Car News

Unlike Hyundai and its wild race-prepped machines, Chevrolet is taking the conservative route ahead of the 2016 SEMA show. The Blue Line Concepts are the result of that path, and Chevy has a pair of vehicles wearing some tasteful upgrades with a small dash of performance enhancements thrown into...

Impulse purchases can be a pack of gum at the grocery store, bargain-bin DVDs at Target, or perhaps a vintage car. Wait, what? That was clearly the case for the person who spotted a 1964 Aston Martin DB5 that was sitting in a booth at the Paris Motor Show earlier in the year. The car was listed for...

For years, SEMA churned out plenty of all-show/no-go machines. Vehicles that looked the business, but couldn't really perform the tasks that the assembled collection of parts would otherwise suggest. That's changed for the better over the course of the last few years. Hyundai has now gotten the...

Nissan on Thursday announced the successful acquisition of a 34 percent stake in fellow Japanese automaker Mitsubishi. The deal, valued at 237 billion yen (approximately $2.28 billion), was first announced in May following the emergence of Mitsubishi’s own emissions cheating scandal, which...

Mercedes-AMG’s sexy GT sports car gets a 456-horsepower base model for the 2017 model year, priced from $112,125. But if you’re willing to pony up some extra cash, you’ll be able to drive away in a custom version spitting out a supercar-worthy 745 hp. California’s Dime...

The world isn't always what we want it to be, with violence, hatred, and hunger. That's not to say all is lost. There are still truly good people in today's world, and it brings us great joy when we come upon them. In this case, it's a man named Chris Collins. Being fortunate enough to have a roof...

There's no question that the Fast & Furious universe basically prints money at this point. During the filming of the last installment, Fast 7, the Fast Family took a massive blow with the loss of Paul Walker. Of course, that didn't stop Universal from moving forward with three more films. The...

We’re quickly approaching the announcement of our annual Motor Authority Best Car To Buy award for 2017. Among the finalists is the 2017 Audi R8. Why? It has drop-dead gorgeous looks, docile road manners, and track capability all rolled into the one package. It’s finally been spotted...

Volkswagen's seventh-generation Golf is about to receive some updates. The updated car should be on sale in 2017, as a 2018 model. The German automaker has confirmed that we’ll see the covers come off in early November 2016, although only for the European specification. All VW is willing to...

Sometimes the second album is more important than the first. If a band can't follow up its breakout first album with another platinum effort, it could go down in history as just a flash in the pan. But if the second album can meet or beat the artistry of the first, that band can become a mainstay...

Tesla [NSDQ:TSLA] on Wednesday announced that all its cars from now will be available with the hardware necessary for full self-driving, i.e. Level 5 autonomy, the ultimate goal where no driver involvement is required whatsoever. The catch is that Tesla doesn’t have the...

Chinese automaker Geely is looking to expand outside of its home market with a new mainstream brand called Lynk & Co. Lynk & Co’s vehicles will be built in China but leverage the design and engineering expertise of Volvo, which Geely acquired form Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] in 2010...

Weight low? Check. All-wheel drive? Check. Motors inhibited only by a friction coefficient—not by available power—and your courage? Check. All three mean that you have a vehicle ready to throw down some seriously quick acceleration times. That's the setup under the skin of the Tesla...

We already know that the Hellcat motor is going to be shoved into the Grand Cherokee; Jeep CEO Mike Manley confirmed it already. Now, someone has spotted a prototype thundering through the streets of Detroit. In the video shot by YouTube user Sinister Life, you can clearly hear the whine of a...

The McLaren P1 GTR is the track-only version of the P1 hypercar. That makes it something of a rare beast, considering that you're unlikely to even see a standard P1 roll past. You really shouldn't be able to see a P1 GTR on the road, but thanks to a company called Lanzante Motorsport you just...

You’ll soon be able to buy a new DeLorean DMC-12 that’s virtually identical to the original of the 1980s. There’s a company in Humble, Texas by the name of DeLorean Motor Company that plans to build the cars and expects to start deliveries in 2017. It recently started accepting...

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles [NYSE:FCAU] confirmed in its five-year strategy announcement made in May 2014 that it will launch a new SUV using the Wagoneer name by 2018. We’ve since learned that Jeep is planning both a Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer to help claw back SUV sales lost to luxury...

A new generation of the BMW 5-Series has just landed but we’re still waiting on high-performance models like the M5 and Alpina B5. We have some new spy shots of the latter, taken while the car was testing at the Nürburgring. A company based in Maryland is working on an electric Corvette...

Marco Wittmann became the first BMW driver in the history of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters to win two Drivers’ Championships. Having won the title in 2014, he was again crowned champion on Sunday, after finishing fourth in the final race of the 2016 DTM season, held at the Hockenheimring...

Tesla [NSDQ:TSLA] and its battery partner Panasonic have signed a letter of intent over a deal to manufacture solar cells and modules in Buffalo, New York. The deal would see Panasonic begin production of solar products at a plant in Buffalo in 2017, with Tesla providing a long-term purchase...