Luxury Cars
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While automaker BMW currently uses carbon fiber components in cars like the M3, M5 and M6, it will soon begin producing full carbon fiber passenger cells for the i3 electric car and the i8 plug-in hybrid-electric sports car. The carbon fiber that ultimately forms these cells will be manufactured in a plant built jointly between BMW and SGL Group in Moses Lake, Washington. Though state-of-the art, BMW still needs to find ways to streamline the carbon fiber component manufacturing process, which would ultimately reduce costs. As soon as BMW begins selling mainstream vehicles with carbon fiber...
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2014 BMW M6 Gran Coupe RevealedThe M-enhanced version of BMW’s svelte 6-Series Gran Coupe has been one of the worst kept secrets of the year, with barely disguised prototypes, teasers and official comments all making it obvious a new M car was in the works. Now, BMW has finally revealed its new 2014 M6 Gran Coupe, ahead of...
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Jaguar Land Rover Expansion Includes New U.S. Winter Test FacilityLuxury manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover has had a busy year. In addition to debuting the eagerly-awaited F-Type roadster, the company has announced new design centers for the United States and China, signed a production deal with Chinese auto giant Chery, and laid the framework for a possible factory...
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Mercedes-Benz Details Its New 4MATIC System For Compact CarsMercedes-Benz already sells a pair of compact cars outside the U.S. in the form of the A Class hatch and B Class MPV, both of which come standard with front-wheel drive. However, when the automaker launches its first compact model in the U.S., the 2014 CLA Class sedan, the car will come with a new...
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2014 Mercedes-Benz E Class Images Leaked Ahead Of Detroit DebutUPDATE: The 2014 Mercedes-Benz E Class has been revealed. Click here for all the details. Next month, Mercedes-Benz will debut a facelifted version of its E Class range at the Detroit Auto Show. A teaser video released last month focused on the new car’s bold, single-unit headlights, which...
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Jaguar Cancels C-X75 Supercar ProjectPlans to launch a production version of the Jaguar C-X75 concept have been canceled, according to the automaker’s global brand director Adrian Hallmark. The car was on track for launch in late 2013, with Cosworth and the Williams F1 team signed on as technical partners. Speaking with What...
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Maserati has made little secret of its desire to boost sales almost 10-fold to 50,000 units annually by 2015, with the latest 2014 Quattroporte just the first of a handful of next-generation models the automaker hopes will woo buyers. The new Quattroporte goes on sale early next year and will be followed soon by a mid-size sedan that revives the Ghibli name. In 2014 Maserati plans to introduce a new SUV called the Levante and then in 2015 we will see a replacement for the GranTurismo flagship as well as a brand new sports car designed to take on cars like the Jaguar F-Type and Porsche 911...
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2014 Audi RS 5 Cabriolet Mega GalleryBack in September, we got our first look at the 2014 Audi RS 5 Cabriolet at the 2012 Paris Auto Show. Today we get even more imagery straight from the four ring-brand in anticipation of the start of European sales of the cabrio in early 2013. Like its tin-top sibling, the RS 5 Cabriolet uses a...
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2014 Mercedes-Benz E Class Wagon Spy ShotsUPDATE: The 2014 Mercedes-Benz E Class has been revealed. Click here for all the details. Though it's soldiering on through the 2013 model year with few changes, the Mercedes-Benz E Class is expected to see a major mid-cycle refresh in the 2014 model year. The car spotted here, similarly...
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Bugatti ‘Super’ Veyron To Reach 288 MPH?The fastest version of the Bugatti Veyron, the Super Sport, already holds the land speed record for a production car with its top speed of 268 mph, but Bugatti looks set to smash its own record with a new model built to commemorate the end of the Veyron’s production. It’s hard to...
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Lamborghini Confirms 2013 Is The Final Year For Gallardo: VideoLamborghini’s Gallardo supercar has been with us since the 2004 model year, and rumors that it would disappear after 2013 have now been confirmed by Lamborghini. If the title of the above video, “The Final Gallardo,” doesn’t give it away, the linked Lamborghini web page...
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Lamborghini CEO Confirms 50th Anniversary CarDuring August's Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann laid out some of his company's plans for its 50th anniversary taking place in 2013. The highlight of the plans was the Grande Giro Lamborghini, an epic 750-mile rally through Italy kicking off on May 7 of...
