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With delays in the arrival of its new, rear-wheel-drive fleet, Alfa Romeo’s existing models need to soldier on for a few more years still. The existing lineup include the 4C sports car, one of Motor Authority’s favorite cars, plus the compact Giulietta and subcompact Mito hatchbacks sold overseas. While the 4C is still relatively new, the Giulietta and Mito date back to 2010 and 2008, respectively. That’s why Alfa Romeo is introducing a few updates to maintain some semblance of competitive spirit. We recently took a look at the updated Giulietta and now we have a look at the...
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All-carbon fiber KTM X-Bow Black Edition arrives
KTM's track-tuned machines aren't exactly softies to begin with, but the new X-Bow Black Edition takes things to an entirely new level. With a body constructed entirely of carbon fiber, the new Black Edition ushers in a new era of lightweight performance for the brand. The composite material is...
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Brabus modifies the Tesla Model S
German tuning firm Brabus is best known for its tuned Mercedes-Benzes, but the firm has now set its sights on the luxury and performance world's rising star: The Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] Model S. In this case, Brabus left the car's electric powertrain to the engineers at Tesla and instead focused...
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Building a car out of titanium certainly isn’t easy
Icona, a design firm with Italian roots but headquartered in Shanghai, last year impressed us with a supercar concept whose body was made entirely of titanium. The concept is called the Vulcano and it showcases the talent and capabilities of Icona’s design team. That means you won’t be...
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1 of 3 Lamborghini Venenos hits the market for $11 million
Missed out on the chance to buy a Lamborghini Veneno coupe when they first hit the market? Well, don't feel too bad as Lamborghini only built three (plus an unsold pre-production version). And they weren't exactly sitting on dealer lots waiting for buyers to snap them up. They were instead offered...
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Hennessey-modified 2016 Camaro SS hits 202 mph: Video
Tuner extraordinaire Hennessey's latest Chevrolet Camaro SS has officially joined the 200 mph club. Scratch that... the HPE750 Camaro SS is actually in the 202 mph club. Piloted by Brian Smith at the Continental Tire Proving Grounds in Uvalde, Texas, the modded Camaro SS features a 751-horsepower...
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Honda's all-new Civic Coupe will sticker from just under $20,000 when it hits the market next week. Officially, the Civic Coupe, which debuted last fall at the 2015 Los Angeles Auto Show, will go on sale March 15. That base price is for the Civic LX Coupe with a 6-speed manual gearboxe. Prices, and equipment, naturally climb from there. For comparison, the four-door Civic LX Sedan costs $410 less. Equipment levels for the coupe essentially mirror those of the sedan with the exception of the two-door-only LX-P, which adds a moonroof, keyless entry with push-button start, and a remote engine...
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2017 BMW 5-Series spied, 2017 Cadillac XT5 driven, 2017 Porsche Macan priced: Today’s Car News
Mercedes-Benz has just launched a new generation of its E-Class, and soon the car will face competition from a new generation of its closest rival, the BMW 5-Series. Today we have spy shots of a prototype for the new 5-Series Sports Wagon, or Touring as it’s known in most markets. Our...
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2017 Mercedes-Maybach E-Class spy shots
Mercedes-Benz has just launched its new E-Class, with deliveries here in the United States due to commence in late summer. So far, however, we've only seen the regular sedan. There are several other bodystyles still in development. One of these is long-wheelbase variant thought to be grouped under...
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2017 Subaru Impreza teased ahead of 2016 New York Auto Show
Subaru has given us our first official look at its new Impreza in the form of a single teaser shot. The shot reveals the new headlight design for the latest generation of the popular compact, which makes its debut later this month at the 2016 New York Auto Show. It will eventually reach showrooms...
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Hellcat-powered Wrangler heads to Moab for 2016 Easter Jeep Safari
The Easter Jeep Safari which takes place annually in Moab, Utah is on this month and this year's meet is expected to be the biggest on record. That’s because 2016 marks the event’s 50th anniversary (it’s also Jeep’s 75th year) and to celebrate Jeep has built a total of seven...
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Tesla Model S to go racing in new Electric GT World Series
The world’s first sanctioned electric car racing series, the Formula E Championship, is now into its second season and by all accounts appears to be growing in popularity. Now there’s a new electric car racing series in the works, this time GT-based, and the first car to be nominated...
