Luxury Cars

UPDATE: The 2013 Mercedes-Benz SL Class has been revealed. Click here for all the info and photos. A few months ago, Mercedes-Benz quietly dropped the V-12 variants from its SL-Class lineup, and the popular interpretation was that it was preparing for the debut of the upcoming 2013 SL-Class...

What are you to do if you want a long-wheelbase Audi A8 with a W12 engine and a hyper-premium, limited-edition feel? Get on the short list for the 50 Exclusive Concepts that will be built, that's what. Announced today at the Frankfurt Auto Show, the A8 L W12 will see just 50 units built, featuring...

The 2012 Porsche 911 is one of the most important new cars on the show stands at Frankfurt 2011, and it's clear from the space devoted to it at the massive VW pavilion, the company is devoted to playing up the new "991" sportscar. There's much new technology in the new 911, not the least of which...

As we first reported a few weeks back, Wiesmann, the maker of the retro-styled MF series of roadsters and coupes, is ending production of its Roadster MF3, a car that has been around for the last 18 years. In honor of the milestone, Wiesmann has teamed up with fellow German firm Sieger, a...

The new Ferrari 458 Spider has flipped its lid in Frankfurt and we have a fresh batch of live photos of the stunning supercar. As you’ll recall from our previous post, this convertible version of the 458 Italia gets an automated folding roof made from aluminum, which only takes 14 seconds to...

Lotus has already confirmed that it will build a road-going version of its Evora GTE race car based on the striking concept version we saw at the recent 2011 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, and now, at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show, the automaker has unveiled the production version...

Flanked by Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn and Nissan design boss Shiro Nakamura, Formula 1 ace Sebastian Vettel unveiled his personalized Infiniti FX at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show this week. Vettel’s personal car just so happens to be a white Infiniti FX50, which he regularly drives to F1...

The Audi Urban Concept is one of those cars we love and hate at the same time. Why? Because it's achingly cool in a futuristic, these-are-the-cars-we-were-promised-as-kids kind of way, but at the same time, still completely out of reach for the real world. The Spyder just adds to the discord with...

Revealed in detail yesterday ahead of its official unveiling in Frankfurt today, the 2013 Lexus GS 450h shows its hybrid mettle in a metallic silver paint job. Will it have the right stuff to take on the Infiniti M35h? It certainly looks the part. The 3.5-liter V-6's high compression ratio and...

If your wallet is too small for all your crisp new $100 bills and your seventh home in Monaco is starting to feel a bit claustrophobic, perhaps you need to upgrade your Bentley Mulsanne to the new Executive Interior Concept unveiled today in Frankfurt and go for a drive. That's right: if your...

When we took the wheel of the 2012 Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Coupe on the Circuito Monteblanco in Spain earlier this year, we knew AMG had something special on its hands. Far more focused and capable on track, it is a true competitor to the BMW M3. The Black Series takes the car to yet another level of...

Billed as an evolution of the Concept Universe, the latest forward-looking design out of Volvo is the Concept You, unveiled today in Frankfurt. Taking the full-size sedan conceptualization to the next level might hint that plans for a futuristic Volvo flagship might not be as dead as previously...

Shooting brake, n.: (1) A sports car, generally a two-door coupe, with an elongated roof and hatchback-like rear cargo area; (2) completely awesome. The 2013 Fisker Surf, though it's a five-door and perhaps more accurately categorized as a sports hatchback or as a member of the funky new breed of...

Infiniti's mainstream sister brand, Nissan, has been selling the LEAF electric vehicle just about as quickly as it can build it, but so far, there's been no luxury version for the premium marque. That's going to change in 2014 according to a speech given by Shiro Nakamura, Infiniti's chief creative...

Love it or hate it, the SUV has taken the luxury market by storm since its introduction, and only a few brands still don't have at least one offering in the segment. That number is one smaller today, however, as Maserati introduced the Kubang at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show. The first thing you're...

While the rest of the auto world dives deeply hybrids and electric cars at this year's Frankfurt Auto Show, Mercedes-Benz is still convinced the hydrogen fuel cell is the powertrain of the future--absolutely by the year 2050, and likely much sooner than that if new hydrogen-storage technology can...

Previewed with scant details and only a handful of photos 11 days ago, the Infiniti FX Sebastian Vettel version is now officially out, and it's a bruiser of a crossover. While it's not quite as maniacal as, say BMW's X6 M, the 414-horsepower FX is still capable of 60 mph in 5.6 seconds. It also...

The 2013 Lexus GS 350 was just revealed a few weeks ago at Pebble Beach, and now it's time for it's bigger, hybrid brother to take the stage: the 2013 GS 450h has made its debut ahead of the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show. Powered by a 3.5-liter V-6 sporting an Atkinson Cycle valve timing, 13:1...

The Aston Martin DBS Carbon Black Edition, first released in late 2009, today gets a pair of new colors as it preps to debut at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show. Flame Orange and Ceramic Grey join the existing Carbon Black color for the new release. The Carbon Edition DBS is essentially the same DBS...

Making its official world debut tomorrow at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show is the new 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Roadster, the open-top version of the SLS AMG ‘Gullwing’ that was first launched in ’09. Mercedes-Benz will be using the Frankfurt stage to also announce a handful of new...