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  • Teaser for special Pagani Huayra

    Pagani has just unveiled its Huayra BC which we’re told is already sold out. However, Pagani has another special Huayra coming down the line, one built for exotic car dealership Refined Marques. You may remember Refined Marques as being the dealership that—most likely falsely—claimed to have a Lamborghini Veneno for sale within months of the car’s 2013 Geneva Motor Show debut. Well, it appears they’re still in business as now Pagani is going to supply them with the Huayra teased in the video above. The car being teased looks like your standard Huayra, although at...

  • Lamborghini Squadra Corse Karting Program
    Lamborghini looks to karting for future race drivers

    Lamborghini is diving deeper into the world of motorsports. Its Squadra Corse division aims to assist drivers across a range of disciplines, with the hopes that someday those drivers will be piloting GT3 cars bearing the mark of the bull. There's a Lamborghini driver development program that starts...

  • Bugatti Chiron in New York City - Image via Bugatti Chiron fan Facebook page
    Bugatti Chiron spotted on the streets of New York City

    Bugatti’s new hypercar to replace the Veyron, the 1,480-horsepower Chiron, made its world debut earlier in the month at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show. The car was absent during last week’s 2016 New York Auto Show but it wasn’t far as the same blue example we saw in Geneva was...

  • 2017 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Wagon spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    Autonomous racing coming, Bugatti Chiron in NYC, Mercedes E-Class Wagon spied: Car News Headlines

    The first race series with fully autonomous cars has been announced, but it’s not years away from starting but mere months. The new series is called Roborace and today we got a preview of the car that will be competing in it. Bugatti’s new Chiron has been spotted in New York City. The...

  • Scene from trailer for new season of "Top Gear"
    Here’s the first trailer for new season of "Top Gear"

    Here’s your first official taste of the new season of Top Gear. The famous trio made up of Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May is no longer there but what we can gather from this short teaser trailer is that the show will still pack some awesome machinery, a few laughs and plenty...

  • Roborace autonomous race car concept
    Roborace autonomous race car concept revealed

    The first race between fully autonomous cars is coming—and much soon than you think. A championship called Roborace is being established and if all goes to plan will host its first race later this year. Roborace will be an exhibition-style event supporting the Formula E Championship and...

  • 1965 Ford Shelby GT350

    We’re fast approaching Mecum Auction’s Spring Classic event which once again is taking place in Indianapolis. The event runs May 19-21 and is set to include some very rare muscle including this 1965 Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Shelby GT350. It’s one of the original 100 1965 Shelby GT350s that Shelby American built for SCCA homologation. It’s car number 41, and according to Mecum it is also one of the first GT350s to be built after Shelby opened its facility near Los Angeles International Airport. ALSO SEE: Tesla Model 3 first look Its engine is the familiar 289 cubic...

  • 2014 Porsche 918 Spyder
    Nürburgring speed limits finally lifted

    Following the death of a spectator in a crash that took place during a race held at the Nürburgring early last year, speed limits were introduced at sections of the track. This put an end to the possibility of setting Nürburgring lap records, though thankfully the limits were only on a...

  • Caterham builds lighter Seven chassis using bicycle “butted tubing” technology
    Iconic Seven chassis made lighter thanks to bicycle tech

    Now that it’s no longer wasting effort and money on a failed Formula One program, British sports car brand Caterham has returned to what it does best: building affordable, lightweight track cars based on the iconic Lotus Seven chassis. Recently, Caterham teamed up with bicycle frame...

  • 2017 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Wagon spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    2017 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Wagon spy shots

    Mercedes-Benz has already unveiled its next-generation E-Class, albeit so far only in the sedan bodystyle. There are still several variants due such as the high-performance E63 from Mercedes-AMG as well as the new coupe, convertible, long-wheelbase sedan and wagon. It’s the latter that is the...

  • Tesla Model 3 teaser image with Model S and Model X, March 2016
    Ahead of Tesla Model 3 reveal, pre-order frenzy begins for $35k electric car

    Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA]—or just Tesla, as it might now prefer to be called—has very closely guarded nearly all the details about its third mass-production all-electric car, the smaller, more affordable Model 3. Tomorrow’s when the Silicon Valley automaker will at last reveal...

  • Ferrari GTC4 Lusso, 2016 Geneva Motor Show
    Ferrari GTC4 Lusso configurator goes live

    Although you can't exactly walk into a Ferrari dealer and place an order for the company's new GTC4 Lusso, you can at least build one virtually. Ferrari has launched a configurator on its website for the company's new FF replacement, the GTC4 Lusso. With four wheel steering, more power, and some...

