Filed under: Chicago Auto Show, Coupe, Performance, Etc., Lexus
Last we checked, there were fewer than 90 Lexus LFA models in the United States. So imagine our surprise to find not one, not two, but four of the automaker’s carbon-fiber exotics parked under the lights in the Lexus booth at the Chicago Auto Show.
Normally, when four [...]
Filed under: Classics, Auctions, Saab
Just when we thought the classic vehicles owned by Saab were safe from the gavel, tragedy strikes. According to Hemmings, the vehicles held in the Saab Cars North America Heritage Collection will be auctioned in an 10-car lot on Friday, February 10. Vehicles like the gorgeous and painfully rare 1956 Type [...]
Filed under: Car Buying, Sedan, Geneva Motor Show, BMW, Luxury
BMW has slapped a sticker onto the latest addition to the 6 Series lineup, and the all-new 2013 640i Gran Coupe will carry at sticker of $76,895 (including the $895 destination charge) when it goes on sale this summer.
The 640i is the first variant of the [...]
Filed under: Hirings/Firings/Layoffs, Bentley, UK, Design/Style, Luxury
Bentley has named designer David Hilton as the company’s head of exterior design. Hilton ran his own successful design firm for 12 years before accepting the position with the ultra-luxury automaker. He will now report to Dirk van Braeckel, director of design and styling. Hilton is stepping into the [...]
Filed under: Motorsports, Etc., Nissan, Australia, Racing
Nissan is headed back to the Australian V8 Supercar Series. The Japanese Automaker was famously ousted in 1993 when the sanctioning body behind the series adjusted the rules to require all entries be V8-based. Nissan had dominated the series for three years with the company’s GT-R, laying waste to [...]
