Luxury Cars
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Audi’s Q3 compact crossover is set to launch on the market this fall, priced from just above $33k, but the vehicle’s been on sale elsewhere for the past couple of years and is due to receive a mid-cycle update soon. We’ve already seen spy shots of a prototype for a facelifted version of the regular Q3, and now we have some new spy shots of a prototype for a facelifted version of the high-performance RS Q3. The changes include some minor revisions for the exterior, such as new graphics in the lights and different wheel patterns, and it’s likely we’ll see a few...
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Mercedes-Benz S600 Guard Upgrades To New S-Class Platform, Greater Armor Capability
If you’re a head of state, head of an underground organization, or just extremely paranoid—but you still enjoy the finer things in life—your new ride has arrived: the Mercedes-Benz S600 Guard. Rated at VR9-class protection in transparent and non-transparent areas, the new S600...
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Aston Martin Rapide S & Vanquish Inch Closer To Supercar-dom: Video
Yesterday, we told you about the changes to the 2015 Aston Martin Vanquish and the Rapide S. Each has received a brand-new eight-speed transaxle gearbox from ZF. Both cars also got revised suspension geometry, larger front brakes, and stiffer anti-roll bars. These changes add up to completely...
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2015 Aston Martin Rapide S & Vanquish Meld Old With New
Both the Aston Martin Rapide S and the Vanquish have a handful of things in common. As they should, considering they're both from the same automaker: styling cues can be traced between each machine; the guttural growl of the 6.0-liter V-12 engine cuts through traffic as quickly as the cars...
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McLaren P1, 650S Spider Get Special Operations Treatment For Pebble Beach
The 2014 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance is nearly upon us, and with it will come some of the most amazing automotive hardware on display anywhere. Contributing its new cars to the vintage fold, McLaren Special Operations will show two upgraded vehicles: a 650S Spider and a P1. The MSO 650S...
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Rolls-Royce Confirms Development Of New Drophead Model
Rolls-Royce, unlike most of the rest of the motoring world, rises above market pressures to provide cars not demanded, but desired. As a result, the brand’s model mix tends to be rather stable, and rather limited, changing only gradually and after great deliberation. So the announcement of a...
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At $3 million, the EleMMent Palazzo is reportedly the world's most expensive RV.
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2015 Acura TLX first drive review
Whatever happened to the Legend, the Integra, or even the Vigor? Acura used to have such brilliant, instantly recognizable model names. Names that inspired thoughts of potential, performance, power, and style. Now, the brand has adopted the alphabet stew that plagues so much of the rest of the...
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2015 Range Rover Sport SVR Coming August 14: Video
The SVR will begin a new era of Land Rover performance.
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2015 Audi Q3 Priced: At $33k, Facing Off With Mercedes GLA
With the 2015 Audi Q3 that arrives to the U.S. this fall, Audi cements the its crossover strategy, with a five-passenger, subcompact-size tall hatchback that fits five, meets all the standards for features and luxury for the brand, and makes a nice complement in the lineup both to the larger Q5 and...
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2016 Jaguar XE: First Official Photo Released By Factory
Introducing any new car these days is a long, slow process of dribbling out information to tease eager followers. Cars don't just arrive in dealerships; there's a huge buildup campaign beforehand. In that vein, we now have the first official photo of the new 2016 Jaguar XE, the luxury sports make's...
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2015 Range Rover Sport SVR Claims Fastest Production SUV ‘Ring Time
Look out Porsche, BMW, and Mercedes—there’s a new king of the high-performance SUV hill, and it’s Land Rover. With a documented lap time of 8 minutes, 14 seconds, the 2015 Range Rover Sport SVR lays claim to the title of the world’s fastest production SUV around the...
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Cadillac’s award-winning ATS sedan is about to spawn a high-performance variant, and a prototype has been spotted at the Nürburgring. The car is the all-new ATS-V, which will join the upcoming ATS-V Coupe and CTS-V in the American luxury brand’s high-performance lineup. Designed to rival the likes of the BMW M3 and Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG, the new ATS-V looks very fast as it carves up the ‘Ring in our latest spy video—and the sound it makes is very aggressive. We’re expecting both this ATS-V sedan and the ATS-V Coupe to be launched on the market late next...
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Canada’s INKAS Can Build You An Armored G63 AMG Limo
This armored G63 AMG is perfect for touring a war zone in style.
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2015 Lexus NX Gets More Aggressive With TRD Body Bits
The 2015 Lexus NX has only been hitting the streets for a short time. That doesn't mean it can't start seeing some upgrades heading its way. It helps that these accessories come way of Toyota's in-house performance team. Yes, Toyota Racing Development, or TRD, is ready to offer up some added...
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Wireless Charging Coming To A Cadillac Near You: Video
Cadillac wants you to put your phone away. Well, all automakers do really, but Cadillac will soon offer you a bit of an energizing incentive to do so. The automaker has teamed up with Powermat to serve up a wireless charging pad in the 2015 ATS. After it makes its introduction on the ATS, the...
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Cadillac Reveals Long-Wheelbase ATS-L For Chinese Market
With most of its rivals offering long-wheelbase versions of their small sedans in China, such as Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz, it was only a matter of time until we saw Cadillac launch a stretched version of its award-winning ATS in the market. The stretched ATS has now been revealed as the ATS-L...
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2015 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Priced From $39,325
Mercedes-Benz’s stunning new C-Class goes on sale this fall, priced from $39,325 including $925 in shipping charges. That may seem a little steep but the entry-level model at present is the C300, which comes with a turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine good for 241 horsepower and 273...
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Jaguar’s all-new 3-Series and C-Class fighter, the XE, is set for a reveal on September 8 but the British automaker simply can’t help itself from releasing a few details early. In addition to a teaser photo showing the car’s face, we’ve been given a look at its new aluminum internals, Ingenium range of four-cylinder engines and its suspension. Now, Jaguar has released information on the car’s fuel economy, claiming that the new XE will be the most fuel-efficient model in the marque’s history. This is due in part to the car’s efficient Ingenium engines...
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2015 Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class Priced From $32,225, GLA45 AMG From $49,225
Mercedes-Benz’s all-new 2015 GLA-Class is set to go on sale this fall, priced from as little as $32,225 including a $925 destination charge. The entry-level model is a GLA250 with front-wheel drive. Should you require all-wheel drive, the price tag increases by $2,000 to $34,225. Also...
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Jaguar Land Rover Buys Huge Classic Collection
Most of us wish we had the money and space for a huge collection of classic and vintage cars, but if you're a major automaker such a collection is much easier to amass. Easier still if, like Jaguar Land Rover, you buy someone else's existing collection of 543 vehicles. Said vehicles belonged to...
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2016 Audi TT Sound System Gets Symphoria Tech
Audi deploys new sound tech on the latest TT
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Supercar Startup Tushek & Spigel Chooses Morel Sound System For New TS 600
Austrian supercar startup Tushek & Spigel has formed a partnership with audio expert Morel and plans to start using the Israeli firm’s high-end audio systems in its first product, the upcoming Tushek TS 600. The move follows a recent announcement from rival supercar startup Pagani, which...
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2015 Cadillac ATS Coupe 2.0T Gets Increased Torque Output
The 2015 Cadillac ATS Coupe is a demonstration of America’s—and particularly Cadillac’s—resurgent design excellence, and now we know it’ll have the bark to back up its bite. While horsepower in the 2015 ATS Coupe 2.0T remains the same as the pre-2015 sedan’s...
Nelson Ireson