Nelson Ireson, Senior Editor
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On a day that has already brought us the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, the Apple Watch, and, more to the car enthusiast’s tastes, the Mercedes-AMG GT, we’re faced with an embarrassment of riches....
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Watch The Debut Of The 2016 Mercedes-AMG GT Here, Live: Video
The wraps are off! See the full details, photos, and video of the 2016 Mercedes-AMG GT S here. Mercedes-AMG’s second completely unique sports car is almost here, and you can watch its unveiling live thanks to a global webcast of the event being held this evening in Affalterbach, Germany. The...
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2016 Koenigsegg Agera R Development Prototype Crashed On The Nürburgring: Spy Shots
Testing at the Nürburgring involves certain risks: the speeds are high, the cars are in development, and the weather is highly variable, even during a single lap. Sometimes those risks are realized, often in dramatic fashion. For the 2016 Koenigsegg Agera R development prototype in these...
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Jaguar F-Type Burns To The Ground On The Autobahn: Video
When fast cars and fire are the topic of conversation, the Jaguar F-Type isn’t a common name to drop. In fact, it’s downright rare. But this particular F-Type experienced some sort of dramatic malfunction that resulted in its total demise on a section of the German autobahn last week...
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Vaughn Gittin Jr. Has The Coolest Dog In The World: Video
Fido. Spot. Chompy. Whatever your dog is named, it’s not as cool as Vaughn Gittin Jr.’s, and the proof is right here in this video. After an ostensibly boring run for the family groceries, just as the duo are pulling back into the driveway in the bright green Ford Fiesta ST, the dog...
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Insane Terror Traktor Driver Flips, Keeps On Making The Donuts: Video
Rickard Nilsson is a madman. The very best kind of madman. And he has an insane tractor. Nilsson is the latest team rider for the Vianor factory team, and his spin in the Terror Traktor is, to put it mildly, nuts. He even flips the tractor, gets stood back up, and keeps right on tearing it up...
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The all-new Mercedes-AMG GT is due to make its global debut tomorrow, but until then, we have this video of the car going flat-out at the Bonneville salt flats. That’s our kind of teaser.
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2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata Unveiled: Live Photos & Video
The 2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata is here, and it’s beautiful. We don’t know much else about the car, as it’s still in development, and Mazda hasn’t nailed down the final specs or performance figures for the car. MUST SEE: Meet The World's Fastest Mobility Scooter: Video What we do...
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Mercedes-AMG GT Exhaust Sound Revealed: Video
Layered inside this crazy coconut of German humor is the sound of the next super sports car from Mercedes-AMG, the GT. It sounds amazing. Based on the video, you might infer that it sounds something like the combination of an airliner, a lion, and a screaming goat, among other items. In the...
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Dodge Challenger Drag Pak, Mercedes-AMG GT, Volvo XC90: The Week In Reverse
The Dodge Challenger Drag Pak gets its first exposure to the public, Mercedes-AMG’s new GT sports car nears its official unveiling, and the 2016 Volvo XC90 has been unveiled in Sweden. It’s The Week In Reverse, right here at Motor Authority. The Hellcat isn’t the only Challenger...
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RWB Porsche 911 Says It’s Time To Make The Donuts: Video
No, there’s no rhyme or reason to this video. It requires neither rhyme nor reason. It’s just a bunch of donuts made with a RAUH-Welt Begriff (RWB) Porsche 911. The RWB Porsche 911 is a stunner. The car belongs to Hoonigan's Brian Scotto, and that’s really all you need to know...
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Leaked Mustang GT350 Badge Confirms Name For Next High-Performance Mustang SVT Variant
The upcoming SVT high-performance version of the sixth-generation Ford Mustang, due for the 2016 model year, has long been a subject of speculation and spy shots. It’s also been somewhat up in the air as to nomenclature. A leaked badge image with the GT350 moniker seems to have resolved that...
