Luxury Cars

  • 2014 Maserati Quattroporte

    Maserati has made little secret of its desire to boost sales almost 10-fold to 50,000 units annually by 2015, with the latest 2014 Quattroporte just the first of a handful of next-generation models the automaker hopes will woo buyers. The new Quattroporte goes on sale early next year and will be followed soon by a mid-size sedan that revives the Ghibli name. In 2014 Maserati plans to introduce a new SUV called the Levante and then in 2015 we will see a replacement for the GranTurismo flagship as well as a brand new sports car designed to take on cars like the Jaguar F-Type and Porsche 911...

  • 2014 Audi RS 5 Cabriolet
    2014 Audi RS 5 Cabriolet Mega Gallery

    Back in September, we got our first look at the 2014 Audi RS 5 Cabriolet at the 2012 Paris Auto Show. Today we get even more imagery straight from the four ring-brand in anticipation of the start of European sales of the cabrio in early 2013. Like its tin-top sibling, the RS 5 Cabriolet uses a...

  • 2014 Mercedes-Benz E Class Wagon spy shots
    2014 Mercedes-Benz E Class Wagon Spy Shots

    UPDATE: The 2014 Mercedes-Benz E Class has been revealed. Click here for all the details. Though it's soldiering on through the 2013 model year with few changes, the Mercedes-Benz E Class is expected to see a major mid-cycle refresh in the 2014 model year. The car spotted here, similarly...

  • Bugatti Veyron Super Sport
    Bugatti ‘Super’ Veyron To Reach 288 MPH?

    The fastest version of the Bugatti Veyron, the Super Sport, already holds the land speed record for a production car with its top speed of 268 mph, but Bugatti looks set to smash its own record with a new model built to commemorate the end of the Veyron’s production. It’s hard to...

  • 2013 Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560-4
    Lamborghini Confirms 2013 Is The Final Year For Gallardo: Video

    Lamborghini’s Gallardo supercar has been with us since the 2004 model year, and rumors that it would disappear after 2013 have now been confirmed by Lamborghini. If the title of the above video, “The Final Gallardo,” doesn’t give it away, the linked Lamborghini web page...

  • Lamborghini 50th Anniversary logo
    Lamborghini CEO Confirms 50th Anniversary Car

    During August's Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann laid out some of his company's plans for its 50th anniversary taking place in 2013. The highlight of the plans was the Grande Giro Lamborghini, an epic 750-mile rally through Italy kicking off on May 7 of...

  • Mark Bachman's 1970 Chevy Chevelle

    Muscle cars are loud, juvenile, socially irresponsible and, sooner or later, harmful to your health. Like binge drinking and death metal, they’re an obsession generally meant for the young, before things like raising a family and not frightening the neighbors become meaningful. Or are they? In pro-touring guise, it’s relatively easy to make the argument that muscle cars are no less respectable (and no less capable) than sports cars. If they can reach parity here, why not with luxury or grand touring cars, too? Enter Mark Bachman’s 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle, the latest ride to...

  • 2013 Tesla Model S
    Tesla Model S 60-kWh Variant Given 208 Mile Range Rating By EPA

    Aside from their higher purchase prices, the biggest reason consumers shy away for electric vehicles as primary transportation seems to be their limited range. That begs a very real question of “how much range is enough for most drivers?” Those buying a 2013 Tesla Model S fitted with...

  • 2013 Cadillac ATS
    2013 Cadillac ATS Gets Five Stars For Safety From NHTSA

    In case you needed one more reason to shop Cadillac’s BMW 3-Series-fighting compact sedan, the ATS, here it is: the NHTSA has awarded both rear-wheel drive and all-wheel drive variants with five stars in rollover, side impact, frontal offset and overall crash testing, based on its latest (and...

  • Teasers for Vygor Opera SUV
    Italy’s Vigor Teases Production Opera SUV

    It was just over a year ago that Italian startup Vygor shocked the world with its first Opera SUV concept, a high-performance, high-riding coupe with a face only a mother could love. Less than a month after its initial reveal, Vygor unveiled an updated version of the Opera and announced that the...

  • 2013 Maserati GranTurismo Convertible MC
    Maserati CEO Confirms GranTurismo Replacement And New Sports Car

    The next couple of years will be very busy for Maserati which is planning a new model onslaught that will see five brand new models released between now and 2015, the automaker’s CEO has confirmed. Previously, it was only known that three new models were in the pipeline, though now we know...

  • 2011 Saab PhoeniX Concept
    Saab's Phoenix Platform Lives On In New Spyker/Youngman Deal

    Dutch sports car manufacturer Spyker, the former parent of bankrupt automaker Saab, has signed a definitive agreement with Chinese automaker Youngman to form new joint ventures that will be responsible for the development of a new SUV as well as a range of sedans based on Saab’s Phoenix...

