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Insider news indicates BMW Group’s high-end brand Rolls-Royce, is currently busy with the design of the first SUV model in the brand’s history. The project’s internal name is called “Cullinan”.

The SUV will be positioned above the Ghost sedan, and below the Phantom flagship. The company is expecting to sell 2,000 unit annually, and the production version will be debut in 2018, around the same time that BMW rolls out its X7 SUV.

As you may know that the Rolls-Royce Ghost sedan is sharing the platform with the BMW 7-Series, there is no doubt that the Rolls-Royce SUV will have something in common with the BMW X7.

Meanwhile there is further information available, but please e...

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...

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The torsional rigidity is a critical parameter for a vehicle, which measures how many force you need to apply to “twist” the car body frame by one degree. Of course the larger of this value, the better.

From the consumer’s perspective, what is the benefit of a high torsional rigidity car body? A vehicle with high torsion rigidity will give the driver and passenger a more “solid” feel when the car is running, especially when the road is bumpy and has lots of potholes on it...

In today’s Beijing auto show, FAW released its new flagship sedan: the HongQi L5.

The HongQi L5 has a wheelbase of 135.2-inch, length is 218.7 inches and weights over 3-ton.

The L5 will be propelled by a FAW-developed, 6.0L V12 naturally aspirated engine, which outputs around 402hp and 406 lb-ft of torque.

This V12 engine is named CA12GV, although the version installed on the HongQi L5 only has fuel port-injection, but the design of the cylinder head and intake manifold have already been optimized for direct-injection...

Some insider news indicates, it is quite certain that the next generation of Rolls-Royce Phantom will come with a V16 engine. This engine will be turbocharged, and has latest fuel saving technologies such as cylinder deactivation. The first vehicle equipped with this engine will be a two-seat Rolls-Royce roadster developed on the same platform of the next generation Phantom, projected MSRP will be closed to one million dollars.

To your surprise, BMW may probably launch this car in China first. According to our insider, BMW considers China to be its largest market, especially the 7 series nowadays...