Luxury Cars
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When we say the name Brabus, what comes to mind? Chances are good you’re envisioning an upgraded Mercedes-Benz sedan, stuffed full of monster-horsepower V-12 goodness and fitted with quilted-suede seats. What you’re not expecting, we’ll bet, is an ordinary-looking Mercedes-Benz E Class sedan, built by Brabus to use Protean Drive in-wheel electric motors. Dubbed the “Technology Project Hybrid,” the car combines a 2.2-liter clean diesel engine with two in-wheel motors, each producing 110 horsepower and 590 pound-feet of torque. The package gives the car the ability...
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Go Behind The Scenes At Pagani: Video
Can a supercar blend art and design successfully? Can the language of mechanical engineering also be translated into visually stunning sculpture? When the genius behind these designs is Horacio Pagani, the answer is yes. As a young boy in South America, Pagani was influenced by the designs and...
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Infiniti Debuts Long Wheelbase M35hL
Are you an environmentally aware captain of industry? Is it awkward being chauffeured to Greenpeace meetings in a Rolls-Royce Phantom Extended Wheelbase? Fear not, because we have good news for you: Infiniti is building an extended-length version of its M35h hybrid luxury sedan. Dubbed the M35hL...
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Lotus Evora GTE China Limited Edition Debuts In Beijing
Emphasizing the importance of the Chinese market to its future success, British sports car manufacturer Lotus unveiled a new model custom-made for China at the 2012 Beijing Auto Show this week. The custom-made model is based on the Evora GTE sports car but gets some unique features plus a limited...
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2013 BMW 3-Series Touring Spy Shots
The 2013 BMW 3-Series Touring should make its debut later this year, though it's unclear if a U.S. launch is scheduled.
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Ferrari 458 Italia Ends Up On Tram Tracks After Crash
A 52-year old man driving a Ferrari 458 Italia managed to crash his exotic supercar into a roadside barrier in Munich during the early hours of Sunday morning. The crash occurred near the city center, with the silver Ferrari ending up on one of the German city’s tram lines once it finally...
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With a production run spanning just 77 examples, it’s amazing it’s taken Aston Martin this long to reach the sale of its final One-77 supercar. Yes it’s true; the last pre-built example of the One-77 has been bought, which means if you still want one of the £1.2 million (approximately $1.9 million) supercars than you had better start searching the classifieds in the hope that one eventually comes up for sale. The information about the last car was revealed by Aston Martin CEO Ulrich Bez during the automaker’s recent 2011 earnings announcement. The very last build...
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2013 Audi Q5 Preview
Audi has unveiled its updated Q5 crossover, which is expected to land in showrooms later this year as a 2013 model. While on the outside there isn’t much to mention, there are numerous changes under the skin including a revised engine lineup that now features a hybrid option. For the global...
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Bentley Honors The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee With Special Mulsanne
Only 60 of the Bentley Mulsanne Diamond Jubilee Editions will be built.
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2013 Mercedes-Benz SL Class Official Walkaround: Video
So you've seen the photos, you've read the reviews, but you're still eager to see more about the 2013 Mercedes-Benz SL Class? You're not alone, and you're in luck: Mercedes-Benz itself offers us this up-close look at the luxoroadster in a detailed walkaround video. From design to heritage to specs...
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First AMG-Only Dealership Opens In Beijing
The Beijing Sanlitun AMG Performance Center is unlike any other Mercedes-Benz dealership in the world; you can’t buy a Mercedes-Benz E Class or C Class model there, but you can buy anything in the current AMG high-performance portfolio. The idea of an AMG Performance Center is nothing new...
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Cadillac The Latest Automaker To Join The Semi-Autonomous Throng
Self-driving cars, for better or for worse, are most likely inevitable. We wouldn’t expect them to appear in the next few years, or even the next decade, but much beyond that some degree of autonomous driving is all but guaranteed. Between now and then is the gray area, where the building...
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Remember the poor Ferrari Enzo supercar abandoned in Dubai that we reported on last August? Well, it’s still sitting in the same police impound lot we last saw it in, but it may have a bright future ahead. The Enzo, along with several other exotics, is to be auctioned off in what the Daily Mail, via Jalopnik, claims is the most expensive police sale in history. The person who abandoned the car is believed to be a British citizen who leased the Ferrari and then fled Dubai 20 months ago when they couldn’t afford the repayments and traffic fines. It’s not uncommon to face jail...
