Luxury Cars
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With the reveal of the 2020 Lincoln Aviator at the 2018 LA Auto Show on Wednesday, Lincoln took another next step in its transformation to a contending luxury brand. The Aviator competes in the mid-size crossover class against the likes of the Audi Q7, BMW X5, Mercedes-Benz GLE, and Volvo XC90. Based on a new rear- and all-wheel-drive platform, the Aviator boasts three rows of seats, an available hybrid system, an air suspension with predictive adaptive dampers, and new safety technology. Lincoln will offer the Aviator with a twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter V-6 that the company estimates at 400...
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Audi successfully tests scale model of its flying taxi
In March, Audi showed off the Pop.Up Next concept, a flying taxi vehicle designed in partnership between Italdesign and Airbus. On Tuesday, Audi completed the first public test for the futuristic transportation model. The Pop.Up Next prototype took flight at Drone Week in Amsterdam, though the...
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The Bentley GT Convertible's best feature is one we'll hardly see
Simon Blake is a disappearing artist. His most significant contribution to the new Bentley Continental GT Convertible is that it goes away in less than 20 seconds. That’s hardly enough time to consider Blake’s—and Bentley’s—achievements with the power-folding cloth...
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Cadillac CT6 to bow out after 2019, going out with twin-turbo V-8 glory
General Motors announced a purge to its passenger car lineup on Monday, and we have official confirmation the Cadillac CT6 sedan is part of the car cull. A Cadillac spokesperson confirmed with Motor Authority that the CT6 sedan will exit production in mid-2019. The spokesperson confirmed the 2019...
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Audi e-tron GT concept set for 2018 LA auto show
Audi in March confirmed plans for a high-performance electric sedan which it referred to as the e-tron Gran Turismo, or e-tron GT for short. A shadowy teaser was released at the time hinting at a very aggressive and sleek design. The teaser was of a concept that Audi will unveil on Wednesday at the...
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4 minutes is enough charge time to add 62 miles to the Porsche Taycan's range
The Porsche Taycan due out late next year will be among the first production cars with an 800-volt electrical system. It means the electric sport sedan will be able to take advantage of the new generation of high-speed, 350-kilowatt charging stations, which Porsche is already installing at some of...
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Genesis will introduce a major update for its G90 flagship for the 2020 model year, with the updated sedan unveiled Tuesday in the brand's home market of Korea. We'll possibly see the car on display at this week's 2018 Los Angeles auto show. The update, which consists of a redesign of the front and rear fascias, sees the implementation of Genesis' latest design evolution on a production model for the first time. The new look was previewed on the Essentia coupe concept unveiled at the 2018 New York auto show and is characterized by a trapezoidal grille and flat, dual-bar headlights. At the...
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Aston Martin to double production by 2025, says CEO
Aston Martin has ambitious plans to continue its growth well into next decade. The British luxury brand, which went public last month, plans to double its current production figures by 2025, CEO Andy Palmer said. The brand's first SUV, the DBX, should contribute a healthy margin to the doubled...
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Bentley Continental GT Convertible brings speed and optional tweed
Bentley took the wraps off of its redesigned Continental GT Convertible on Monday, ahead of the car's world debut on Wednesday at the 2018 Los Angeles auto show. The formula is pretty much the same as the previous generation, but Bentley has upped the opulence with even finer materials, including...
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Mercedes-AMG GLC63 S smashes Alfa Romeo Stelvio's 'Ring record
Mercedes-AMG's GLC63 S is now the fastest SUV around the Nürburgring, with AMG development engineer Markus Hofbauer having managed to fling the 503-horsepower small SUV around the full Nordschleife in a time of 7:49:369. That compares to the previous record of 7:51.7 set by the similarly...
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2020 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque first look: Sleek has a sequel
When it first arrived in 2012, the Range Rover Evoque was quickly derided by pearl-clutching off-road purists who were still debating the merits of air conditioning, power windows, and fuel-injected engines. The sleek, small, luxury SUV grated those folks because the Evoque didn't have a hulking...
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Audi partnered with Amazon Go for non-traditional test drives
Shoppers at the Seattle Amazon Go store were treated to a unique experience on Nov. 9 and 10. Audi partnered with the store to offer test drives of the 2019 A6 sedan, but it was hardly the typical test-drive process. Instead, Audi filled shelves inside the Amazon Go store with key boxes. The boxes...