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This is the next AMG-only sports car from the Affalterbach-based performance arm of Mercedes-Benz and it’s a pretty darned good-looking thing. It’s also a painstakingly created thing....
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Nissan Juke-R (WITH NAWSSS) Laps The Nürburgring Like A Beast: Video
The Nissan Juke-R is already an insanely upgraded version of the Juke crossover—or, taken another way, an insanely re-bodied version of the Nissan GT-R. So when you add nitrous oxide to the mix, make the all-wheel drive switchable to rear-wheel drive, and then throw it onto the...
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Manual Transmission Jaguar F-Type Caught Testing On The Nürburgring: Video
The Jaguar F-Type roadster is, undeniably, one very fun and stunningly good-looking car. But for the enthusiast, it has missed one key element of the overall sports car experience: the manual transmission. That may soon change. This video, from YouTube user Gumbal (via Road & Track), shows what...
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Watch A BAC Mono Chase A McLaren P1 At Silverstone: David & Goliath
If there’s a more unlikely pairing of serious road-going performance cars on YouTube this week, we don’t know what it is. Here, you see a single-seat, stripped-down, relatively affordable BAC Mono on an open track day as it chases and tries to hang with a McLaren P1 hypercar at...
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Lamborghini Huracán Goes 0-211 MPH In Launch Control Test: Video
If you think the Lamborghini Huracán was just the flashy little brother to the Aventador, without any real teeth of its own, you’re wrong. It’s a beast in its own right. DON'T MISS: Man Who Crashed Bugatti Veyron Into A Lake Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud Of course, you’d know...
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Red Bull F1 Car Goes Technicolor With Tire-Melting Infrared Burnout: Video
This stunning array of pinks, purples, oranges, and reds isn’t some impressionist masterpiece. Or then again, maybe it is. However you classify it, it’s certainly impressive to watch the Red Bull RB8 F1 car do tire-melting donuts in infrared. DON'T MISS: Tiny V-8 Nitro Engine Looks...
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Hot on the heels of his drift session around a wet Spa Francorchamps in the Infiniti Q50 Eau Rouge, Sebastian Vettel is back, making us even more envious, with this, the first lap of the full Russian...
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Rally Driver Rolls Car, Continues On To Win Anyway: Video
If there’s one thing that illustrates the indomitable spirit it takes to win in racing, it’s the scenes of a rally driver and co-driver overcoming a late barrel roll into the woods to save the overall win. MUST SEE: Red Bull F1 Car Goes Technicolor With Tire-Melting Infrared Burnout...
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Tiny V-8 Nitro Engine Looks, Sounds Amazing: Video
You might not be able to swap this V-8 into your car to make it into a mean drift missile or rocket it to 60 mph in sub-three-seconds, but you could strap it to a bicycle or put it in an RC car for some ridiculous fun. Why? Because it’s a tiny nitromethane-powered V-8. SEE ALSO: The Internet...
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2015 Corvette Z06 Priced, Hellcat Burnout Video, Youabian Puma: The Week In Reverse
The 2015 Chevy Corvette Z06 is priced (and it’s a relative bargain), we spent some time burning the tires off of the new 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat, and the Youabian Puma does its huge, ungainly thing on video. It’s The Week In Reverse, right here at Motor Authority. If...
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How A Bugatti Veyron L’Or Style Vitesse Gets Delivered To Its New Owner: Video
There are only a few hundred Bugatti Veyrons in the whole world. There are only a few dozen highly customized designer versions. This is one of them, and it’s being delivered to its new owner in San Diego. The car is a Bugatti Veyron L’Or Style Vitesse, painted in a stunning...
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2015 BMW M4 Gets Initiated Into The M Division With Drift Video
The 2015 BMW M4 carries on a long tradition of fun-to-drive German sports coupes, even if it wears a slightly different badge. But does it really belong in the company of cars like the E30, the E36, and the E92 M3? DON'T MISS: Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Dyno Tested, May Be More Powerful Than...
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