Luxury Cars

  • Jaguar Ingenium engine

    Jaguar Land Rover has developed an advanced four-cylinder engine family, members of which will start appearing in its various models from 2015 onwards. Called Ingenium, the first recipient of the new engine family is expected to be the 2016 Jaguar XE, after which we should see the engines appear in several other models from Jaguar Land Rover including the 2016 Land Rover Discovery Sport and possibly even the F-Type sports car. The Ingenium engines come in both gasoline and diesel flavors and are around 176 pounds lighter than the current four-cylinder units Jaguar Land Rover uses, which are...

  • Touring Bentley Continental Flying Star
    Bentley Considering Coachbuilding Service

    Bentley is considering launching a new personalization department that could offer coachbuilding services to its wealthy clients looking for additional exclusivity and luxury. Traditionally, such services have been offered through established coachbuilding firms, most of them based in Italy, but...

  • 2015 Cadillac ATS
    2015 Cadillac ATS Preview

    Cadillac’s ATS sedan is still relatively new on the market, having been introduced only in 2013. Nevertheless, the stylish sedan has come in for an update for its 2015 model year, although the changes are hard to spot. The most noticeable is at the front, with the 2015 ATS adopting...

  • Pagani Huayra
    Pagani Huayra, Brand Officially Arrives In North America: Video

    The Pagani brand and its newest Huayra supercar are now officially in North America thanks to its new dealers—as announced by this fantastic video of the brand’s halo product. DON'T MISS: Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder Destroyed By Hotel Valet: Gallery If you need a refresher on what the...

  • New Volvo XC90 T8’s plug-in hybrid drivetrain
    Volvo Announces Powertrain Lineup For New XC90

    Volvo’s all-new XC90 SUV is now just a month away from its reveal but today we have the first details on the powertrains that will be available for it. As previously reported, Volvo’s future lineup—starting with the new XC90—will come powered exclusively by four-cylinder...

  • 2015 Land Rover Range Rover Sport SVR spy shots
    2015 Land Rover Range Rover Sport SVR Spy Shots

    The latest Range Rover Sport only hit the street in the past year, but Land Rover is aiming even higher than the already-potent Range Rover Sport Supercharged variant with a new model, to be badged an SVR. The plan is to put even more power and sharper handling into the Range Rover Sport's package...

  • Jaguar F-Type Project 7

    Jaguar Land Rover has just established a new personalization department called Special Vehicles Operations (SVO), which will not only be responsible for coming up with new color and trim options but also to develop high-performance vehicles. The latter will wear the new SVR badge and will initially consist of the stunning F-Type Project 7 and soon-to-be-launched Range Rover Sport SVR. But many more SVR products are planned, and these will likely be based on the existing F-Type and XF models as well as the upcoming XE and possibly even the Discovery Sport. One of these is tipped to be a...

  • 2015 BMW M4 drifts atop an aircraft carrier
    BMW M4 hits the ‘Ultimate Racetrack’

    Like us, you really don’t need an excuse to watch a heart-pounding video of the new 2015 BMW M4. But here’s your excuse anyway. MUST SEE: Electric Miata Smokes Tesla Model S P85: Video Devoid of any annoying Wagnerian music, and inane voiceovers, of anything except brilliant, amped-up...

  • 2009 Mercedes-Benz S600 Pullman
    Brabus To Build New Mercedes-Benz S-Class Pullman?

    Mercedes-Benz is working on an extra, extra-long version of its S-Class sedan that will revive the Pullman name and have a price tag that’s more than double that of the Rolls-Royce Phantom. Like previous-generations Mercedes Pullmans, the new one will likely come exclusively in S600 trim and...

  • 2014 Bentley Mulsanne 95
    Bentley Forms Partnership With Luxury Smartphone Firm Vertu

    Vertu, the independent luxury phone company originally started by Nokia, will work closely with Bentley to develop a series of smartphones that feature the design, craftsmanship and contemporary elegance Bentley’s lineup of cars are renowned for. Vertu has worked with automakers in the past...

  • 2014 Mercedes-Benz GL-Class (GL63 AMG)
    Maybach Tag To Spread To Multiple Mercedes Models Including GL SUV: Report

    Daimler’s Maybach revival is not over yet, with the German automaker expected to start using the Maybach name on ultra-luxurious versions of high-end models from the Mercedes-Benz range. The first Mercedes to feature the Maybach tag is expected to be a stretched S-Class due at the end of this...

  • 1965 Mercedes-Benz 600 Pullman (Image: Bonhams)
    1965 Mercedes-Benz 600 Pullman Going Up For Auction

    Are you a rock star? Famous actor? An oil baron? Perhaps you're the dictatorial leader of some far-flung country? If you answered "yes" to any of the previous questions then keep your eye on the upcoming Bonhams auction at the Mercedes-Benz museum in Stuttgart, as an original 1965 Mercedes-Benz 600...

