by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 6, 2014
If you’ve just finished a frustrating commute crawling through traffic, imagine how much worse your daily drive might be without some roadway essentials, like lane markers, speed limit signs – and the traffic light. Red, yellow, green, those three colors have become a...
by Joseph Szczesny | Aug 6, 2014
Few automakers have had more riding on a single model than Acura does with the launch of the new 2015 TLX. Replacing two less-than-stellar offerings, the old TL and TSX, the new mid-range sedan is the Japanese maker’s stake in the ground, intended to prove that it...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 6, 2014
What’s the price of freedom? Apparently, $100 million, at least for Bernie Ecclestone, the controversial boss of the Formula One race series who has been able to convince German prosecutors to halt his bribery trial in return for that hefty fee. The 83-year-old...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 5, 2014
While it finally pulled the plug on the poor-selling Maybach line, Daimler AG hasn’t entirely abandoned the ultra-premium luxury car market. This image, used in a new patent filing, reportedly shows us what the German maker has in store for when it rolls out the new...
by Michael Strong | Aug 5, 2014
GM Financial’s subprime auto loans are the target of a subpoena from the U.S. Justice Department served last month. The documents requested go as far back as 2007, the company reported in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. Federal investigators served...
by Joseph Szczesny | Aug 5, 2014
The battle for the luxury vehicle sales crown has been a two brand clash for the last couple of years: BMW and Mercedes-Benz. However, the former champ, Lexus, is back in the game after it outsold the two German makers in July. Lexus reported sales of 27,333 vehicles...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 5, 2014
BMW’s net earnings jumped more than 27% during the second quarter, and the German maker confirmed its earlier forecast of a big jump in sales and profits for all of 2014. The largest of the luxury car manufacturers, BMW earned 1.77 billion Euros for the April-June...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 5, 2014
It’s a great time to be buying a luxury car, manufacturers unleashing an unprecedented product assault from the bottom to the top of the market. And at the upper end of the spectrum, even Rolls-Royce is getting into the game, the British marque announcing plans to...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 5, 2014
Driven by strong demand in both North America and Europe, Toyota Motor Co. saw earnings surge 5% in the latest quarter. Toyota earned 587.77 billion yen, or $5.7 billion, an all-time record, during the April-June quarter, up 4.6%, while global sales increased 2%, to...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 4, 2014
The last thing Ford can afford is to see the upcoming launch of its radical new, aluminum-bodied F-Series pickup go up in flames. But that was precisely what happened to a prototype during testing in Death Valley. According to spy photographer Chris Doane, who caught...
by Joseph Szczesny | Aug 4, 2014
Counting on the all-new midrange TLX sport sedan to reverse years of weak sales, Acura will launch the largest and most expensive advertising blitz in the brand’s history. The move could be critical for the Honda luxury marque, Acura sales tumbling 17.6% in...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 4, 2014
Jaguar Land Rover’s new Special Vehicle Operations team will make its formal debut at the upcoming Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance with the introduction of three new high-performance models, including one billed as the world’s fastest SUV. Among the vehicles on...
