Last week, we learned that Aston Martin has already already sold all 100 units of its ultra-exclusive 520kW One-77 supercar at £1,000,000 (AU$2,495,461) a pop.

Now news comes that Aston Martin’s Rapide—the four-door coupe supercar that started the craze—will arrive on the scene in 2009, with the US getting its own allocation in 2010.  Pricing in the [...]

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To those who know their GT-R’s the fact that Nissan is believed to be looking into producing a four-door version of their R35 GT-R, shouldn’t be a big surprise. After all, you could buy a four-door R33 and R34 GT-R.

What is surprising is just how good it may look. If these Motortrend renderings are [...]

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Its been four years since the Mercedes CLS first came to market. At the time it was a revolutionary four-door coupe design that has proved popular, in fact it has inspired a number of competitors to develop their own four door coupes, including the VW Passat CC and Porsche’s Panamera (due in 2009), to name [...]

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Another 2008 Detroit Auto Show debutant is Volkswagen’s Passat CC. Designed in the four-door coupe mould made popular by the Mercedes CLS the Passat CC is longer, wider and lower than the humble Passat sedan on which it is based.

The Passat CC will be available with a choice of petrol and diesel engines, depending on [...]

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BMW brought the entire travelling road show. You get to see the new E92 M3 in virginal white as well as a large chunk of their normal Australian line-up and even the X6 concept that seeks to turn the X5 into a stylish sports SUV. Star of the BMW display was undoubtedly the CS Concept, [...]

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Porsche Panamera, Volkswagen Passat coupe, Honda FCX, BMW CS…. With low slung sporty four-door coupes seemingly being the next big thing in prestige auto manufacture, German aftermarket tuning shop A.R.T has taken the wraps off their new tuned Mercedes CLS, the GTR 374.

Inspired by the DTM European touring car series, the already dead sexy CLS [...]

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