Luxury Cars

  • David Brown Speedback GT

    Last year’s deliciously retro Speedback GT from British automotive startup David Brown will be offered for local sale following a debut at the 2015 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance this August. The coachbuilt special, which clearly has been inspired by the Aston Martin DB5, will be offered up for sale at its U.K. pricing of £495,000, which at current exchange rates works out to be roughly $780,000. ALSO SEE: First Prototypes For Bugatti Veyron Successor Spied: Video That’s a lot of cash to splash on a car from an automaker that wasn’t around just a couple of...

  • 2016 Audi A4
    2016 Audi A4 Priced From $36,825, S4 From $50,125

    Audi is set to unveil a new generation of its A4 small sedan at September’s 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show, but we won't see it in showrooms until the 2017 model year as the current model still has some life in it. The current A4 has been with us since the 2009 model year and it’s certainly...

  • 2016 Rolls-Royce Dawn spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    Wraith Convertible To Be Known As the Rolls-Royce Dawn

    Rolls-Royce has confirmed that its upcoming Wraith convertible, or drophead as the automaker refers to its open-top models, will revive the illustrious Dawn nameplate. The car was shown this week at a special dealer meeting in Los Angeles and is set to go on sale early next year, as a 2016 model...

  • Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus SCG003C at the Nürburgring
    Bespoke Book Produced Alongside SCG003 Road-Going Racer

    James Glickenhaus is currently putting his SCG003 road-going race car though its paces on the track—the Nürburgring, in fact. It's in preparation for the Nürburgring 24 Hours this coming weekend. Out on the track it's up to one person to keep that car moving forward, but this car...

  • Kahn Design WB12 Vengeance teaser
    Kahn Design’s Aston Martin DB9-Based WB12 Vengeance Revealed In Official Images

    Known for its modified Land Rovers and other prestige models, Kahn Design recently transitioned to the world of coachbuilt cars with its new range of Flying Huntsman models based on Land Rover Defender underpinnings. Now the British firm has something in the works for performance fans: a new grand...

  • 2017 Jaguar XE, 2014 Paris Auto Show
    Jaguar Planning Both XE R And XE SVR Performance Models: Report

    Jaguar Land Rover’s SVR badge can already be found on the Range Rover Sport SUV, and soon it will appear on the F-Type sports car, but the British automaker has much more ambitious plans for its fledgling performance brand. Only yesterday we learned about a Range Rover Evoque SVR and now we...

  • 2016 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque

    Talk of a more potent Range Rover Evoque from Land Rover dates back several years, but even with the vehicle having just undergone its mid-cycle update we’re still without a version offering any serious performance upgrades. However, with the recent establishment of the Special Vehicle Operations, an Evoque wearing the personalization department’s new SVR performance badge could now be in the works. ALSO SEE: Jaguar Planning Both XE R And XE SVR Performance Models: Report The information was first reported by Motoring, citing comments made by Land Rover design director Gerry...

  • Volvo XC90 production in Gothenburg, Sweden
    Volvo picks South Carolina for US plant

    Volvo has confirmed plans for a new vehicle assembly plant just outside of Charleston, South Carolina. The Swedish automaker, whose parent company is Chinese firm Geely, is committed to spending up to $500 million to establish the new plant, which is scheduled to come online in 2018 and initially...

  • Volkswagen Group’s new twin-turbocharged 6.0-liter W-12 gasoline engine
    Volkswagen Presents Next-Gen W-12 Engine At Vienna Motor Symposium

    The future of the Volkswagen Group’s W-12 is safe thanks to innovations that ensure the big brute of an engine meets more stringent emissions regulations coming into force over the next several years. At the past week’s Vienna Motor Symposium, the same event where Audi presented its...

  • Porsche’s U.S. headquarters and Experience Center in Atlanta, Georgia
    Porsche Inaugurates New U.S. Headquarters And Experience Center

    Porsche Cars North America has called Atlanta, Georgia home since 1998, but it’s gone and made that arrangement even more permanent. The German sports car manufacturer has just opened a new headquarters and experience center on a 27-acre site adjacent to Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson...

  • Rolls-Royce Wraith - Inspired by Fashion
    Rolls-Royce Wraith - Inspired by Fashion Is For Lovers Of Haute Couture

    Rolls-Royce has been on a—for lack of a better word—roll lately with its special edition models, with the latest out of Goodwood, the Wraith - Inspired by Fashion, perfectly expressing the virtues of the automaker’s Bespoke personalization division that churns out these creations...

  • Idris Elba sets new Flying Mile UK land speed record in Bentley Continental GT
    Bentley Sets New ‘Flying Mile’ Speed Record With Actor Idris Elba

    The ‘Flying Mile’ is a historical high-water mark, a thing of legend. In 1927, Sir Malcolm Campbell drove a modified Bentley—the Napier-Campbell Blue Bird—to a U.K. land speed record of 174.8 mph. That’s faster than most of today’s sports cars, just 41 years...

