Luxury Cars

  • GM reveals Daewoo Veritas based on Holden Caprice

    Holden has announced today that its Caprice flagship will be exported to South Korea, where it will be sold as the new Daewoo Veritas saloon. The Caprice is essentially a long-wheelbase version of the Zeta-based Commodore/Pontiac G8, and is already exported to China as the Buick Park Avenue. GM was even considering using the car for a new Buick flagship but impending CAFE regulations have shelved the project. The Veritas was first previewed in South Korea back at the Seoul Motor Show in 2007 as the L4X concept car, and will feature GM’s 3.6L global V6 engine and a five-speed automatic...

  • Brit firm working on 620hp Jensen Interceptor SX
    Brit Firm Working On 620-HP Jensen Interceptor SX

    The Jensen Interceptor was a car born out of the 1960s, with glorious Italian coupe styling and a nickname of "The Gentleman's Express." While the British-based Jensen Motors may have ceased trading in May 1976, engineers at Britain's 'V Eight' have revived the Jensen Interceptor sport car and are...

  • Audi reveals RS6 Sedan ahead of Paris Motor Show debut
    Audi Reveals RS 6 Sedan Ahead Of 2008 Paris Auto Show Debut

    Earlier this year, Audi revealed pictures and statistics for its monstrous V10-powered RS6 Avant, and now the first details about the sedan variant have been revealed just months out from new car’s debut at this year’s Paris Motor Show. Just like the Avant wagon, the new RS6 Sedan is...

  • Trident Iceni biodiesel supercar 'nears production'
    Trident Iceni Biodiesel Supercar Nears Production

    The Trident Iceni biodiesel sports car first made waves a couple years ago with a set of numbers that left many people scratching their heads - a 200mph top speed, 0-60mph in 3.7 seconds, and fuel economy figures of up to 83mpg (2.82L/100km) on the highway. Development of the first prototypes has...

  • Revealed: Pininfarina-designed 'Hyperion' Rolls Royce
    Pininfarina-designed Rolls-Royce Hyperion revealed

    Named for a Titan in Greek mythology, the Pininfarina-etched Hyperion is designed to evoke memories of cars from the 1930s with its long majestic bonnet, short rear overhang and low rooflines. Based on the Rolls-Royce Drophead Coupe, the changes needed to create the Hyperion include the removal of...

  • Citroen C6 'Office' concept by Intersection magazine
    Citroën C6 Office concept by Intersection magazine

    Citroën has partnered with automotive fashion magazine Intersection to create a special, one-off concept car based on the C6 sedan. The concept is set to appear at a number of fashion and entertainment events over the next couple of months. Dubbed the C6 Office, it's been designed to suit...

  • BMW introduces Competition Package for M6 Coupe

    Along with the list of 2009 model year changes for the entire BMW M range is the introduction of a new ‘Competition Package’ for the M6 Coupe. The latest package includes increases the performance of the already strong car, with an updated chassis, lowered suspension, new aluminum wheels and a restyled bonnet distinguishing the Competition Package from the standard M6. Updates to the car’s mechanicals include a new active-chassis monitoring system, designed to alter the suspension travel and firmness on the fly. The Competition Package M6 also sits lower than the regular M6...

  • Update: GM rules out new Opel flagship
    GM Rules Out New Opel Flagship

    General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] global product chief Bob Lutz has ruled out developing a new flagship model for the Opel brand, claiming that there’s little chance a model positioned above the new Insignia sedan would be able to compete with Germany’s well-established premium brands...

  • Lotus names new 2+2 GT ‘Evora’
    Lotus Names New 2+2 GT ‘Evora’

    Lotus has revealed the new name of its latest model, a 2+2 GT that made its official debut today at the London Motor Show. The car will from now be known as the ‘Evora’ (named after a city in Portugal) and it joins the ranks of Lotus’ existing models, including the Elise, Exige...

  • Update: High-res Ferrari California images
    Update: High-Res Ferrari California Images

    The first official images of Ferrari’s latest model, the all-new GT California convertible have finally been released after months of tantalizing spy shots and recent teasers. The new model will be available exclusively as a convertible and will feature several firsts for Ferrari including a...

  • One-off Maybach Exelero offered for sale
    One-off Maybach Exelero offered for sale

    What may be the world's most expensive mobile tire test bed, the Maybach Exelero Concept, is being offered for sale at a starting price of €5,000,000 ($7,843,000). The retro-futuristic twin-turbo V12 concept car is capable of sprinting to 100km/h in 4.4 seconds and a top speed of 351km/h...

  • Overfinch Country Pursuits Range Rover concept
    Overfinch Country Pursuits Range Rover Concept

    Range Rover tuning specialist Overfinch has developed a new concept vehicle based on the premium Land Rover SUV, which was displayed today at the Salon Prive Luxury and Supercar Show at the Hurlingham Club in London. The modified SUV, dubbed the Country Pursuits Concept, is based on the Vogue SE...

  • Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 Roadster Versace edition

    Lamborghini has once again teamed up with Italian fashion house Versace to create a special edition package for its Murcielago LP 640 Roadster plus a range of new accessories. Versace’s designers teamed up with Lamborghini’s Centro Stile and specialists from the Ad Personam personalization department to create the new edition’s unique interior fittings and exterior color schemes. The cars will be produced to order and include a unique pastel white livery, Versace Greek key motifs on the lower part of the doors and a transparent engine hood protecting the mid-mounted V-12...

  • Bentley updates Continental Flying Spur and adds new Speed model
    Bentley updates Continental Flying Spur and adds new Speed model

    Bentley has updated its Continental Flying Spur for the 2009 model year and has added the all-new Continental Flying Spur ‘Speed’ performance model to the range. The new 600hp Flying Spur Speed is officially the most powerful four-door car ever produced by Bentley and is based heavily...

  • Spy Shots: LWB Bentley Arnage
    Spy Shots: LWB Bentley Arnage

    The past year's sales and profits have set record benchmarks at Bentley thanks to the success of its Continental GT and Flying Spur. A few kinks in the production process recently led to the recall of 13,000 cars for a possible fuel-line leak, but that hasn't slowed progress on the new 2011 Arnage...

  • Aston Martin DBS crashed for new James Bond movie
    Aston Martin DBS Crashed For New James Bond Movie

    One Aston Martin DBS used for filming in the latest James Bond flick, Quantum of Solace, has already ended up at the bottom of an Italian lake, and now a second car has been crashed into a quarry. Unlike the first incident, which was actually an accident caused by poor weather conditions, the...

  • Porsche exec denies rumors of baby Cayenne and 928-sucessor
    Porsche Exec Denies Rumors Of Baby Cayenne And 928 Successor

    Porsche is planning to expand its operations considerably over the next couple of years by hiring up to 2,100 new employees and opening dozens of new dealers in emerging markets such as China and Russia. However, don't expect to see any major model launches as the only car Porsche marketing exec...

  • Spy Shots: Land Rover Discovery 3 packing 5.0L V8
    Spy Shots: Land Rover LR3 Packing 5.0-Liter V-8

    With all the commotion and buzz over recent spy images of a high-performance Range Rover and Range Rover Sport testing at the Nurburgring it’s easy to forget Land Rover’s smaller Discovery 3 SUV is also due for an update. Exterior-wise the update will only be a minor one but according...

  • Update: Neiman Marcus Hennessey Venom Viper details

    Updated with more images. When you think of Neiman Marcus catalog cars, brands like BMW and Lexus usually spring to mind. The latest seller to grace the catalog’s pages, however, wears a humble Dodge badge. Neiman Marcus is in fact selling a Hennessey-tuned Dodge Viper Venom in its spring Men's Catalog for the cool sum of $179,500. For the money you get a 700hp V10 American muscle car churning out a healthy 645ft-lb of torque, and is capable of accelerating to 60mph in just 3.3 seconds and reaching a top speed in excess of 200mph. The Neiman Marcus edition is based on the Hennessey...

  • Tata boss backs Jaguar F-Type
    Tata Boss Backs Jaguar F-Type

    There have been plenty of rumors circulating about Jaguar planning a new lightweight sports car to rival the likes of the Porsche 911 but until now we haven’t had any substantial evidence that officials were even contemplating the car. Speaking at this week’s Geneva Motor Show, Tata...

  • Revealed: 2009 Infiniti FX50
    2009 Infiniti FX50 revealed

    On the eve of Infiniti’s launch in Europe, the upmarket Nissan brand has presented the second-generation Infiniti FX SUV powered by an all-new 5.0L V8 engine. Debuting in flagship FX50 form, the new V8 develops a peak output of 390hp and 500Nm of torque and is mated to a seven-speed automatic...

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    Bentley Zagato GTZ Revealed Ahead Of Geneva

    Italian design house Zagato has developed a unique coachbuilt body for Bentley’s new Continental GT Speed, which it plans to unveil at next week’s Geneva Motor Show. Labeled the 'GTZ', the modified Bentley is just the latest in a long history of coachbuilt cars from Zagato including...

  • Spy Shots: Lotus Eagle 2+2 in winter testing
    Spy Shots: Lotus Eagle 2+2 In Winter Testing

    The ever-vigilant spies at KGP Photography have put their lenses on what is thought to be a Lotus Eagle prototype. Other cars believed to be the Eagle have been spotted before, but the heavy-duty camouflage and odd angles of the newly-snapped car lend credence to the rumors in this case. Expected...

  • Update: Maybach 62 Landaulet goes into production
    Maybach 62 Landaulet goes into production

    Despite sales troubles in Australia and a general lack of interest in its Maybach brand, Daimler has chosen to go to production with its Maybach 62 Landaulet, shown first in concept form in Dubai last year, and again at the Detroit auto show. The first examples will emerge in the third quarter of...

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