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As you get ready to spend a 24-hour chunk of your weekend watching a varied assortment of cars racing around a circuit in the middle of France, enjoy this video of a flying lap from more than three decades ago. The scene is the 1983 24 Hours of Le Mans and doing the driving is racing legend Derek...

Why people still yell "Freebird" at concerts is unclear. It's a true mystery. There's a compelling argument involving a Chicago DJ, of course. But while we know why the sky is blue, the actual origin of the presumably ironic request is likely lost to the sands of time. That said, if drunk audience...

Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Performance has released the fourth and fifth installments in a series of videos on the development of the revived Ford GT. Part four details the process that Ford and Chip Ganassi Racing used to pick the drivers and part five delves into the racing results along the way...

We drove the 2017 Jaguar F-Type SVR; Ford Motor Company's [NYSE:F] back at the 24 Hours of Le Mans; and Barricade from Transformers 5 was revealed. It's the Week in Reverse, right here at Motor Authority. The 2018 Audi A8 was spied testing on the Nürburgring this week. The design of the new A8...

Honda may not be giving the CR-Z a dignified "Final Edition" send-off in the U.S. like it did in Japan, after all; Car and Driver reported the car is officially dead. The automaker ended production of the hybrid hatchback sports car and it went quietly into the night, according to the magazine...

This weekend is the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans and there’s a lot to be excited about as Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] is making its return, competing in the GTE Pro class alongside illustrious brands such as Aston Martin, Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] and Porsche. Ford and its new GT are off to a good...

The European Grand Prix has had an erratic history on the Formula One calendar, held sporadically and shuffled between a number of circuits over the years. The last time a European Grand Prix was held was in 2012 and back then it was in Valencia, Spain. The event has now returned as round eight of...

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ [NYSE:FCAU] official accessories division Mopar is out with another of its special edition models, and for the first time it’s based on a truck. Meet the Mopar ’16 Ram Rebel, the latest in a long line of special Mopar-modded vehicles that started with...

Fellow BMW Group brand Mini has unveiled its own Vision 100 Next concept celebrating its parent company’s centennial this year. Previously we saw Vision 100 Next concepts from BMW and Rolls-Royce previewing the future of luxury and ultra-luxury, respectively. With Mini’s concept...

This is the moment Blue Oval fans around the world have been waiting years for: Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] imminent return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans. And the American automaker is off to a solid start for this weekend’s race, the highlight of the 2016 World Endurance Championship...

Commuting was temporarily made significantly better in northern Minnesota when warm days buckled pavement in the road and left a Scandinavian "yump" in the left lane. One westbound lane of Highway 36 between St. Paul and Little Canada on Tuesday surprised drivers as their cars were launched into...

Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] is no longer the only company out there named after inventor Nikola Tesla. But Nikola (pronounced Neek-oh-la) Motors has a very different product line in mind. The Nikola One is a 2,000-horsepower electric semi truck that uses a natural gas turbine as an onboard generator...

Unplugged Performance, a tuning company that exclusively deals with Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] products, has released a conversion kit that allows existing Model S owners to make their cars resemble the recently refreshed version of the popular electric sedan. The kit consists of a smooth-look front...

While the Volkswagen Group continues negotiations towards finalizing a settlement of its emissions cheating scandal with regulators in the United States, the embattled automaker today announced a company-wide strategy that outlines plans for the coming decade. The new Together - Strategy 2025...

The completely redesigned 2017 Mercedes-Benz E-Class goes on sale this summer and it has been priced from $53,075, including destination. That’s for a base E300 which comes powered by a turbocharged 2.0-liter 4-cylinder delivering 241 horsepower and 273 pound-feet of torque. The engine is...

Judging from your feedback the new season of Top Gear is a dud. But it's not all bad as the season also features the lovable Chris Harris, though for some inane reason he barely gets any screen time. That situation may change should viewer numbers continue to dwindle but regardless we’re...

Honda’s Civic Type R is one of the fastest hot hatches in the world, despite it skipping an all-wheel-drive system and sticking with a good ol’ manual transmission. The current generation, powered by a 305-horsepower turbocharged 2.0-liter 4-cylinder, made its debut in 2015 and although...

Walk up to the counter, tell the Nissan dealer the trim model of the 2017 Nissan 370Z you want, take two steps to the left, hand the cashier your money, take your keys and go home. Nissan has announced the 370Z will live on for at least another year—the ninth for the current model (a Z34 to...

Electric cars are showing up all over the place, but hydrogen fuel-cell cars have lagged behind, with only three Asian makers committed to offering them in the U.S. That's partly because setting up a network of hydrogen stations to fuel them is slow and expensive. Now Nissan has a better idea...

Blasting the Mulsanne Straight at 200 mph in an LMP1 car must be a hugely thrilling experience, on par with the first bite of candied bacon or wrestling a bear. I've only heard. Wetting yourself? That's not awesome. Anyone who's ever endurance raced will tell you that it's an...