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BMW’s new 2-Series in coupe form has been on the market for several months and has proven to be a bundle of fun, particularly in M235i guise. But there are plenty of other additions to the 2-Series family on the way. One of these has already been revealed in the form of the 2-Series Active Tourer, and not long ago we posted some spy shots of a hot M2 model. Now we’ve got our hands on a set of shots showing the upcoming 2-Series Convertible. The 2-Series Convertible is the replacement for the outgoing 1-Series Convertible and is virtually identical to the 2-Series coupe except for...
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One-Off Bugatti Veyron Makes Surprise Showing At Pebble BeachWhile Bugatti’s main attraction at the 2014 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance over the weekend was its six Legend edition Veyrons, the French automaker also rolled out an additional car, one with even higher exclusivity. The car is the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse ‘1 of...
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McLaren P1 GTR: 2014 Pebble Beach Concours Live PhotosOne of the stars of this past weekend’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance was the McLaren P1 GTR, a hardcore, track-only version of the British supercar that will be built in an extremely limited run and offered only to original owners of the P1 road car. McLaren is offering the P1 as a...
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Classic Ferraris Dominate 2014 Pebble Beach AuctionsInvestment in classic cars seems to be paying off even more these days. This can be seen from yet more records set during the sale of some of the most sought-after road and race cars on the planet during the past week in Monterey, California—and one brand stood out from the rest. The...
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Ford Starts Testing Of Its First Right-Hand-Drive MustangIt’s hard to believe that in the 50-year history of the Mustang, Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] has never built a version for right-hand-drive markets. Well, all that’s set to change with the sixth-generation car, which has been confirmed as the first Mustang developed for global markets...
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Lamborghini Huracán LP 620-2 Super Trofeo RWD Racer RevealedThis is the all-new Huracán-based race car that starting from next year will compete in the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo one-make racing series, currently held in Asia, Europe and North America. The car is the 2015 Lamborghini Huracán LP 620-2 Super Trofeo, and as its name...
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The Dodge Charger gets the Hellcat treatment, we drive the new Cadillac ATS Coupe, Land Rover and Jaguar dig deep into the past, and Cadillac's already updating the Escalade. It’s The Week In Reverse, right here at Motor Authority. The title of world's most powerful sedan doesn't go to Germany--according to Dodge, it's coming home to America in the form of the 2015 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat. The latest Hellcat made its debut this week at the 2014 Woodward Dream Cruise muscle car fest in Detroit. Yes, it's packing the supercharged 6.2-liter V-8 from the 2015 Dodge Challenger Hellcat, and...
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McLaren P1 GTR Revealed Ahead Of 2014 Pebble Beach ConcoursMcLaren has revealed its new track-focused P1, which wears the automaker’s iconic GTR badge last used on the string of McLaren F1 GTR race cars built in the mid-1990s. F1 GTRs have competed in various motorsport competitions but the car’s most famous accomplishment was overall victory...
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2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata, 2016 Chevy Camaro, McLaren P1 GTR: This Week’s Top PhotosMcLaren has unveiled its new track-focused P1 GTR, and this is our first photo of the car, which is shown sitting next to the previous F1 GTR. Unlike its predecessor, the P1 GTR hasn’t been designed for any sanctioned form of motorsport, but it should be considerably faster thanks to its...
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Renovo Coupe Is All-Electric Beauty... And The Beast: VideoSilicon Valley is typically considered to be on the cutting edge of the technological world. Still, it's not exactly the type of place you'd expect to find a car company that's mindful of the past. Those exist in places like Southern California and Detroit, and that's it. Well, that thinking would...
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1962 Ferrari 250 GTO sells for $38M, highest price paid for a car at auctionThe 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO that went up for auction yesterday during the Bonhams sale at The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering finally sold for $38,115,000, setting a new record for the highest price paid for a car at auction. The previous record was $29,650,000, paid last year for a 1954 Mercedes-Benz...
