Luxury Cars

  • 2014 Mercedes-Benz S Class production in Sindelfingen, Germany

    The sixth-generation Mercedes-Benz S Class, the W222 series, has just entered production at a plant in Sindelfingen, Germany. On hand to celebrate the start of production of the latest model was Mercedes CEO Dr. Dieter Zetsche as well as new manufacturing head Andreas Renschler. Sales of the new S Class commence in the U.S. this fall. It will arrive initially in S550 guise, with more variants including high-performance AMG models, coupes and convertibles, and a plug-in hybrid to be launched within the following year. The S Class is the single most important model for the German automaker...

  • Marchi Mobile EleMMent Palazzo
    Marchi Mobile EleMMent Palazzo Is $3M Rolling Excess Machine

    Your average Class-A motorhome is an expensive machine fitted with a standard array of luxurious features. Be it granite counter tops, stainless appliances, flat-screen TVs, or quadruple pop outs, upgrading a coach is an easy affair if you've got the bucks. What if you want more though... much...

  • 2014 Rolls-Royce Wraith
    First Look At Rolls-Royce’s Wraith On The Road: Video

    Fresh from its appearances at the 2013 Geneva and New York auto shows, Rolls-Royce’s new Wraith finally gets a chance to stretch its legs. Here we see the elegant coupe take to some of Britain’s country roads, with the car’s product manager, Philip Harnett, sitting behind the...

  • 2014 Audi R8
    2014 Audi R8: Joy Ride

    I may be missing something, but the last I heard, I was completely normal for ditching work for a weekend fling with an Audi R8. Maybe you'll understand, after some evidence, why it took about a millisecond to take Audi up on its offer to wing it to Malibu and toss the R8 lineup around some of the...

  • 2014 Audi A7 TDI
    Audi Prices 2014 A6, A7, Q5 TDI Diesel Models

    Diesel is making a comeback in the U.S., from the luxury ranks all the way to the entry level, and Audi has been at the front of the new wave. Today, the four-ringed company announced pricing for its 2014 A6 TDI, A7 TDI, and Q5 TDI. "As drivers increasingly look for high fuel efficiency and...

  • 2014 Mercedes-Benz S Class
    Mercedes-Benz Highlights 2014 S Class Features In New Video

    The Mercedes-Benz S Class has been the perennial leader for new technologies in the automotive sector for decades, and with the launch of the latest generation that trend looks set to continue. The new 2014 S Class’ tech features are numerous but the big ticket items are its advanced safety...

  • 2013 Acura TL Special Edition

    The current-generation Acura TL has been around since the 2009 model year and a successor is due soon, most likely badged as a TLX. To help keep interest in the current model alive, Acura is giving plenty of incentive for buyers via the launch of a special edition model. Introduced late in the 2013 model year, the new Acura TL Special Edition is priced from $38,300, including an $895 destination fee. This slots it in just above the base 2013 TL, which is listed from $36,800, including the same $895 destination fee, but it comes with plenty of standard goodies that make it quite the deal. The...

  • 2014 Land Rover Range Rover Sport at Pikes Peak
    Range Rover Sport Sets Pikes Peak Record For A Production SUV

    Land Rover is well-known for making some of the world's most capable, go-anywhere luxury SUVs. And here’s proof. The automaker’s latest 2014 Range Rover Sport has just set the production SUV record for a Pikes Peak ascent, managing to complete the 12.42-mile climb in a time of 12:35.61...

  • Fiat SMEG 500
    Fiat Teams Up With SMEG For 500 Refrigerator

    Italian stye is oft imitated but hard to actually get right. The Italians have knack for producing all sorts of goods that simply look fantastic, and this extends from their suits to their cars on to their... appliances? Yes, now that Fiat has teamed up with SMEG to create the SMEG 500...

  • 2014 BMW X5
    BMW Compares All Three Generations Of Its X5: Video

    With the launch of the 2014 X5 later this year, BMW’s mid-size luxury SUV will be entering its third generation. It’s hard to believe that the original X5 was only launched in 2000 but since then the vehicle has gone on to win numerous accolades, spawned high-performance M variants and...

  • 2015 Mercedes-Benz S Class Coupe spy shots
    Will Mercedes’ New S Class Coupe Keep CL Name?

    With the 2014 Mercedes-Benz S Class now out in the open, attention turns to the coupe version of the car, which in previous generations was known as the CL Class. The next generation of the big luxury coupe, which has been spied in prototype form for over a year, is widely expected to be called an...

  • 2013 Cadillac ATS
    Flashing Brake Lights Signal A Recall For Cadillac

    The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued a recall for a small handful of General Motors products. It seems that a pair of new Cadillac models is acting up. The vehicles potentially affected are the 2013 Cadillac ATS, XTS, and also the 2014 Chevrolet Impala. Apparently...

