Luxury Cars
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When it comes to beautiful cars, Jaguar deserves credit for creating some of the best--though it has had its doldrums. Lately, however, the brand has been back on its game, from the XF to the XJ, and, now, the F-Type. The 2014 Jaguar F-Type is easily the most stunning roadster to hit the market this year. But it's also an impressive sports car--and it needs to be, since it's Jaguar's first true entry into the segment since the demise of the E-Type in the mid-1970s. Under the hood of the F-Type you'll find one of three engines: a supercharged 3.0-liter V-6 rated at 340 horsepower; an upgraded...
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Acura Rolls Out Custom ILX And RLX At SEMA
SEMA isn’t an event you’d normally associate with a rather tame luxury brand like Acura but the automaker did have a handful of concepts on show this week at the event. They were aimed at demonstrating the tuning potential of the cars they were based on, with two of the concepts based...
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Bugatti Launches Lifestyle Collection...And $100k Shisha Pipe
It's no longer possible for car companies to sell cars alone. In order to maximize profits, automakers must build an entire brand around each vehicle and squeeze every last penny from owners and fans alike. That's why we live in a world of Ferrari-branded teddy bears and retro Lotus leather...
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2015 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG ‘Final Edition’ Spy Shots
The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, the spiritual successor to the 300SL gullwing of the 1950s, will bow out of the market next year, with development of a new AMG sports car already well underway. However, Mercedes-Benz was never going to let such a historically significant model drive off into the sunset...
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2016 BMW X1 Spy Video
The current BMW X1 only reached U.S. shores last year but overseas it’s been on sale since 2009. That means a successor is due in the next couple of years and today we have a spy video showing a prototype for just that car. The prototype appears to be much shorter than the current X1 and its...
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Is The Tesla Model S Electric Car The Perfect Police Cruiser?
The city manager of tony Atherton, California, thinks he'd like some new police cruisers. In fact, George Rodericks suggested to the San Jose Mercury News, "I'd love to see the [Tesla] Model S be used for Atherton's police cars." There are hundreds, if not thousands, of millionaires living in the...
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There are many luxurious sedans on the roads these days. There are even many very fast ones. There are a few that do both luxury and the performance exceedingly well. But none of them look as primally dashing, as sensually satisfying as the 2014 Audi RS 7. Of course, the RS 7 started with the best-looking luxury sedan in the business, the A7. That leg up isn’t the only thing it has going for it, however. This beauty has brains, and brawn. But first, the brawn. Fans of the RS 6 wagon Audi refused to give to America might long for the sweet song of a high-revving, high-strung normally...
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Volvo Starts Production Of Long-Wheelbase S60L In China
Volvo has started production of a new long-wheelbase S60, aptly named the S60L, but unfortunately the car will be limited to the Chinese market, as is the case for many of the smaller long-wheelbase sedans. Production is taking place at Volvo’s new plant in Chengdu, China. The S60L...
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2015 Lexus RC F Spy Video
Lexus recently revealed its all-new 2015 RC but the most potent version of the stylish coupe, the RC 350, is likely to be packing only 306 horsepower. No need to worry Lexus fans as a high-performance ‘F’ variant is in the works, and is seen here lapping the Nürburgring in our...
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Diamond-Studded Rolls-Royce Phantom Shines At Dubai Motor Show
Rolls-Royce Bespoke will unveil a special Phantom encrusted with 446 diamonds.
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New Bugatti ‘Legend’ Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse Debuts In Dubai
Taking place in the Middle East this week is the 2013 Dubai Motor Show, and one of the highlights of the event is a new Bugatti special edition, the Bugatti Legend ‘Meo Costantini’ Grand Sport Vitesse. The car is the third of six planned special edition Veyrons celebrating the men that...
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2015 Rolls-Royce Ghost Spy Shots
Rolls-Royce is preparing a minor facelift for its Ghost sedan and we now have some new spy shots of a prototype for the updated car. It is expected to go on sale in the middle of next year, as a 2015 model. Given the lengthy lifespan of your typical Rolls-Royce, it’s not unusual to see...
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In late 2011, BMW and Toyota signed a memorandum of understanding for collaboration on a number of projects ranging from the development of a new sports car platform to research into next-generation battery technology and even hydrogen fuel cell powertrains. Of most interest to performance fans is the sports car platform, which last we heard would be for a mid-size sports car that leveraged the best technology and knowledge of each automaker. This led to speculation that the new sports car platform would be used to develop a Supra-like model for Toyota and a next-generation Z4 for BMW...
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2014 Porsche Panamera: Best Car To Buy 2014 Nominee
It’s cliche to call the Panamera a four-door 911, but in truth, that’s the most accurate one-liner to peg the car’s nature. Pushed hard, very few other sport sedans really keep up—or prove so willing to run hard. Left to the casual cruising even a 911 is more likely to do...
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2014 Mercedes-Benz S-Class Design In Detail: Video
Watch Mercedes chief exterior designer Robert Lesnik explain all of the details of the new S-Class' design.
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2014 Rolls-Royce Wraith first drive review
If you're truly rich--or its more discreet cousin, wealthy--you'll barely notice the pricetag on the Rolls-Royce Wraith. BCC your CFO here: It's $289,000, and that's before you've even dabbled in the fittings and finishes that can shave another hundred grand from your offshore accounts. Before...
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2014 Mercedes-Benz S Class: Best Car To Buy 2014 Nominee
If you could only sit in one place, for the rest of your life, you could do a lot worse than to pick a seat from the 2014 Mercedes-Benz S Class. As we noted in our first drive of the new S63 AMG, they’re better described as thrones. But that’s just one example of how good the new S...
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2014 Cadillac CTS: Best Car To Buy 2014 Nominee
The Cadillac CTS has been responsible, over the course of three generations, for not only re-establishing Cadillac’s reputation as a legitimate global luxury brand, but building that image, and, in its third go-round, moving the company into truly world-class territory. That's why it's a...
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Remarkably, two people survived the flattening of this Audi without life-threatening injuries.
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Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class Design In Detail: Video
The Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class is easily one of the most attractive cars in the compact class, particularly in its CLA45 AMG trim, but getting the car to look as good as it does was no easy feat. The video above features the designer in charge of the CLA’s exterior, Mark Fetherston, and he...
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Chris Harris Drives The 2014 Jaguar XKR-S GT: Video
One of the meanest looking cars currently in production is Jaguar’s 2014 XKR-S GT. Built by the automaker’s special projects division, ETO, the XKR-S GT is essentially a race car that has been made street legal. Unfortunately, there’s no additional power on this model, which means...
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2014 Porsche Panamera Turbo S Preview
The range-topping Panamera Turbo S has joined the rest of the facelifted 2014 Porsche Panamera lineup.
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Audi fleet shuttle quattro Sci-Fi Concept Debuts In 'Ender's Game'
The Audi fleet shuttle quattro concept marks the German car maker's latest appearance on the big screen.
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Rolls-Royce Bespoke Builds 'Chicane' Phantom Coupe
Rolls-Royce’s own personalization department, Rolls-Royce Bespoke, has put together a very special Phantom Coupe for the automaker’s brand manager in Dubai, Mohammed EL-Arishy. Called the Chicane Phantom Coupe, only one example exists and it's been developed with special touches...
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