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Mercedes E63 AMG gets a tweak for 2011

The Mercedes E63 AMG gets a tweak or three for 2011 The Mercedes E63 AMG debuted at the New York Motor Show last year. Which even in car terms isn’t exactly an age ago. We can’t be sure, but there’s a fair chance that it’s also not much more than six months since the first E63s arrived in customers’ hands in the UK.

Jaguar XJL – Merry Christmas!

The Neiman Marcus Jaguar XJL - yours for $105k But fear not; this year is going to be a doddle, particularly if you have a few petrol-heads on your Christmas present list. For Neiman Marcus – purveyor of fine goods in NYC – has added a very special car to its Christmas Book  – the Jaguar XJL Supercharged Neimen Marcus Edition. Every year Neimen Marcus (a Harrods-ish store, for those who don’t know) produces the ‘Neimen Marcus Christmas Book’ from which you can purchase gifts for the man / woman who has everything.

Akio Toyoda waves family flag, heir makes crisis personal challenge

The reclusive Akio Toyoda is taking the rare step of waving the family flag, as the scion to Toyota Motor Corp.’s founding dynasty tries to steer the world’s largest car company out of a spiraling safety crisis. In testimony prepared for the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, President Toyoda pursues a rare personal tack on the emergency, saying “my name is on every car.” “As you well know, I am the grandson of the founder, and all the Toyota vehicles bear my name,” Toyoda says in prepared comments circulated ahead of Wednesday’s committee hearing in Washington. “For me, when the cars are damaged, it is as though I am as well.” The intimate reflection is a departure for Toyoda, who has spent most of his career sidestepping public discussion of his lineage.