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Being low man on the totem pole isn't always so bad. Two of our finalists for the Motor Authority Best Car To Buy 2017 award, the 2016 BMW M2 and 2016 Ford Focus RS, started life at or near the bottom of their respective lineups. The Ford Focus’ platform dates back to 2011. It’s a...

A Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] 456M that’s had its V-12 replaced by the engine of a Lexus GS 300 has managed to sell via eBay Motors for $44,999. The ‘90s-era Ferrari GT in good nick could be bought for much lower prices not long ago but the current mania in classic cars, especially those out of...

Another eight supercars belonging to Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, the son of Equatorial Guinea’s dictator-like leader Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, have been seized by authorities in Switzerland. Among the cars seized were a Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] 599 GTB, Enzo, F12 tdf and LaFerrari, a...

Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] CEO and Chairman Sergio Marchionne has revealed that most of the Italian marque’s cars will be hybrids after 2019. The move will allow Ferrari to boost production beyond 10,000 cars annually, the limit that triggers stricter carbon dioxide emissions regulations that major...

The Opel Insignia will be redesigned in 2017, with the new model to also serve as a replacement for the existing Buick Regal and Holden Commodore in General Motors Company’s [NYSE:GM] global fleet. Opel on Tuesday gave a glimpse at the headlight design of the new car and confirmed it will...

Tesla [NSDQ:TSLA] on Tuesday announced it has entered an agreement to buy privately-owned Grohmann Engineering. Upon completion of the deal, estimated to be in early 2017, the company will be rebranded Tesla Grohmann Automation. Based in Prüm, Germany, Grohmann Engineering develops automated...

Hybrids, traditionally, have been synonymous with everything that isn't fun about driving—commutes, traffic, gas mileage, and penny pinching. In recent years, though, they've taken on a high-performance sheen, thanks mostly to the introduction of hybrid sports cars where the electrical side...

Spy photographers have a few tools at their disposal to get the shot of that latest model from an automaker. They know where they test. They know when they're running the cars. They have long lenses and lots of patience. These days, some of them might also consider turning to a drone for increased...

If you're going to steal a car, you might as well go big and pick one with as much horsepower as possible. That might lead you to a Dodge dealership, where you'd be staring down a Hellcat with its 707-horsepower supercharged V-8 engine. That's what a group of teenagers did at the Napelton Mid...

It's as if the earth shook when Ram pulled the wraps off the Hellcat-powered Rebel TRX concept. Why? Because it's been a while since something generated this much buzz on Motor Authority. Of course, Ram's labeling this thing a concept, so don't get your hopes up too soon. Ford has the F-150 Raptor...

Doing a side wheelie must be the en vogue automotive stunt of the moment. Recently, we saw the fastest speed for a car driven on two wheels set by a Finnish stunt driver in a BMW 330d. Now we have a Chinese stunt driver setting a Mini on two wheels, and driving a complete lap of the...

Prototypes for a new Toyota sports car expected to revive the Supra name have been testing in public for the past several months. A video of one of the prototypes has surfaced and gives us a good dose of the car’s engine noise. Though it’s hard to be sure, the engine sounds a lot like a...

Still disappointed by Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] decision to equip its 2017 F-150 Raptor with a V-6? Don’t sweat it because there are a handful of reputable tuning shops that offer F-150-based performance pickups packing V-8 grunt. Among them is semi-official Ford tuner Roush, which...

The state of California alone represents one of the single biggest market for automakers, so its annual auto show held in Los Angeles always manages to draw in the big names, along with numerous world debuts. For the 2016 show, organizers have already confirmed at least 20 world debuts, from brands...

The Chevrolet Camaro gets the track-focused 1LE package for the 2017 model year. For those that truly enjoy driving, particularly on a track, the 1LE is the way to go... at least until the new Z/28 makes its debut. Acura’s new NSX has supercar looks coupled with hypercar technology. But what...

Unfortunately for some of us, 1990 doesn't feel like long ago. It was a watershed year for the car industry; Lexus was new, so was the Miata. Same goes for the Acura NSX. It was the supercar from 1990 that was so user-friendly it could only have come from Honda. The NSX arrived at the peak of the...

Buick has released a single teaser shot for a new concept car debuting on November 18 at the 2016 Guangzhou auto show. The concept is called the Velite and its purpose is to mark the introduction of a new Buick Blue brand for electrified vehicles in China. Velite will be a familiar name to Buick...

Mercedes-Benz vehicles are notorious for their smooth ride quality. Bumps and ruts just don't bother passengers in Mercedes vehicles like they do in other cars. How does Mercedes do it? Jason Fenske from Engineering Explained is here to tell us. In this video, Jason analyzes how two Mercedes...

Remember when Tesla promised use of its Supercharger network to Model S owners for life? Psych! Gotcha. Just kidding. The Silicon Valley automaker announced today that Teslas ordered after January 1, 2017 will receive 400 kwh of free supercharging in the form of credits (FYI--that's about 1,000...

Since Ford released it for the 2010 model year, the F-150 Raptor has been a hit for the Blue Oval. Why not? It's a mean machine, with genuine off-road performance. Now a new 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor is on the way. Even if you take sales out of the equation, the amount of buzz the truck has drawn for...