If you’ve...

  • Audi TT RS Plus
    Audi Upgrading Five-Cylinder Engine For More Power: Report

    With Mercedes-Benz’s go-fast division AMG boasting about having extracted “more than” 330 horsepower and 295 pound-feet of torque from a turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine destined for its new range of compact cars, and with most suggesting that the power figure could be...

  • 2013 Infiniti M
    Infiniti Chief Confirms New 550-HP Super Sedan

    Infiniti's somewhat oddball (at least at first blush) naming scheme, announced this week, will change everything in its range to either Q- or QX-prefixed models. But whatever the new models are called, you can get behind this idea: A 550-horsepower, forced-induction V-6 in a flagship sedan. That...

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