Motor Authority’s Best Car to Buy 2020
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After almost six decades, the Porsche 911 has become the perfect sports car. Its looks have clearly evolved from the low, wide, rounded design of the first 911 in 1963, but it has taken giant leaps forward in power and handling. The 911’s 57 years of engineering improvements make the new eighth-generation model the Motor Authority Best Car To Buy 2020. Against a competitive set that included the BMW 8-Series, BMW Z4, Hyundai Veloster N, Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door Coupe, and Toyota Supra, the 911 not only beat them all, but beat them all handily. Its masterful handling, comfortable ride...
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Best Car to Buy News
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Motor Authority Best Car To Buy 2020: The cool stuff from our runners upNot every car we tested could be Motor Authority's Best Car To Buy 2020. That distinction went to the Porsche 911 alone. And we don't do participation trophies. But this year, all the cars we tested each had some lovable quality or qualities worth our time and attention. We'd be happy snuggle up to...
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Let's make the Porsche 911 betterA mere 24 hours ago the Porsche 911 was named Motor Authority’s Best Car To Buy 2020. It’s the car most deserving of a spot in your garage. But the icon isn’t perfect. No car is. The Porsche 911 could be better. It’s confusing Automakers are having a tough time developing...
Joel Feder -
Best Car To Buy 2020: How we named the Porsche 911 our winnerChalk. It’s the term college basketball prognosticators use to describe picking the higher seeds in their NCAA Tournament brackets. Pick chalk in each region and you’ll have all four No. 1 seeds in the Final Four. The annual Motor Authority Best Car to Buy competition is a bracket of...
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Motor Authority Best Car to Buy 2020 nominee: BMW Z4The Z4 traces its roots back to the BMW Z3 that was first released in 1996. It's been a fun and friendly sports car in coupe and convertible body styles through three generations, but it took a partnership with Toyota to create a fourth generation. That deal left BMW with the roadster and Toyota...
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Motor Authority Best Car to Buy 2020 nominee: Toyota SupraThe legend has returned. It took 26 years, but a Toyota Supra is finally back in dealer showrooms. The formula for the fifth-generation car is the same as it was the for the beloved fourth-generation: a turbocharged inline-6 with power going to the rear wheels, room for two adults and some of their...
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Motor Authority Best Car to Buy 2020 nominee: Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door CoupeCars like the Mercedes-AMG E 63 and CLS 63 have offered big power to go with their sinister Teutonic looks, but both have jockeyed with the BMW M5 for large-sedan performance superiority. Enter the 2019 Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door Coupe, which is squarely aimed at the M5, though with a different...
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Motor Authority Best Car To Buy 2020 nominee: Hyundai Veloster NWho would have thought one of 2019's hottest cars would be a small, three-door hatchback from Hyundai? Yet, here we are. Hyundai's new N division, headed by the former head of BMW's M division, is ready to build The Ultimate Driving Machines for the general consumer. Its first product is the...
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Motor Authority Best Car To Buy 2020 nominee: BMW 8-SeriesIt's back. The BMW 8-Series returned this year as the German automaker's large GT car. History has a way of sounding the same to us. In short order the 8-Series lineup has filled out like other modern BMWs with a coupe, convertible, and Gran Coupe models. New for 2019 but evolving into 2020 with...
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One of these cars will be Motor Authority's Best Car To Buy 2020It's the most wonderful time of the year. It's that time when we get to look back at all the new vehicles that have launched in the last year, reflect, and decide which vehicles left a lasting impression. It's time to discuss Motor Authority's Best Car To Buy 2020 nominees. Over the last year we've...
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Best Car to Buy 2020: Cars that didn't make the cutThe annual Motor Authority Best Car To Buy award is a knock-down, drag-out affair among each year's new luxury and performance vehicles. It starts with the roster of what's new, redesigned, or significantly updated and then we start to cull the herd. Cars fall by the wayside for a number of...
Kirk Bell
