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Aston Martin recently teamed up with Italian design house Zagato to develop a range of bespoke Vanquish models with unique styling and interior treatments. The move marked the end of the road for the second-generation Vanquish, which was replaced last year by the 2019 DBS Superleggera. The first was a Vanquish Zagato coupe unveiled in concept form during the 2016 Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este. Aston Martin then followed up the coupe with a Vanquish Zagato Volante convertible, open-top Vanquish Zagato Speedster, and this Vanquish Zagato Shooting Brake. The expanded family was shown during...
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BMW R&D boss drops more hints on electrified supercarMore and more details are emerging about an electrified supercar thought to be in the works at BMW as the replacement for the i8. In an interview with Autocar published Wednesday, BMW R&D boss Klaus Froehlich said he has the desire to develop a supercar and that electrification could be the key...
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2019 BMW X7 previewAfter years of sitting on the sidelines, BMW has finally jumped into the full-size luxury SUV segment with the 2019 X7. The handsome brute, due in showrooms in March, competes against rival full-size SUVs in the luxury arena such as the Cadillac Escalade, Lexus LX 570, Lincoln Navigator, and...
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2020 Lexus RC F Track Edition spy shotsLexus is preparing a more hardcore version of its RC F to target track enthusiasts. The car has been confirmed as the 2020 Lexus RC F Track Edition, and its debut will take place later this month at the 2019 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The RC F Track Edition was previewed in...
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$263K Ram 1500, 2020 Chevrolet Corvette, 2020 Mustang Shelby GT500: Top Stories Of 2018From a $263,000 Ram 1500 pickup truck and the mid-engine 2020 Chevrolet Corvette to the upcoming 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500, Motor Authority published thousands of stories in 2018. Some were funny, some were sad, and some were just bizarre, but 10 stories really rose above the rest with...
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2019 Chevrolet Corvette previewAll talk in Corvette circles right now is over the mid-engine C8 generation expected for 2020, but the C7 generation currently on sale offers plenty of thrills, especially with 2019 seeing the return of the storied ZR1 badge. Yes, there's a Corvette ZR1 currently on sale, and we loved it so much we...
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Porsche’s 718 Boxster and Cayman received the GTS treatment for 2018, but this doesn't represent the end of the road for performance tuning of Porsche's entry-level sports car. The German sports car marque is currently working on the next rung up the ladder, the new 718 Boxster Spyder and Cayman GT4. Previously thought to be arriving for 2019—instead we got the tamer 718 Boxster and Cayman T—the cars should now arrive for 2020, meaning a debut some time next year. Shown here is a prototype for the Boxster Spyder. It’s easy to spot this as the Spyder version of the...
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4 ways the 2019 Porsche Cayenne moves upmarketIt looked like heresy when Porsche released its first SUV in 2002, but it turned out to be a brilliant move. The Cayenne quickly took the mantle as the brand’s best-seller, and it became an adage that the Cayenne enabled Porsche to keep building sports cars. The move also turned out to be...
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Toyota could add Corolla TRD to challenge Golf GTI, Veloster NToyota has a new Corolla on its hands, one that doesn't look like something your grandma would drive—and the car could be destined to receive some performance upgrades to back its racy looks. Australia's Car Sales reported Thursday that a Corolla GR hot hatch is being developed to challenge...
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New Land Rover Defender to test locally in 2019, start sales in 2020Land Rover on Thursday confirmed its Defender nameplate will return to these shores after more than twenty years. (The last time it was here was in 1997.) The British firm is working on its first redesign for the Defender since the original debuted in 1983, with the covers to come off the new...
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Porsche Taycan performance model could be named Turbo, cost more than $130,000The model names for Porsche's upcoming Taycan electric car will fit right in with existing Porsche nomenclature, according to a Wednesday tweet from automotive journalist Alex Roy. Roy posted the tweet and wrote about it on The Drive after receiving the information directly from a Porsche outreach...
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2020 Mercedes-AMG CLA35 spy shots and videoEven though it's just launched the new 2019 A-Class sedan, Mercedes-Benz is planning a redesign for the similarly sized CLA. Prototypes for the new coupe-like sedan have been out and about for a while and a debut has been confirmed for next month's 2019 International Consumer Electronics Show in...
