When Mercedes-Benz introduced its first generation of CLS-Class “four-door coupe” back in 2004, the Stuttgart company’s arch foes – Audi and BMW – likely rolled their eyes and said to each other that the world’s...
Tag Archives: Luxury Sedan
Few phrases in the English language cause our ears to perk up like “factory-tuned full-size German sedan.” And few cars fitting that description get us more excited than the latest Audi S8, what with its...
The Tesla Model S is one of the most revolutionary mass-produced cars to arrive on the scene in a long time. Ironically, one of the ways in which it is revolutionary is that it does...
These days, it’s apparently no longer enough to drive a big, imposing luxury sedan. After all, most other members of the oligarchy have the same idea when it comes to their land-based mobility choices. Some...
Perhaps no segment of the new car market is more hotly contested among the upper echelon brands than that of the midsize sedan. The perennial front-runners (read: Mercedes-Benz E-Class and BMW 5 Series) are constantly...
Silly Mercedes-Benz. It thought it could just resurrect a nameplate that had been dead for decades – Maybach – with a line of enlarged, restyled super S-Classes and the world’s über-rich would suddenly ditch their...
![Friday Matinee: Touring the Jaguar Factory in 1961 [Video]](https://www.sub5zero.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/video_still_235-335x256.jpg)
For a company that got its start manufacturing motorcycle sidecars and aftermarket bodies for the ubiquitous-in-its-day Austin Seven, Jaguar has come a long way in its nearly 92 years of existence. Sure, it hasn’t been all wine and roses (as most owners...
When you think of the ill-fated Catera (based on the Opel Omega) and awkward Cimarron (based on — wait for it — the Chevy Cavalier), Cadillac’s previous attempts to jump into the market for luxury...
The Infiniti M has had an interesting journey to say the least. Since it sprang to life back in 1990 as an upmarket GT coupe based on the Nissan Leopard, it has seen numerous iterations...
![Non-Crisis Averted: Whimsical Advert Touts New Audi TDI Diesels [Video]](https://www.sub5zero.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/video_still_159.jpg)
Back in the highly fuel-economy-conscious late-1970s and early-1980s, with two OPEC embargoes all-too-fresh in the public’s mind, a large percentage of the car manufacturers doing business in the U.S. offered at least one diesel model....