Luxury Cars

For years, hybrid automobiles were purchased by those who cared more about fuel economy than driving. While a Toyota Prius or a Honda Insight may be frugal (especially for long commutes), neither serves up anything resembling entertainment value when the road gets twisty. Times are changing, and...

Not much is known about Bugatti’s successor for the Veyron supercar. That’s probably because the Veyron itself is still being built and the model after it, due around 2014, will be a production version of the Bugatti Galibier sedan concept. This means that the Veyron’s successor...

Cadillac's new ATS sedan compares favorably to European competitors in terms of performance, pricing and fuel economy.

Without a doubt the Aston Martin Rapide is one of the best looking four-doors currently on the market. However, when it comes to the performance, the Rapide is left a little short compared to rivals like the Porsche Panamera and CLS63 AMG, both of which deliver well over 500 horsepower versus the...

Rolls-Royce announced today that Giles Taylor will serve as its new design chief from July 1, replacing Ian Cameron, who retires from the role he has held since 1999. Taylor will report to Adrian van Hooydonk, the head of design for all BMW Group brands, and comes to his new role with more than 10...

A brand new generation of the luxurious Range Rover SUV is in the works and on track for debut later this year. The new Range Rover has been spied for more than a year in prototype form but now, thanks to our latest renderings, we can finally look past all the heavy camouflage gear and get a...

Aston Martin celebrating one million Facebook fans by building the crowd-sourced DB9 1M.

In many ways, Infiniti is a luxury automaker in search of an identity. Its claim to fame has always been building luxury cars with a performance edge, yet the automaker has no flagship sports car to call its own. That’s particularly problematic when you consider how much the brand is pouring...

A “perfect storm” of market conditions may prompt Honda to move assembly of its upcoming flagship, the 2014 Acura RLX, from Japan to the United States. First, the stigma that U.S.-built luxury cars can’t rival the build quality of Japanese or German models is no longer valid. BMW...

If you’re in the market for a 2013 BMW 5 Series or 6 Series with a V-8 under the hood, we’ve got some good news for you: the more powerful twin-turbo V-8 used in the latest 7-Series and the 6-Series Grand Coupe will soon find its way into 5 and 6-Series models. Word from Car and Driver...

All the rear-wheel drive excitement of late seems to be associated with General Motors and its upcoming range of rear-driving sports and luxury sedans, namely the 2013 Cadillac ATS, 2014 Chevrolet SS and future Omega-based cars. The launch of all these models will only widen the performance gap...

A prototype for the all-new 3-Series Gran Turismo has been spotted testing in Germany.

While the 2013 Lexus GX 460 remains identical to the 2012 model, it does see a slight price increase: the base model will start at $53,445 plus a destination fee of $875, totaling $54,320. Stepping up to the GX 460 Premium raises the price to $58,915 (including destination). Both GX 460 and GX460...

The 2012 Tesla Model S is the car of the day, as the first retail production models are meeting their owners. To celebrate the occasion, Tesla is holding a live webcast of the event starting at 3:30 p.m. Pacific time (6:30 p.m. Eastern). You can watch the live webcast at the official site, and...

Audi of America has launched a configurator microsite for the all-new 2013 Audi allroad.

The 2013 BMW M5 cuts an artful path through the desert--and through some targets.

We’ve already given you all the news that’s fit to print about BMW’s 2012 M6 Coupe and Convertible models, including our first drive report on the open air version, published earlier this month. We’ve praised the M6’s TwinPower Turbo 4.4-liter V-8, which makes 560...

The driver of this wrecked Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 was reportedly attempting to drift the car and eventually lost control.

Volvo concedes that to be a success in North America it will need a local manufacturing base. Having witnessed the success of premium European marques such as BMW and Mercedes-Benz building cars in the U.S., as well as Volkswagen and soon Audi ramping up their manufacturing bases in North America...

Maserati's 2013 GranTurismo Sport, seen in the accompanying video, replaces the outgoing Maserati GranTurismo S.