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McLaren Special Operations has spent the last three years working on something special to honor Ayrton Senna's first Formula 1 championship. The final result is on display here: a McLaren P1 GTR outfitted in Rocket Red and Anniversary White to recall the Marlboro livery Senna famously raced. The special P1 GTR made its debut on Tuesday and it's not simply a special graphics package, as thoughtful as the design is. The owner and MSO worked to overhaul the aerodynamic functions and even pump more power from the supercar's hybrid powertrain. The owner calls the car "Beco," the nickname given to...
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2019 Dodge Challenger previewThe Dodge Challenger has been with us since 2008, but like a fine wine it just gets better with age. The vehicle has entered the 2019 model year, and while the 840-horsepower SRT Demon is no longer at the party, the drag strip hero's influence can be felt in several models in the lineup, none more...
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2018 Tesla Model 3 first drive review: This is the future, todayIt’s not a hypercar, supercar, or even a sports car, and yet it’s one of the most hyped vehicles of the last decade. The Tesla Model 3 needs no introduction. The linchpin in Tesla’s Master Plan, the Model 3 is supposed to be an affordable, high-volume electric car. It’s not...
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2019 Lamborghini Urus first drive review: All-around superstarCorsa Speed builds quickly in the 2019 Lamborghini Urus on the North Course of The Thermal Club outside of Palm Springs, California. I look down between turns 9 and 1, and the digital speedometer reads 126 mph and climbing. It feels like 80. Still, I feel I need more power. That’s what...
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2019 Ford Ranger first drive review: The mid-size pickup truck pace-setterThe bar for mid-size pickup truck excellence is not high. It takes only a few minutes behind the wheel of the 2019 Ford Ranger to realize that, for the way most drivers use their trucks, it’s the best choice. Its 2.3-liter turbo-4 spools up its 270 horsepower and 310 pound-feet of torque with...
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Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus: The small American firm that wants to win Le Mans with a street-legal hypercarScuderia Cameron Glickenhaus is a Sleepy Hollow, New York-based boutique car constructor that has either lofty aspirations or delusions of grandeur, depending on your perspective. That’s because this one-time race team has graduated to designing and building its own cars and now aims to...
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Porsche last month unveiled a new generation of its 911, the 992, and today we have a new set of spy shots of the convertible body style. The prototype is for the Carrera S Cabriolet, though the basic design will be common to all 992-generation Cabrios. The styling is clearly evolutionary. This is after all a 911 we’re talking about. What’s interesting, though, is the active rear wing that forms part of the body. It stretches the width of the car and sits atop a horizontal strip of LEDs serving as the taillights. There are no surprises regarding the roof, which remains an...
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2019 BMW 3-Series first drive review: Benchmark or bookmark?The BMW 3-Series has made bank for decades off its undeniable clout. With its mastery of nimble steering feel and brilliant balanced handling, it’s oozed something from its pores that seeps into brains of enthusiasts like sugar, or mercury. When we talk about “sport sedans”...
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Aston Martin Valkyrie's 1,000-hp, 11,100-rpm V-12 rated for 62,000 milesAston Martin on Wednesday gave us our first look at the mighty V-12 engine that will power its Valkyrie hypercar due next year. The engine is being developed by Cosworth, a fellow British firm that has supplied a number of race-winning Formula 1 engines over the years, and it is destined to be the...
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2020 Ford Explorer spy shots and videoA prototype for Ford’s next-generation Explorer has been spotted again. The vehicle is expected on sale in 2019 as a 2020 model, and judging by the lack of camouflage gear the debut should take place very soon. The last time the Explorer was redesigned was in 2011, when the popular SUV...
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2019 Porsche Macan first drive review: Honed and tonedThe corners are blind. An oncoming car, bus, or bicyclist could await on the other side. Please don’t be a bus. The lane is narrow. The SUV I’m in takes up almost all of it. There is barely any shoulder, and sometimes a guardrail sits right on the lane line and threatens to add an...
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2020 Volkswagen Passat prototype first drive review: Playing it safeWhen the last mid-size sedan buyer exits the showroom in favor of a crossover SUV, Volkswagen will be there to turn out the lights. That’s the overriding thought about the 2020 VW Passat I drove in lightly camouflaged guise at the automaker’s proving grounds south of Phoenix. The...
Andrew Ganz