Luxury Cars
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There are few brands more quintessentially British than Aston Martin, but could the maker of some of the most beautiful sports cars on the planet start production in the U.S.? While it may seem like an odd move, just this week another struggling sports car manufacturer from the U.K., Lotus, announced plans to build cars in China. ALSO SEE: Stock 2015 Chevy Corvette Z06 0-185-MPH Run: Video Now, the Financial Times, citing a source familiar with the matter, is reporting that several U.S. states are courting Aston Martin and are offering up some significant incentives such as land and tax...
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Infiniti Q70L Bespoke Edition is for lovers of quilted leather
With no new products coming onto the market this year, the highlight of Infiniti’s stand at this week’s 2015 Shanghai Auto Show was a concept hinting at a more luxurious version of the Q70L. The long-wheelbase Q70 was originally the domain of the Chinese market but was added to the...
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Volvo Lounge Console Lets Compact Car Owners Join The Chauffeur-Driven Class: Video
Volvo is attempting to rebrand itself as a luxury marque, but in this industry you have to do a lot more than simply state that your products are premium if you have any hope of drawing customers away from the German triumvirate. That’s why at the 2015 Shanghai Auto Show this week, Volvo...
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Gasoline-powered 2016 Audi Q7 e-tron debuts in Shanghai
A plug-in hybrid version of the new Q7 SUV is coming next year but Audi is yet to confirm just what engine will be used for the vehicle’s internal combustion component. At the Geneva Motor Show back in March, Audi showed off a Q7 plug-in hybrid equipped with a turbocharged 3.0-liter V-6...
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2016 Cadillac CT6 Plug-In Hybrid Debuts At 2015 Shanghai Auto Show
Cadillac’s new CT6 range-topper has just made its Chinese-market debut at the 2015 Shanghai Auto Show, where the American luxury brand announced a new plug-in hybrid variant to be sold alongside the four-cylinder and V-6 variants announced earlier this month in New York. The new plug-in CT6...
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2016 BMW 7-Series Tech Secrets Revealed: Video
BMW’s all-new, sixth-generation 7-Series flagship sedan is almost here, with the reveal scheduled to take place this summer before an official world debut at the 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show in September. Today, however, we have an early look at many of the technological elements that will...
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While the original LS is credited with putting Lexus on the map, one shouldn’t forget that the smaller, Camry-based ES was also present at the 1989 launch of the brand. Since that original, an additional five generations of the luxury mid-sizer have been launched, with the latest, still based on humble Camry running gear, introduced for the 2013 model year. Now, that sixth-generation ES has come in for a facelift, with the updated model on show this week at the 2015 Shanghai Auto Show. Due later this year as a 2016 model, the updated ES features an exciting, sportier attitude...
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2016 Audi A6, A7 priced
We’ve already had our stint behind the wheel of the new 2016 Audi A6, S6, A7, and S7, courtesy of a trip to Dresden, Germany, but today, Audi announced U.S. pricing of the lines. Updated exteriors and refreshed interior technology are among the updates justifying a mild price hike on all...
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Startech Turns A Range Rover Into A Truck By Removing Utility
We feel like it's a safe to say that the average modern Range Rover owner doesn't use his or her vehicle to the full extent of its capabilities. To be fair, you could easily say the same thing about the average sports or exotic car owner. Still, there's something about a pristine Range Rover that...
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Mercedes-Benz Pickup To Be Badged A “GLT”
Mercedes-Benz is officially working on a pickup truck, though whether or not the vehicle will make it to the U.S. is still up in the air. A few things we do know about the pickup is that it will be a mid-size model and feature a dual-cab design, the latter indicated in the official teaser sketch...
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Plug-In Hybrid Audi A6 Debuting At 2015 Shanghai Auto Show
Audi is committed to electrifying its lineup and has already revealed plug-in versions of its A3 Sportback, Q7 and R8 models. Now the A6 is getting a plug-in option in the form of the A6 L e-tron, revealed today ahead of its debut at the 2015 Shanghai Auto Show. ALSO SEE: Audi Prologue Allroad...
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Bentley’s Latest Mulsanne Special Edition Honors Historic Blue Train Race
In the early parts of the last century, well-heeled car enthusiasts would attempt to beat a train—nicknamed the “Blue Train” because of its blue carriages—that ran across France, between Calais in the country’s north and Cannes in the south. According to Bentley, the...
