We have been talking about the Cadillac ATS-V since last May, and you can see all of our previous coverage here.

Since our last interview with Mr. David Leone, Cadillac’s Executive Chief Engineer, Cadillac has been quiet on further information regarding the BMW M3/M4 fighter. But today, GM finally released one of the most important number we are expecting: the price.

The 2016 ATS-V sedan starts at MSRP $61,460, and the ATS-V coupe starts at $63,660. The ATS-V sedan is a couple hundred dollar cheaper than the BMW M3 ($62,000), and it is the same for the ATS-V coupe too (compared with BMW M4’s $64,200)...

We have been covering the upcoming Bentley SUV in the past year extensively, which Bentley names it “Bentayga”.

Today we bring you the latest photo of this exotic SUV as shown above, photo taken by our friends in AutoPlus. This is all we have right now, more news will come as Bentley is going to debut the Bentayga by the end of this year. We believe it will be firstly sold as a 2016 model.

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Compared to other major luxury brands in the US market (Mercedes/BMW/Audi/Lexus/Infiniti/Acura etc), Jaguar is somewhat “small”.

Below is 2014 sales figure for the above brands:

Jaguar: 15,773 units
Mercedes: 356,136 units
BMW: 339,738 units
Audi: 182,011 units
Lexus: 311,389 units
Infiniti: 117,330 units
Acura: 167,843 units

So you can see Jaguar’s sales is just a tiny portion of its competitors. However, this does not mean Jaguar cars are low quality, or technologically outdated. In fact it has two very prominent advantages in the automobile industry:

(Above: Jaguar XE’s aluminum body-in-white)

1. Aluminum car body structure across the full product line...

Toyota Crown + 2.0 turbo engine and 8AT

Today, the first China-spec Toyota Crown has rolled off the production line. The Crown sold in China is based on the Toyota Crown Majesta, which is sold in Japan. Compared to the Crown Majesta, the China-spec Crown has added another 2.95-in to the wheelbase, makes it to be 115.2 inches.

One big news to the Crown: besides the current engine option (the 2.5L V6, with 6AT), Toyota is going to introducing the 2.0L turbo 4-cylinder (which is currently used on the 2015 Lexus NX200t), and mates it to the Aisin-sourced 8-speed automatic transmission.

This marks the first time that the 8AR-FTS 2...

While you may find it borrows some clues from the Audi Quattro concept car, it is the next generation Audi R8, to be debuted in the 2015 Geneva Motor Show. The below spy shot is from Instagram user “dreboog”.

Talking about the engine, our internal source told us the current 4.2L V8 will be gone, replaced with the firm’s latest 4.0L twinturbo V8. However, the 5.2L V10 will be kept for the top trims.

Do you like how the new R8 looks? We welcome your comment.