Today in Car News
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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles [NYSE:FCAU] accidently revealed the look of its new Alfa Romeo Stelvio in a video highlighting the production facility where the SUV will be built. The world debut won’t be taking place until the 2016 Los Angeles auto show in November. Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] is almost ready to unleash its new F-150 Raptor. Although we know how much the pickup truck will cost, performance numbers are still being kept secret. Some of them are starting to leak, however. Volkswagen’s Golf is about to receive a facelift. Today we have spy shots of a prototype for the Golf...
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Mercedes-AMG E43 driven, mid-engine C8 Corvette spied, Bolt EV range revealed: Today’s Car News
Mercedes-Benz has redesigned its E-Class and new to the range is an E43 model from the folks at Mercedes-AMG. It’s got all-wheel drive, a twin-turbocharged V-6 and a paddle-shifted, 9-speed automatic transmission, all wrapped in one very handsome and cosseting package. Find out what...
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Next-gen Mercedes SL, Tesla Autopilot update, 2017 Infiniti Q60: Car News Headlines
Mercedes-Benz is working on a new modular platform for its next-generation SL and SLC sports cars. It’s been reported that the engineers at Mercedes-AMG have been recruited to enhance the sporty characteristics of the platform. Following the fatal crash in May of a Model S driven in Autopilot...
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Giulia ‘Ring record, 2017 Karma Revero, 2018 Panamera hybrid: Today’s Car News
Alfa Romeo has reclaimed the record for the faster four-door production car around the Nürburgring with its new Giulia Quadrifoglio. This time around there’s a video showing the frenetic pace at which the stylish sedan is flogged around the ‘Ring. The Fisker Karma is back, only...
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Lexus UX concept, Jaguar I-Type, 2017 Ford Fusion Sport: Car News Headlines
Lexus has given us an early look at a new concept it plans to unveil at the upcoming 2016 Paris auto show. The concept previews what’s likely to be a new subcompact crossover twinned with Toyota’s C-HR. Jaguar today unveiled the I-Type. Sadly, it isn’t a new model. Instead, I-Type...
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Audi A5 & S5 Sportback, Dodge Durango SRT, BMW X1 hybrid: Today’s Car News
Audi has revealed its new A5 Sportback in both regular and sporty S5 forms. The previous model was never sold in the United States but the new one will arrive in local showrooms in the first half of 2017. Eventually, we'll see a high-performance RS 5 Sportback join the fold. Word on the street is...
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Porsche’s 911 GT3 is set to receive a mid-cycle update later in the year and our latest spy shots of a prototype are the most revealing yet. The shots show the visual updates we can expect. There will also be some mechanical changes including possibly the availability of a 6-speed manual transmission. Audi has confirmed plans to enter Formula E with its own team. Audi will start competing in the electric car racing series’ fourth season, though sadly the decision will likely mean we won’t see Audi in Formula One. A new Jeep Wrangler is just around the corner but the current...
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Chevy Corvette ZR1 spy shots, Mercedes-AMG GLC43 Coupe, SCG003 kit car: Car News Headlines
Motor Authority reader Martin Desormeaux has sent in some spy shots of a new Chevrolet Corvette model thought to be a ZR1. Chevy is thought to be reviving the nameplate at the 2017 Detroit auto show, and the car it will be attached to may end up as the last Corvette with an engine mounted in front...
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Pininfarina supercar, Mercedes-AMG hypercar, Savage Rivale Roadyacht GTS: Today’s Car News
Pininfarinia’s new owner Mahindra plans to turn the Italian design house into a car brand. And the first Pininfarinia-badged car is expected to be a track-only supercar based on the H2 Speed concept car unveiled at the 2016 Geneva auto show. More details have emerged on Mercedes-AMG’s...
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Toyota 86 with GT-R engine, MV Agusta F4Z by Zagato, Chiron scale model: Car News Headlines
A tuning firm in Australia has shoehorned the engine of a Nissan GT-R into a Toyota 86. Not content with a standard GT-R engine, the mad tuners used a stroked 4.1-liter example capable of delivering upwards of 1,000 horsepower. MV Agusta recently commissioned Zagato to design a custom motorcycle on...
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Lexus LC race car, Caterham C120 sports car, Kode57 supercar: Today’s Car News
The Lexus LC isn’t even on sale yet but it’s already spawned a motorsport variant. The new LC race car has been designed for Japanese touring car series Super GT and will be going up against similar race cars based on the Acura NSX and Nissan GT-R when it starts running next year. Up...
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Ferrari 488 GTB driven, Caddy’s new direction discussed, next-gen VW Polo spied: Car News Headlines
Ferrari’s [NYSE:RACE] 458 Italia was utterly brilliant. Topping it while also kowtowing to toughening emissions regulations was never going to be an easy task for the engineers in Maranello. Find out if they achieved their goal in our first drive review of the car’s successor...
