2012 Porsche Cayman S Black Edition

Following the recently announced 911 and Boxster S Black Editions, Porsche introduces a new, limited edition Cayman S arriving later this summer. The 2012 Cayman S Black Edition comes in solid black and features a monochrome treatment with a black body and black-painted 19-inch Boxster Spyder design wheels. Normally contrasting trim pieces from the Cayman S are also painted for a uniform look. The side air intake grilles are painted black, as are the twin exhaust tailpipes and the model designation on the rear deck lid. Limited to only 500 units, the Cayman S Black Edition will be tagged at a cool $67,500 USD. Additional specs follow below.

2012 Porsche Cayman S Black Edition

2012 Porsche Cayman S Black Edition

2012 Porsche Cayman S Black Edition

2012 Hummer Concept

2012 Porsche Cayman S Black Edition

Following the recently announced 911 and Boxster S Black Editions, Porsche introduces a new, limited edition Cayman S arriving later this summer. The 2012 Cayman S Black Edition comes in solid black and features a monochrome treatment with a black body and black-painted 19-inch Boxster Spyder design wheels. Normally contrasting trim pieces from the Cayman S are also painted for a uniform look. The side air intake grilles are painted black, as are the twin exhaust tailpipes and the model designation on the rear deck lid. Limited to only 500 units, the Cayman S Black Edition will be tagged at a cool $67,500 USD. Additional specs follow below.

2012 Porsche Cayman S Black Edition

2012 Porsche Cayman S Black Edition

2012 Porsche Cayman S Black Edition

2012 Hummer Concept

The Porsche 980 Carrera GT

the Porsche 980 Carrera GT

Ferrari 458 Challenge LOUD SOUND - Start, Accelerations And Downshifts !!

Ferrari 458 Challenge LOUD SOUND - Start, Accelerations and Downshifts !!

2011 Ferrari 458 Challenge: V8 -- 570Hp -- 4497Cm3

The Porsche 980 Carrera GT

the Porsche 980 Carrera GT

Ferrari 458 Challenge LOUD SOUND - Start, Accelerations And Downshifts !!

Ferrari 458 Challenge LOUD SOUND - Start, Accelerations and Downshifts !!

2011 Ferrari 458 Challenge: V8 -- 570Hp -- 4497Cm3

Ferrari 458 Italia On The Track - Evo Magazine

Ferrari 458 Italia on the track - evo Magazine

Chris Harris puts Ferrari's 458 through a track workout

Ferrari 458 Italia On The Track - Evo Magazine

Ferrari 458 Italia on the track - evo Magazine

Chris Harris puts Ferrari's 458 through a track workout

2012 Ferrari FF

The four-seat Ferrari 612 Scaglietti is a great car, but not our favorite Ferrari. Launched in 2004, it’s getting long in the tooth, and the curvaceous body, lacking in tension, never really grew on us.

At this year’s Geneva auto show, though, Maranello will debut a Scaglietti successor that is not only visually exciting in a way the 612 never managed to be, but departs from the Ferrari gospel in two tremendous ways: It’s the first all-wheel-drive prancing horse, and it’s a two-door station wagon, or shooting brake.

 2012 Ferrari FF

 2012 Ferrari FF

 2012 Ferrari FF

 2012 Ferrari FF

2012 Ferrari FF

2012 Ferrari FF

The four-seat Ferrari 612 Scaglietti is a great car, but not our favorite Ferrari. Launched in 2004, it’s getting long in the tooth, and the curvaceous body, lacking in tension, never really grew on us.

At this year’s Geneva auto show, though, Maranello will debut a Scaglietti successor that is not only visually exciting in a way the 612 never managed to be, but departs from the Ferrari gospel in two tremendous ways: It’s the first all-wheel-drive prancing horse, and it’s a two-door station wagon, or shooting brake.

