Luxury : Car News And Reviews

The 2014 Lexus GS450h is a luxury hybrid sedan that sits at the top of the current GS line. The GS450h competes with such cars as the BMW 528, Audi A7 and Infiniti Q70. The car blends comfort and performance while benefitting from the fuel economy and reduced emissions of a hybrid drivetrain.

BMW’s new ConnectedDrive system is BMW’s newest generation of in-car infotainment systems, providing apps and smartphone integration that essentially turn your car into a smartcar. BMW is showcasing ConnectedDrive’s capabilities in this latest ad for their hybrid sports car, the BMW i8 while also showing just how easy it is to own and operate the plug-in hybrid as a daily driver.

With the launch of their new Special Vehicle Operations team, Jaguar Land Rover has started to show us the fruits of their early efforts. The first vehicle to surface from the Land Rover division is the 2015 Range Rover Sport SVR.

About a year ago, Jaguar showed off a special version of the F-Type dubbed the Project 7. This one-off prototype further embraced Jaguar’s racing heritage, with a focus on performance and track capabilities. Now, Jaguar has revealed that the Project 7 will be going into production as the first vehicle from the new Special Vehicle Operations Division.

This very special one-off Ferrari has been built out as the ultimate F12. Shown off during the 2014 Ferrari Cavalcade in Sicily, Italy, the F12 TRS was built out as a tribute to the 1957 250 Testa Rossa – though we see virtually no resemblance.

We recently spent some quality time behind the wheel of the 2014 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque, and were quite pleased with its versatility and comfort for everyday driving. But being in Chicago, we didn’t really get a chance to put it through its paces in a harsh environment (other than our asteroid-sized potholes.)

Bentley has revealed its most capable and dynamic road car ever, the Continental GT3-R. Inspired by the Continental GT3 race car, the new GT3-R is positioned as a street-legal version of the racer. Powered by a twin-turbo V8 engine that produces 572 horsepower and 516 lb-ft.

A new division of Jaguar Land Rover has been formed in order to oversee production of specialized vehicles for the company. The JLR Special Vehicle Operations division will be responsible for the creation of custom one-off vehicles, as well as the company’s heritage cars.

Land Rover has revealed its new 2015 Land Rover Discovery which will be available for delivery beginning in September 2014. Bringing over some of the design cues fro the Discovery XXV Special Edition anniversary model, the new Discovery has new options not available previously in the Discovery line of SUVs.

Japanese tuning house Office-K has taken the Mercedes-Benz SLS and transformed it into a truly one of a kind roadster, dubbed the “Jetstream.” Using parts from Germany’s FAB Design, the car has been bestowed with new bumpers, wings, skirts, rocker panels and quarter panels, accentuating pretty much every aspect of the SLS.

The Ferrari 365 GTC/4 was built at a time when drivers were hoping that they could take more than one passenger along for a ride in their Ferrari. Only 550 of this special 2+2 coupe were made, and one of them is now up for sale.

The Maserati Alfieri Concept was paraded around at auto shows earlier this year as a model for the future design vision of the famed Italian luxury sports car maker. It turns out that the one-off test vehicle has been making the rounds, and YouTuber A8C100 managed to capture some footage of the prototype in person while it was at Italy’s Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2014.

BMW only brought 29 special edition 30th Anniversary “30 Jahre M5″ Editions to the United States and they were sold only through a special hotline. The cars sold out quickly, even at a price of $138,275 (USD).

Our friends over at Gadget Review managed to get their hands on the elegant, fast and elusive 2014 Audi RS7, and spent some quality time behind the wheel. This luxurious, yet powerful German car sports a more-than-ample 560hp twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V8, which is capable of pushing this large sedan from 0-to-60mph in just 3.7 seconds and a 174mph top speed, despite weighing in at nearly 4500 pounds.

The Mercedes-Benz A45 AMG is far from the most luxurious Benz on the road, nor does it have all the latest technological innovations that Mercedes has to offer. However, it does have the new Mercedes-Benz Active Parking Assist system, which not only points out available parking spaces but also parallel parks the car and pulls it back out of the space again.