Luxury Cars
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Following a meeting of its board of directors this week in Maranello, Italy, Ferrari has announced that Apple’s chief of Internet software, Eddie Cue, will be joining the Prancing Horse as one its board members. The announcement is a clear sign that Ferrari sees the role of information technology becoming increasingly important in the automotive world. Cue, a 23-year Apple veteran, was one of the brains behind the tech giant’s key technologies, including Siri, Maps, iAd and the innovative iCloud services. We could very well see some of these technologies feature in future...
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2013 McLaren MP4-12C Spider Mega-GalleryIf you’re looking for a no compromise convertible sports car, then look no further than the 2013 McLaren MP4-12C Spider. The car is the convertible version of last year’s MP4-12C coupe, though with its top up you’ll barely be able to tell them apart. And we’re not just...
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Bentley Debuts Gift Collection In Time For Holiday GivingWhile a Bentley may not top our collective lists of aspirational automobiles, there is one absolute certainty: no motoring enthusiast, regardless of brand preference, would be disappointed if given a Bentley Continental Supersports coupe as a holiday gift. The stumbling block, for most of us...
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Investors Fear Mercedes Will Trade Profit For Increased SalesMercedes-Benz is struggling in the United States market to displace BMW from the top of the luxury auto sales pyramid. Its strategy seems to be based on introducing a dizzying array of new cars, some positioned to attract new and younger buyers into the Mercedes family. This much is clear: its...
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2014 Lexus IS, Nine Speeds The Limit, 16-Model Land Rover Range: Today's Car NewsIf you've been eagerly awaiting the arrival of the new Lexus IS range, check out our latest spy shots to get the best idea yet of what the Japanese luxury brand is planning. ZF's CEO thinks nine-speed automatic transmissions are the natural limit of the technology. Do you see the need for more...
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2014 Lexus IS Spy ShotsDevelopment of the 2014 Lexus IS sedan is progressing nicely, with the latest prototypes now wearing the least camouflage gear yet. We can clearly see elements of the car’s new spindle grille, as well as its sharply creased character lines and coupe-like proportions. The overall dimensions of...
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With the financial backing of its Indian parent, plus a string of recent successes, Land Rover is about to embark on an ambitious plan to expand its lineup to 16 models (up from six) and potentially double its sales by 2020. While Land Rover has no plans to move away from SUVs and crossovers, to help differentiate its lineup the company will group its new range into three separate categories: luxury, leisure and utility. The information was first reported by Autocar, based on comments from Land Rover design director Gerry McGovern. Most of the new models will fall into the utility category...
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With The New 2014 Quattroporte Revealed, Maserati CEO Looks To The Future: VideoYesterday, Maserati took the covers off its all-new, sixth-generation Quattroporte sedan, ahead of the car’s official debut at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show in January. Along with the reveal, Maserati CEO Harald Wester reaffirmed his company’s plans to boost sales to around 50,000 annually...
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Lexus RC350 Trademarked In Australia, Is This The LF-CC-Based Coupe?Trademarks are a bit of a dodgy business when you get down to the ways corporations use them to protect past, present, and potential future products. You can't always rely on a trademark database to indicate a company's--especially a carmaker's--future product direction. Nonetheless, the filing of...
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BMW Diesels, Fisker Fires, Jaguar F-Type Sells: Car News HeadlinesBMW will be launching six new diesels in the U.S. over the next two years. That's great news for people that like torque and MPGs but maybe aren't interested in going hybrid. Fisker has investigated the cause of the fires of a group of Karmas after flooding during Hurricane Sandy, and claims the...
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2014 Maserati Quattroporte PreviewThe covers have finally come off one of the most anticipated cars of next year, the all-new 2014 Maserati Quattroporte. Set to debut at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show in January, the new flagship sedan is the first of Maserati's modernized lineup with which the automaker hopes to increase sales almost...
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BMW Shows Off Tech-Laden M Performance Steering Wheel: VideoThe BMW M Performance range of vehicles, performance upgrades and accessories are still not available in the U.S., but it’s only a matter of time until they head our way. We’re betting that one of the more popular items will be the BMW M Performance steering wheel featured in this...