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Michael Horn has stepped down from the top role at the Volkswagen brand’s operations in the United States. In a statement, VW said Horn is leaving to pursue other opportunities and that the move is effective immediately. Horn worked for VW since 1990 and has held many roles of increasing responsibility over his tenure. He was named President and CEO of VW USA in December 2013. Filling in for Horn until a successor is found is Hinrich Woebcken, the former BMW executive hired to run VW’s new North American division. Woebcken was hired after his predecessor, Winfried Vahland, quit...
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BMW considering family-oriented i car above the i3
Update: An earlier version of this story claimed BMW i product chief Henrik Wenders confirmed plans for an i5. A BMW spokesperson reached out to Motor Authority and stated that Wenders did not confirm such a model. There’s been speculation brewing for years that the next model spawned from...
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2017 Porsche Macan gets 4-cylinder base option, $48,550 starting price
The Macan has been a roaring success for Porsche, with the small SUV rocketing to the top of the sales chart in only its first full year on the market. Porsche sold more than 80,000 Macans last year globally, enough to put it ahead of the automaker’s next best-seller, the Cayenne, which...
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Designer comes up with life-size Anki Drive robot racer
Noted designer Harald Belker, who has penned cars for Hot Wheels and Hollywood, has created a life-size version of the robotic Anki Drive ultra-futuristic miniature racing cars. This full-size design isn't exactly headed to roads near you soon, but it does give a glimpse into what's possible for...
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Jeep Wrangler desert race truck for under $50k in the works
The price of entry into desert racing just got a little cheaper. Tuff Stuff 4x4 is developing a Jeep Wrangler designed for intense desert racing for under $50,000. The firm says its desert racing Jeep will be the cheapest of its kind ever built to withstand the rigors of SCORE International and...
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First-gen Dodge Viper pops up on Lego Ideas
It's a good day, with plenty of sunshine. Yesterday, all your automotive troubles seemed so far away. Today, though, you have car stuff big and small to get excited about. Case in point is this first-generation Dodge Viper that we've found on the Lego Ideas page. All it needs is the love of 10,000...
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You're looking at the one and only road-legal example of Porsche's 911 GT1 Evolution race car. And you can buy it, if you're the lucky top bidder at RM Sotheby's upcoming auction in Monaco. What's that, you say? Yes, Porsche did build a road-going version of the GT1 called the Strassenversion, and examples do come up for sale periodically. But this particular GT1 offered by RM Sotheby's isn't the homologated version. It's a bona fide race car and it's the winningest example of its breed, having dominated the Canadian GT Championship from 1999 to 2001 and also performing well at Sebring...
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Watch this timelapse video of Lingenfelter supercharging a new Camaro
A factory supercharged Chevrolet Camaro isn't too far away from new car dealer showrooms, but in the meantime the folks at Lingenfelter will gladly sell you their professionally-installed 630-horsepower muscle car based on the latest Camaro SS. The actual install does, of course, take a little...
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Lamborghini design boss Filippo Perini moves to Italdesign, is replaced by Porsche designer
Following the appointment of Lamborghini’s longstanding CEO Stephan Winkelmann at Audi’s Quattro division a couple of weeks ago, the Italian supercar marque has since confirmed that its design boss Filippo Perini will also be heading to another Volkswagen Group subsidiary. Perini will...
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2017 Mercedes E-Class driven, 2018 Rolls-Royce SUV spied, Electric supercar revealed: Car News Headlines
We’ve just driven Mercedes-Benz’s new E-Class and have a first drive report up. One of the more standout features is its autonomous technology, which is miles ahead of the competition. Rolls-Royce will launch its first SUV in 2018. A test mule for the vehicle has been spotted and...
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Proposed bill could protect race cars from EPA regulation
North Carolina congressman Patrick McHenry has proposed a bill that, if passed, could redefine the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s emissions control regulation rules for cars used primarily on race tracks. McHenry's Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act of 2016, or "RPM Act,"...
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2018 Audi A5 Sportback spy shots
Audi is working on a new generation of its A5 and once again there will be three separate bodystyles: coupe, convertible and hatchback. We’ve already spied prototypes for the coupe and now we have our first look at a prototype for the hatchback, or Sportback as Audi refers to it. The car is...
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