The leader in hybrid luxury, Lexus now crosses the bridge from luxury full-size vehicles to the compact segment. Their new family of compact SUVs (or CUVs in modern parlance), dubbed the NX, will be available with three power trains: the NX 200t turbo, the naturally aspirated NX 200 (with front or all-weather drive) and the highly efficient NX 300h hybrid. […]

It’s not exactly breaking news — we here at LIAS like to drive fast, and do so in very expensive vehicles. We also like nice stuff. Would we consider ourselves epicureans of the fine automotive life? Sure, why not. That’s why we can appreciate The Gentleman’s Guide to Racing — a project/website/collective headed by Michael […]

German artist/illustrator Les Forges MDK has designed these iPhone 5 cases after one of the more enduring icons of both automotive and the 1980s. The DeLorean DMC-12 — and specifically its grill — is used as the inspiration to these cases, and features DeLorean’s logo with the vertical slits of its fascia. No word yet on […]

There is a new coachbuild car in the market with a bespoke sticker price. The ghost of James Dean is letting you know that all you need to get your hands on it is a bit more than $200,000 (the interior is completely bespoke, so it’ll probably be more depending on your opulent tastes)… plus […]

Ambitious brands must expand, that’s just what they do, so it’s little surprise to see Bentley follow in the footsteps of one-time exclusive car builders such as Porsche, Audi and recently Maserati leaping into the SUV segment. This EXP 9 F SUV Concept, which premiered today at the Geneva International Auto Show, gives a good […]

TAG Heuer revealed the latest Chronograph in its FORMULA 1 series, the Black and Red Bezel, this week. Inspired by high-performance Formula 1 automotive technology, the quartz movement chronograph features a black titanium carbide-coated steel fixed bezel and a sharply contrasting red aluminum ring. Launched in 1986 and revamped entirely in 2004, the Formula 1 is […]

Named as an homage to the legendary Avanti of the 1960s — an automotive icon built by long defunct automaker Studebaker — DC Design‘s modern Avanti has almost as much curiosity factor in its looks. A well regarded Indian design house, DC Design has built a name crafting concept cars for other OEMs as well […]

Founded in the UK in 1958 by four brothers, Ginetta has mostly existed since as a kit car and one-off race car builder. While it has gone through various phases of inactivity, after new ownership purchased the brand in 2005 Ginetta has been focused on making about 300 cars a year. Now Ginetta announce the […]