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Audi is addressing the claim that its cars all look the same by taking its design in a bold new direction. The automaker plans to introduce greater differentiation between each of its model lines, with its future styling expected to reflect in greater detail the technical aspects behind the cars. Another important area where designers will be focused is on improving the cohesion between the exterior and interior styling of Audi’s cars, so that each of the model lines could potentially be identified purely by their interiors. As a preview of what to expect, all we have to do is look at...
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2014 Jaguar F-Type Already Racks Up More Than 2,000 OrdersDespite not officially being on sale yet, the 2014 Jaguar F-Type has already racked up more than 2,000 sales, which is almost a third of the 6,000 to 7,000 examples Jaguar is hoping to sell in 2013. Most of those orders come from customers in Europe, where the F-Type made its official debut, but...
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Paul McCartney’s Aston Martin DB5 Fetches Over $490,000 At AuctionWhile it may not have drawn the same $4.1 million selling price as the heavily-modified Aston Martin DB5 used in the filming of Goldfinger, the DB5 formerly owned by former Beatle Paul McCartney commanded a respectable £307,000 ($490,463) when the hammed fell at RM Auctions’ recent...
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Tesla’s Third Quarter Results Mix Bad With GoodFor Tesla Motors fans, owners and investors, this morning’s third-quarter earnings call was a mixture of bad news and good news. First, the bad news: the start-up automaker lost $110.8 million in the third quarter, compared to losses of $65.1 million in the third quarter of 2011. While the...
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Will Lexus' Upcoming Compact Crossover Be Called The NX?In September, prior to the Paris Auto Show, we caught word that Lexus was working on an all-new compact crossover. At the time, we expected the new grocery-getter model to debut in Paris, but instead, Lexus surprised us with the LF-CC concept. That doesn’t mean that a Lexus-badged compact...
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F1 Engineers Join McLaren GTMcLaren is probably best known for its Formula One team, but more recently the company has been making waves with its road-car division, McLaren Automotive, builder of the 12C supercar and upcoming P1. McLaren Automotive also has its own motorsport division, McLaren GT, which is responsible for all...
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BMW is working on updated versions of several of its key models, including its 5-Series sedan and X3 crossover. Another updated BMW we should be seeing in the near future is the 5-Series Gran Turismo, which first came on the scene in late 2009 as a 2010 model. We’ve just got our hands on spy shots of a prototype for the updated 5-Series GT, which is expected to hit the market in the second half of next year as a 2014 model. The masked sections on the prototype suggest we’ll be seeing new bumpers and some revisions to the lights. Despite sharing a platform with the 7-Series, along...
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Porsche Will Mark 911’s 50th Anniversary With Special ModelNext year Porsche celebrates the 50th anniversary of its iconic 911, and to mark the occasion the sports car manufacturer is readying something special. It was at the 1963 Frankfurt Auto Show that the first 911 appeared, originally as a concept and with a 901 designation. After a quick name change...
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2013 Audi S7 first drive reviewFour-door coupes are all the rage these days, so it seems logical to us that Audi would opt to introduce an S version of its popular A7. Like the all-new-for 2013 Audi S6, the S7 rides on the Volkswagen group’s MLB platform and benefits from a new 4.0-liter, twin-turbo V-8 engine mated to a...
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Park Your Porsche To Protect From Pot-Growing Pilferers: VideoHID headlights have always been a target for thieves, and some brands of automobiles have earned a reputation for being easy to steal from. Such is the case with Porsche, which is why a Miami-Dade Circuit Court judge recently approved a class action lawsuit over Porsche’s headlight design...
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Tesla Model S Heads To Europe, First Stop The AutobahnNow that Tesla has successfully launched its Model S sedan in the United States to near-universal praise from buyers and the automotive press, the electric automaker is turning its attention to the other side of the Atlantic. Yesterday, Tesla announced a marketing push for Europe, which began with...
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70 Percent Of Cadillac ATS Buyers With Trade-Ins New To The BrandCadillac’s U.S. sales were up by 37 percent in October, fueled by gaining momentum on the West Coast and by demand for the all-new XTS and ATS sedans. Now in its third month of sales, the XTS found a home with 2,000 new buyers last month, while the ATS saw sales climb steadily in its first...
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