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Ahead of the 2020 Genesis G90's debut at the 2018 Los Angeles auto show, leaked photos have at least partially spoiled the reveal of the flagship sedan's major design overhaul. Published to a Korean forum on Wednesday, a handful of pictures show the 2020 G90 inside and out. The front fascia is fairly evolutionary in nature, and the headlights certainly recall recent Volvos in our eyes. But Genesis will point to the Essentia coupe concept unveiled at the 2018 New York auto show as the car's formal inspiration. Key design traits the G90 pulls from the concept are a triangular-shaped grille and...
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Audi S1 reportedly not up for renewal
Audi in June unveiled the second generation of its A1 subcompact for overseas markets. Unfortunately, a sporty version to succeed its predecessor's S1 model is “not foreseen” on the current platform. That's according to Audi spokesman Peter Oberndorfer, who in an interview with Car...
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2020 Mercedes-Benz GLE first drive review: Outrunning dinosaurs
On Isla Sorna, the fictional island setting for the “The Lost World: Jurassic Park,” dinosaurs vaulted millions of years into the future and chewed up camouflaged Mercedes-Benz M-Class SUVs. The 2020 Mercedes-Benz GLE I find myself hustling through empty ranch roads outside of San...
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2019 Kia K900 coddles buyers for $60,895
The 2019 Kia K900 will do its best to sway buyers away from established luxury marques with a $60,895 base price, including the destination charge. That's about $10,000 more than a previous-generation K900 cost. However, we found the second-generation K900 much improved over the soft and wallowy...
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2019 Mercedes-AMG G63 will set you back $148,495
The 2019 Mercedes-AMG G63 will hit the trails and coddle drivers with a base price of $148,495, the brand announced Monday. The starting price includes a mandatory $995 destination and delivery fee. The 2019 G-Class gets the first major change in the model's history. It's the first time since 1979...
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2019 Porsche Macan preview
Like the Cayenne before it, the Macan has been a huge hit for Porsche. It’s the marque’s most popular model, with more than 97,000 delivered in 2017 alone. Having been introduced for 2015, the Macan is now at the midway point in its life cycle, and to keep sales brimming Porsche has...
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Champagne Carbon, the beverage company with those ridiculous but awesome carbon fiber bottles of bubbly that Formula 1 drivers shower themselves with on the podium, has teamed up with Bugatti to develop a bespoke bottle celebrating the automaker's 110th anniversary in 2019. Champagne Carbon CEO Alexandre Mea visited Bugatti's headquarters in Molsheim, France last week to formalise the partnership between the two French luxury brands. There, he met Bugatti CEO Stephan Winkelmann and tested out a Chiron. As part of the event, one of Bugatti's Chirons finished in visible carbon fiber was parked...
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Jay Leno drives Touring Superleggera's Maserati-based Sciadipersia
Following its revival last decade, Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera jumped straight back into doing what it does best: churning out beautiful, one-off, coach-built cars. Recent hits include the Alfa Romeo Competizione-based Disco Volante and F12-based Berlinetta Lusso. The latest creation, however...
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Jaguar reportedly considering electric option for F-Type
Jaguar is in the process of drawing up plans for its next F-Type and one of the options reportedly on the table is an available electric powertrain. Autocar reported Tuesday that the next F-Type is due by 2021 and that an electric powertrain is just one of the options being looked at, though even...
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Lamborghini ponders Espada 2+2 GT successor to join portfolio
Lamborghini is examining if it should add a fourth model line, and the Italian firm's CEO said a successor to the Espada 2+2 coupe could be in the cards. On Monday, Automotive News (subscription required) published an interview with Lamborghini CEO Stefano Domenicali. When asked about the...
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Maserati-Alfa Romeo bundle was a mistake says FCA CEO
As newly minted Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles CEO Mike Manley settles in, his strategy is starting to become clear. As part of it, we'll see Maserati drift away from Alfa Romeo in the future. Manley said the strategy to bundle Maserati and Alfa Romeo under one leader was a mistake, according to a...
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2018 Range Rover HSE Td6 first drive review: Tech overhaul, not tech overload
The Range Rover has set a high bar for luxury SUVs. It was one of the first of its kind and few can compete with its ability to go anywhere, any time, in any weather in a leather-lined interior. Introduced for the 2013 model year, the current Range Rover has aged with grace, but it is aging as new...
Joel Feder