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Now in its 107th year, the Los Angeles Auto Show is showing no signs of age as the list of world and North American premieres set to take place during the upcoming event is one of the biggest on record. Organizers have confirmed more than 30 world premieres and more than double this for North American firsts, and we bet there will be a few surprises on top of that. As usual, the Motor Authority team will be bringing you all the latest info and live photos direct from the show floor once the action gets underway on November 18. In the meantime, here's our hand-picked list of some of the stars...
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2016 Audi A6 And A7 U.S. Specs RevealedAudi’s A6 and A7 have just received their respective mid-cycle updates, with the updated cars shown for the first time at the recent 2014 Paris Auto Show. They’re set to make their U.S. debut next week at the 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show but we’ve already got all the details. The...
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Henrik Fisker & Galpin To Debut New American Muscle At L.A. Auto ShowThere's some new American Muscle coming to the 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show. No, we're not talking about anything Hellcat, not the Z/28, and not some sort of Boss mobile. Instead, a familiar name in the car design space has teamed up with a familiar name in the Sell Every Ford on the Planet space...
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Mercedes-Benz Confirms Return Of Maybach As New Ultra-Luxury Sub-BrandMercedes-Benz has finally confirmed one of the year’s worst-kept secrets: That its Maybach brand is making a return as a new “Mercedes-Maybach” sub-brand specializing in ultra-luxury, similar to how the existing Mercedes-AMG sub-brand specializes in performance. Along with the...
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Mercedes-Benz Implements New Naming Strategy, Confirms 11 All-New ModelsMercedes-Benz is overhauling its naming strategy in preparation for a flood of new models due to be released in the coming years. The changes aren’t as dramatic as those made recently by Infiniti and Cadillac, with many model names remaining unaffected, and they're only gradually being phased...
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2015 Mercedes-Benz GLA45 AMG first drive reviewLet's get one thing straight right up front: Despite its model name, the 2015 Mercedes-Benz GLA45 AMG--soon to be a Mercedes-AMG GLA45--is no GL-like utility vehicle. It may have all-wheel drive, but the high-performance sibling of the far more common 2015 GLA250 model sits far closer to the...
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Picking the best performance and luxury car of the year is a difficult thing. Determining which is the best, or at least your favorite, from a crowd of very pleasing choices, can often come down to purely qualitative elements. So it is with Motor Authority's Best Car to Buy 2015, the 2015 Alfa Romeo 4C. MUST SEE: Man Builds Batmobile & Becomes Real Life Superhero To Sick Children Quantitatively, the Alfa Romeo 4C is around the upper mid-pack of the 15 nominees for this year’s award. Its 4.5-second 0-60 mph time is quick, but by no means tops. Its 237-horsepower output from a...
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2014 Formula One Brazilian Grand Prix ResultsThe fight for the 2014 Formula One World Championship is still very much alive after Mercedes AMG’s Nico Rosberg secured top honors at the past weekend’s Brazilian Grand Prix, held once again at the legendary Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace. This means he's now just 17 points behind his...
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McLaren’s Entry-Level Car To Be Called The Sports Series: First ImageMcLaren Automotive is set to launch a new supercar positioned below its 650S and plans to reveal it for the first time next year, most likely at the Geneva Motor Show in March. We’ve already spotted test mules for the new car, which is referred to internally as the P13 and has been confirmed...
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BMW And Toyota Sports Car Platform Progresses To Concept Stage: ReportIn late 2011, BMW and Toyota signed a memorandum of understanding for collaboration between the two on a number of projects, one of which was the development of a “midsize sports car platform.” For BMW the new platform is expected to spawn a replacement for the Z4, while for Toyota...
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Ford Brings A Bevy Of Modified Mustangs To SEMAToday’s the last day for the 2014 SEMA show but don’t sweat if you’ve missed it, especially if you’re a Ford fan, because we have a gallery of the some of the best 2015 Mustangs on display at the event. These were just some of the stars on the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F]...
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2017 Buick Verano Spy ShotsBuick’s Verano first hit the scene in 2012 but the next generation of the compact sedan has already been spotted. The reason for the current model’s short lifespan is due to the introduction of General Motors Company’s [NYSE:GM] new D2XX compact car platform, which will not only...