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Is The Honda Concept C A Preview Of Acura’s Rumored TLX?
With the introduction of the 2013 Acura ILX, Acura’s aging TSX now has to compete with a much newer model that’s almost the same size and occupies a very similar price segment. This has led to suggestion that the TSX will be dropped from Acura’s lineup once the current model has...
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Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Wei Long 2012 Edition Debuts In Beijing
Bugatti rolled out another in its growing list of special edition Veyrons at the 2012 Beijing Auto Show this week, the Wei Long 2012. No doubt already snapped up by one of the automaker’s wealthy clientele, the Wei Long 2012 is based on the Veyron Grand Sport convertible and was built to...
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BMW’s Electric Cars Will Get “eDrive” Designation
If you were already confused by the launch of BMW’s new ‘i’ sub-brand for its upcoming electric cars, things are about to get a whole lot more complicated when it comes to the naming of the automaker’s future lineup. At the 2012 Beijing Auto Show this week BMW rolled out its...
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Rolls-Royce Ghost Six Senses Concept: Beijing Auto Show
No this, Rolls doesn't see dead people. It's a Ghost that sees people wrapped in even more bespoke richness than the usual uber-sedan. Or, as Rolls-Royce puts it in inimitably over-the-top fashion, Ghost Six Senses Concept is "a highly-bespoke luxury model that encapsulates the richness of...
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Aston Martin Reveals 'Dragon 88' Special Editions In Beijing
Intent on making a statement at this week’s Beijing Auto Show, Aston Martin is unveiling three special edition models in its “Dragon 88” series, aimed specifically at customers in the Chinese market. Show attendees will see a DBS Volante, a Virage Coupe and a V8 Vantage S Coupe...
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Audi has taken the wraps off a new plug-in hybrid concept based on its A6 luxury sedan at the 2012 Beijing Auto Show. The new concept, grouped under the automaker’s e-tron label for electrified vehicles, is based on an extended wheelbase version of the latest generation A6. More importantly, the concept’s advanced drivetrain is a preview of the new plug-in hybrid technology Audi plans to launch from 2014 onwards. It will initially appear in a plug-in hybrid version of the A3 hatchback in 2014 followed by similar plug-in versions of the next-generation A4 sedan and Q7 SUV. In the...
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Ferrari Previews Enzo Successor’s Hybrid Drivetrain: Video
Ferrari’s replacement for the Enzo supercar is due out towards the end of this year and in the lead up to its arrival the automaker has been dropping numerous hints about its revolutionary new powerplant. Today, at the 2012 Beijing Auto Show, Ferrari has revealed the new V-12 powertrain...
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The Most Luxurious Jaguar Ever Is The New XJ Ultimate Edition
Jaguar has launched a new ultra-luxurious version of its XJ flagship sedan at the 2012 Beijing Auto Show, adopting the ‘Ultimate’ tag last used on the Range Rover Autobiography Ultimate Edition from Land Rover last year. Based on the long-wheelbase XJ, the ichanges applied to the XJ...
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Bentley Lists Potential Engines For SUV, Mentions Plug-In Hybrid
Bentley’s polarizing SUV concept, the EXP 9 F, has made its debut in front of audiences in one of its primary intended markets, China, and we now have some tentative new details about the future production version’s powertrain lineup. Unmistakably a Bentley--yet a Bentley like none...
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Eterniti Artemis SUV Makes Debut At 2012 Beijing Auto Show
After first announcing plans for an ultra-luxurious SUV last summer, newly-established British firm Eterniti Motors unveiled a concept version of its new SUV, the Hemera, at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show. Unfortunately, the concept looked just a little too much like the vehicle it was based on, a...
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Mercedes-Benz Could Bring More Four-Cylinder Diesels To The U.S.
In the interest of fuel efficiency, luxury manufacturers are replacing six-cylinder engines with forced-induction fours. BMW has already made the switch on its new 3-Series cars, and the 2012 Mercedes-Benz C250 models sport a turbocharged 1.8-liter four. If luxury buyers are willing to downsize...
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