European Car News

BMW has just launched the BMW 4-Series Gran Coupe, in what is the sixth body style to be based on the 3-Series platform.

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An international crash-test agency called Global NCAP conducted the first ever independent crash tests for some of the most popular cars in India, several of which are also sold in the Middle East.

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The first thing we did after buying our used Jaguar XK last summer was to take it in for “smart” repair. If you’re unfamiliar with what that is, then read on.

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Rolls-Royce recently revealed the Ghost V-Specification model, a limited edition version of the Ghost and Ghost long-wheel base version. It will only be available from this January to June 2014.

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It’s cool to drive a car before it’s properly hit the streets. It becomes easier to gauge public reaction to a new model, and the Maserati Ghibli truly qualifies as a new new model.

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The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in the United States runs a unique “small-overlap” crash test where they make all test-subject cars to crash into an immobile object with only part of the frontal area of the car. It is supposed to replicate what happens when the front corner of a vehicle collides with another vehicle or an object such as a tree or a lamp-post. In the test, 25%t of a vehicle’s front end on the driver’s side strikes a rigid barrier at 64 kph. And the 11 mini-cars tested performed poorly, although it’s not a huge surprise.

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If you’re the aging CEO of a well-to-do company and you like to be driven around, your ride of choice has probably gravitated towards default choices like the Mercedes-Benz S350L or the BMW 740Li. If you felt adventurous, you might even look at the Audi A8 3.0T, the Lexus LS 460 or, in a particularly down year, the Hyundai Centennial. But what if you’ve made your money a bit earlier in life, and you prefer to mostly do your own driving? You also like to not appear like an aging CEO around town, so you want a bit more style in your car than the traditionally-conservative choices.

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Porsche launched two new models in their lineup, the 911 Targa 4 and Targa 4S, at the 2014 Detroit Auto Show.

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Maserati, the brand better known as playing second-fiddle to Ferrari, is adamant to prove that it is anything but. The Italian carmaker has its own racing heritage, and therefore they currently runs their own racing series, the Maserati Trofeo MC World Series, whose final was held at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi last December. During that event, we even got to hit the track in between races, with a street-legal Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale, the car on which the racing series is built.

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Mercedes-Benz revealed the new S 600 at the 2014 Detroit Auto Show this week. As expected, the luxury cruiser comes loaded with features and safety tech is plenty.

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