  • 2015 BMW i8, test drive in greater Los Angeles area, Apr 2014

    BMW announced the list price of its i8 plug-in hybrid sports car some time ago, but now we know how much it will actually cost to get behind the wheel once various options and trim lines are taken into account. At its very least, that's $135,700, plus a standard BMW $950 destination fee—but the car's first owners will be paying a bit more than that. According to BMW Blog, all initial BMW i8 arrivals—listed as 2014 models—will include a special 'Pure Impulse World' trim package, that costs an extra $10,800. That's the price you pay for early adoption it seems, though the...

  • Ares Aston Martin Rapide shooting brake concept
    Former Lotus CEO Dany Bahar returns as boss of Modena tuning firm

    Dany Bahar is the name that shall not be spoken in Lotus circles, but the man himself has already moved onto other projects and the first is a new tuning house called Ares...like the mythical Greek god of war. Now based in Modena, Italy—a location already familiar to Bahar from his time at...

  • Wreckage of exotic cars destroyed by fire at Thai auction site (Image via Wrecked Exotics)
    Exotic Cars Destroyed By Fire In Thailand

    It pains us to bring you news that a trio of exotic cars—a Bentley Flying Spur, Ferrari F430 and Lamborghini Murcielago—were destroyed recently by fire. The vehicles were on a transport truck along with a BMW 5-Series Gran Turismo. According to Wrecked Exotics, the BMW caught on fire...

  • Infiniti Q50 Eau Rouge prototype at 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed
    Infiniti Q50 Eau Rouge Prototype Makes Dynamic Debut At Goodwood: Video

    Infiniti took its Q50 Eau Rouge prototype to the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed last weekend, and we have video of the car during its run up Goodwood’s famous hill climb. Unfortunately, Infiniti chose to edit out the sound of the car, which is a shame since the car actually sounds quite...

  • 2015 Audi R8
    2015 Audi R8 Gets Minor Updates Ahead Of New Model’s Arrival

    Audi is set to introduce a redesigned R8 supercar for the 2016 model year, so that means the current model, first revealed all the way back in 2006, will soldier on for one more year. To help keep sales brimming, Audi is offering a number of special features on the R8 for the 2015 model year, one...

  • 2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA45 AMG
    Mercedes-AMG Taking Power Wars To Four-Cylinder Engines

    The big luxury automakers have been engaged in a power war for decades now. Jaguar gave its 1990s XJR 370 horsepower so BMW made a 400-horse M5. Merc and Audi went better than that so BMW made a 500-hp M5. Since then we've seen forays well into the 500s and more, and now the same battle is...

  • Mercedes-Maybach S-Class spy shots

    These are the latest spy shots of the stretched 'Maybach' version of the latest-generation Mercedes-Benz S-Class. Up to six different S-Class variants will eventually be launched, including this S-Class Maybach, which we’re expecting to be revealed later this year, as a 2015 model. Once a standalone brand, Maybach is expected to be turned into a sub-brand for ultra-luxurious Mercedes models, just as Mercedes-AMG is a sub-brand for the automaker’s high-performance models. And this stretched S-Class will be the first to get the Maybach treatment, and once launched will serve as the...

  • 2015 BMW 4-Series Gran Coupe
    BMW Won’t Build An M4 Gran Coupe

    A senior executive at BMW’s M division has quashed rumors that the German automaker may launch an M version of the stylish 4-Series Gran Coupe. BMW does sell an M6 Gran Coupe and considered adding a smaller M4 Gran Coupe to the lineup at one point, but has chosen to forgo it. “That is a...

  • #LOLVO Volvo V60 Sportback ad is hilarious
    #LOLVO Volvo V60 Sportback Ad May Be The Ultimate Car Commercial: Video

    With features like floor bibs, a cavernous twerk, and an inside, it’s hard not to recognize the Volvo V60 wagon as most definitely a car, not a motorcycle or a plane. Those are among the lessons learned in this hilarious ad from YouTube user PonyHans, also known as Christoffer Castor...

  • HondaJet aircraft takes its maiden flight
    HondaJet Aircraft Takes Its Maiden Flight

    Honda is as much known for its engines as it is vehicles, and it seems to matter little what those engines actually go in. Sporty little Civic? No problem. Crazy six-cylinder, 250cc 1960s Grand Prix bike? Yep. Ride-on lawn mower? That too. Honda also does aircraft, and its first one, the HondaJet...

  • 2015 Lincoln MKC
    Alan Mulally Suggested Killing Lincoln As Recently As Last Year: Report

    One of the ways Alan Mulally helped Ford from going under during the 2008 global financial crisis was by offloading the individual brands that made up its Premier Auto Group, such as Aston Martin, Jaguar, Land Rover and Volvo, which at the time were a huge drain on the company’s finances...

  • 2012 Bentley Mulsanne
    More Powerful Bentley Mulsanne In The Works?

    We’re sure that for most people hopping behind the wheel of Bentley’s Mulsanne flagship sedan, the car’s 505 horsepower and massive 752 pound-feet of torque will be more than adequate. However, it appears there’s been sufficient demand for a more potent Mulsanne to warrant...

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