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Dodge’s wide-body Challenger is real. Prototypes for a new range-topping Challenger, one positioned above the SRT Hellcat, have been spotted testing on Michigan roads ahead of a likely market launch in 2017. This would make it a 2018 model. The prototypes are wearing standard body panels but...

Ram’s mission statement for the Rebel TRX concept was simple: Build a high-horsepower off-roading truck with the ability to clear miles of desert in the blink of an eye. That should make Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] a little bit worried, because while the Blue Oval is heading down the...

Audi’s new RS 3 sport sedan goes on sale in mid-2017. However, the German firm will start selling a racing version well before that. The racing version is the RS 3 LMS, which was developed by the Audi Sport division, primarily for the low-cost TCR International Series. Also going on sale in...

The World Rally Championship has struggled in recent years, despite incredibly scenic locations, impressive cars, and some of the best drivers the world has ever seen. Starting from 2017, though, we may see a resurgence in the sport’s popularity, as both the cars and competition will be...

The 2017 Infiniti Q60 tells no lies. In top trim, Q60 Red Sport 400, the Q60 delivers on every one of its promises: It’s one better than the Q50 (from which its related); there is in fact, a red S (which is also part of Infiniti’s even more confusing nomenclature now); and every bit of...

Hot on the heels of Thursday’s debut of the RS 3 sport sedan at the 2016 Paris auto show, Audi has unveiled a new racing version of the car. The new race car is called the RS 3 LMS and will be ready for delivery to customer teams in time for the 2017 motorsport season. It was developed by the...

Sunday’s 2016 Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix ended with a shock result, with Red Bull Racing’s Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen fighting it out in front of all other drivers. Ricciardo crossed the line first, with Verstappen following less than two and half seconds behind. Third...

Don't think there's any relevance or relationship between modern road and race cars? Then meet the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, which shares around 80 percent of its components with the 911 GT3 RS road car—and the remaining 20 percent mostly concerns safety and weight reduction, rather than raw...

Remember that 2002 Honda S2000 that Jason from Engineering Explained recently acquired? Well, he's already set to wrenching on it because, well, that's what he does. In this video, Jason is installing a fresh timing chain tensioner, as it seems this is a potential failure area for the Honda S2000...

Next year, 2017, marks the 70th anniversary of Ferrari [NYSE:RACE]. The Prancing Horse is doing several things to celebrate the milestone, including building a limited run of 209 LaFerrari Apertas. Ferrari is also offering each of its five cars—the 488 GTB, 488 Spider, California T, F12...

Mitsubishi has an annoying habit of showing us lots of concepts but rarely rolling out new cars. Sadly, the trend shows no sign of slowing as the Japanese automaker has revealed yet another concept hinting at what’s to come while it holds off on existing models here in the United States. The...

Jeep is looking to expand its small SUV reach, and to that end it's being reported that the automaker is looking to introduce a newcomer to the lineup. According to Autocar, Jeep boss Mike Manley has explained that he's quite confident that a pint-sized SUV will be an important place for Jeep in...

Self-driving cars inched closer to reality this week (all by themselves) when the California governor approved a bill that would open small sections of public roads for testing. California governor Jerry Brown signed a bill into law that would make available a section of a former naval weapons...

Ram showed off the Rebel TRX concept; Honda unveiled a prototype of the Civic Type R; and Land Rover took the wraps off the 2017 Discovery. It's the Week in Reverse, right here at Motor Authority. Ram said it wouldn't do a Hellcat-powered pickup truck, but that didn't stop it from shoving the...

Ram on Thursday unveiled a pickup truck powered by the Hellcat supercharged 6.2-liter V-8 engine, and in the process made the automotive world almost forget that there was an auto show going on across the pond. The Hellcat-powered pickup is a concept called the Ram Rebel TRX, and we’re...

Round 16 of the 2016 Formula One World Championship is on this weekend in Kuala Lumpur, the Malaysian capital. The Malaysian Grand Prix is normally found at the start of the calendar though it was shifted to a later date this year due to renovations being made to the race’s Sepang...

Audi’s new RS 3 has finally landed. The car is a compact sport sedan with essentially the same mechanical package as the TT RS—and it’s coming to the United States. Audi pulled the covers off on Thursday at the 2016 Paris auto show, and in the process likely unsettled the folks...

Infiniti on Thursday gave a tech briefing on its remarkable new variable compression engine and confirmed the unit’s availability from 2018. The engine has been in development for almost two decades and was shown to the public for the first time at the 2016 Paris auto show. Although other...

It’s been a while since we last heard from Dutch supercar startup Savage Rivale. The company made headlines in 2011 when it unveiled a four-door, four-seat convertible supercar called the Roadyacht GTS. It rode on Savage’s own chassis and featured a powertrain borrowed from the Corvette...

SUVs are all the rage right now and automakers see opportunity for even more slicing of the niche with new soft-roaders. Audi and Volvo have enjoyed some success in the luxury segment with their respective Allroad and Cross Country offerings, and there’s also Subaru with the Outback in the...