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The Tesla Model S and Model X are already among the quickest vehicles on the planet, and now they just became even quicker. Company CEO Elon Musk announced a new 100 kwh battery pack option that gives us the new P100D Model S and Model X. Both feature more range, now over 300 miles, and quicker acceleration, down to 2.5 seconds in the 0-60 mph run for the Model S sedan. The Buck LaCrosse is new for 2017 and it boasts remarkably polished manners, even on a curvy road. While it's not a BMW-rivaling sports sedan, it will impress with a new structure that's shed 300 pounds, a powerful V-6 engine...
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2018 Volkswagen CC, Koenigsegg Agera RS, Lamborghini Centenario Roadster: Car news headlines
The first federalized Koenigsegg has landed in the U.S., and made its debut in Monterey last week. It's the Agera XS, which is a special build of the Agera RS. The owner is none other than Kris Singh,who also owns the first Lamborghini Veneno in the U.S. Some thought the Volkswagen CC was going to...
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Cadillac Escala concept, BMW 2002 Hommage, Mercedes-Maybach 6: Car News Headlines
Cadillac has surprised pretty much everyone with its Escala concept that was unveiled overnight in Monterey, California. The stunning sedan is based on the CT6 platform and is widely tipped to be entering production as a new flagship for the brand. It also signals the athletic new look future...
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Porsche 911 GT2, McLaren MSO HS, Audi A4 Ultra: Today’s Car News
A prototype for what’s likely to be a new generation of the Porsche 911 GT2 has been spotted. The tester combines the aggressive aero package of the GT3 RS with the exhaust layout and additional vents of the Turbo, suggesting it’s a new GT2. McLaren has unveiled its new special edition...
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2017 Dodge Challenger, 2017 Range Rover Sport, new VW CC spy shots: Car News Headlines
Dodge’s Challenger and Charger muscle cars enter the 2017 model year with some notable updates, namely the introduction of T/A and Daytona trim levels. The T/A is for the Challenger and offers some of the upgrades normally reserved for the Challenger SRT Hellcat. Land Rover’s Range...
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2017 Genesis G90 driven, 2018 VW Touareg spied, Ford Model E rumored: Today’s Car News
We’ve had a chance to sample the Genesis G90, the flagship model of Hyundai’s new luxury brand. The full-size luxury sedan segment is dominated by the German marques. Is there room for the G90 in this rarefied league? You’ll find out in our first drive review. The third-generation...
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A prototype for what’s thought to be a Black Series version of the next-generation Mercedes-AMG E63 has been spotted. The prototype features the new E63 Wagon’s body but is wearing some extra-wide fenders. Infiniti will be the first major automaker to introduce an engine with variable compression technology. The engine is expected to debut in 2018 in the next-generation QX50, a vehicle previewed by the recent QX Sport concept car. Koenigsegg’s first model designed to be street-legal in the United States will be presented at this week’s Monterey Car Week. The car is an...
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New VW CC spied, Karma Revero revealed, World Rallycross explained: Today’s Car News
Volkswagen is working on a new generation of its CC sedan and a prototype has just been spotted. It reveals that the new CC will be a roomier, more dynamic-looking car than the model it replaces. Another sleek sedan making headlines is the Karma Revero. This one isn’t exactly a new car, as...
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2018 BMW M4, 2017 Audi S3, Karma Revero reveal: Car News Headlines
BMW’s M4 is about to undergo its mid-cycle update. A prototype has been spotted and reveals that some of the changes will include a few parts lifted from the high-performance M4 GTS. A car that has just been updated is Audi’s S3. Unfortunately there’s no extra power on offer for...
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2017 Range Rover, BMW teases Tesla, Audi suspension-energy recovery: Today’s Car News
Land Rover’s Range Rover SUV has undergone its mid-cycle update. Among the changes is the addition of a new SVAutobiography Dynamic model that sports a 550-horsepower V-8. BMW has released some ads that make fun of the potentially long wait time for the Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] Model 3. The...
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New Audi A7 spied, Porsche 917 replica planned, Vulcano Titanium on sale: Car News Headlines
Audi’s next-generation A7 has been spotted in prototype form. The car is looking a lot like the automaker’s Prologue concept but retains the signature shape of the outgoing model. Interestingly, there are some signs that suggest the tester might be for an electric version of the new A7...
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Chevy Camaro ZL1 pricing, Bugatti 100P, Karma Revero: Today’s Car News
Chevrolet’s sixth-generation Camaro spawns 1LE and ZL1 models for the 2017 model year. We now have the all-important pricing information and it reveals that for the ZL1, Chevy is charging less than $100 per horsepower. In 1939 Bugatti founder Ettore Bugatti unveiled an airplane called the...
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