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Luxury cars
News and insight on the latest luxury supercars, concept cars and vintage vehicles
last updated:
9 September, 2024
Cars are using improved and integrated computers and operating systems. Photo: Shutterstock
Google

Automotive OS to the fore as drivers seek smartphone-style in-car features

Owners want their cars to be as functional as smartphones, and carmakers are working with software companies to make it happen.

Electric & new energy vehicles

Chinese EV maker Nio takes aim at BMW, Audi with new luxury sedan

South Korea

Mercedes-Benz fire sparks EV safety overhaul in South Korea

Crime

‘Bear’ attacking luxury cars in US$142,000 insurance case was human in suit

Four LA residents were arrested in ‘Operation Bear Claw’ for making fraudulent claims involving two damaged Mercedes and a Rolls-Royce.

This bear costume was allegedly worn by suspects with the aim of committing insurance fraud. Photo: California Department of Insurance via AP
Xiaomi

Xiaomi unveils US$114,000 Ferrari lookalike in luxury car venture

The SU7 Ultra has drawn both scepticism and admiration from consumers in the world’s largest EV market.

Electric & new energy vehicles

When it comes to EVs, Chinese consumers are spoiled for choice

Extended range, autonomous driving, sofas, refrigerators … BYD, Li Auto, Xpeng, Geely, Nio and others tick all the boxes in their pursuit of consumers.

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Timepieces

Catwalk for cars? Chantilly Arts & Élégance Richard Mille

Guests share their passion for elegant watches and are joined by the wider public to admire the exotic cars at the Concours d’Élégance ‘fashion’ show.

A Bugatti Tourbillon on display during the 2024 Chantilly Arts & Élégance Richard Mille event, a biannual weekend showcasing classic and concept cars. Photos: Handout
Auctions

Christie’s merger with classic car dealer ‘great news’ for industry

With art sales down, the auction house’s merger with Los Angeles-based Gooding & Co is expected to breathe life into the classic car market.

Tourism

New luxury Chinese, Japanese and US cars a contrast to Cuba’s classics

Easing of import restrictions sees a sudden influx of luxury cars from Japan, South Korea, China and the US in Cuba, especially in Havana.

Millionaires and billionaires

What is Edwin Castro doing a year after his epic US lottery win?

The overnight multimillionaire is spending his fortune on sports cars, mansions and dates with models, apparently – he was spotted on a recent outing with Payten Vincent at Nobu

Who is overnight millionnaire Edwin Castro, and how is he spending his fortune? Photos: @EdwinCastr99605/X, @cloud9_fiji/Instagram
Millionaires and billionaires

How Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah makes and spends his US$53 million net worth

Mohamed Salah has emerged as a football legend over the past decade, standing side by side with Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi – so how does the ‘Egyptian King’ make and spend his millions?

Mohamed Salah has amassed huge wealth as one of the world’s top footballers. Photo: EPA-EFE
Fame and celebrity

How NBA basketball legend Allen Iverson bounced back from bankruptcy

Former NBA All-Star player Iverson is slowly rebuilding his fortune after blowing millions at the height of his fame – here’s what went wrong, and how he fixed it

Electric & new energy vehicles

Nio shrugs off China’s EV price war with US$59,000 luxury car

The carmaker hopes to lure high-end Chinese consumers amid an escalating price war among some of its top rivals.

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Style Edit

Style Edit: Richard Mille’s collaboration with Ferrari and F1’s Charles Leclerc

Richard Mille’s partnership with Ferrari has resulted in the RM UP-01 Ferrari – a triumph of technical prowess and the watch brand’s thinnest timepiece to date, at just 1.75mm thick

Ferrari Formula One driver Charles Leclerc wears the RM UP-01 Ferrari, the result of a partnership between Richard Mille and Ferrari that has produced the watch brand’s thinnest timepiece to date, at just 1.75mm thick
Style Edit

Style Edit: BMW’s electric exhibit at Art Basel Hong Kong

The carmaker’s i7 car appeared at the show in collaboration with an AI-driven experience by artist Alex Israel – just the latest in the brand’s creative tie-ups that have even involved Jeff Koons and Roy Lichtenstein

BMW’s all-electric i7 car appeared at March’s Art Basel Hong Kong in collaboration with an AI-driven experience designed by artist Alex Israel – just the latest in the brand’s creative tie-ups that have even involved Jeff Koons and Roy Lichtenstein
Singapore

Singapore jails man for selling mum’s Rolls-Royce to pay off dancing-girl debts

Liu Kuei Liang, 33, accumulated debts at ‘diao hua’ clubs, where punters tip female dancers by buying them sashes and garlands of flowers, court records showed.

