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  • 2015 Porsche 911 Carrera GTS

    This week, Tesla unveiled a new all-wheel-drive version of the Model S electric car, along with a super-performance 691-hp version, Porsche unveiled the 911 GTS, and the Aeromobil flying car nears production. It’s The Week In Reverse, right here at Motor Authority. There are many things which make a Rolls-Royce a Rolls-Royce, but only one is essential: a certain attitude. The Ghost Series II delivers that attitude in spades. What is that attitude? It’s an air of significance combined with an overt desire for exquisite luxury. The expression of that attitude results in a car, and...

  • Lamborghini Festival 2014
    Lamborghini Festival 2014 Brings Bulls Together For A Cause: Video

    Close your eyes. I want you to picture an event called Lamborghini Festival. What does it look like in your head? If you said a parade of varying Lamborghini examples parking near jets in a hangar, coupled with beautiful people and smiling happy faces, you'd be correct. That's exactly what you...

  • 2016 Chevrolet Camaro Render Top Speed
    TopSpeed Renders Up A Look At The 2016 Camaro

    The next-generation Chevrolet Camaro isn't far from making its official debut. After all, we're swinging into auto-show season and the American muscle machine has already been caught out running hard in its camouflage colors. MUST SEE: Miniature W-18 Engine Build Is Mesmerizing: Video It's becoming...

  • 2015 Rolls-Royce Ghost Series II, First Drive. Photo by Greg Jarem for Rolls-Royce Motor Cars NA.
    2015 Rolls-Royce Ghost Series II First Drive

    There are many things which make a Rolls-Royce a Rolls-Royce, but only one is essential: a certain attitude. The Ghost Series II delivers that attitude in spades. What is that attitude? It’s an air of significance combined with an overt desire for exquisite luxury. The expression of that...

  • Ferrari at the 2014 Formula One Russian Grand Prix
    2014 Formula One Russian Grand Prix Weather Forecast

    Conditions are looking good for the inaugural Formula One Russian Grand Prix this weekend, with the weather in Sochi where the race is being held forecast to be fine and sunny. The peak temperature should reach 73 degrees F (23 degrees C) on Sunday, and there’s almost zero chance of rain. The...

  • Ferrari F60 America
    Dual-Motor Tesla Model S, Cadillac CT6 Details, Ferrari F60 America: Today’s Car News

    Tesla’s Model S is now the fastest sedan in the world when it comes to 0-60 mph acceleration. Thanks to a new dual-motor option, the P85 model will rocket to 60 mph from rest in just 3.2 seconds, rivaling many supercars. Cadillac’s new range-topping sedan, the CT6, will bow next year...

  • Ferrari F60 America

    Hot on the heels of its 458 Speciale A at the recent 2014 Paris Auto Show, Ferrari has revealed the all-new F60 America which celebrates 60 years of Prancing Horse sales in the U.S. The stunning supercar is based on the F12 Berlinetta but has an all-new, open-top body. DON'T MISS: The Average Bugatti Owner Has 84 Cars, 3 Jets, And A Yacht The car will be unveiled tomorrow night at an anniversary celebration gala dinner in Beverly Hills, which will also be the final farewell for longstanding chairman Luca di Montezemolo who officially resigns the next day. The U.S. remains Ferrari’s...

  • 2016 Cadillac CT6 spy shots
    Cadillac CT6 To Offer Plug-In Option, Weigh Less Than CTS

    Cadillac’s new flagship sedan will be called the CT6, ride on the new Omega rear-wheel-drive platform and enter production at General Motors Company’s [NYSE:GM] Detroit-Hamtramck Plant late next year. Now we’ve learned that it will also be one of the lightest cars in its segment...

  • 2014 Hyundai Genesis Coupe by Blood Type Racing
    Hyundai Genesis Coupe Gets Close To 1,000 HP For SEMA

    Hyundai’s four-cylinder Genesis Coupe will be discontinued once the 2015 model year rolls around but the Korean automaker plans to give it one last hurrah with a wild concept pushing out almost 1,000 horsepower. The concept will be presented at next month’s SEMA show and is being...

  • 2015 Holden Commodore SSV Craig Lowndes Special Edition
    2015 Holden Commodore SSV Gets Special Edition Inspired By Aussie Motorsport Hero

    Holden’s VF Commodore introduced in Australia in 2013 and sold here as the Chevrolet SS has just received a few updates for 2015, including the addition of a special edition model inspired by V8 Supercars hero Craig Lowndes. The special edition is based on the Commodore’s sporty SSV...

  • 1999 Mazda RX-7
    Report: Mazda rotary sports car concept coming in 2017, production version in 2020

    Recently, we heard Mazda was planning to launch not one but two rotary-powered sports cars within the decade. The first was to launch in 2017, to mark the 50th anniversary of the Cosmo Sport, Mazda’s first rotary-powered car, while the second was to arrive in 2020 to mark the...

