Luxury : Car News And Reviews

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.

The Jaguar BlackJag is a one-of-a-kind supercar first seen at the 2004 Geneva Motor Show. Created by the Fuore Design as a successor to the Jaguar XF10, the car has a 7.0-liter 10-cylinder engine that develops 640 horsepower, a top speed of 210 mph, and a 0-to-100 km/h (62 mph) time of 3.8 seconds.

Bentley has been planning to release its first ever sport utility vehicle in the not-too-distant future, and is starting to show off bits of the vehicle. The Bentley SUV will pack in the same sort of true luxury, performance and craftsmanship found in their other cars, and the company claims it will be the “world’s most powerful and luxurious SUV.”

Audi has updated its 7-series luxury five-door sport sedans with the newly announced 2014 A7 and S7 Sportbacks. Both cars have a number of styling updates along with new technology incorporated into the production models for the 2014 model year.

Audi has created a series of limited edition cars to celebrate Japan’s entry into the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Their exterior is finished in Audi’s Estoril Blue, which is available worldwide on many of its 2014 models, but the cars also come with an exclusive Knight Blue leather interior with contrasting Crimson Red stitching.

Bentley’s Luc Donckerwolke, Director of Design, and SangYup Lee, Head of Exterior Design discuss Bentley’s approach to designing cars to create a match between performance, technology, comfort, and bespoke styling. The two designers each rode in the luxurious back seat of a Bentley Mulsanne and not only shared their thoughts on design but also showed off the two integrated Apple iPads that are available in the luxury car.

Bentley is recognizing its 95th anniversary in the United Kingdom by unveiling the new, limited edition Mulsanne 95, a special edition of the automaker’s flagship model. Only 15 of these handcrafted vehicles will be produced and they are reserved for customers in the UK.

The brand new BMW M4 looks pretty sweet, but up until now, we’ve pretty much only seen some canned footage from BMW. Journalists are now starting to get their hands on the car, like the guys at Autoblog.NL.