Luxury Cars
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A concept from the 2009 Geneva Motor Show presages a new, smaller Rolls-Royce.
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2012 Aston Martin Lagonda Preview
Aston takes an unusual translation of "Lagonda": now, it means SUV.
Martin Padgett -
Lagonda concept marks return of a legendary British marque
Lagonda is back. The legendary British marque has been revived for its 100th anniversary and to mark the event a new Lagonda concept car has made its debut today at the Geneva Motor Show. Lagonda is best known for its range of saloons and tourers but its future lies in a very different realm. The...
Kenneth Hall -
Ferrari Announces 599 HGTE Package And 599XX Experimental Car
Though the California convertible has grabbed almost all the attention paid to Ferrari in the media recently, the 599 GTB is still just as formidable and attractive as it was the day it hit the streets. However, never one to rest on their laurels, the men and women in Maranello have plans to make...
Kenneth Hall -
Continental Supersports: Bentley’s Fastest And Most Powerful Production Car Ever
The pressure to show an interest in the ecological impact of driving is extending ever-upwards, so high that even Bentley is working on a biofuel model. The new model is called the Continental Supersports and it will be making its world debut at the Geneva Motor Show next month. Described by its...
Kenneth Hall -
Automatic GranTurismo S will join Maserati lineup in Geneva
Bowing to customer demand, Maserati will finally add an automatic transmission to its stunning GranTurismo S. The ZF-sourced six-speeder is already available in the standard GranTurismo and will be sold alongside the existing Cambiocorsa electro-actuated manual in the sportier GranTurismo S. The...
Jeremy Weber -
Hyundai has developed a new large luxury saloon to replace its Equus flagship and now the first official images of the car have leaked following the launch of the vehicle at a press event in South Korea earlier this week. The new model continues the Equus name in its home market but latest reports indicate that the car could eventually be sold in the U.S. The latest photos show the car from new angles, revealing it to be an all-around well-finished car. It shares a stance with the Genesis, though it is clearly larger, and has its own unique styling. The Equus, taken with the Genesis...
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McLaren Looking To Increase Production To 4,000 Cars Per Year
Having recently parted company from Mercedes Benz, hired a new design director and started work on a successor to the vaunted F1, the team at McLaren is busy as ever. But that hasn't deterred Ron Dennis, the man who guided Lewis Hamilton to an F1 World Championship win last year, from building up...
Kenneth Hall -
Lexus Prices 2010 RX 350 To Start At $36,800
The RX line of SUVs has been Lexus' best-selling luxury utility vehicle since its launch in 1998, and the new generation takes the vehicle into a larger, more powerful realm, while at the same time adding new efficiency-enhancing measures in the hybrid model. Launched in Los Angeles at last year's...
Nelson Ireson -
Infiniti Partners With Louis Vuitton For New Concept Car
Infiniti has confirmed that it will unveil a brand new concept car at next month’s Geneva Motor Show but the only details released so far is that the concept will come with a custom Louis Vuitton luggage set. In the lead up to the concept’s unveiling, Infiniti design boss Shiro Nakamura...
Kenneth Hall -
2010 BMW X6 M spy shots
Currently sitting atop BMW’s X6 range is the xDrive50i but as these latest spy shots and previous rendering attest there will be a new top dog in the X6 lineup soon, likely wearing an M badge. After witnessing Porsche and AMG rack up thousands of sales with their respective Cayenne and ML...
Ralph Hanson -
Acura forges ahead with tier 1 luxury plans, NSX could be revived
Apart from Lexus, Japanese luxury brands still pale in comparison to their German rivals in terms of the number of models they produce and the prices they can command. Overall image in the marketplace and status on the street have likewise proven difficult to develop. That's why Acura is making a...
Alex Kaufmann -
Launching a new vehicle - especially a luxury vehicle - is a difficult thing to do at any time. Doing it during the worst economic downturn of the past several decades is all the more challenging. And when that ill-timed luxury vehicle happens to be a de facto member of the much-hyped but ultimately smaller-than-expected crossover segment, things are downright tough. Which is a roundabout way of saying that while flying down to San Antonio to get a taste of the new 2010 Lexus RX 350 and 450h, I wasn’t expecting to be bowled over. Sure it's the segment-defining mid-size luxury crossover...
