Luxury Cars

  • 2013 Cadillac ATS

    Having moved fully into competition with the best of the luxury and performance brands from Germany and Japan in terms of quality--though not yet volume--with the CTS and its many variants, Cadillac now seeks to build its portfolio of world-class cars. The upcoming XTS large sedan will sit above the CTS, but it may be the ATS that does the most to contribute to sales figures and the bottom line--but only if it's a home run. Why? Because the 2013 ATS faces off against the BMW 3-Series and Mercedes-Benz C-Class, both brand new this year, and both fantastic mid-level luxury sedans in their own...

  • 2012 Audi Q3
    Audi To Show Q3 'Vail' Concept, Announce A3 Sedan At Detroit: Report

    Audi will show its Q3 'Vail' SUV concept at next week's Detroit Auto Show, and is expected to announce a sedan version of its A3 hatchback.

  • 2011 Saab 9-5
    Saab Dealer Slashes Prices, Launches Ad Blitz To Dump Remaining Cars

    Saab dealers must be feeling like the dependent partner in an on-off relationship right now. For years they've had the on-again off-again joy and tragedy each time the ailing carmaker has closed, and then been bailed out. With Saab finally gone (...or is it?...), dealerships around the world are...

  • 2011 BMW 3-Series Coupe
    2011 U.S. Luxury Market Recap: It's Good To Be German

    German brands enjoyed the biggest growth in the luxury market last year, capturing market share surrendered by Japanese luxury brands.

  • Pagani Zonda Cinque Roadster at a Miami dealership
    Pagani Zonda Cinque Roadster Spotted At Miami Dealership

    With only five examples of the special edition Pagani Zonda Cinque Roadster ever built, seeing one in the wild is a very rare occurrence. Now throw in the fact that the Pagani Zonda was never officially sold in the U.S. (a handful have scraped in under a Show & Display rulings), and the chances...

  • diesel badge on 2011 Porsche Cayenne (euro spec)
    Porsche Cayenne Diesel Confirmed For 2012 U.S. Launch

    Porsche is set to launch its first-ever diesel model in the U.S., confirming this week that its Cayenne Diesel luxury SUV will be offered to U.S. customers in the second half of the year. Though we already knew the vehicle was coming, this is the first time that Porsche has confirmed the news...

  • Gar Wood's Miss America VIII race boat. Image: Mecum Auctions

    The Miss America VIII, described by builder Gar Woods as "the best boat we ever had," will be sold at the upcoming Mecum Auction in Kissimmee, FL.

  • The Birmingham Bolt concept. Image: Business Birmingham
    'Birmingham Bolt' To Debut At Delhi Auto Expo

    Automotive design and manufacturing is a key contributor to Birmingham, England's economy. To highlight this, Several Birmingham manufacturers collaborated on a sports car concept for the Delhi Auto Expo.

  • 2012 Detroit Auto Show
    2012 Detroit Auto Show Coverage

    Another year is upon us and that means another 12 months of auto show fun, plus all the new model and concept unveilings that come with it. First off the ranks is the annual Detroit Auto Show, or North American International Auto Show as it’s officially known, and while the industrial...

  • 2012 BMW 5-Series
    BMW Supplying 4,000 VIP Cars For London Olympics

    BMW is supplying 4,000 cars for dignitary transport during the upcoming Olympic games, but only 200 will be electric powered.

  • 2010 Bentley Continental GT Speed
    Bentley SUV Is Go, Lambo Version Looking Likely

    Buoyed by its best sales results since the 2008 global financial crisis Bentley looks set to give the go ahead for a new upscale SUV to be launched sometime in 2014 and come powered by a 12-cylinder engine. Importantly, Bentley intends for its model to be positioned above any SUV currently on the...

  • 2012 Bentley Continental GTC
    Bentley Sells More Than 7,000 Cars In 2011

    Prior to the global financial crisis commencing in late 2008 Bentley’s sales levels were hovering at more than 10,000 units annually. Then the crisis hit and it was no longer in fashion to be buying up luxury cars with six-figure pricetags, sending sales for ultra-luxury marques like Bentley...

