2017

  • 2017 Ram 1500 Rebel Mojave Sand

    The Ram 1500 may be among the oldest full-size pickup designs on the market, but that isn't stopping FCA's Fiat Chrysler Automobiles' [NYSE:FCAU] truck brand from hitting the 2016 Los Angeles Auto Show auto show with a couple of new special editions. Both are built on the bones of the 2017 Ram 1500 and one looks to appeal to the street crowd while the other probably looks best covered in dirt. ALSO SEE: 2017 Ram Power Wagon priced from $53,015 The latter is the Rebel Mojave Sand. It's a wearing a pair of black stripes on its hood that contrast nicely against the light Mojave Sand paint work...

  • 2017 Land Rover Discovery makes US debut in Venice
    2017 Land Rover Discovery debuts in US with $50,985 price tag

    Land Rover is ready to bring its all-new Discovery to market, and the first stop for the new SUV here stateside is in Los Angeles ahead of the upcoming auto show. Not only does it mark the Discovery's first arrival in the U.S., the automaker also says that its SUV will sticker from...

  • 2016 BMW M2 Coupe
    BMW M2: Motor Authority's Best Car to Buy 2017

    Each year, Motor Authority drives the quickest, fastest, and most luxurious vehicles on the planet to tell you which are the best. This year we had a bumper crop of amazing new machines. The Acura NSX is back, and so is the Audi R8—and we're finally driving the rally-tastic Ford Focus RS...

  • 2017 Jeep Renegade Deserthawk
    Jeep Renegade Altitude, Deserthawk to bow at the 2016 LA Auto Show

    Two new editions of the Jeep Renegade will make their debut at the 2016 Los Angeles Auto Show, which opens to the media and the public next week. Neither of the new editions makes any big changes to the running gear on the Renegade. Taking the easier route to the show is the Renegade Altitude. It...

  • 2017 Porsche 911 Carrera 4S
    2017 Porsche 911 Carrera 4S: Second drive

    The 911's flat-6 engine has been one of its greatest strengths. The naturally aspirated boxer engine, in displacements ranging from 3.4 to 4.0 liters created great sounds, and put out linear, tractable power that somehow delivered than its power figures would indicate. For 2017, however, Porsche...

  • 2017 Audi A4 vs. 2017 Jaguar XE
    Jaguar XE vs. Audi A4: A luxury compact confrontation

    It's a question we've been asking ourselves since the 2017 Audi A4 and the 2017 Jaguar XE first rolled into our driveways: which one's better, and can either of them ascend to the 3-Series' old slot as the top compact sport sedan? We find no shortage of irony that the staid British luxury brand is...

  • 2017 Audi R8 vs. 2017 Acura NSX

    Supercars give automakers a chance to show off the fullest extents of their design and engineering capabilities. They use lightweight materials, advanced powertrains, and state-of-the-art suspension technologies to create the fastest, best handling, and most exotic automobiles on the planet. But there's advanced technology and then there's advanced technology. The 2017 Audi R8 is a traditional supercar—mid-engine design, big engine, lots of power, in a lightweight structure. The 2017 Acura NSX, however, is clearly more advanced and forward-thinking. It has all the traits of the R8, plus...

  • 2017 Roush F-150 Nitemare, 2016 SEMA show
    2017 Roush F-150 Nitemare comes with 600-horsepower V-8

    Still disappointed by Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] decision to equip its 2017 F-150 Raptor with a V-6? Don’t sweat it because there are a handful of reputable tuning shops that offer F-150-based performance pickups packing V-8 grunt. Among them is semi-official Ford tuner Roush, which...

  • 2017 Acura NSX
    2017 Acura NSX video road test: Welcome to today's future

    Unfortunately for some of us, 1990 doesn't feel like long ago. It was a watershed year for the car industry; Lexus was new, so was the Miata. Same goes for the Acura NSX. It was the supercar from 1990 that was so user-friendly it could only have come from Honda. The NSX arrived at the peak of the...

  • 2017 Chevrolet Camaro 1LE
    2017 Chevrolet Camaro 1LE first drive review: More than a track package

    I’m in the base model, on a pencil-straight desert road, and I already love this car. Even with the V-6 engine you can get in an Impala, the 2017 Chevrolet Camaro 1LE has already wormed its way into my heart. The immediate steering response, the feel of the suede-covered steering wheel, and...

  • 2017 Jaguar XE
    Motor Authority Best Car To Buy 2017 nominee: Jaguar XE

    With the release of the XE, Jaguar is trying to elbow its way into one of the most competitive segments in the luxury-car realm for a second time. The X-Type of the early 2000s turned out to be little more than a gilded Ford Mondeo and sales suffered for it. This time Jaguar has its sights set on...

  • 2017 Ford Mustang by Speedkore Performance Group, 2016 SEMA show
    Ford Mustang voted Hottest Coupe of 2016 SEMA show

    The Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Mustang on Tuesday was voted the Hottest Coupe at the 2016 SEMA show, edging out its Chevrolet Camaro arch rival as well as all other two-doors at the show. The Mustang is a perennial favorite in the tuning scene, and with good reason. The car’s affordable base...

