Luxury Cars

If you've ever driven, say, a locomotive, and wished it were a bit more compact, but still nearly as powerful, you should take a closer look at the 2014 Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG. With 4MATIC all-wheel drive, a twin-turbo 5.5-liter V-8 rated at 577 horsepower and 664 pound-feet of torque, and some of...

Buick is ready to brings its updated 2014 Regal to market later this year. Before they do that, however, it needs to have a pricetag, and that's just what the automaker has announced. The base 2014 Regal will start at $30,615, and Buick is prepping the car with some great improvements over the...

The second of six new Bugatti Veyron supercars honoring the men that have shaped the marque’s history has been revealed on the eve of the car’s debut at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show. The first in the series of special edition Veyrons, officially known as the Les Légendes de...

Yesterday, photos of the Jaguar C-X17 crossover concept leaked onto the web. Now we're just back from the concept's reveal on the eve of the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show, and have photos and more details of this new and radically different kind of Jaguar--which previews a production vehicle coming in...

The 2014 Mercedes-Benz S-Class launches onto the market in October, initially in S550, S550 4MATIC and S63 AMG trim, and pricing for the range starts at $93,825, including destination. That starting price is for the 2014 S550, which is now priced $2,100 less than the outgoing model despite being an...

The Bugatti Veyron has long, long legs. It's been on the market since 2005 in one form or another, evolving over the better part of the past decade from its original 1,000-horsepower specification to a range of Grand Sport, Grand Sport Vitesse, and limited-edition models. A new special edition will...

Infiniti is reasonably excited to start pushing out its all-new 2014 Q50 sedan. Well, sort of excited, since the automaker is still going to offer the G37 sedan alongside it for a bit. Regardless, the newer car represents the design direction that Infiniti production cars will take, and it's a...

Infiniti’s FX has just been renamed the QX70 as part of the automaker’s new Q-based naming strategy, but we have some new details on the next-generation of the sporty crossover due in late 2015 or early the following year. The next QX70 will be the crossover’s third iteration and...

There are super sedans and then there are super sedans. Bugatti's Galibier 16C concept from 2009 is definitely one of the latter, with its 8.0-liter W-16 engine and incredibly opulent interior unmatched by any other sedan in production. But like its spiritual ancestor, the Royale, perhaps the...

Earlier this year we told you Maserati was teaming up with fellow Italian luxury label Ermenegildo Zegna to help promote the design and manufacturing excellence of their homeland. The companies’ first combined product is to be a Maserati Quattroporte featuring materials and colors inspired by...

Ford is going after buyers in the near-premium segment by announcing a new luxury-oriented sub-brand called Vignale (pronounced: Vin-ya-lay), which makes its formal debut at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show next week. Vignale will provide Ford with upmarket offerings in markets where its Lincoln brand...

If you'd returned to your Jaguar thirty years ago to find it had melted, your first thought would probably turn to the car's electrical system. Jaguars these days are a lot more reliable though, so the man who returned to find bits of his Jaguar XJ melting in a parking space in London might have...

Bentley is expanding its Continental range with two new sporty editions based on its GT V8 coupe and GTC V8 convertible. These V-8 models are positioned as the sportier option for drivers, thanks to the lighter weight of their V-8 engines compared to the big W-12 mills also offered in the...

Land Rover’s LR4 has received a raft of updates that bring the go-just-about-anywhere SUV into line with the latest additions from the British automaker. The LR4 is a rugged, luxurious mid-size SUV that offers more practicality and space than any other option within the Land Rover lineup, and...

Porsche’s 2014 Panamera has a wide variety of powertrain options for what is arguably a niche model, ranging from gas and diesel V-6s to plug-in hybrid and high-performance twin-turbo V-8 setups. Today the focus is on the Panamera Diesel variant, whose turbocharged 3.0-liter V-6 is completely...

Cadillac is fleshing out its lineup to match German luxury brands model for model. In addition to a highly anticipated full-size, rear-wheel drive sedan, the Wreath and Crest brand will also add two crossovers by 2017.

The all-new 2015 Audi A3 compact has already been revealed as a three-door Hatch, five-door Sportback and four-door sedan. Now we have a new batch of spy shots of an upcoming fourth variant, the A3 Cabriolet. Audi’s new A3 arrives on U.S. shores early next year in Sportback and sedan...

The global car market is struggling with a still-weak economy, but it's certainly not lacking in the number of truly excellent vehicles available, many of them all-new for the 2014 model year. We've taken the time to consult the performance and quality ratings at The Car Connection, as well as our...

Maserati is well on its way to achieving 50,000 annual sales by the middle of the decade, with the company already having received 17,000 sales over the first seven months of the year, almost triple its sales for the whole of 2012. Should the success continue, Maserati aims to be profitable by...

BMW has no triple-turbo love for the U.S. it seems, as the automaker has just revealed its second-generation X5 M50d performance diesel SUV based on the latest 2014 X5 range, and it’s not coming to local showrooms. If you’re unfamiliar with the X5 M50d, it’s a sporty SUV from...