  • 2012 Mercedes-Benz M-Class ML350 - U.S. spec

    After the launch of its first SUV, the G Class, more than 30 years ago Mercedes-Benz is now celebrating the sale of its two millionth luxury soft-roader. As you may have guessed, most of those SUVs have ended up in the U.S., though China is fast on its way to overtaking it, and despite fuel prices continuing to creep higher demand for the luxury soft-roaders shows no sign of slowing. Speaking at the announcement of the two millionth SUV sale, Mercedes-Benz sales and marketing chief Joachim Schmidt said, “The SUVs today are an important pillar of Mercedes-Benz’s growth and have...

  • 2012 Porsche 911 Carrera Cabriolet
    HiGear Luxury Car Sharing Service Shuts Doors Due To Theft

    A ring of car thieves targeting luxury peer-to-peer car sharing service HiGear has caused the company to shut its doors. The thieves used fake identities and stolen credit cards to bypass the company's security and fees on the way to stealing four cars worth approximately $300,000. The closure...

  • 1934 Avions Voisin C-25 Aerodyne
    Pebble Beach-Winning Voisin Aerodyne Visits Jay Leno's Garage: Video

    The 2011 Pebble Beach Best Of Show winner, a 1934 Voisin C-25 Aerodyne Coupe, stops by Jay Leno's Garage for a visit.

  • Security enhancements to the 2012 Cadillac Escalade.
    2012 Cadillac Escalade Gets Security Upgrades

    Cadillac has stepped up the security features on the 2012 Escalade, making the SUV harder to steal and (hopefully) de-listing it as one of America's most stolen vehicles.

  • 2012 Cadillac SRX
    2012 Cadillac SRX: Driven

    The 2012 Cadillac SRX seems at least in one respect to be going against the grain. As a number of luxury vehicles have had engines downsized—and even the BMW 5-Series is going four-cylinder, for instance—Cadillac has instead swapped a larger engine, with slightly worse gas mileage, into its SRX...

  • Audi R8 e-tron at Le Mans
    Audi To Hire More In 2012, Increase Spending Over Next Five Years

    Luxury manufacturer Audi is on a roll in terms of hiring and upgrading its infrastructure, which it sees as necessary for continued growth.

  • BMW M3 CRT (Carbon Racing Technology)

    A recent Autobild test pitted all currently available BMW M models against one another to find the fastest around Germany's Sachsenring race track.

  • Lamborghini Gallardo up in flames in Prague
    Lamborghini Gallardo Burns To The Ground In Prague: Video

    News of a supercar on fire somewhere in the world is becoming almost commonplace these days. The latest is news of this bright orange Lamborghini Gallardo, which went up in flames on a road in Prague, the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. While it’s unclear what was the cause of...

  • Infiniti QX56 V-8-powered boat project in the works
    Infiniti QX56-Powered Boat Project Sails On

    Infiniti is helping to restore a classic Chris Craft Holiday speedboat, to be powered by the 5.6-liter V-8 from an Infiniti QX56.

  • McLaren MP4-12C
    McLaren Partners With Lease Specialist For U.S. Return

    McLaren has teamed up with exotic car finance specialist Putnam Leasing to offer financing on MP4-12C models sold in North America.

  • 2012 Fisker Karma
    Battery Supplier Issues Fix For Fisker Karma Batteries

    In the wake of recent news regarding short circuits in Fisker Karma battery assemblies, supplier A123 Systems has developed a solution to resolve the issue.

  • 2011 Lotus Exige S260 Final Edition
    Investors Urge Proton To Sell Floundering Lotus Brand

    Lotus has been in the hands of Malaysia’s state-owned Proton since 1996 and during that time has yet to turn a profit. With speculation that Proton, a maker of economy sedans and hatchbacks, may be fully privatized in the near future, investors are predicting that the Malaysian automaker will...

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