Luxury Cars
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Porsche saw growth in sales and profitability in 2011, and appears to be on track for reaching its Strategy 2018 business plan goals.
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Porsche's Near Future: Macan, Plug-In Hybrids, 'Customer Experience'
Wrapping up our series of articles generated from a roundtable discussion with Porsche chief Matthias Mueller, management board member for sales and marketing Bernhard Maier, and Porsche Cars North America chief Detlev von Platen at the Geneva Motor Show, we take a look at the near future of...
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Rolls-Royce Rules Out Building An Electric Phantom
The CEO of Rolls-Royce Torsten Müller-Ötvös has ruled out building a production version of his company's 102EX electric Phantom concept, at least in the near future. After taking the concept on a world tour, and allowing more than 500 potential customers, including us, to take it for...
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Volvo V40 Gives Pedestrians Airbags Too: Video
Volvo has made a bold claim about the safety of its cars. The automaker says that by 2020, it aims that nobody will be killed or seriously injured in one of its vehicles. However, Volvo is also looking out for the little guy on the street. Volvo's latest V40, a five-door hatchback that debuted at...
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Jaguar’s Jet-Powered C-X75 To Be Track Car Only: Report
In 2010 Jaguar unveiled a stunning new supercar concept called the C-X75, which was powered by an advanced range-extended electric drivetrain that relied on a pair of gas-powered ‘microturbines’ to top up the vehicle’s batteries. Then, early last year, Jaguar gave its C-X75 the...
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Porsche CEO Mueller: Sub-Boxster 550 Spyder Still On The Table
As one of the great on-again, off-again projects of recent years at Porsche, the sub-Boxster roadster, referred to internally as the 550--after the historic 550 Spyder--has at times straddled the cusp of both reality and cancellation. In a way, it continues to--but we recently sat down with...
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Today at noon (as in now) the Gilt Groupe will sell the first all-new 2013 Infiniti JX35 crossover--for half off its retail price of $54,850. That's a $27,425 savings. Why? For charity--the full retail value of the car will be donated to Coaches vs. Cancer, a collaborative effort between the National Association of Basketball Coaches and the American Cancer Society. The sale is also timed to take advantage of the March Madness madness--and it's named as such. The 2013 JX35 will headline the 60-hour March Madness sale which will also see VIP tickets and special packages for the various...
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Interview With Lambo CEO, 2013 SL 550 Priced, Updated Leaper: Today's Car News
With the 2012 Geneva Motor Show just behind us, the industry is still churning up news--surprisingly so, even. At the top of the day's news, we sat down with Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann while we were in Geneva, and got some inside info on the Aventador J, as well as a hint at a potential...
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2013 Jaguar XF Sportbrake Design And Driving Video
We can’t get enough of Jaguar’s new XF Sportbrake but sadly, we’ll have to learn to appreciate it from afar as Jaguar has no plans to launch its svelte wagon in the U.S. Despite the previous X-Type wagon selling locally, the new XF Sportbrake won’t due to differences in...
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2013 Mercedes-Benz SL550 Priced From $106,375
The brand new 2013 Mercedes-Benz SL Class goes on sale this May and in the U.S. that means only one model initially, the SL550. It will be joined further down the track by the high-performance SL63 AMG and possibly a new SL65 AMG, with the latter expected to stick with a twin-turbocharged V-12...
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Volvo Latest To Eye North American Plant
Volvo is the latest automaker to reveal it’s considering moving production of some of its cars to North America, namely, to escape currency fluctuations that can hurt profitability. Currently, most of Volvo’s models sold in the U.S. are built in Europe but in the future we may see Volvo...
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Jaguar Updates Leaper Logo, Launches New Marketing Campaign
After a recent return to profitability and the promise of some very exciting models in the pipeline, Jaguar is now on a mission to establish itself in the eyes of consumers as one of the major brands in the luxury autos segment. To help spur things along, Jaguar recently launched a new marketing...
