SUVs
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Buoyed by its best sales results since the 2008 global financial crisis Bentley looks set to give the go ahead for a new upscale SUV to be launched sometime in 2014 and come powered by a 12-cylinder engine. Importantly, Bentley intends for its model to be positioned above any SUV currently on the market, which means pricing is likely to start at more than $140,000. At a recent press event Bentley boss Wolfgang Duerheimer said that Volkswagen Group’s upper management will make the final call in the first quarter of 2012, adding that he expected a “positive decision,” The Wall...
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Mercedes-Benz Sells Its Two Millionth SUV
After the launch of its first SUV, the G Class, more than 30 years ago Mercedes-Benz is now celebrating the sale of its two millionth luxury soft-roader. As you may have guessed, most of those SUVs have ended up in the U.S., though China is fast on its way to overtaking it, and despite fuel prices...
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2012 Cadillac Escalade Gets Security Upgrades
Cadillac has stepped up the security features on the 2012 Escalade, making the SUV harder to steal and (hopefully) de-listing it as one of America's most stolen vehicles.
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2012 Cadillac SRX: Driven
The 2012 Cadillac SRX seems at least in one respect to be going against the grain. As a number of luxury vehicles have had engines downsized—and even the BMW 5-Series is going four-cylinder, for instance—Cadillac has instead swapped a larger engine, with slightly worse gas mileage, into its SRX...
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Inside Hollywood's Range Rover Obsession
By now, you've probably noticed we're impressed with the 2012 Range Rover Evoque. In fact, it was a Best Car to Buy 2012 nominee right here on Motor Authority. We're not alone, however. Over 50 international awards have been given to the Evoque, according to Land Rover. It's also a hit where they...
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Hennessey Drops 800 Horses Into A Jeep Grand Cherokee
Hennessey unveils its latest tune: an 800-hp Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8.
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Ford will show a new B segment crossover at January's Auto Expo 2012 in New Delhi, India. Based on the Ford Fiesta, the new global vehicle will be targeted at emerging markets.
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Eterniti Updates Hemera Design Ahead Of 2012 Beijing Auto Show Debut
At this year’s Frankfurt Auto Show newly established luxury auto brand Eterniti rolled out a prototype of its first model, the Eterniti Hemera SUV. Unfortunately, the prototype looked just a little too much like the vehicle it was based on, a Porsche Cayenne Turbo, though as these latest...
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New Lexus LX Coming To Detroit Auto Show
Lexus will introduce a new version of its LX full-size SUV in Detroit, but Toyota will give its comparable Land Cruiser the year off.
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Nissan UK's secret Juke-R reportedly riles Japan headquarters
The Nissan Juke-R, the mental little mashup of the GT-R and the funky Juke compact crossover, is one of the least likely yet most awesome creations of 2011. It turns out, however, that it wasn't an official program, and the British division that built it is apparently in hot water with the home...
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Audi Confirms Its BMW X6 Rival, The Q6
Volkswagen Group design head Walter de' Silva has confirmed that a mid-size crossover, spanning the gap between Audi's Q5 and Q7, has been approved for production.
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The Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Gets Nautical
Jeep unveils two salty, sea-inspired concepts at the Paris boat show.
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Porsche is in the process of launching its new 911, the seventh-generation of the iconic sports car, and in a few more months the convertible version will arrive. Reviews so far have been positive, so it comes as no surprise that the ‘991’ series Porsche 911 is a huge hit in European showrooms. This success is expected to follow the car to the U.S. where Porsche is hoping to sell more than 29,000 units from its complete lineup this year alone. Last year the automaker from Stuttgart sold 25,320 in the U.S., which was roughly 28 percent of its sales worldwide. Porsche’s focus...
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Mercedes-Benz Details The 2012 ML 63 AMG: Video
Fresh off its debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show, the 2012 Mercedes-Benz ML 63 AMG is the company's latest entry into the high-performance SUV fray. AMG's boss Ola Kallenius says it's a segment the company invented with the original ML AMG, and though BMW and Porsche have attacked it with a...
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2013 Ford Escape Live Photos: 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show
If this year's Los Angeles Auto Show was all about sedans and SUVs, then the most important among them may have been the all-new 2013 Ford Escape. The longer, lower, sleeker, and more feature-packed compact crossover replaces a model that's now a decade old--and still one of the best-selling in its...
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Subaru XV To Be Called XV Crosstrek In U.S.
Subaru’s XV crossover that we saw at the recent at 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show will be called the XV Crosstrek when it goes on sale in the U.S. late next year. Subaru's Tom Doll confirmed in a presentation slide at this week's 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show that while European models will be called...
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2012 Mercedes-Benz ML 63 AMG Live Photos: 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show
After driving the 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK 55 AMG and C 63 AMG Black Series this week, we saw the 2012 ML 63 AMG unveiled at Bernardus Lodge in Monterey. While we were able to get up close and personal with it even before the L.A. Auto Show, and again today, most of you won't be so lucky--so here's...
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2012 Honda CR-V Specs, Live Photos: 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show
At the Los Angeles Auto Show this afternoon, Honda officially pulled the wraps off a redesigned 2012 CR-V.
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Today, Land Rover unveiled a pair of lightly refreshed DC100 concepts at the 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show, but the real news was confirmation from John Edwards, Land Rover's global brand director, that the production version of the next-generation Defender previewed by these DC100 concepts will be truly global--as in, it will be sold in the U.S. We'll have to wait until mid-decade (i.e., around 2015) for the new Defender to arrive, but at last, rock-climbing, mud-slinging, gravel-chucking Defender fun will be ours once again--without the grey-market imports, the rust, or the perpetual hunt for...
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2013 Mazda CX-5 debuts at 2011 LA auto show
Mazda’s long-awaited replacement for its Tribute SUV (a badge-engineered Ford Escape) is here, and it looks like Mazda will have the baby crossover it needs to successfully compete against the all new 2013 Ford Escape in this key segment. Stylish exterior aside, the new 2013 Mazda CX-5...
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Refreshed Land Rover DC100 concepts coming to 2011 LA Auto Showhow
The Land Rover Defender is a tough act to follow, and Land Rover has been paying attention to critics who say the new DC100 concept is more cute-ute than off-road brute. Eager to give the DC100 a bit more testosterone, Land Rover has tweaked the recently revealed DC100 and DC100 Sport concepts in...
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2012 Mercedes-Benz ML63 AMG: 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show
Following the release of the new 2012 Mercedes-Benz M-Class last summer, the model variant we’ve all been waiting for, the high-performance ML63 AMG, has finally been revealed ahead of its official world debut this week at the 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show. As predicted, the uber-SUV gets...
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2012 Mercedes-Benz ML63 AMG Teased Ahead Of L.A. Debut
This summer Mercedes-Benz took the wraps off the 2012 M-Class, so it's natural that the AMG version should be close behind. Our spy shots have tracked the progress of the uber-SUV, and the latest images show it to be very complete and just about ready for prime time. We’ve already confirmed...
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2011 Mitsubishi Concept PX-MiEV II: 2011 Tokyo Motor Show
The theme for this month’s 2011 Tokyo Motor Show is quickly shaping up to be an electric one, with Nissan and Suzuki showing off a handful of new electric car concepts recently and today Mitsubishi revealing an updated version of its Concept PX-MiEV plug-in hybrid SUV. The aptly named Concept...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran