Luxury Cars

It’s official. The Porsche 918 Spyder, a plug-in hybrid supercar that so far has only been shown in concept form, is available for order and has been priced at $845,000 (not including destination and taxes). Porsche is only planning to build 918 examples of its stunning supercar so interested...

The BMW M3 and Audi RS5 better look out as their rival from Stuttgart has just unveiled a sledgehammer of a two-door in the form of the all-new 2012 Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Coupe. Based on the sultry C-Class Coupe revealed for the first time last month, the latest AMG-prepped variant features not...

Jaguar has issued a nationwide recall on its 2010 model year XF and XK Coupe and Convertible due a potential fault with piping in the respective cars’ power steering systems. Essentially, the power assist steering (PAS) pipes have been supplied with zinc-nickel plating that is susceptible to...

BMW's X6 puzzled the public and the press alike when it hit the roads in 2008. It still confounds even the most determined of ontologists, but manages to win fans despite its compromised nature. Audi apparently wants a piece of that pie, as a new report says the Q6 is back on the front burner. We...

Despite the attention they garner, rollovers are among the rarest of vehicle crashes though they can be the most dangerous. According to the NHTSA, rollovers accounted for 2.2 percent of all vehicle crashes, though fatalities from these crashes amounted to 35.4 percent of all traffic deaths. Not...

The Chinese market is quickly proving to be a major boon for luxury automakers, none more so than BMW it seems, which has ranked first out of the top 100 most desired brands in China. According to a recent survey conducted by Hong Kong consultancy firm Clear Asia, BMW beat out the likes of Rolex...

We recently saw a video of the stunning new Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 being rolled into a showroom in Berlin. It turns out that showroom was the brand new Collezione Automobili Lamborghini fashion store, the brand’s first in Europe, which opened its doors to the public this past weekend...

We already know that Porsche is working on a fifth model series, a new compact SUV positioned below the Cayenne and its first to be designed under Volkswagen Group chief designer Walter de’ Silva’s watchful eye. Now we know where the model, which carries the working title of 'Cajun'...

The new 2012 Audi A6 is without doubt a technical marvel. Combining such technologies as radar-based cruise control and adaptive brakes, full LED headlights, a touchpad controller for the MMI interface, a range of fuel efficient yet powerful engines--including an eventual hybrid--and of course, the...

Next month's Shanghai Motor Show will host the debut of a new BMW: the 5-Series "New Energy Vehicle," a plug-in hybrid that BMW CEO Norbert Reithofer is "from China for China." Early word of the New Energy Vehicle first emerged from unofficial channels in January, but Reithofer confirmed the car in...

You won’t be able to actually buy one until 2012 at the earliest but to keep your interest piqued the guys at Maranello have launched a new configurator for the latest Ferrari FF supercar. Like most online configurators, the new setup for the Ferrari FF allows you to deck out the car with...

Synonymous with British motorsports for decades, Jaguar has unveiled its new road-going XKR-S, the hottest version of its aging XK platform to date. It's certainly an attractive offering if you're into the Jag coupe, but it has some rather unexpected options--including colors called French Racing...

The 2012 Mercedes-Benz A-Class has been spawning rumors for well over a year now, including talk of a 320-horsepower AMG variant. But today, we may have a first peek at what the car will look like. Unfortunately the A-Class still isn't planned for our streets. Unfortunately, that is, if you're into...

You're in your new Ferrari California, cruising through town on a sunny Beverly Hills day when all of a sudden, there's a bus trying to occupy the same space as you. Your day just went from great to completely awful. That's exactly the story of this unlucky California owner, and the video below...

The new 2012 BMW 6-Series is going on sale this year in both Convertible and Coupe bodystyles, the latter of which has been revealed here today in our latest mega-gallery with included official video footage. The svelte new two-door is expected to make its official world debut next month at the...

Vladimiar Antonov, the Russian banker and businessman whose involvement in Spyker caused a delay in the sale of Saab from GM while investigations into rumored mafia ties were held, has said in an interview with Sweden's Dagens Industri that Saab could be bankrupt in as little as five days. Antonov...

Late in 2008 Hamann revealed its plans for the BMW X6, including a range of performance and appearance upgrades. Today the tuning house expands that range with a new package called the Tycoon Evo M. Already previewed at the recent 2011 Geneva Motor Show, the new Hamann BMW X6 Tycoon Evo M is based...

The Geneva Motor Show is over, but the craptastic weather's following the whiny, overly privileged herd of automotive journos stampeding south for assorted first drives. Porsche's Cayman R drive meets up with pouring rain in Mallorca; by the time we're in the Canary Islands for a two-parter with...

It's T-minus three hours before we post up our first drive of the 2011 Aston Martin Vantage S, but this video clip sitting in a desktop folder should tide you over for about 180 more minutes. Aston captured the Vantage on the Ascari Race Resort track before the first American and Aussie journalists...

In the Alto-Adige region lies the Dolomite mountain range, and at 2,350 meters (about 7,700 feet) you'll find the top of the Plan De Corones. That's where the helicopter-lifted 2012 Ferrari FF is destined in the video below. We're just days away from the first press drives of the car, and the Plan...