Car News
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It’s been a long wait since the covers came off the 2015 Ford Mustang last December, but now, finally, we’ve had some time behind the wheel. Whether it’s the base V-6, new EcoBoost model or V-8-powered GT, the new Mustang is no longer the entry-level, prosaic little pony car it once was. Ferrari went to great lengths to ensure its LaFerrari flagship only ended up in the hands of its most loyal customers, but a couple of the cars have already ended up on the used car market. The latest is a black example with zero—yes, zero—miles on the clock. It’s a shame...
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Moron Drives Off Flatbed Tow Truck To Avoid Parking Ticket: Video
The rules of the road are pretty simple, folks: don’t drive too fast, don’t park where you’re not supposed to, pay attention to the signs—those are the basics. Sometimes you break one of those rules. When you do, own up to it. Don’t do what this guy did. ALSO SEE...
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Peugeot Reveals 500-Horsepower Crossover Concept
After a stale showing at the previous Paris Auto Show back in 2012, Peugeot is pulling out all the stops for its lineup at this year’s event. Already the French automaker has confirmed the sporty 308 GT, advanced 208 Hybrid Air concept and sultry Exalt concept, but now Peugeot has revealed a...
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LaFerrari Up For Sale In Dubai With $3.4 Million Price Tag
Ferrari has promised to build just 499 examples of its flagship LaFerrari supercar, despite the company receiving more than a thousand orders for the car just days after its debut at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show. Clearly there are plenty of unsatisfied millionaires out there, and because of this any...
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2016 Volvo XC90 R-Design Revealed
Following the reveal of its all-new XC90 in late August, Volvo has now followed up with the luxury SUV’s sporty R-Design trim. Volvo’s R-Design trim doesn’t see any increase in power—for that there’s Polestar—but it does lend the Swedish vehicles a sporty...
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2015 Ford Mustang first drive review
It took all day--a scramble out of L.A. morning rush hour toward the canyons, a thread-the-need operation through a few thousand degrees of hairpin turns and ambient degrees F, a drive-by through a Malibu hotel porte-cochere, a half-hour of stop-and-go traffic. It came down to the last mile of bad...
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It was only a week ago that Zack Snyder, director of Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice, revealed the new Batmobile that’s set to star in the movie. However, the shots Snyder posted up didn’t show the car in full and weren’t representative of how it would look on the streets. Well, thanks to one of our spy photographers, we have a full gallery of the new Batmobile which was snapped during filming. Never before seen details we can glean from the shots include the car’s scissor doors, headlights, and what appears to be its exhaust. The vehicle is definitely more of an...
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More Powerful Volkswagen Polo GTI Headed For Paris Auto Show
Volkswagen recently introduced a mild facelift for its Polo subcompact sold overseas, but missing from the updated lineup was the sporty Polo GTI variant. The German automaker has now rectified the issue, revealing the updated hot hatch in full ahead of a world debut next month at the 2014 Paris...
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Top Gear Drives Nissan’s Wacky ZEOD RC Le Mans Racer: Video
Nissan’s ZEOD RC electrified race car lasted just 23 minutes in this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans race, with the dart-shaped car forced to retire due to gearbox trouble. However, Nissan still reached its goals for the car, which included completing a full lap under electric power...
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2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Scores 22 MPG Highway
If you’re bruising around town in a 707-horsepower Hellcat, the only time gas mileage crosses your mind is when you wonder how many freeway runs you want to make tonight. MUST SEE: BJ Baldwin Runs Rampant Over Ensenada In Recoil 2: Video That’s fortunate, as the Hellcat is no green...
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BJ Baldwin Runs Rampant Over Ensenada In Recoil 2: Video
Last year, BJ Baldwin drove his trophy truck in an entirely awesome manner for a short video called Recoil. That clip was entertaining. Now, Ballistic is back with a new video called Recoil 2... and it's amazing. MUST SEE: Nissan GT-R Blows A Tire At 200 MPH, Driver Keeps It Together: Video Baldwin...
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McLaren 650S Sprint Set To Make Its Competition Debut
McLaren revealed one of its latest race cars earlier this year ahead of the Pebble Beach Concours. Now the automaker has stated that the 650S Sprint is ready to hit the track. Want to see it? You'll need to get out to Donnington Park in the UK to catch the GT Cup race. The 650S Sprint is based on...