  • Maserati Ghibli

    The 2014 Maserati Ghibli is nearly here, and it's going to add some serious beauty to streets around the world. Originally making its debut at the 2013 Shanghai Auto Show, Maserati took to Facebook to show off a few more angles of its new compact sedan. This sultry four-door will arrive in the United States with a choice between two different turbocharged 3.0-liter V-6 motors. Other markets will be able to opt for a diesel version. The base engine will produce 325 horsepower and 368 pound-feet of torque. That unit is good enough to push the Ghibli from 0-62 miles per hour in 5.6 seconds. If...

  • 2013 Bugatti Driving Experience at France’s Circuit Paul Ricard
    Photos From Bugatti Driving Experience At Circuit Paul Ricard

    Yes, even Bugatti has a Driving Experience program, though attending one is certainly no easy task. For starters, you most likely have to be a multimillionaire or at least know one. Then, you have to be formally invited by Bugatti, which means you have to be one of the marque’s dearest...

  • bentley continental gtz 01
    Bentley Continental GTZ Can Be Part Of Your Oddball Garage

    Do you like coach-built machines? How about rare bits of automotive history? Have we got the car for you then. It's called the Bentley Continental GTZ, and the Z stands for Zagato. That would be Milanese design house Zagato, which transformed a 2006 Bentley Continental GT into the car you see...

  • Rolls-Royce Bangkok Boutique
    Rolls-Royce Goes Boutique In Bangkok

    Rolls-Royce builds cars that are just as much about the experience of purchasing them as they are driving them. To that end, the luxury automaker has built its first boutique shopping location, and it's located in the ultra high-end Siam Paragon mall in Bangkok, Thailand. This is a new way for...

  • 2013 Cadillac ATS
    Cadillac Year-To-Date Sales Grow At Fastest Rate Since 1976

    Cadillac has achieved its highest rate of growth since 1976. The American luxury icon’s year-to-date sales at the end of May for the U.S. market were 69,750 units, an increase of 38 percent compared with the same period a year ago. This represents the brand’s highest year-to-date sales...

  • Scene from Lexus short film 'Echoes'
    Lexus Releases Second Video In New Short Film Series

    Lexus recently launched a marketing campaign to promote its commitment to design and sophistication. As part of the campaign, the Japanese automaker teamed up with production company The Weinstein Company in order to create a series of arty short films. The first of these, Beyond Memories, was...

  • 2012 Infiniti LE Concept

    Infiniti’s new boss Johan de Nysschen is shaking up strategy at the Japanese luxury automaker in an attempt to reach a self-imposed goal of 500,000 unit sales by 2016. That’s almost triple the amount of cars Infiniti sold last year but de Nysschen believes he can achieve that goal with the right strategies in place. At the top of the agenda is a focus on higher volume models, such as Infiniti’s upcoming compact car, new crossovers and even a pair of flagship models. There are also plans to start production of Infiniti models in more locations around the globe, including at...

  • 2014 Maserati Ghibli spotted in public
    2014 Maserati Ghibli Spotted In Public: Video

    The recently revealed 2014 Maserati Ghibli has been spotted for the first time in public, and we’re glad to report that the upcoming Italian sports sedan looks even better on the road than it did under the auto show spotlights. This time the Ghibli sports a striking blue finish, which we...

  • 2011 Acura TSX
    Acura TSX May Not Be Replaced: Report

    With the introduction of the ILX, Acura’s aging TSX has been forced to compete with a much newer model that’s almost the same size and occupies a similar price segment. This has led to suggestion that the TSX may be dropped from Acura’s lineup or perhaps even merged with the TL to...

  • 2014 BMW 4-Series Coupe spy shots
    2014 BMW 4-Series Coupe Spy Shots

    The coupe version of the sixth-generation F30 BMW 3-Series, essentially the replacement for the aging 3-Series Coupe, has been spotted once again, this time almost completely undisguised. That's because BMW is in the final stages of development of the car and plans to unveil it very soon...

  • 2014 BMW X5 with M Sport package - Image: BMW Blog
    First Look At 2014 BMW X5 M Sport Package And X5 M50d

    Following this week’s earlier reveal of the 2014 BMW X5, the third generation of BMW’s luxurious and dynamic mid-size SUV, the first photos of the vehicle equipped with its new M Sport package and in its high-performance diesel M50d trim have surfaced. The images are from an official...

  • 2014 Acura MDX
    2014 Acura MDX Priced From $43,185

    Acura’s redesigned MDX SUV (be sure to read our first drive) goes on sale this summer with a starting price of $43,185, including an $895 destination fee. The new price just slips in under the starting price of the outgoing 2013 MDX, though the 2014 MDX’s base trim features front-wheel...

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