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A new form of Audi’s stunning Prologue concept car makes its debut next week at the 2015 Shanghai Auto Show: the Prologue Allroad. As the name suggests, the new concept has been designed as a soft-roader and hints at future developments for cars like the A4 and A6 Allroad. It joins previous Prologue concepts like the original coupe, the autonomous version and the Avant wagon version. MUST WATCH: Hellcat Converted To E85 Sees 753 Rear-Wheel Horsepower: Video The series of Prologue concepts isn’t a preview of any one model but an early look at the styling and technology Audi is...
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Volvo S60L T6 Twin Engine Revealed Ahead Of 2015 Shanghai Auto Show
Volvo will use next week’s 2015 Shanghai Auto Show to launch a new plug-in hybrid sedan based on the long-wheelbase version of the S60, the S60L, which is on sale here as the S60 Inscription. The sedan is called the “S60L T6 Twin Engine”, and while we’re unlikely to see the...
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2016 Cadillac ELR Comes With More Power And Tech
Cadillac chief Johan de Nysschen has hinted that the ELR might not spawn a second generation but that doesn’t mean General Motors Company’s [NYSE:GM] premium division has completely given up on the car. An updated version is being introduced for the 2016 model year, and has been...
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New Ford GT Inspires Designs For Racing Boat, Foosball Table
The new Ford GT is without doubt one of the best-looking cars we’ve seen in years, but can its design ethos be successfully transferred to objects outside the auto industry? The Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] and its team of designers have set out to determine just that, with a showcase of...
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Volvo Rolls Out XC90 Excellence Flagship For 2015 Shanghai Auto Show
With the launch of its all-new XC90, Volvo is hoping to convince new car buyers that it can build an SUV that’s just as dynamic, high-tech and luxurious as the Germans, albeit it with a Scandinavian twist. To really send the message home, the automaker at next week’s 2015 Shanghai Auto...
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More details emerge on potential BMW i5 Tesla Model S rival
It’s long been thought that the next model to emerge from BMW’s i division for enviro-friendly cars would be badged an “i5” (“i7” has also been rumored), positioning the vehicle somewhere between the electric-only i3 city car and plug-in hybrid i8 sports car. The...
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While laser lighting has been getting a lot of press lately, nearly every luxury carmaker has shown some sort of concept or project with OLED lighting; BMW is perhaps among the foremost, alongside Audi. Back in January, BMW promised to deliver OLED tail lights on an M vehicle in the near future. A new report from Car and Driver pegs that M vehicle as the upcoming M2. WATCH: Porsche 918 Spyder Chases Koenigsegg Agera R On Autobahn: Video BMW has previously shown OLED lighting in concept vehicles, including the M4 Concept and the BMW Vision Future Luxury Concept. While those applications are...
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2015 BMW X6 M first drive review
BMW's X6 M is a venomous cane toad of an SUV, one with some obvious warts. Even so, it's made friends and set trends, spawning imitators in the Acura ZDX (extinct: mercy killing) and the upcoming Mercedes GLE Coupe (viability TBD). It's also an honest-to-God, track-capable car. Mmmmm, crossover...
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Bentley Bentayga Bodies To Be Built In Bratislava, Final Assembly In Crewe
The Volkswagen Group will spend close to 500 million euros (approximately $530 million) on upgrading its plant in Bratislava, Slovakia to handle production of Bentley’s upcoming Bentayga SUV. But only the Bentayga bodies will be built at the Bratislava plant, with the final assembly to be...
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Mercedes-Benz Starts Production Of New GLE Coupe At U.S. Plant
Following its world debut at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show back in January, Mercedes-Benz’s all-new GLE Coupe is now in production at the automaker’s plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. In addition to the GLE Coupe, the plant is also responsible for the regular GLE as well as the GL-Class (soon...
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Alfa Romeo Announces Two New Engines Including Ferrari-Derived Six-Cylinder
At present the only Alfa Romeos on sale on these shores is the 4C sports car and its 4C Spider convertible variant. Over the coming years, the automaker will start adding more models to its lineup, with an aim to have at least eight separate model lines by 2018. This will also require the addition...
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On Heels Of Cadillac Leaving Livery, MGM Resorts Adopts CNG-Powered XTS Stretch Limos
While Cadillac is moving out of the livery segment—it doesn't jive with new chief Johan de Nysschen's vision for the brand—we'll be seeing XTS-based limos on the road for years to come. With that in mind, MGM Resorts International has adopted the world's first fleet of CNG-fueled...
John Coyle