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First Drive: 2012 Mercedes-Benz ML63 AMG [w/video]

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Filed under: Performance , SUV , Mercedes-Benz , First Drives How The World’s Most Powerful Sport Utility Vehicle Fails At Being Absurd Twenty years ago, sport utility vehicles were trucks. They had big, heavy frames, solid axles and low-range four-wheel drive. At best, they would accelerate to 60 miles per hour in under nine seconds and top out just over 100 mph. “Handling” simply meant that they could keep all four wheels firmly planted while circling an onramp

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Video: Traveling across Australia’s Outback by Mercedes-Benz G-Class

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Filed under: SUV , Etc. , Videos , Mercedes-Benz , Australia , Luxury If you’ve ever taken a good long look at the Mercedes-Benz G-Class and wondered just how tough the leather-lined SUVs are compared to their military-grade counterparts, Inside Line has the answer for you. Corespondent Alistair Weaver joined up with a Mercedes-Benz convoy in a G of his own as the company took off across Australia’s infamous stock route.

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2012 Maserati GranTurismo

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2012 Maserati GranTurismo With the stunning GranTurismo, Maserati has a coupe and convertible that live up to the brand’s billing as a highly satisfying consolation prize to people who perhaps really wanted a Ferrari. With the stunning GranTurismo, Maserati has a coupe and convertible that live up to the brand’s billing as a highly satisfying consolation prize to people who perhaps really wanted a Ferrari. This exotic Italian has smoldering curves, a leather-lined interior with the proper aroma of luxury, and an exquisite sound that comes from a Ferrari-engineered 4.7-liter V-8.

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Los Angeles: 2013 Cadillac XTS aims to straighten up and fly right

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Filed under: LA Auto Show , Sedan , Cadillac , GM , Luxury The Cadillac DTS and STS never gained much favor outside of livery slaves and foot-in-the-grave pensioners, and for good reason. Utterly devoid of sex appeal or even the presence of the Escalade or less costly CTS , the Barges of Ft. Lauderdale always came across as something Cadillac had to sell, not something it wanted to.

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Los Angeles: 2013 Cadillac XTS looms large over lineup

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Filed under: LA Auto Show , Sedan , Cadillac , Luxury The Cadillac DTS has been consigned to history, leaving Cadillac without a full-size luxury vehicle for the first time in many years. General Motors will rectify that problem with the all-new 2013 Cadillac XTS . The XTS features dramatic “Art and Science” styling cues, with sharp, distinctive lines and the next iteration of Cadillac’s trademark chrome grille. At 202 inches in length, the XTS is one big sedan, and its 111 inch wheelbase enables that size to translate into plenty of room for up to five passengers.

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Video: Motor Trend visits Norway, looks for lineage in Audi R8 Spyder

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Filed under: Convertible , Performance , Etc. , Videos , Audi , Luxury When Motor Trend tecnical director Frank Markus decided he needed to get away, you should know that his ‘time out’ wouldn’t merely be a weekend at the local hot springs or camping down by the river. The MT crew has made fine work of taking glorious trips in glorious cars – and a Subaru Outback – and Markus would keep it up, tracing Viking routes and his own heritage in an Audi R8 V10 Spyder along Norway’s Atlantic Road. We’d love to tell you about it but we’d be remiss – the story is worth the read and the video, after the jump , is even moreso worth the watch

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Video: Motor Trend visits Norway, looks for lineage in Audi R8 Spyder