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Muscle cars are loud, juvenile, socially irresponsible and, sooner or later, harmful to your health. Like binge drinking and death metal, they’re an obsession generally meant for the young, before things like raising a family and not frightening the neighbors become meaningful. Or are they? In pro-touring guise, it’s relatively easy to make the argument that muscle cars are no less respectable (and no less capable) than sports cars. If they can reach parity here, why not with luxury or grand touring cars, too? Enter Mark Bachman’s 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle, the latest ride to...
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Tesla Model S 60-kWh Variant Given 208 Mile Range Rating By EPAAside from their higher purchase prices, the biggest reason consumers shy away for electric vehicles as primary transportation seems to be their limited range. That begs a very real question of “how much range is enough for most drivers?” Those buying a 2013 Tesla Model S fitted with...
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2013 Cadillac ATS Gets Five Stars For Safety From NHTSAIn case you needed one more reason to shop Cadillac’s BMW 3-Series-fighting compact sedan, the ATS, here it is: the NHTSA has awarded both rear-wheel drive and all-wheel drive variants with five stars in rollover, side impact, frontal offset and overall crash testing, based on its latest (and...
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Italy’s Vigor Teases Production Opera SUVIt was just over a year ago that Italian startup Vygor shocked the world with its first Opera SUV concept, a high-performance, high-riding coupe with a face only a mother could love. Less than a month after its initial reveal, Vygor unveiled an updated version of the Opera and announced that the...
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Maserati CEO Confirms GranTurismo Replacement And New Sports CarThe next couple of years will be very busy for Maserati which is planning a new model onslaught that will see five brand new models released between now and 2015, the automaker’s CEO has confirmed. Previously, it was only known that three new models were in the pipeline, though now we know...
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Saab's Phoenix Platform Lives On In New Spyker/Youngman DealDutch sports car manufacturer Spyker, the former parent of bankrupt automaker Saab, has signed a definitive agreement with Chinese automaker Youngman to form new joint ventures that will be responsible for the development of a new SUV as well as a range of sedans based on Saab’s Phoenix...
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It has been confirmed that Italian private equity group Investindustrial has purchased a 37.5 percent stake in Aston Martin, providing 150 million pounds (approximately $240.4 million) in the form of a capital increase. Aston Martin, together with its new investor, as well as existing shareholder Investment Dar, intends to invest more than half a billion pounds ($800 million) in a new product and technology program over the next five years. Another potential investor, Indian automaker Mahindra & Mahindra backed out of the bidding war with Investindustrial this week. It’s not clear...
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BMW Recalling 2009-12 X5 Diesel Models For Power Steering IssueBMW has announced the recall of some 29,800 X5 crossover xDrive35d models, built between September 1,2008 and November 15, 2012. The recall also extends to a stop sale for vehicles in dealer inventory but not yet sold or delivered to customers. At issue is an engine belt idler pulley bolt, which...
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BMW Performance Parts To Be Replaced By New M Performance RangeIn 2007 BMW started offering a range of official modifications grouped under the BMW Performance Parts label that were aimed at improving the overall performance of its cars. The benefit to customers looking to modify their cars was the fact that all the parts came with the same level of quality as...
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The Building Of The Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Venet: VideoEarlier this week Bugatti unveiled a new special edition Veyron based on its open-top Veyron Grand Sport model. The move was part of the automaker's celebration of Art Basel Miami Beach, which is on now and runs until December 9. The new special edition is the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Venet...
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All U.S. 2014 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMGs To Have All-Wheel Drive?A facelifted version of the Mercedes-Benz E Class is set to make its debut next month at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show, and that means a new version of the E63 AMG performance variant too. While we’ve previously told you the new E63 AMG would offer the option of all-wheel drive as part of...
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Would You Pay $167,000... For A Parking Space?If you had $167,000 to spend, you could buy yourself a brand-new, well-equipped Aston Martin V-8 Vantage Convertible, or perhaps a thoroughly-loaded BMW M6 Convertible. Check all the option boxes on a Porsche Cayenne Turbo, and you’d still have a hard time spending your entire lump sum of...
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