Luxury Cars

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...

The stunning 8C Spider isn’t the only new model Alfa Romeo will be presenting at next month’s Geneva auto show. Also gracing the stands of the Italian carmaker will be updated versions of its bread-and-butter 159 sedan and sportwagon models. Changes to the cars have been kept subtle but...

Wagons and crossover SUVs accounted for almost half of Volvo’s sales in the United States last year, so it comes as little surprise the carmaker will be adding even more of these models to its lineup in the near future. With the all-new XC60 crossover debuting at the 2008 Geneva auto show...

By all accounts, the Phaeton limo has been a major flop for Volkswagen and nowhere has it performed more badly than in the U.S. where the decision to drop the car came just two years after its launch. Since going on sale back in 2003, VW America managed to find a home for just 3,354 cars in total...

A new world record for the highest amount ever paid for a car license plate was set this weekend when an Emirati businessman placed a bid of Dh52.2 million, about $14.5 million, for the number "1" at an auction in Abu Dhabi. This almost doubles the previous record of Dh25.2 million that was paid...

Pictured above is a one-off shooting brake version of the Maserati Quattroporte saloon that was developed as a 1:4 scale model and is dubbed the Maserati 'Cinqueporte'. The concept is the creation of StudioM and StudioTorino and was commissioned on behalf of an Arab customer who has in the past...

Fisker surprised many at last month’s Detroit Auto Show when it revealed its striking Karma luxury plug-in hybrid sedan was headed for production and a 2009 launch. Here was a small coachbuilder promising to deliver a plug-in hybrid vehicle at least one year before heavyweights like Toyota...

A report out of Germany today from the country's top automotive support service, ADAC, claims that the most reliable cars - based on analysis of their receipt of 2 million calls for help - in Germany are of German make. BMW's X3 tops the list, and is followed by Audi's A2 and BMW's 1-series. But...

Earlier today we posted information about the European launch of Mercedes’ facelifted SL convertible and now we have all the details for the U.S. market. Americans will once again miss out on the V6 models, including the new entry-level SL280, and instead get updated versions of the SL550 V8...

The personalized number plate ‘F1’ has been sold for a whopping $740,000 in the U.K. to the man behind one of our favorite tuners, A. Kahn Design. New owner Afzal Kahn is said to be saving the number plate for a McLaren Mercedes SLR supercar like the one pictured here, which is actually...

We’ve already seen this prototype undergoing hot weather testing in California’s Death Valley. This time around the car’s performance in subzero temps is being investigated and a bunch of new photos of the test-mule have been captured. The prototype seen here is wearing mock Dodge...

If you can’t find a stock Lamborghini that fits you and you’d rather not put one under the tuner’s knife, what are you to do? Lamborghini has just what you’re looking for: their Ad Personam personalization program. Now those with the means can have their own tailor-made...

The E-class has been officially revealed by Mercedes-Benz. Click here for pictures and information. Mercedes is set to release its next-generation E-class sedan by 2009, with sales to start soon after the car’s debut at the Geneva Motor Show. Remaining similar in size to the current model...

One of the highlights of this year’s Detroit Auto Show is a new plug-in hybrid four-door coupe from California’s Fisker Coachbuild. The new car is called the Karma and it sports advanced technologies such as a lithium-ion battery array, aluminum construction and varying driving modes...

The Audi Allroad, based on the mid-sized A6, is essentially a jacked-up version of the standard wagon with protective plastic side cladding and a quattro all-wheel-drive system. The car is designed for those individuals who want off-road capability but aren’t willing to upsize to full-on SUV...

Rumors of an SUV model from the likes of Lamborghini and Ferrari are rife but according to top officials there’s no chance of it seeing production anytime soon. The rumors concerning such a model from the traditional performance brands arose because of the success Porsche has had with its...

The ultra-exclusive Ferrari FXX isn’t just any new model but is in fact a development test-bed for new technologies that will eventually filter across to Ferrari’s future road cars. The new Evolution Package is the latest version of the FXX prototype and represents the culmination of...

Henrik Fisker, a man responsible for the breath-taking designs of the BMW Z8, Aston Martin DB9 and V8 Vantage, is set to debut a 100-mph performance plug-in hybrid at the Detroit Auto Show in January next year. By partnering with Quantum Technologies, Fisker Automotive plans to start selling the...

The rumors surrounding Ferrari's Dino-that-can't-be-called-a-Dino have dominated much of the Ferrari-related press lately, but it looks like Ferrari has something else up its sleeve for Detroit. As we reported two weeks ago, it is widely speculated that the so-called GT California will be a 2+2...

Like a five-year-old kid, Lexus apparently just can't wait for Christmas this year, and is already offering a special edition car for the still-distant holiday season. The Neiman Marcus IS F Special Build Sedan (the name just rolls of the tongue) will be offered in the Neiman Marcus 2007 Christmas...