Luxury Cars

During yesterday’s surprise announcement that Infiniti would be changing the names of all its models to include either a Q or QX, the latter representing tall-riding crossovers and SUVs, the brand’s global president Johan de Nysschen explained the move was necessary to ensure customers...

The BMW 1-Series Coupe and Convertibles, on sale since 2008, are about to enter their final model year, and to mark the occasion BMW is launching a pair of special edition models. The new special editions, dubbed the Limited Edition Lifestyle models, will be available in both coupe and convertible...

It's not often that we're flabbergasted by a manufacturer's choice of updates for a car, but now it's happened twice in one evening. First Infiniti goes all Q on us, and now BMW decides to release the second half of what should have been a one-part model refresh. Why would we say that? Because the...

The Infiniti G37 is a great car, especially in sedan form. In fact, it's one of the best sports sedans on the road when outfitted with a manual transmission and the sport package. But it is no more. In fact, all of Infiniti's current models will cease to exist as of the 2014 model year. Well...

Next year marks several important anniversaries, one of which is the centenary of storied British sports car manufacturer Aston Martin. Yes, it was in 1913 that British entrepreneurs and avid racing fans Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford first decided to join forces and build their own car. They...

The last Lexus LFA, build #500, has rolled off the line at Toyota’s Motomachi plant in Japan.

The 2014 Mercedes-Benz S Class due out next year will be the first car in history to offer customers a fully autonomous system, whereby the car will be able to drive itself--in certain situations--without any driver involvement. This is made possible due to an extensive array of sensors on the new...

BMW's M Performance range has been expanding for a while now in Europe, to the point of replacing the previous Performance parts range. Now we get some BMW love, American style, with the confirmation of M Performance Parts ranges for the 3-Series and 5-Series. For the 3-Series, the parts include a...

The area surrounding Lamborghini’s factory in Sant'Agata Bolognese, Italy, is mostly made up of rustic farmland; the tranquil ambience interrupted only by a passing tractor every now and then. You start to wonder, this is where one some of the world’s most ferocious supercars are born?...

The least-expensive Rolls-Royce Phantom Extended Wheelbase sedan you can buy in the United States will run you $455,000, and that’s before you start checking the option boxes. Keep things simple, and most stretched Phantoms probably price in the half-million dollar range. That’s why you...

Italian luxury brand Maserati has ambitious plans to boost its sales to 50,000 units annually by the middle of the decade, close to a 10-fold increase on current levels. To do so the automaker plans several key model introductions, including two new vehicles in segments it’s never competed in...

When it comes down to it, there will likely be one primary reason to pick the BMW M6 Gran Coupe over its platform-sharing sibling, the BMW M5 sedan: style. Both will serve up a twin-turbo 4.4-liter V-8 engine good for 560 horsepower and 500 pound-feet of torque, and both will seat four adults...

As anyone who’s driven Audi’s S6 and S7 models will tell you, the cars are distinctly different in personality, which helps Audi build a business case for both in the U.S. product line. If there’s room for an A6, an A7, an S6 and an S7, surely there's room for an RS 6 and RS 7...

One of the most striking cars of next year, the 2014 Maserati Quattroporte, recently made its online debut, but at the time Maserati only gave us a handful of photos to lust over. Now, finally, the automaker has released a wave of new photos for the sixth-generation Quattroporte, providing us with...

Mercedes-Benz's E Class traces a long and storied history through post-war Pontons and space race-era Fintails through to the W124, the first model properly called an E Class. Today, we get a new iteration of the E Class, and while it's not an entirely fresh start, it's an evolution. Updates for...

The M-enhanced version of BMW’s svelte 6-Series Gran Coupe has been one of the worst kept secrets of the year, with barely disguised prototypes, teasers and official comments all making it obvious a new M car was in the works. Now, BMW has finally revealed its new 2014 M6 Gran Coupe, ahead of...

Luxury manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover has had a busy year. In addition to debuting the eagerly-awaited F-Type roadster, the company has announced new design centers for the United States and China, signed a production deal with Chinese auto giant Chery, and laid the framework for a possible factory...

Mercedes-Benz already sells a pair of compact cars outside the U.S. in the form of the A Class hatch and B Class MPV, both of which come standard with front-wheel drive. However, when the automaker launches its first compact model in the U.S., the 2014 CLA Class sedan, the car will come with a new...

UPDATE: The 2014 Mercedes-Benz E Class has been revealed. Click here for all the details. Next month, Mercedes-Benz will debut a facelifted version of its E Class range at the Detroit Auto Show. A teaser video released last month focused on the new car’s bold, single-unit headlights, which...

Plans to launch a production version of the Jaguar C-X75 concept have been canceled, according to the automaker’s global brand director Adrian Hallmark. The car was on track for launch in late 2013, with Cosworth and the Williams F1 team signed on as technical partners. Speaking with What...