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Range Rover Long Wheelbase Autobiography Black: Los Angeles Auto Show (video)

The Range Rover Long Wheelbase Autobiography Black (pictured) revealed at Los Angeles Auto Show For many, a Range Rover is the perfect luxury car. It can go anywhere, look right for any occasion and is all the car you could ever want. So it makes sense that the Range Rover manages to compete with luxury transport like Bentley, Mercedes and Rolls Royce, but what it’s never been able to do is compete in outright luxury – and space – with LWB versions of the world’s luxury cars.

1970 DeTomaso Mangusta: Bring a Trailer special

The name means “mongoose” in Italian, and even if this American half-breed never killed a Cobra on the track, in the looks department it’s still lethal. DeTomaso built 401 Mangusta sports cars from 1967 to 1971 before it was axed in favor of the ubiquitous Pantera--a styling step backward in the eyes of your humble author. The Mangusta formula was the same as that for Pantera: a Ford V8 engine (albeit a 302 rather than a 351C) midships in a sleek Italian body.

Chevrolet Code 130R

The Chevrolet Code 130R Concept is one of a pair of concept cars designed as a direct result of feedback from Millennials – a demographic which car companies are desperate to engage with the automobile. The Code 130R is a four-seat coupe with a classically European proportion and size and more than a passing resemblance to the BMW 1 Series coupe. The car's muscular fenders, short front overhang and power-bulged hood provide reference to the classic muscle car era that engaged the youth of the 1960s and '70s.