 2012 Ferrari FF

 2012 Ferrari FF

 2012 Ferrari FF

 2012 Ferrari FF

2012 Ferrari FF

Infiniti M35h Hybrid 2011

In October 2009, Nissan announced that its Infiniti luxury brand would offer a gasoline-electric hybrid version of its M35 V6 powered luxury performance sedan, to go on sale in the U.S. and Europe in early 2011. The Infiniti M35h represents the automaker’s first in-house hybrid, and provides one more example of the curious relationship between luxury and hybrid vehicles.

For a number of years, Nissan’s leadership repeatedly made the argument that hybrids are not the answer to the environmental challenges facing the automobile industry—and that only pure all-electric cars represent the necessary shift to oil- and emissions-free motoring. The company’s small all-electric Nissan LEAF arrived in late 2010.

However, the use of a gas and electric power combo is apparently Nissan’s solution for luxury buyers unwilling to sacrifice horsepower and high-end features, but no longer wanting to guzzle gas. As Infiniti’s press release states, "The M35h has been designed and engineered to add to, not take away from, the driving experience, a key part of any Infiniti's appeal." [Subtext: Most hybrids take away from the driving experience.]

The first official unveiling of the new hybrid was last March at the Geneva Motor Show, and in late August it was spotted at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, a preview of its official debut at November’s Los Angeles Auto Show. The Japanese production version, called the Nissan Fuga Hybrid, made its debut in late October.

 Infiniti M35h Hybrid

 Infiniti M35h Hybrid

 Infiniti M35h Hybrid

 Infiniti M35h Hybrid

Infiniti M35h Hybrid

Infiniti M35h Hybrid 2011

In October 2009, Nissan announced that its Infiniti luxury brand would offer a gasoline-electric hybrid version of its M35 V6 powered luxury performance sedan, to go on sale in the U.S. and Europe in early 2011. The Infiniti M35h represents the automaker’s first in-house hybrid, and provides one more example of the curious relationship between luxury and hybrid vehicles.

For a number of years, Nissan’s leadership repeatedly made the argument that hybrids are not the answer to the environmental challenges facing the automobile industry—and that only pure all-electric cars represent the necessary shift to oil- and emissions-free motoring. The company’s small all-electric Nissan LEAF arrived in late 2010.

However, the use of a gas and electric power combo is apparently Nissan’s solution for luxury buyers unwilling to sacrifice horsepower and high-end features, but no longer wanting to guzzle gas. As Infiniti’s press release states, "The M35h has been designed and engineered to add to, not take away from, the driving experience, a key part of any Infiniti's appeal." [Subtext: Most hybrids take away from the driving experience.]

The first official unveiling of the new hybrid was last March at the Geneva Motor Show, and in late August it was spotted at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, a preview of its official debut at November’s Los Angeles Auto Show. The Japanese production version, called the Nissan Fuga Hybrid, made its debut in late October.

 Infiniti M35h Hybrid

 Infiniti M35h Hybrid

 Infiniti M35h Hybrid

 Infiniti M35h Hybrid

Infiniti M35h Hybrid

2011 Cadillac CTS-V Coupe

Cadillac is no stranger to coupes, but the idea of an edgy, wedgy race-bred performance machine with one of the most high-tech, powerful powertrains under its long hood is the sort of thing that would make company founder Henry Leland roll over in his grave. Perhaps a few dozen times. But this is the Cadillac of the 21st century, a reborn brand under a reborn (or at least reshaped) General Motors. Cadillac, in many ways, might be the most remarkably turned-around automaker to ever live, even if its transformation is far from complete. Its showpiece is this aggressive two-door, the Cadillac CTS-V Coupe, for it represents nearly everything that Cadillac forgot about 30 years ago when it, and the rest of GM, stopped producing relevant and groundbreaking cars. Both barely survived.

 2011 Cadillac CTS-V Coupe

 2011 Cadillac CTS-V Coupe

 2011 Cadillac CTS-V Coupe

 2011 Cadillac CTS-V Coupe

 2011 Cadillac CTS-V Coupe

2011 Cadillac CTS-V Coupe