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A prototype for Mercedes-Benz’s next-generation E-Class has been spotted. The vehicle ride on the German automaker’s MRA platform and should be on sale in the fall of 2016. Audi has become the first firm to receive a new autonomous car permit from the state of California. This will allow the German automaker to start testing its Piloted Driving self-driving technology on the state’s roads. Believe it or not but Black Eyed Peas singer Will.i.am has his own automotive business dubbed I.am.auto, where he designs his own cars. Now, Lexus has got him to design one of its NX...
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Opel Reveals Sporty Adam S: Forbidden Fruit
Opel’s Adam minicar first hit the scene in 2012 and has since been turned into a race car as well as an upmarket version enhanced by Bitter. Now, the first performance-enhanced version of the Adam has been revealed, the new Adam S, which makes its debut next month at the 2014 Paris Auto Show...
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Cadillac’s New Chief Has No Plans To Reduce Prices
Much of Cadillac’s lineup is just a few grand away from matching the prices of comparable models from Germany’s big three luxury makes, and when we’re talking the lower end of the portfolio like the ATS the prices are almost equal across the board. While this strategy has turned...
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Look Out! Lexus To Unveil NX Designed By Will.i.am
To help promote its all-new NX, Lexus has teamed up with actor, musician and wannabe designer Will.i.am, real name Williams Adams, to develop an “extremely stylized” version of the compact crossover. The custom NX will be revealed on September 24 at Paris Fashion Week. A regular NX...
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Toyota FT-1 Vision Gran Turimso Ready For Download In GT6: Video
Toyota’s stunning FT-1 concept car revealed at the 2014 Detroit Auto Show may be a preview of the next-generation Supra, but it’s also the basis for the Japanese automaker’s entry in the Gran Turismo Vision challenge, which celebrates the 15th anniversary of the Gran Turismo video...
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Audi Receives California’s First Autonomous Car Permit: Video
Audi was one of the pioneers in the area of autonomous cars, having built a TT prototype that in 2010 tackled Colorado’s Pikes Peak Hill Climb entirely on its own. A year ago Audi demonstrated some of its more advanced autonomous car technology; called Piloted Driving by Audi, the technology...
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Renault is out to prove that not only the Volkswagen Group can build a car that’s capable of consuming just 1 liter of fuel per 100 kilometers of travel, equivalent to 235 mpg. The French automaker has just revealed the EOLAB concept car, which is said to be as efficient as VW’s XL1 but targeted at budget buyers. Of course, the EOLAB is only a concept and the XL1, despite a six-figure price tag, is already in customer hands. However, Renault says technology featured on the EOLAB will feature on its cars before 2020. So how does the EOLAB go about achieving its 235 mpg economy. To...
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Largest Fleet Of Rolls-Royce Phantoms Ever Ordered Headed To Louis XIII Hotel In Macau
The largest fleet of Rolls-Royce Phantoms ever ordered is soon to arrive at entrepreneur Stephen Hung’s Louis XIII hotel in Macau. Among the 30 Bespoke Extended Wheelbase Phantomswill be two special examples that will take the title of the most expensive Phantoms ever commissioned. DON'T...
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Porsche Explains Why Its 911 GT3 Is So Formidable On The Track: Video
Regarded by many as the purest of the Porsche 911s, the GT3 is something of a sacred cow to many. Here, we get a glimpse at the reason why. DON'T MISS: Lamborghini Veneno Roadster For Sale: Just $7.4 Million When it comes to race cars you can drive on the street, few come close to matching the...
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Little Ford Ranger Hides A Big Sleeper Secret
We love sleepers here at MotorAuthority. The idea of taking something that looks relatively sedate, yet hides a power-packed secret is infinitely appealing to us. And since it seems to be truck week over here, we're happy to share a vehicle that nearly serves as a definition of the word sleeper...
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Street-Legal Drag Truck Sets New Fast Pass Record: Video
Sure, we're dealing with the Blurred Lines of street legality here. That doesn't matter though, as this 1988 Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck owned by Larry Larson is legally registered in the state of Missouri. In fact, Larson drove the truck the required 1,000 miles to compete in the Hot Rod Drag Week...
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Hybrids? We Don’t Need No Stinking Hybrids. NRE 1,000-HP Pump Gas Twin-Turbo LSX V-8: Video
There’s a certain beauty to an engine that makes its own power, without the need for hybrid battery packs and electric motors. It’s elegant, honest, and, in the case of this Nelson Racing Engines LSX prototype, mean as all hell. MUST SEE: Street-Legal Drag Truck Sets New Fast Pass...
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