  • Teaser for 2017 Bentley Bentayga SUV

    Bentley’s Bentayga is due for a reveal later this year but we already have a pretty good idea as to how the ultra-lux SUV will look thanks to numerous spy shots of prototypes and now an official video teasing the interior. It’s clear the look has been substantially updated since the reveal of the polarizing EXP 9 F concept back at 2012’s Geneva Motor Show. This is especially true for the interior, which appears less fussy than the one in the concept. ALSO SEE: 2016 Dodge Viper ACR Street-Legal Racer Revealed: Video There are also some new tech features confirmed in the...

  • 2016 BMW M3
    2016 BMW M3 Gets A Few Visual Tweaks: Video

    BMW’s 3-Series range has just undergone its mid-cycle update, receiving a few visual tweaks, a new six-cylinder engine and a host of chassis upgrades as part of the update. Some of those changes have also made their way across to the M3 high-performance variant, which is featured in our...

  • 2016 BMW 3-Series
    2016 BMW 3-Series benefits from significant updates under the skin

    Forty years on since the launch of the original 3-Series, the E21, BMW has unveiled its most advanced version of its bread-and-butter sedan and wagon yet. The updated 3-Series range goes on sale later this year, arriving in showrooms as a 2016 model. Importantly, the changes also affect the M3 and...

  • 2017 Audi A4 spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    Next-Gen Audi A4’s New 2.0-Liter TFSI Presented At Vienna Motor Symposium

    Audi revealed a new 2.0-liter TFSI engine at this week’s Vienna Motor Symposium, which the automaker says will first appear in the next-generation A4 due for a reveal later this year. However, it’s not clear if the engine will be fitted to A4s sold in the States as the new engine...

  • 2016 Audi TT
    2016 Audi TT Priced From $43,825

    Audi’s new TT, the nameplate’s third generation, made its debut more than a year ago. We’ve even had a chance to drive the car and now it’s finally ready for its arrival in U.S. showrooms. Today, Audi confirmed that the new TT, which arrives as a 2016 model, will be priced...

  • 2012 Maserati Kubang
    Maserati Levante To Debut At 2016 Detroit Auto Show: Report

    Maserati’s Levante has been years in the making, with the first concept previewing an SUV wearing the trident badge appearing as far back as 2003. We’re now at the stage where test mules are running all over Europe, and thanks to a new report we also know when we’ll first see the...

  • Lamborghini Urus concept, 2012 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance

    Although senior executives at Lamborghini are confident the green light will be given for production of a new SUV based on 2012’s well-received Urus concept, there’s still a chance fear of the model cannibalizing sales of other Volkswagen Group brands, or perhaps damaging the performance car image of Lamborghini, may cause the project to be canned. However, faced with an unemployment rate of around 12.5 percent, the Italian government understandably wants to see Lamborghini go through with the project and according to reports may offer some generous incentives to persuade the...

  • 2014 Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrid
    New Patents Surface For Porsche Electric And Fuel Cell Sedans

    New patents have emerged suggesting Porsche is serious about launching zero-emission versions of its upcoming mid-size sedan due towards the end of the decade. Nicknamed the Pajun, short for “Panamera junior”, the mid-size sedan is being developed as a rival for the Maserati Ghibli and...

  • 2017 BMW 1-Series sedan spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    2017 BMW 1-Series Sedan Spy Video

    Last year, BMW broke with tradition by introducing its first-ever model with front-wheel drive, the 2-Series Active Tourer. Next year, the German automaker will do the unthinkable once more, this time by introducing a front-driving sedan. That sedan will be called a 1-Series, and it’s been...

  • 2012 Fisker Karma
    Fisker relaunches with customer support program for Karma owners

    Fisker introduces a new Customer Support Program with free parts and labor.

  • 2016 Mercedes-Benz G-Class
    2016 Mercedes-Benz G-Class Benefits From New V-8, Chassis Upgrades

    We recently reported that Mercedes-Benz, in an effort to curb the emissions on its G-Class, was planning to replace the current 5.5-liter V-8 in the G550 (a G500 in other markets) with a smaller yet more powerful 4.0-liter mill. Well, the German automaker has now confirmed the news while also...

  • 2016 Bugatti Chiron spy shots
    Bugatti Veyron Successor To Do 0-60 MPH In 2.0 Seconds: Report

    Bugatti just sold its final Veyron, which means full attention for the crew in Molsheim, France has turned to the car’s successor, a new supercar tipped to be called the Chiron and packing a hybrid powertrain. Early test mules for the car have been spotted, but no new details could be...

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