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Maserati Quattroporte (2013): the first official pictures

Tim Pollard, 06 November 2012 12:30

Maserati has unveiled the new 2013 Quattroporte – the luxury sports saloon which has been the mainstay of Modena since the current car's launch in 2004. The new Maserati Quattroporte will be shown at the 2013 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, with left-hand drive sales starting in spring 2013. However, right-hand drive UK sales of the new QP ...

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Maserati Quattroporte (2013): the first official pictures

Tim Pollard, 06 November 2012 12:30

Three new Maseratis coming in quick succession - Marchionne

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Tim Pollard, 22 November 2011 11:38

Maserati is preparing a trio of new products for launch in quick succession, Fiat chief exec Sergio Marchionne has confirmed. In an interview after addressing the CBI business conference in London yesterday, he said a successor to the Quattroporte, a smaller Maserati and the Kubang would reinvigorate the Maser range. 'Maserati will increase its volumes by having three cars,' said ...

VW Phaeton - the new one coming in 2015

Georg Kacher, 21 September 2011 14:01

A brand new Volkswagen Phaeton Mk2 will be launched in 2015, based on a new architecture being masterminded by cousins Audi. Dubbed VW631, the new VW Phaeton will be based on MLM Evo (modular longitudinal matrix) which makes provision for a plug-in hybrid option, an aluminium-intensive body structure and a much more advanced and less nose-heavy dynamic layout. Although VW ...

Bugatti Galibier 'will be a hybrid' - Wolfgang Durheimer

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Tim Pollard (photography by Mark Bramley), 18 April 2011 16:40

Bugatti 'will continue to produce the worlds fastest car' Bugatti will launch the 16C Galibier limousine shown in 2009 as a concept car, the new president and CEO Wolfgang Durheimer has confirmed to CAR. The Galibier will eventually be part of a two-strong Bugatti range, meaning there's life in the hypercar brand post-Veyron. In a wide-ranging interview in the new ...

Video: Aston Martin design chief on new Rapide

Tim Pollard, 03 December 2009 10:00

CAR recently caught up with Aston Martin design chief Marek Reichman – on board one of the first Aston Rapides to be built. You can watch our video interview in the player below, as CAR contributor Guy Bird interviews Reichman. He talks about the new Rapide, and why it shouldn't be seen as a rival for a Merc S-class or even ...

How Porsche will be integrated into VW

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Georg Kacher, 20 November 2009 12:32

Although Porsche won't be a fully integrated member of the Volkswagen group before mid-2011, the sports car maker can even at this early point in the merger no longer make independent strategic decisions. After all, Martin Winterkorn has effectively been appointed head of the Porsche SE Holding which in turn employs the Porsche AG chairman Michael Macht. With a takeover ...

Win a Jaguar XJ and help the NSPCC

Ben Pulman, 09 November 2009 15:10

Before anyone else in the world, how do you fancy owning the first ever new-generation Jaguar XJ? To coincide with the launch of its new XJ limo, Jaguar has teamed up with the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC), and hopes to raise £1m for the charity’s helplines by offering lottery tickets with the keys to the ...

Market view: why the Jaguar XJ has an uphill battle

Glen Brooks, 10 July 2009 16:11

It’s a sobering thought for Jaguar management that no matter how good the new 2010 XJ is, it’s never going to be a big seller. The global market for large executive saloons was in decline long before the Great Recession appeared, the buyers in this segment increasingly tempted by models as diverse as the BMW X6, Infiniti FX, Cadillac Escalade ...

The future of headlamp techonology – see it on video

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Richard Yarrow, 27 May 2009 10:12

Cars of the future will drive at night with main-beam headlamps on all the time, but never dazzle another vehicle. That’s the vision of American component firm Gentex, which already makes the auto-dipping lights on the current BMW 7-series. Its engineers are working on a new technology called Dynamic Forward Lighting (DFL) which features a single main beam that floods ...

Baby Rolls-Royce named as Ghost

Ben Pulman, 20 April 2009 09:00

Rolls-Royce has revealed that its new sub-Phantom saloon will be called Ghost. The announcement was made by Rolls CEO Tom Purves at a press conference held at the Shanghai motor show this morning, and he also teased at other future models that will bear the Ghost name. Rolls-Royce Ghost? What happended to RR4 and 200EX? RR4 was just the codename ...

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