  • Diagnosing your dead car with help from Engineering Explained

    We've all been there. You walk out to your car, eager to get moving and begin your day. Your key slides into the ignition and you give it a quick twist. It starts to make that expected noise as it cranks over, but then it doesn't continue on its journey. Your car isn't starting. You pause, confused as to the lack of internal combustion unfolding just ahead of your feet, and give it another shot. Nothing. Your car isn't starting, and now you have to figure out why. This recently happened to Engineering Explained, but the situation unfolded while the car was moving. The host's Acura Integra...

  • Ferrari F40 tackles a ski slope in Japan - Image via Kunihisa Kobayashi
    Ferrari F40 tackles the snow

    Takeshi Kimura is awesome. Motor Authority readers have actually been introduced to him before. He's the man who was seen taking his F40 on a camping trip. Cars are meant to be driven, and it seems Kimura-san likes pushing this idea to the limit. He's back at the wheel of his wonderful machine, and...

  • Porsche 911 GT3 RS accident in Amsterdam - Image via RS Porsche Magazine
    Mechanic drops new Porsche 911 GT3 RS in waterway

    Porsche’s new 911 GT3 RS is one of the most desirable cars on the planet right now. Unfortunately for one Porsche dealership in Amsterdam, a mechanic drove a Gulf Racing-livered example off a ledge and into the surrounding waterway. ALSO SEE: Meet the Audi RS 7 from hell: Video Fortunately it...

  • 1957 Jaguar XKSS
    Aston Martin DB11 orders, More Mercedes-AMG models, Jaguar XKSS continuation: Today’s Car News

    Aston Martin’s DB11 is still months away from hitting showrooms but the car has already managed to rack up 1,400 orders. It’s also proven to be a huge hit on social media, with most of the attention said to be positive. The boss of Mercedes-AMG has confirmed even more models are in the...

  • Modified Audi RS 7
    Meet the Audi RS 7 from hell

    Usually when heading down the often expensive path of modifying your car, one of the aims isn’t attempting to make the car look and sound like the spawn of Satan. We’re not sure if that was actually one of the aims of this Audi RS 7 project, though it certainly looks that way due to the...

  • Volkswagen TDI 'clean diesel' television ad screencap
    FTC sues VW over "Clean Diesel" advertising

    Volkswagen can add one more lawsuit to the growing list resulting from the ongoing diesel scandal. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is now suing the embattled German carmaker because of allegedly false claims in years of "Clean Diesel" advertising. VW used the Clean Diesel tagline for years...

  • 2017 Aston Martin DB11

    It’s only been a few weeks since the reveal of Aston Martin’s new DB11 at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show but already the company has managed to rack up 1,400 orders—and that’s before full details have even been released. The information was revealed to The Motor Report by Aston Martin CEO Andy Palmer. ALSO SEE: Meet the Audi RS 7 from hell: Video “It’s been phenomenal,” Palmer is quoted as saying. “I think we’re at more than 1,400 orders now, which is great for a car that we’ve not really released the whole details about and isn’t...

  • BMW M4 "Factory Trailer"
    BMW M4 tears through futuristic city landscape: Video

    You’ve already seen the BMW M4 hit the “ultimate racetrack.” Now watch the car tear through a futuristic city landscape on a dedicated track perched high above the hustle and bustle of the traffic below. ALSO SEE: Meet the Audi RS 7 from hell: Video The latest video is from...

  • 2016 Mercedes-Benz AMG GT world debut, Affalterbach, Germany, Sept 2014
    Mercedes-AMG to add 10 more models by year end, launch standalone stores

    Mercedes-AMG’s product onslaught won’t be slowing anytime soon as there are plans for at least 10 more models by year end. The information was confirmed to Automotive News (subscription required) by Mercedes-AMG boss Tobias Moers. "We're going to expand our portfolio to 48 different...

  • 1957 Jaguar XKSS
    Six decades on, Jaguar to build nine new XKSS sports cars: Video

    Following the success of the six Lightweight E-Types built two years ago, Jaguar has announced another run of “continuation” models. This time it’s the much rarer XKSS, a sports car built in the 1950s on unused chassis of the hugely successful D-Type Le Mans race car. ALSO SEE...

  • 2016 Audi R18 LMP1 race car
    2016 R18 LMP1 is Audi’s most powerful and efficient racer ever

    This year’s World Endurance Championship is just getting started with official testing, known as the Prologue, currently underway at France’s Circuit Paul Ricard. Audi has been the dominant force in top-level endurance racing for the past decade but has lost out to rivals in recent...

  • 2013 Opel Adam
    Buick chief rules out Opel Adam for U.S.

    Buick won't be getting a version of the Opel Adam hatch says the General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] division's chief. Rumors had previous circulated that Buick would get a future version of the tiny three-door hatch to spice up its lineup in the United States, but Buick head Duncan Aldred recently...

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