As sales continue to lag, especially in Southern Europe, the most interesting new models are not sports or luxury cars, but family station wagons, the epitome of practicality. The most troubled car companies, France's Peugeot SA (PEUP.PA) and Italy's …

The first announcement was that luxury retailer Neiman Marcus was purchased by a group led by Ares Management and a Canadian pension plan in a deal worth $6 billion. Neiman Marcus has 79 stores throughout the country. … Molex, which has two plants in …

Jaguar has revealed the C-X17 concept ahead of its Frankfurt motor show debut, further underscoring the importance of an ever-growing luxury crossover/SUV segment. Looking a bit more like a bulked-up wagon than a scaled-down faux-truck, the C-X17 …

“Maintaining the super GT performance for which Vanquish Coupe is renowned, while also ensuring we exceed our previous best in terms of luxury, refinement and driving composure has been the designers' challenge,” said Aston CEO Dr. Ulrich Bez. “With …

BMW, the world's biggest luxury–vehicle manufacturer, is presenting the i3 at the Frankfurt show, which is open to the public Sept. 14 through Sept. 22 following days for press briefings and supplier meetings. The model, priced at 34,950 euros, will …

The Mercedes-Benz S-Class is the best selling luxury car in the world. The all-new S-Class is the third large-scale serial production vehicle to offer MAGIC SKY CONTROL using SPD-SmartGlass technology. In January 2011, Daimler introduced the new …

Under the program, vehicles with a fuel economy of 20 kilometers or more per liter of gasoline and high ratio of local content are exempted from the 10 percent luxury tax. Toyota Motor Corp., which has received supplies of the Ayla from Daihatsu on an …

To invest in Tesla now, you have to buy into the idea that the Palo Alto, Cal., company will move from being a niche player in the luxury–car market to a “mass market” seller of revolutionary automobiles that will take a significant chunk of sales away …

NORTH HAVEN — Because his father started the business before he was born Mark Lydell grew up surrounded by luxury automobiles. Now the proprietor of Lydell Motors, 400 State St., Lydell and his brother, Kurt, work on every type of automobile …