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The Mercedes-Benz’s response to the BMW X6 – the “MLC“, will be named the “ML Coupe” when it is announced in the next year.

Sources told us there are 3 trims planned for the US market at this moment: a V6 base model, a turbo V8 model and an AMG model.

The ML Coupe is sharing the same platform with the ML Class SUV, and will be built  at Mercedes’ Tuscaloosa, Alabama plant along with the ML class.

If you owns luxury cars, please do not be offended by the following content, because this is only an academic research and there is no definite conclusion that who must be what.

A 2012 study by Prof. Piff from the Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley indicates that, based on the 274 samples they acquired from Bay Area local road, they found that the higher the vehicle’s status (more luxury), the higher percentage among them that cut off other vehicles at the four-way intersection with stop signs on all sides, and also higher percentage that cut off pedestrians at a crosswalk.

Here is the paper that published on PNAS (Proceedings of the National Aca...

Yesterday VW revealed the A3 Clubsport Quattro – which is believed to be a concept prototype of the upcoming RS3 sedan.

The biggest news comes from the concept car is its 525hp 5-cylinder turbo engine. From my point of view, this is a revolution in the market. The reason is: VW is able to pump out 525hp from the 2.5-litre displacement, using only 1.5 bar pressure of turbo boost, this translates to 212hp per litre. For comparison, the Mercedes-Benz M133 engine which is used on the CLA45AMG, is using a much higher 1.8 bar of boost, but can only achieve 181hp per litre.

The VW engine has excellent torque curve too: 443 lb-ft available from 2300 to 6000 rpm...

When you are claiming your product is a luxury car, you need to have some distinct features that those “normal” cars don’t have.

10 to 15 years ago the claim is much easier. Back in that time, if you can made a beautiful car body, have good assembling accuracy, sharp headlight/rear lights, rear-wheel-drive, silent cabin, fancy electronic features such as navigation, automatic AC etc., then you can safely claim your car is a luxury car.

But situation is totally changed recently: for example many daily-driving cars looks really nice; the previous Hyundai Genesis already claimed better assembling accuracy than BMW, which you can buy one for less than $30k if you negotiate we...

Just like BMW introduces virtually all car models with different styling they can think of during the past few years, the Mini brand is also expanding its product line too.

Currently for all Mini’s non-SUV products, passengers all need to use the front door to get access to the backseat. Although most of the Mini Cooper Hardtop buyers usually only use the front seats, Mini management are apparently considering potential customers that may want to use the backseat more frequently.

So here comes the 5-door hatchback version of the Mini Cooper Hardtop. It has a 2...