by Paul A. Eisenstein | Oct 2, 2018
It may not be the most expensive model in the BMW line-up, and considering where the global luxury car market is going, SUVs and CUVs are coming to dominate the sales charts. But perhaps no model line better defines the DNA of the Bavarian automaker like the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Oct 1, 2018
Long a laggard in the luxury market, Infiniti has been making some serious moves to boost credibility over the last few years, notably by fleshing out its line-up with an array of sportier new models like the Q60 coupe. Its also introduced new technology like the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Oct 1, 2018
It may be the City of Lights but things will be a little darker at the 2018 Mondial de l’Automobile. Otherwise known as the Paris Motor Show, it’s been hit by the same industry retrenchment that has hammered other major shows, including Detroit and Chicago during the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 27, 2018
Project One has apparently become reality. Daimler AG is giving an official name to its upcoming hypercar. What was known until now as Project One will simply become the Mercedes-AMG One when it finally goes into production. A near street-ready version of the $2.5...
by Michael Strong | Sep 27, 2018
Infiniti is ready to storm into Paris next month revealing its progress toward the electrification of its portfolio by 2021 with the new Project Black S prototype. The prototype, which started as a design study in 2017, features Formula One dual-hybrid electric power...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 25, 2018
There’s a race underway to see who can do the better, faster job of putting Formula One technology on the road, and Daimler AG wants us to know it’s getting close, providing a handful of images showing off a prototype of the new Mercedes-AMG Project One hypercar...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 24, 2018
This is expected to be a relatively quiet year at the biennial Paris Motor Show, an array of manufacturers including BMW, Fiat Chrysler, Ford, Infiniti, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Opel, Subaru, Volkswagen and Volvo sitting it out. But you likely wouldn’t notice if you...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 21, 2018
Aston Martin, the carmaker best known for its relationship with cinema spy 007, has laid out key details of its upcoming IPO while also releasing a preliminary sketch of the hypercar it’s calling 003 that it hopes will drive some of its future success. Spun off by...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 15, 2018
BMW was one of the first of the traditional automakers to enter the plug-in vehicle market, well ahead of luxury rivals like Mercedes-Benz, Audi and Lexus. But it has been slow to follow up on its original i3 and i8 models, especially when it comes to all-electric...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 12, 2018
The Baby Boomers built Lexus into one of the powerhouse brands of the American luxury car market, but there comes a time to move on, it seems, and the high-line arm of Toyota Motor Corp. is shifting focus to millennials with the official debut of its new UX “Urban...
by Joseph Szczesny | Sep 12, 2018
Mercedes-Benz plans to show the new 2019 GLE at the Paris Auto Show, marking a bit of a change in its marketing strategy. In the past, the GLE, which is built at the big Mercedes-Benz assembly plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, would probably been shown at the North...