  • 2014 Tesla Model S 'P85D' all-wheel-drive model
    Tesla Model S Gets 691-HP Dual-Motor Option, Autopilot Tech

    Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] CEO Elon Musk’s big announcement regarding the “D” has, as we suspected, turned out to be a new dual-motor option for the Model S that provides it with the extra traction of all-wheel drive. And the “something else” Musk also hinted at...

  • SCG-003 teaser image from Road & Track's exclusive video

    Here's a closer look at the upcoming SCG 003 from James Glickenhaus, and the new supercar is taking fabulous shape. We already know the SCG 003 will sport a carbon fiber chassis, and rumors hint that the car’s power output will exceed 500 hp despite a curb weight of just 1,600 lbs. The source of that power? For the race car version, a 3.5-liter twin-turbo V-6, it seems, based on SCG's own design but derived from a Honda unit. But the road-going car will be much more interesting: it gets a variety of engines including a twin-turbo V-12 good for possibly 725 hp or more in some...

  • Driftadega
    'Driftadega Nights' Is Certainly A Thing: Video

    The folks at Network A have been killing it as of late. Their videos featuring Ryan Tuerck and Chris Forsberg are well made, funny, and feature tons of great action. It seems that Vaughn Gittin Jr, Matt Powers, and Matt Field have been paying attention to the Network A team. They're looking to get...

  • Corvette PDR captures truck tire blowout
    Could The Corvette’s PDR Be The Russian Dashcam Of America?: Video

    This video of a Corvette’s Performance Data Recorder system capturing the moment a big rig’s trailer tire blows may be a taste of the future. A future in which the many happenings on America’s streets and highways are fortuitously captured by people recording for other reasons. On...

  • Neiman Marcus Maserati Ghibli S Q4
    Neiman Marcus To Offer Maserati Ghibli S Q4 In Christmas Book

    Every year around this time, Neiman Marcus starts planting the seeds of holiday gift giving in your head. Yes, it's too early to really care, but their annual Christmas Book does have one spot that always catches our eye. It's the special edition automobile that always winds up selling out in...

  • Mitsubishi Evo Cartwheel
    Mitsubishi Evo Decides To Quit Racing & Become A Gymnast: Video

    Hillclimbs are crazy. They often take place on tight roads that feature tons of technical turns, and all of it has to be tackled at very high speeds. MUST SEE: Miniature W-18 Build Is Mesmerizing: Video You need to be the fastest person up the hill, so you have to push both yourself and your...

  • 2017 Nissan GT-R facelift spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    2017 Nissan GT-R spy shots

    We’ve been hearing a lot about Nissan’s next-generation GT-R, the R36, in recent months but the car’s arrival is still likely years away as we’re yet to see any prototypes. And considering Nissan has been implementing yearly updates for the R35 ever since the model's 2009...

  • Sergio Marchionne

    Fiat Chrysler Automobiles CEO Sergio Marchionne says he plans to do something else after 2018, when a company-wide five-year strategy he announced in May is expected to conclude. “I’ll undoubtedly do something else” Marchionne told Bloomberg when asked what he’ll do once his five-year strategy for FCA is completed. “I am not going to do any more turnarounds—I’m done.” Marchionne was asked by Fiat chairman John Elkann in 2004 to help turnaround the company’s fortunes. He then oversaw the merger of Fiat with Chrysler and the eventual full...

  • 2016 Mercedes-Benz GLE (M-Class) spy shots
    2016 Mercedes-Benz M-Class (GLE) Spy Shots

    The current Mercedes-Benz M-Class first arrived as a 2012 model, and soon the popular luxury SUV will receive a mid-cycle update. These are the newest spy shots of a prototype for the updated SUV, which we expect to be launched on the market next year, as a 2016 model. The vehicle is heavily...

  • 2015 Hyundai i20 WRC
    2015 Hyundai i20 WRC Starts Testing

    Hyundai made its World Rally Championship comeback this year using a new rally car based on its i20 subcompact sold overseas. The company hasn’t fared all that well, having taken home just one win versus the 10 Volkswagen has notched up, but Hyundai is in for the long term and plans to launch...

  • Roberto Fedeli
    Ferrari Chief Engineer Joins BMW

    Ferrari chief engineer Roberto Fedeli, the man who headed the development of some of the world’s best performance cars like the LaFerrari, F12 Berlinetta and 458 Italia, will soon be working for BMW. The German automaker has confirmed Fedeli will join it in November but hasn’t revealed...

  • Sochi Autodrom, home of the Formula One Russian Grand Prix
    2014 Formula One Russian Grand Prix Preview

    History will be made this weekend when the first-ever Formula One Russian Grand Prix takes place at the newly-built Sochi Autodrom. The track’s 3.6-mile length makes it the third-longest on the 2014 calendar and drivers will need to complete 53 laps on Sunday. There are 18 (12 right, 6 left)...

  • 2017 Acura NSX spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    2016 Acura NSX To Offer Ferrari 458 Performance For Audi R8 Price

    Prototypes for Acura’s second-generation NSX are currently being tested at the Nürburgring, with one of the cars even burning to ground in late July. Despite the setback, Acura is confident the new NSX will be ready for launch in 2015 and that it will meet some pretty lofty goals set by...

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