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Whenever I land in a strange place for one of these first drives of a new car, the first task at hand is to keep moving. Get off the plane, off the shuttle, and get out of the hotel room before jet lag lures me for "a short nap" and proceeds to take the rest of the day--the rest of the trip--hostage. I use my luggage as a human shield, dodging in quickly and walking right back out for at least an hour, to try to get some context, and some sunshine, because body clocks work better when they're on local time. When last I tried this, in stunning Croatia, where last we left Bentley's GTC in the...
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Chris Harris Drives BMW's New M550d xDrive: Video
British motor journalist Chris Harris gives his take on the new BMW M550d xDrive, forbidden fruit to those of us on this side of the Atlantic.
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Mercedes SLS AMG E-Cell: Tech Behind The Electric Supercar
If you're yet to be convinced about electric cars, then you aren't alone. They're certainly not suitable for everyone, but that's not to say there aren't aspects we can appreciate. 649 pounds-feet of torque from a standstill is an appreciable quality, as is 525 horsepower. Those are the figures...
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Italian Supercar Owners Wary Of The Tax Police
Nervous Italian supercar and luxury car owners are dumping their prized possessions at a loss to avoid the scrutiny of Italy's tax police.
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Lexus LFA Supercar Pays A Visit To Jay Leno’s Garage: Video
Jay Leno simply loves that the Lexus LFA packs so much carbon fiber, as revealed in this latest episode of Jay Leno's Garage.
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Ferrari F12 Berlinetta Hits The Road And Track: Video
Ferrari’s latest video tells the story of the new F12 Berlinetta, from its raw aluminum state to its ultimate performance on the road and track. Designed from scratch, the F12 Berlinetta is the fastest and most powerful road going car in Ferrari’s history. Packing a new-generation...
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To put it mildly, the styling of Bentley’s recently unveiled EXP 9 F SUV concept is somewhat controversial. Bentley is well aware of this, stating that customer and public reaction to the concept is being monitored closely before production is given the green light and a final design is locked in. A redesign of the EXP 9 F may already be in progress, however, according to a new report from the UK. An inside source has told What Car? the EXP 9 F’s styling is “a little heavy handed” and that an alternative design is being worked on. The source went on to reveal that...
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Volvo Appoints Former VW Designer As New Design Chief
Thomas Ingenlath, the former head of Volkswagen’s Design Center in Potsdam, Germany, has been appointed by Volvo as its new design chief. Ingenlath replaces Peter Horbury, who was recently appointed head of design of the Geely Group. Geely, based in China, is the current owner of Volvo after...
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Rolls-Royce Announces New Two-Tone Bespoke Option For Ghost
The facelifted ‘Series II’ Phantom wasn’t the only new offering from Rolls-Royce at this week’s Geneva Motor Show. Rolls-Royce also used the Swiss event to unveil a new two-tone color option for the Ghost. The particular car used to preview the option was finished in...
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Hybrid 911 Possible, Hints Porsche--But Not Until We Have To
As the maker of the first racing hybrid that would do serious business on the track--courtesy of an F1-style kinetic energy recovery system--Porsche is no stranger to the idea of high-performance hybrids. But the brand, under then-CEO Michael Macht, has said as recently as 2010, that it won't build...
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Exige S Roadster, 2013 SL65 AMG, SRT Barracuda: Car News Headlines
The Geneva Motor Show nearly split the automotive web in half this week under the sheer weight of its debuts and news, but there are other things happening out there. The 2013 Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG is set to debut at the 2012 New York Auto Show, for instance, and it's a car we're looking forward...
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Infiniti FX Sebastian Vettel Version Confirmed For Production
Sebastian Vettel is about to commence his quest to maintain his world champion status in Formula 1 in the 2012 season, and as brand ambassador for Infiniti, he also has a special-edition FX50. First unveiled last September in concept form, the special FX50 has been confirmed for production by...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran