Tag archive for ‘SUV’

Report: Bentley aims to sell 3K SUVs annually… including plug-in hybrid version

Report: Bentley aims to sell 3K SUVs annually… including plug-in hybrid version

Filed under: SUV, Crossover, Bentley, Luxury If you want a top-of-the-line SUV with serious performance capabilities, look no further than the Volkswagen Group. Its Porsche unit has had tremendous success with the Cayenne, a vehicle that has doubled its sales all on its own – and that’s not even accounting for the Volkswagen Touareg or Audi Q7 that... 

Report: Lamborghini trademarks Huracán

Report: Lamborghini trademarks Huracán

Filed under: Government/Legal, Lamborghini Lamborghini is on a bit of a naming spree. Back in April, it was revealed that the Italian automaker (and hopeful SUV maker, too…) put its legal stamp on the names Urus and Deimos, the first of which, as you’re likely aware by now, is the moniker adopted for the concept version of its future sport utility... 

Report: Maserati retiring Kubang concept ahead of production debut at 2014 Detroit show

Report: Maserati retiring Kubang concept ahead of production debut at 2014 Detroit show

Filed under: Concept Cars, Performance, SUV, Crossover, Maserati, Luxury Say goodbye to the Maserati Kubang, and say hello to…well, we don’t know what it’ll be called yet, but we’ll be seeing it come January 2014. According to Automotive News Europe, Maserati will unveil the production version of its SUV – complete with a new name... 

Report: Forget soccer moms, China has tiger moms driving the auto market

Report: Forget soccer moms, China has tiger moms driving the auto market

Filed under: Car Buying, SUV, China China’s middle class is predicted to mint up to 500 million new bourgeois comrades in the next 15 years, and not only will that mean new car owners, but more of those owners will be women. Along with rising incomes, that has put The Middle Kingdom into an SUV-buying boom driven by “tiger moms,” similar to... 

Official: Jeep Wrangler Dragon Design Concept slithers into China

Official: Jeep Wrangler Dragon Design Concept slithers into China

Filed under: SUV, China, Jeep, Beijing Motor Show, Design/Style, Off-Road Much as it is to any automaker doing business there, China has grown to become a vital market for the Jeep brand. In fact, the Chrysler group’s iconic SUV brand sells more vehicles in China than anywhere outside North America. And so to celebrate its success in the Chinese market,... 

Beijing: Lamborghini Urus stomps onto the stage in China [w/video]

Beijing: Lamborghini Urus stomps onto the stage in China [w/video]

Filed under: Performance, SUV, China, Videos, Crossover, Lamborghini, Beijing Motor Show, Design/Style The Lamborghini Urus super-SUV is, arguably, the most significant debut of the 2012 Beijing Motor Show. Maybe not in terms of sales volume, but at it’s a completely new direction for the modern Lamborghini brand (nevermind the LM002 “Rambo Lambo”... 

Beijing: Lamborghini Urus super SUV officially unveiled in China

Beijing: Lamborghini Urus super SUV officially unveiled in China

Filed under: Concept Cars, Performance, SUV, China, Lamborghini, Beijing Motor Show Everything You Want To Know About Lambo’s Super SUV The promise is to make it the most powerful series production SUV on the market, but also the least polluting. Lamborghini has told us repeatedly that it wasn’t planning on doing such a thing anytime soon. We... 

Official: Mercedes reveals G63 and G65 AMG ahead of Beijing

Official: Mercedes reveals G63 and G65 AMG ahead of Beijing

Filed under: Performance, SUV, China, Europe, Mercedes-Benz, Beijing Motor Show, Off-Road Mercedes-Benz has been kind enough to give us all a glimpse of the company’s 2013 G63 AMG ahead of the super SUV’s debut at the 2012 Beijing Motor Show. A 5.5-liter AMG-built twin-turbo V8 engine lurks behind the updated face, complete with a heady 544 horsepower... 

Confirmed: Audi headed south of the border, down Mexico way, for new SUV plant

Confirmed: Audi headed south of the border, down Mexico way, for new SUV plant

Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing, Audi, Volkswagen No surprises here. On a day in which Audi has dominated the news – by buying Ducati and unveiling a new concept for the Beijing auto show – it completes the hat trick by announcing that its new factory will be built in Mexico. Production is slated to begin in 2016, but Audi only announced that the... 

Report: Google adds hybrid Lexus RX450h to autonomous fleet

Report: Google adds hybrid Lexus RX450h to autonomous fleet

Filed under: Hybrid, SUV, Technology, Lexus, Luxury The Google self-driving-vehicle fleet has grown by one. According to Wired, the tech giant has added a black Lexus RX450h to its autonomous stable. The hybrid SUV was spotted out on the road for testing wearing a new roof-mounted sensor array that’s significantly more streamlined than the gear found on...