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GM Announces New Production, Job cuts; Cadillac XLR Canceled
The ongoing economic recession continues to impact the car industry and General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] with reduced revenue and the need to cut production. Reducing production means cutting back on labor, resulting in today's announcement of 2,000 jobs to be cut. Along with the lost jobs, GM will...
Nelson Ireson -
GM delays Australian Cadillac launch indefinitely
General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] today announced that the introduction of Cadillac into the Australia market had been delayed indefinitely. Confirming the bad news was the boss of GM’s Holden subsidiary, Mark Reuss, who said the downturn in the local automotive market plus the broader global...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Bentley's Production V-8 Turns 50
Fifty years ago Bentley first installed a V8 engine in its iconic S2 Continental, and the legacy of that original 6.2L aluminum powerplant can still be found today in cars like the 530hp (395kW) Brooklands coupe, Arnage saloon and Azure convertible. To celebrate the achievement, Bentley’s...
Kenneth Hall -
Audi's A4 outsells all other premium sedans in Germany
Though overall sales figures have slumped through the end of 2008 and start of 2009, there are occasional bright patches of news as carmakers grab market share from long-time competitors or reach individual sales records. Audi has done just that, beating BMW's 3-series and Mercedes-Benz's C-Class...
Nelson Ireson -
Barack Obama's Cadillac presidential limo revealed
With president-elect Barack Obama soon to be sworn in as the nation’s leader, a new presidential limousine was in call for and once again General Motors was assigned the task of building it. Nicknamed ‘The Beast’, the limo is based on a number of GM platforms and shares components...
Ralph Hanson -
Fisker's Karma plug-in hybrid sedan may be one of the most attractive designs to take electricity to four wheels, and it now has a stablemate. Today Fisker revealed the new Karma Sunset convertible concept at the Detroit Auto Show. The car was teased by the company last week via an enigmatic photo which revealed little but stirred the imagination. Showing only a front fender and door line that appeared to resemble the Karma very closely, the lack of a B-pillar and a generally bright look to the interior hinted that the Karma Sunset might be a convertible, and that postulation has proved true...
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Lamborghini Takes Ad Personam To The Next Level In Detroit
At last year's Detroit Auto Show, Lamborghini debuted its factory customization program, which it calls Ad Personam. This year, the Italian supercar maker has decided to up the ante, bringing two Ad Personam program cars to the show to demonstrate just what is possible via the in-house...
Nelson Ireson -
Hyundai Genesis Wins 2009 North American Car Of The Year Award
Coinciding with this week’s 2009 Detroit Auto Show is the 2009 North American Car and Truck of the Year (NACTOY) awards, and for this year’s event the 2009 Hyundai Genesis took out the car award, while the 2009 Ford F-150 was picked as the top truck. Runners up for the car award were...
James Martinez -
Mercedes-Benz Unveils All-New E-Class
In and amongst all the releases for new vehicles and concepts for this month’s Detroit Auto Show, Mercedes Benz has decided to quietly reveal details for its all-new E-Class sedan, which is set to go on sale in Europe this March following a debut at the Geneva Motor Show. The new model...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Mysterious BMW Prototype Suggests 8-Series Is Still Alive
Spy shots of what appears to be a heavily disguised BMW test mule have ignited rumors that the German company could still be developing a production version of its four-door BMW CS concept car. Citing the difficult economic climate, BMW last month stated that it would be focusing on smaller cars...
Alex Kaufmann -
Studiotorino Converts Mercedes SL Into CoupeTorino Concept
What do you get when you combine German engineering with Italian design? One example is the stunning CoupeTorino, a re-design project by Alfredo Stola of StudioTorino. Based around the Mercedes SL, the CoupeTorino takes a solid platform and turns it into a work of art. Submitted as a proposal to...
Alex Kaufmann