Lexus Ranked Best Luxury Auto Brand While Porsche Plunges: Cars Toyota Motor Corp.’s Lexus brand took back the top spot among luxury brands in 2011 Consumer Reports’ reliability ranking, beating BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Porsche, which fell the most of any vehicle line. Winning the luxury crown as well as the top spot among all brands … Read more
The year 2012 is the year of the Mercedes-Benz SL legend. Excitement mounts in expectation of the market launch of the new Mercedes-Benz SL (R231) in 2012. The 2012 Classic Calendar takes up this theme and presents the models of the Mercedes-Benz SL series from six decades in a very special way. Renowned photographer Dietmar … Read more
Luxury-Car Sales Defy Crisis Luxury-car sales continued to surge in September despite Europe’s deepening debt crisis and slowing economic growth in several major markets, making it likely that BMW AG, Daimler AG and Volkswagen AG’s Audi brand will report solid third-quarter earnings growth. BMW expects to hit its 2011 sales target of more than 1.6 … Read more
Infiniti adds first gas-electric hybrid – M35 Infiniti is finally gasoline-electric hybrid. The new 2012 Infiniti M35h it is rated 38 percent more fuel efficient overall than its non-hybrid, V-6-powered M35 sibling. Drivers can get 9 more miles from a gallon of gas in city traffic and 6 more miles a gallon on the highway … Read more
The world’s most valuable premium automotive brand in 2011 is Mercedes-Benz. Twelfth place among the ‘Best Global Brands 2011’: Mercedes-Benz is the world’s most valuable premium automotive brand. In the latest ranking by brand consultancy Interbrand, ‘Best Global Brands 2011’, Mercedes-Benz brand again took twelfth place – as it did last year – and is … Read more
Ralph Lauren plans to bring his rare exciting cars right under the spotlight at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. The exclusive cars exhibition, entitled “The Art of the Automobile: Masterpieces from the Ralph Lauren Collection” will include the following rare models: 1964 Ferrari 250 LM, 1960 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta Scaglietti, 1956/1958 Jaguar … Read more