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Unique Infiniti Q50 sedans designed by Thom Browne and Zac Posen

Infiniti has teamed up with gilt.com to create two unique Q50 sedans designed by fashion gurus Thom Browne and Zac Posen. These one-of-a-kind sedans will be sold later this year on Gilt, but what are these two sedans all about? The Infiniti Q50 is all new for 2014, and even though the interior of this luxury sedan is not exactly short on style, designers Browne and Posen have lent their expert abilities in creating these unique sedans.

Audi rolls out A3 lineup at the Los Angeles auto show

There's something about German automakers and model proliferation—it seems that if there is a niche to be filled, no matter how vanishingly small, a vehicle will be devised to fill it. If no niche is extant, they'll simply invent one, which is how we wound up with the unprompted X6. Audi's new A3 lineup, which debuted at the Los Angeles auto show and will begin its 18 month-long North American rollout spring 2014, seems incredibly rational by comparison.

AMG Action! Mercedes eyes new naturally aspirated V8

Mercedes-Benz has selected the twin turbocharged 5.5-liter V8 engine to power the recently unveiled S63 AMG, CL63 AMG and CLS63 AMG, with ratings between 525 hp and 577 hp. But it's going to be a different story for the successor to the SLK55 AMG set to be revealed at next year's Frankfurt motor show. Sources within the Stuttgart headquarters suggest the new performance roadster is earmarked to receive a yet-to-be revealed naturally aspirated version of Mercedes-Benz's new 5.5-liter V8.