2007 Maserati Quattroporte

Maserati increased sales in the U.S. by 20 percent in 2007 to 2600 cars, led by a restyled Quattroporte model with a newly added automatic transmission. Globally, Maserati delivered 7353 cars through a network of 272 dealers in 59 countries. The U.S. remains the largest market for the luxury cars at 2600, up 21 percent. Italy at 714 is second, and the United Kingdom is third. New for 2008 is a... read more

Britain’s Autocar magazine says that a coming revamp of the big Jaguar XJ sedan could be the brand’s last shot at life under Ford . The magazine, in its online edition, reports that the replacement for the current XJ – dubbed X351 internally – will keep the current car’s aluminum structure but will get an entirely new set of aluminum panels that will drastically... read more

This is all a bit too esoteric for early morning, but hey - remember the Cardigans ? That catchy Lovefool song? The follow-up was a darker, less catchy, heavily art-directed brown disc called Gran Turismo that sported a couple of singles we like, including Erase/Rewind . You should catch it. VH1 even has the Cardigans on its top 100 one-hit wonders, even though they got it wrong, since... read more