  • 2013 Aston Martin DB9

    It has been confirmed that Italian private equity group Investindustrial has purchased a 37.5 percent stake in Aston Martin, providing 150 million pounds (approximately $240.4 million) in the form of a capital increase. Aston Martin, together with its new investor, as well as existing shareholder Investment Dar, intends to invest more than half a billion pounds ($800 million) in a new product and technology program over the next five years. Another potential investor, Indian automaker Mahindra & Mahindra backed out of the bidding war with Investindustrial this week. It’s not clear...

  • 2011 BMW X5
    BMW Recalling 2009-12 X5 Diesel Models For Power Steering Issue

    BMW has announced the recall of some 29,800 X5 crossover xDrive35d models, built between September 1,2008 and November 15, 2012. The recall also extends to a stop sale for vehicles in dealer inventory but not yet sold or delivered to customers. At issue is an engine belt idler pulley bolt, which...

  • 2013 BMW 3-Series fitted with M Performance accessories
    BMW Performance Parts To Be Replaced By New M Performance Range

    In 2007 BMW started offering a range of official modifications grouped under the BMW Performance Parts label that were aimed at improving the overall performance of its cars. The benefit to customers looking to modify their cars was the fact that all the parts came with the same level of quality as...

  • Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Venet
    The Building Of The Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Venet: Video

    Earlier this week Bugatti unveiled a new special edition Veyron based on its open-top Veyron Grand Sport model. The move was part of the automaker's celebration of Art Basel Miami Beach, which is on now and runs until December 9. The new special edition is the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Venet...

  • 2014 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG facelift spy shots
    All U.S. 2014 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMGs To Have All-Wheel Drive?

    A facelifted version of the Mercedes-Benz E Class is set to make its debut next month at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show, and that means a new version of the E63 AMG performance variant too. While we’ve previously told you the new E63 AMG would offer the option of all-wheel drive as part of...

  • Hong Kong - image credt: Andrew Turner
    Would You Pay $167,000... For A Parking Space?

    If you had $167,000 to spend, you could buy yourself a brand-new, well-equipped Aston Martin V-8 Vantage Convertible, or perhaps a thoroughly-loaded BMW M6 Convertible. Check all the option boxes on a Porsche Cayenne Turbo, and you’d still have a hard time spending your entire lump sum of...

  • 2014 Mercedes-Benz E Class teaser

    The Mercedes-Benz name has long been associated with diesel power in the United States, so the concept of an oil-burning E Class is nothing new. What is new-ish, however, is the planned diesel engine downsizing from six cylinders to four. Mercedes-Benz has previously sold four-cylinder diesels in the U.S. market, namely in cars like the 240D, but that was decades back when a 0 - 60 mph time of ten seconds was considered quick. In recent years, Mercedes has relied on six-cylinder turbodiesels to supply the amount of thrust that U.S. buyers expect. As Car and Driver reports, that changes for...

  • 2013 BMW M3 Coupe DTM Champion Edition
    BMW Celebrates DTM Win With Special-Edition M3 Coupe

    Only 54 of these DTM Champion Edition M3 Coupes will be built.

  • 2014 Audi RS 6 Avant
    2014 Audi RS 6 Avant revealed

    If you see this behind you on the road, don't bother moving over. It'll get past. The kids in the back will even wave as it goes by. It's the 2014 Audi RS 6 Avant, and it's just gone official following a spate of leaked images earlier today. Rated at 560 horsepower courtesy of a twin-turbo...

  • 2014 Acura RLX
    2014 Acura RLX Video Preview

    Fresh from its debut at the 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show, the 2014 Acura RLX is shaping up to be a very good attempt to launch the Acura brand to the next level of luxury credibility. You've seen the live photos, and read all of the details, but here, we give you an up-close and personal look at the...

  • Classic Lincolns on display in Los Angeles - image: Ford Motor Company
    Go Big Or Go Home - Lincoln Airing Ad Spot During Super Bowl XLVII: Video

    Lincoln is dead; long live the Lincoln Motor Company. As part of an initiative to rebrand itself, Lincoln has adopted a more evocative name, teed up a series of commercials rich with visual imagery (including that of Abraham Lincoln) and has announced its first ever Super Bowl ad campaign. Before...

  • Mayan skull carving at Cobá, Yucatan Peninsula [photo: John Voelcker]
    Mayan Apocalypse: 10 Cars To Lease (Just) Before The World Ends

    If the Mayans were correct, the world will come to an end in just 17 days. Though the specific event is open to interpretation, colliding with a planet called Nibiru, being swallowed by a black hole or suffering through a sudden loss of gravity will all produce the same results, and none of us will...

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