Luxury Cars

These are the first spy shots of prototypes depicting Mercedes-Benz’s planned updates for its CLS Shooting Brake. The second generation of the CLS, which spans both sedan and Shooting Brake wagon bodystyles, was introduced for the 2012 model year so it’s about due for a mid-cycle...

Yesterday we learned that the SLS AMG would be phased out soon, with its role as the flagship Mercedes-Benz sports car to be taken up by a smaller and more agile model likely to be called the AMG GT. Fans of the big gullwing needn’t be too sad, however, as a direct replacement is planned...

Land Rover’s popular Range Rover Evoque is entering the 2014 model year with a series of important updates, including a world-first nine-speed automatic transmission. The good news is that pricing hasn’t gone up with the number of gears, as the 2014 Range Rover Evoque is still priced...

Maserati’s new Ghibli sedan is close to making its showroom debut, but here’s a chance to look back at the car during its development days. In addition to extensive testing in the real world, Maserati engineers also use a sophisticated climatic wind tunnel to put the Ghibli through...

Cadillac continues to build anticipation for the Escalade's October reveal.

Land Rover’s new 2014 Range Rover Sport has hit the market, priced from $63,495 including an $895 destination charge. That’s about $20k cheaper than the regular Range Rover with which the 2014 Range Rover Sport shares its chassis, drivetrains and styling. The $63,495 pricetag gets you...

Mercedes-Benz has demonstrated the breadth of its design capabilities by revealing a stunning luxury yacht concept at a boating event in Monaco this past weekend. The concept is called the Mercedes-Benz Arrow460 - Granturismo and it is described as the “Silver Arrow of the seas” because...

Lexus’ GS 350 has only been on sale for a year but the car is already receiving its first round of updates, just in time for the start of the 2014 model year. The highlight is the addition of an eight-speed automatic transmission with paddle shifters instead of the previous six-speeder. The...

Is the Audi SQ5 a bona fide performance model, or is it a great pretender? We've wondered about the SQ5's credentials ever since the brand confirmed this performance version of the Q5 crossover, its 354-horsepower output, and its 5.1-second 0-60 time. And in the absence of established head-to-head...

It's turbocharged Mercedes hatchback versus gravity in this race down South Africa's Franschhoek Pass.

The idea of a hot crossover has yet to really take off, but that isn't stopping Audi from trying to blaze the trail with the 2014 RS Q3. While we wait in suspense to hear if Audi will finally bring the Q3 to the U.S., we doubt the RS Q3 will follow. Too bad for us, as this blend of tall hot hatch...

Near the top of the list of exciting new American cars for 2014 sits the Cadillac CTS. Why is it so exciting? Well, it's because a solid luxury machine looks to be stepping into an even greater world of both quality and performance. The styling is updated and sharper, and it means the next...

Rolls-Royce may build limited numbers of cars with custom carbon fiber bodywork.

The front-wheel drive BMW 1-Series is coming, even though 80 percent of current 1-Series owners think their car is already front-wheel-drive. A new report today puts a timeline on a new sedan version, aka the "New Entry-level Sedan" (NES): it should arrive in 2017. The news comes by way of...

The next generation of Cadillac's luxury SUV will arrive on October 7th, but in the meantime, the team behind the new lux-ute is peppering us with teasers. Today we get five new, but very short, videos. Consider us teased. Despite an average run time of about 15 seconds, each video reveals a new...

In the world of $400,000-plus ultraluxe convertibles, things are rather volatile. Or at least it appears so, as the Bentley Mulsanne Convertible teased in concept sketches last year will not be built, according to the brand's CEO. Speaking with Car and Driver, Bentley boss Wolfgang Schreiber said...

Composite wheels could offer weight savings over conventional alloy wheels.

The Porsche 911 adds the next logical member of its family to the fold this fall, when the 911 Turbo Cabriolet and Turbo S Cabriolet lose their hardtops at the 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show. The new Cabriolet models arrive in the year Porsche is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the legendary sports...

The Tesla Model S battery-electric luxury sedan is a remarkable car, and it's elevated the public perception of electric cars to a new level. It's won awards, thrilled thousands of buyers, and demolished a lot of stereotypes. But among the things you may not know about Tesla is this: The Model S...

There’s a new BMW model out testing, and though it looks a bit like the 3-Series Gran Turismo that we’ve seen and are expecting to be revealed soon, it’s actually an entirely different vehicle. That vehicle is the long-rumored BMW 4-Series Gran Coupe, a four-door coupe based on...