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Aston Martin Celebrates Centenary with CC100 Speedster Concept

Noah Joseph — Thu, 23 May 2013 01:29:20 EDT

Spectators at the N�rburgring 24 Hour race in Germany last weekend were treated to an unexpected surprise when Aston Martin lapped the vaunted racetrack in an entirely new concept car....

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Tamdhu Whisky Comes Back to Life in Speyside Scotland

Noah Joseph — Wed, 22 May 2013 02:06:14 EDT

Scotland's glens, hills and islands are pocked with distilleries and while most are hard at work producing whisky, not all of them are active. Once-active distilleries like Banff, Rosebank and Port Ellen are what insiders classify as "silent stills." It's not every day that a silent still comes back to life, but that is precisely what has happened with the re-inauguration of Tamdhu....

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All-New Mercedes-Benz S-Class Aspires to be the "Best Automobile in the World"

Noah Joseph — Wed, 22 May 2013 10:10:04 EDT

With a product portfolio as extensive as it boasts, Mercedes-Benz is constantly rolling out new models � everything from coupes and convertibles to crossovers and sport-utility vehicles. But one of its longest-serving model lines has been its flagship luxury sedan: the S-Class....

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Buon Compleanno! Lamborghini Celebrates 50 Years

Noah Joseph — Mon, 20 May 2013 02:47:19 EDT

A birthday is a cause for celebration; a 50th birthday, all the more so. Especially for a company like Lamborghini, which is marking its semi-centenary this year in the grandest of style....

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Kilchoman: The Little Whisky Farm Distillery That Could

Noah Joseph — Fri, 17 May 2013 04:56:36 EDT

Whisky connoisseurs enamored of the peated style will be familiar with the usual suspects from Islay. The Hebridean isle is home to some of the best in the business, including Ardbeg, Bowmore, Lagavulin and Laphroaig. But excellent as their whiski...

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Hublot Creates a Timepiece Worthy of LaFerrari

Noah Joseph — Tue, 14 May 2013 05:39:59 EDT

While it may seem trivial to some, buyers of high-end sports cars have actually come to expect a luxury wristwatch to accompany their fancy new wheels. To that end, Bugatti has partnered with Parmigiani Fleurier, Aston Martin with Jaeger-LeCoultre, Bentley with Breitling, McLaren with TAG Heuer, Pagani with Cvstos and Koenigsegg with Quinting....

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$26,000 Glendfiddich Shoplifted from Toronto Liquor Store

Noah Joseph — Tue, 14 May 2013 04:47:28 EDT

The principle that single malt whisky gets better with age is generally true, but only up to a point. Past that point, older doesn't necessarily mean better. But when a major distillery releases a malt that's been aging for several decades, you can expect two things: One is that the distillery won't release it unless it quite literally stands the test of time....

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Porsche Introduces the New 911 Turbo

Noah Joseph — Tue, 14 May 2013 10:10:03 EDT

If you're in the market for the quintessential sports car, the Porsche 911 is a popular choice. But it comes in a variety of different specifications, and the German automaker has now released the king of them all....

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Diageo Bets Big with Scotch Distillery Expansions

Noah Joseph — Fri, 10 May 2013 02:34:34 EDT

Many of the nearly 100 whisky distilleries in Scotland operate independently, but a large number of them are owned by major brands. Williams Grant & Sons owns a handful, as do United Spirits, Bacardi, Edrington, Morrison Bowmore and Inver House. But the largest groups are owned by Pernod Ricard and � above all � Diageo....

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Compact Luxury Crossover Concepts Debut in Shanghai

Noah Joseph — Tue, 07 May 2013 02:53:00 EDT

We recently brought you news of two new compact premium performance sedans from Germany�s finest luxury automakers. The Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class and Audi A3/S3 sedans are more economical on fuel, easier to park, nimbler to handle and cheaper to buy than their larger counterparts � but what they don't skimp on is the luxury. However, four-door sedans aren't the only cars that the world�s automakers are downsizing....

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Ghibli Aims to Put Maserati On the Map

Noah Joseph — Thu, 02 May 2013 01:24:23 EDT

In the luxury automotive market, there are mainstream automakers and there are those at the fringe. Mercedes-Benz, Audi, BMW and Lexus fall very much in the former category. Ferrari, Spyker and Aston Martin stand resolutely in the latter. But then there are those in between: automakers that don't sell quite as many cars as the mainstream marques, but are determined to step out from the margins and into the big leagues. Maserati is one such marque....

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Bugatti Marks World Record with Special Veyron Vitesse

Noah Joseph — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 04:48:29 EDT

Long known for producing the fastest car in the world, Bugatti fell upon some controversy recently when the authorities at the Guinness Book of World Records briefly stripped its Veyron Super Sport of its title due to a technicality....

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Land Rover Reveals the New Range Rover Sport

Noah Joseph — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 03:56:18 EDT

There are many new players in the luxury SUV game. Mercedes-Benz, Audi, BMW, Lexus, Infiniti, Acura, Cadillac, Lincoln...even Porsche makes a crossover these days. But back in the day before every premium automaker and its sister-company was making high-riding sport-utilities, there was only one name in the game: Range Rover....