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Audi’s Q3 has just been launched on the market, priced from about $33k, but overseas the vehicle has been around since 2011. It’s now undergone a mid-cycle update, which sees the compact crossover receive a few visual tweaks, more efficient engines and some new tech features. ALSO SEE: Bargain Ferrari Enzo For Sale: May Need Some Minor Buffing In a strange move, the Q3 that has just been launched in the U.S. is the pre-facelifted model. We’ll likely see this latest version offered for the 2016 model year or possibly even later. While the U.S.-spec Q3 comes exclusively with a...
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Jaguar Confirms All-Wheel-Drive F-Type For L.A. Auto Show, Partners With Bloodhound SSC TeamJaguar’s F-Type is already available in a number of variants but the expansion of the sports car range is far from complete. The strategy mimics that used by Porsche for its 911, which caters to a wide variety of buyers, and it’s one Mercedes-AMG plans to implement for its new GT sports...
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Audi Previews New Design Concept Ahead Of L.A. Auto Show: VideoAudi is set to reveal a concept at the upcoming 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show that lays out the design strategy of its new design chief Marc Lichte, who only took over the design reins at the German automaker late last year. The concept is thought to be in the form of a grand four-door coupe, meaning...
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Something Old, Something New For The Chevy Corvette At SEMAThe Chevrolet Corvette is one of the more popular blank canvases for tuning firms presenting their wares at SEMA, but two of the standouts this year come from Chevy itself. One is a 1971 Corvette Stingray that’s been personalized by NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson, and the other is a 2015...
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2015 Chevrolet COPO Camaro Debuts At SEMAIt was at the SEMA show back in 2011 that Chevrolet first revealed its COPO Camaro based on the fifth-generation version of the Chevy muscle car. The limited-production, factory-built drag racer has been a hit ever since and is now about to enter its fourth year on the market. The latest version...
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2016 Audi R8 LMS ultra Race Car Spy ShotsAudi is working on a second generation of its R8 supercar, and that means a new version of the R8 LMS ultra race car is also due. We now have photos of a prototype for the new R8 LMS ultra taken during a recent shakedown test at the Nürburgring. We first saw the race car back in May but the...
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Mercedes-Benz has opened a new R&D center in Beijing, China and to mark the occasion unveiled the new G-Code concept car, whose design was influenced by Chinese market tastes. The vehicle is smaller than the GLA-Class and if built would compete against the MINI Cooper Countryman and Audi’s upcoming Q1 in the premium subcompact crossover segment. MUST SEE: 'Furious 7' First Trailer Released: Video The G-Code isn’t destined for production just yet but the vehicle does preview future design elements and technologies that could feature on Mercedes models at some point. For...
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2014 Formula One United States Grand Prix ResultsMercedes AMG’s Lewis Hamilton edged closer to securing his second Formula One World Championship by winning yesterday’s United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. His teammate Nico Rosberg finished second, 4.3 seconds behind the leader. Rosberg started the...
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‘Furious 7’ First Trailer Released: VideoIt’s hard to believe it’s been 13 years since the first Fast and the Furious movie hit theaters. Five sequels have been released since then, and while the quality of the acting or the one-dimensional plots may not be Academy Award material, the franchise’s over-the-top chases...
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Land Rover To Build Discovery Sport In BrazilJust a week after starting production of its Range Rover Evoque in China, the first time a Jaguar Land Rover vehicle has ever been built outside of the U.K., the British automaker confirmed that its Discovery Sport SUV will be built in Brazil. The announcement was made at this week’s Sao...
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Porsche Panamera Turbo S Executive Gets Exclusive Series Special EditionThe new 911 Carrera GTS models won’t be the only new Porsches on show at next month’s 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show, as the German automaker has today revealed a new special edition based on the Panamera. The new special edition is called the Exclusive Series, and as its name suggests has...
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Why Spinning Off Ferrari Makes So Much SenseYesterday’s announcement that Ferrari would be split off from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles [NYSE:FCAU] and have 10 percent of its shares sold to the public is sure to have come as a shock to many, but here’s a bit of insight into why the move makes so much sense for FCA. Maserati, which is...
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