Electric & new energy vehicles

China’s Li Auto delivers electric minivan with fridge to lure wealthy families

The US$77,764 Li Mega, Beijing-based Li Auto’s first pure-electric model, has a range of 710 kilometres. It costs nearly twice as much as market leader General Motors’ petrol-powered competitor.

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Fame and celebrity

How Spider-Man star Tom Holland makes and spends his millions – at just 27

Apart from being the face of Prada, the British MCU star also makes money via commercials and ads for Hyundai and Audi, and the Final Fantasy video games

Tom Holland attends the 29th Annual Critics Choice Awards at Barker Hangar on January 14, in Santa Monica, California. Photo: Getty Images
Fame and celebrity

Inside Robert Downey Jr’s surprisingly ‘green’ US$10 million car collection

From an Acura NSX with diamond brake calipers to a blue Ferrari and a reworked 1965 Chevrolet Corvette EV, Robert Downey Jr’s car collection is among Hollywood’s most interesting

Millionaires and billionaires

Drake and Ye, compared: how do the rivals make and spend their millions?

Drake has his own record label and fashion brand Ovo – October’s Very Own – while Ye’s Yeezy partnerships with Gap and Adidas came to dramatic ends

Fame and celebrity

Jay Leno’s quirky US$50 million car collection, from McLaren F1 to Ford GT

From a custom biodiesel sports car to a British army reconnaissance vehicle and a McLaren F1, Jay Leno’s car collection is quite simply like no other …

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Jay Leno’s passion is for cars with a story to tell. Photo: @ jaylenosgarage/Instagram
Millionaires and billionaires

8 richest WWE wrestling icons of 2024 – net worths, ranked

From Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and John Cena – who since built Hollywood careers – to disgraced Vince McMahon and daughter Stephanie McMahon

===PHOTO CAPTURED ONLINE=== Stephanie McMahon, former wrestler herself, is now CEO of the sports controlling body, WWE, succeeding her father, Vince McMahon. Photo: Youtube
Fame and celebrity

Lionel Messi’s and Cristiano Ronaldo’s crazy rich lives, compared

From luxury watches to wildly expensive sports cars, the football megastars indulge in their non-football passions thanks to their lucrative club and endorsement deals

Millionaires and billionaires

How NBA millionaire, Denver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic, makes and spends his cash

The Nuggets MVP signed a five-year, US$264 million contract to stay with the team in 2022, and was spotted in a Mercedes and sporting a Cartier Calibre Chronograph … but his secret love is horses

Tourism

How the story of Ferrari supercar marque is told in its home, Modena, Italy

Ferrari is a sports car maker, luxury brand and sponsor of a Formula One racing team. Its history is celebrated in Modena in museums devoted to founder Enzo Ferrari and to its engineering and design.

A Ferrari car on display in the Ferrari Maranello Museum in Modena, Italy. Photo: Ronan O’Connell
Britain

Home from Home | BMW and Audi drivers, potholes — UK’s roads make me pine for Hong Kong MTR

Why is it that drivers of German car marques treat the UK speed limit as a minimum, not maximum requirement? And don’t get me started on potholes. Oh for Hong Kong, where most people don’t need a car.

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A BMW on a UK road. Drivers of these cars and another German marque, Audi, are the worst violators of speed limits, in the writer’s opinion, and potholes also contribute to make driving in Britain a misery at times. Photo: Shutterstock
Millionaires and billionaires

8 of the richest comedians in 2024 – net worths, ranked, from Ellen to Jerry

From the creators of shows such as The Simpsons and South Park to talk show hosts Ellen DeGeneres and Jay Leno, which comedians have the most money in their bank accounts today?

Millionaires and billionaires

6 of the most expensive celebrity-owned cars ever, from Porsche to McLaren

Ronaldo’s Bugatti Centodieci seems as though it was made for him, Elon Musk is a fan of the iconic 90s McLaren F1, and Beyoncé and Jay-Z found their dream car in the Rolls-Royce Boat Tail

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