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Jaguar Celebrates 25 Years of Performance with new XJR and XKR-S GT

Noah Joseph — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 02:25:20 EDT

Jaguar has been producing some of the finest luxury and sports cars for the better part of a century now, but this year the quintessentially British automaker marks 25 years of its R line....

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Audi and Mercedes Reveal Smaller Performance Sedans

Noah Joseph — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:10:04 EDT

Luxury is getting smaller. Where buyers once correlated large with upscale, more and more � in Europe especially � have begun demanding smaller vehicles that can better negotiate crowded city streets (and gas-pump prices), without skimping on the accoutrements. It�s a trend that drove BMW to produce the 1 Series, Audi the A1 and A3, Mercedes-Benz the A-Class and Lexus the CT200h, to name a few. But those are just starting points for these upscale automakers which are rapidly downscaling the size of their entry-level vehicles. Where there are smaller luxury cars, there will be pint-sized performance versions as well....

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Cadillac Ups Its Game With New CTS Sedan

Noah Joseph — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 05:29:12 EDT

When push comes to shove, many upscale car buyers just wouldn't consider buying American. They can hardly be blamed, as the Lincolns and Cadillacs of a few years ago just weren't up to the same standards as those luxury automobiles coming from Germany or Japan....

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Mercedes Goes to Extremes with Six-Wheeled G63 AMG

Noah Joseph — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:50:10 EDT

There used to be a limit to how much you could spend on a sport-utility vehicle, with the Range Rover holding the high ground pretty much all on its own. However, with the top luxury sedans now selling for six figures and exotic supercars for seven, the elite class of SUV's is following suit. Porsche already makes an SUV and soon so will Lamborghini, Bentley and Maserati, with Aston Martin, Spyker and even Rolls-Royce considering getting in on the action. But this auto...this is the new king of the hill....

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McLaren Takes the Fight to the Street with New P1

Noah Joseph — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 04:26:14 EDT

Few rivalries are as hotly contested as that of Ferrari and McLaren. The two most accomplished racing teams in the history of Formula One regularly duke it out on the grand prix circuit. No other team comes close to the dozens of championships these two brands have traded over the decades, and maybe none ever will. When McLaren came out with its first street-legal sportscars in 1992, appropriately enough called the McLaren F1, their rivalry spilled out off the racetrack and onto the street; territory Ferrari had long claimed for itself....

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Why Add Water to Whisky? Bowmore Water Program Breaks it Down

Noah Joseph — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 05:10:50 EDT

Whisky connoisseurs debate all sorts of things: the value of aging, wood finishes, terroir, the superiority of one distillery or distilling process over another...the list goes on; but few items are contentious as the simple matter of adding wat...

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Lamborghini Reveals the Incredibly Limited Edition $4 Million Veneno Supercar

Noah Joseph — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 02:07:04 EDT

The notion of spending a million dollars on a car � however rare, exotic or capable � was unthinkable not long ago, but that was before cars like the Bugatti Veyron or Aston Martin One-77 came along. This car, however, doesn't cost a million...it doesn't cost two million. No, the price tag on this particular piece of extreme automotive engineering is set at a massive $4 million....

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Ferrari Debuts First Flagship Supercar in 11 Years

Noah Joseph — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 03:16:11 EDT

It's not every day that a new flagship Ferrari debuts; the 288 GTO was released in 1984 and the F40 that replaced it arrived just a few years later in 1987. Eight years passed before the F50 came along in 1995 and the Enzo succeeded that model in 2002. Now eleven years later the Prancing Horse marque has revealed its new hybrid supercar at the Geneva Motor Show....

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Meet The Fastest and Most Powerful Rolls-Royce Yet

Noah Joseph — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 05:29:57 EDT

A Rolls-Royce is expected to be luxurious, elegant, and yes, fast. Maybe not fast in the way you'd expect a Ferrari or a Lamborghini to be fast, but certainly quick enough to get out of situations unbefitting a motor car of its stature....

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The Elegant Lines of Bentley's New Flying Spur

Noah Joseph — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 02:13:30 EDT

There are many automotive marques on the market that can provide you with the kind of luxury that a moneyed customer has come to expect, but few can do it quite like Bentley. The storied British automaker is a favorite among upscale buyers, with good reason, and now Bentley has introduced the new Flying Spur....

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Fiat and GQ Team Up for Special Edition 500

Noah Joseph — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 07:23:37 EST

Who said that fashion had to be expensive? Not Fiat. The Italian automaker has targeted its chic 500 at those customers who have more style than money, and the fashion world has taken notice....

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Mercedes-AMG Launches New Performance Luxury Automobiles

Noah Joseph — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 03:18:38 EST

There are some letters that, when combined, carry a certain significance. Say the letters AMG to anyone who's ever driven (or for that matter even seen) a performance-oriented Mercedes-Benz and you're bound to elicit shivers....

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