  • 2017 Mercedes-AMG GLE43

    Mercedes-Benz is shaking up its GLE range for the 2017 model year. Most of the models carry over unchanged from the previous year but a new Mercedes-AMG GLE43 is joining the ranks. It replaces both the GLE400 and GLE450 AMG as Mercedes looks to streamline its relatively confusing hierarchy of models. The GLE43 is the ninth model to receive AMG’s “43” badging. Its specifications are almost identical to those of the outgoing GLE450 AMG, including the twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter V-6 which is rated at 362 horsepower and 384 pound-feet of torque. This is enough for 0-62 mph...

  • 2016 Ford F-150 Raptor Baja 1000 racing truck
    Virtually stock Ford F-150 Raptor to tackle 2016 Baja 1000

    The Baja 1000 is one of the most punishing races in the world. It’s also the breeding ground for Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] F-150 Raptor pickup trucks, with early mules often entered into the grueling off-road race during development. Thanks to this tough regime, the Raptor can...

  • 2017 Chevrolet COPO Camaro
    Limited edition 2017 COPO Camaro ready to slay dragstrips

    In 1969, Chevrolet's Central Office Performance Order program became the source of dealer-ordered, factory drag cars that would go on to post many victories at the dragstrip. On Monday, Chevrolet introduced the 2017 COPO Camaro show car in Nevada. The show car, which is chassis number 01, will be...

  • Dodge Challenger GT AWD concept, 2015 SEMA show
    All-wheel-drive Dodge Challenger GT shows up on EPA website

    Dodge is working on an all-wheel-drive Challenger. The car was first hinted at by the Challenger GT AWD concept unveiled at the 2015 SEMA show and now confirmed by an early listing on the EPA’s website that lists fuel economy ratings. A 2017 Dodge Challenger GT equipped with a 3.6-liter V-6...

  • 2017 Lincoln Continental
    2017 Lincoln Continental first drive review

    It must be tough to be Lincoln. As the brand has learned, time and again, there is a difference between image and reputation. The most tired trope among those who care about cars is to anticipate the reemergence of the world-beating American luxury brand, which has moved quietly to the sidelines...

  • 2017 Porsche 911 GT3 facelift spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    2017 Porsche 911 GT3 spy shots

    Fans of Porsche’s track-focused 911 GT3 can look forward to an updated version of the car coming later this year. The complete 911 range is currently undergoing its mid-cycle update, with the most recent model to be updated being the Turbo. It looks like the next will be the updated GT3, and...

  • 2016 BMW M2

    At Motor Authority we like cars that are fun to drive fast, so we stand up and take notice when BMW releases a new M model. M cars have defined engaged driving excitement for ages, but recent examples have become a little too digital for our tastes. That’s not the case with the new BMW M2. Based on the brand’s smallest car, it is replete with tried-and-true performance equipment. It all starts under the hood, where BMW’s twin-scroll-turbocharged 3.0-liter in-line 6-cylinder engine cranks out 365 horsepower and 343 pound-feet of torque. The torque peak is available over a...

  • 2017 Audi A3
    2017 Audi A3 FWD models get more power, 7-speed dual-clutch

    Audi has more announcements concerning its updated A3, which arrives in the fall as a 2017 model. A3s with front-wheel drive ditch the 2016 model’s turbocharged 1.8-liter inline-4 in favor of a more powerful turbocharged 2.0-liter inline-4. The new engine sees output rise to 186 horsepower...

  • 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 runs 7:29.60 at the Nürburgring
    2017 Chevy Camaro ZL1 runs sub 7:30 at the 'Ring

    We spied Chevrolet testing the 2017 Camaro ZL1 at the Nürburgring on multiple occasions during the car's gestation. It was only a matter of time until video surfaced of the car going for an all-out lap time at the Green Hell, and now Chevy has released it. This is the official run of the...

  • Scene from BMW Films episode ‘The Escape’
    BMW Films returns with Clive Owen, 2017 5-Series

    If you've never heard of the BMW Films series, you need to get off the computer and go ask your parents to revoke your Internet privileges. It was in 2001, well before the days of YouTube and online streaming, BMW teamed up with some top talent to produce a series of short films. There were eight...

  • 2017 Audi A4
    Motor Authority Best Car To Buy Nominee: 2017 Audi A4

    If an automaker is going to offer a compact luxury sedan it had better be on top of its game. The segment is filled with fantastic cars like the BMW 3-Series and Mercedes-Benz C-Class, and upstarts like the Cadillac ATS and Infiniti Q50. That's some stiff competition, but Audi has been up to the...

  • 2017 Mercedes-Benz G-Class at Schoeckl Mountain, Austria
    Relic or thrill ride? Up a mountain in a Mercedes-Benz G-Class

    After nearly 40 years, you’d think that Mercedes-Benz would run out of tricks for its G-Class. After all, the company’s box-on-wheels doesn’t look much different today than it did back in 1979, when it first hit the road as a go anywhere, do anything four-by-four. But the hits...

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