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Jaguar F-Type Project 7 Rolls Into Pebble Beach With $165,925 Price TagJaguar’s F-Type Project 7 made its world debut back in June at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, but now the stunning speedster is being showcased in its American specification in the lead up to the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance taking place this weekend. The biggest difference between...
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Toyota has revealed two new versions of its stunning FT-1 sports car concept, which is thought to preview the look of an upcoming Supra successor as well as lay the groundwork for the design of future models from the Japanese automaker. The original FT-1 concept was shown back in January at the Detroit Auto Show; one of the new versions will be shown at a Monterey event coinciding with this weekend’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance while the other will remain in virtual form only, at least for now. DON'T MISS: 2015 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Is World's Most Powerful Sedan We...
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2015 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Is World’s Most Powerful SedanThis boys and girls is officially the world’s most powerful sedan—the all-new 2015 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat, which made its debut today at the 2014 Woodward Dream Cruise muscle car fest in Detroit. Yes, this Charger is packing the supercharged 6.2-liter V-8 from the 2015 Dodge...
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Volvo Reveals 'Face' Of New XC90 In Latest TeaserVolvo’s second-generation XC90 is set to be revealed in a fortnight at a special event in Stockholm, Sweden. But this being the first all-new version of the SUV since the original’s debut at the 2002 Detroit Auto Show, Volvo simply can’t help itself from revealing many of the...
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2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata Spy VideoMazda’s all-new, fourth-generation MX-5 Miata is set for a reveal on September 3, and while the Japanese automaker has done a good job of keeping its prototypes hidden, one has finally been spotted. This particular prototype was spotted in Japan and shows that the new MX-5, which goes on sale...
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2015 Cadillac ATS Coupe First Drive: VideoAs much as General Motors has been in the news for getting things wrong of late, Cadillac deserves notice for how much it’s been getting right over the past decade, too. From the CTS sedan that kicked off the brand’s revival as a world-class marque, to the ATS sedan that helped cement...
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2016 BMW 2-Series Gran Tourer Seven-Seater Spy ShotsBMW is out creating new niches yet again, with its latest prototype signaling a premium seven-seat compact MPV is on the horizon. The vehicle is essentially a seven-seat version of the 2016 BMW 2-Series Active Tourer, which features five seats and is the first BMW model to ride on the new UKL...
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Land Rover’s high-performance Range Rover Sport has finally landed. The vehicle is the 2015 Range Rover Sport SVR, and it’s the first volume production model from Jaguar Land Rover’s new Special Vehicles Operations unit. As expected, the vehicle packs the supercharged 5.0-liter V-8 found in several models from Jaguar Land Rover, with its output in the special Range Rover Sport capped at 550 horsepower and 502 pound-feet of torque. That’s considerably more (plus 40 hp and 41 lb-ft) than the output of the most powerful Range Rover Sport currently offered, allowing the...
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Final Bugatti Veyron Legends Car, Honoring Ettore Bugatti, To Debut At Pebble BeachWith the Bugatti Veyron nearing the very end of its extended model cycle—the car has been on sale for 11 years now—the final edition of the six final special editions will be unveiled at the pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance and The Quail gathering next week. The car, the last of...
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2016 Audi Q3 Spy ShotsAudi’s Q3 has been around since 2011 but only reaches U.S. showrooms this fall, priced from just above $33k. Curiously, an updated version of the compact crossover is due next year and prototypes have been spotted by one of our photographers. As the spy shots reveal, the changes to the Q3...
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2016 BMW X4 M Performance Model Spy ShotsThese are the first spy shots of prototypes for a new high-performance version of the recently revealed BMW X4. BMW isn’t expected to launch a dedicated M version of its small coupe-like crossover; instead, we’re more likely to see an M Performance version positioned just above the...
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2016 Audi RS Q3 Spy ShotsAudi’s Q3 compact crossover is set to launch on the market this fall, priced from just above $33k, but the vehicle’s been on sale elsewhere for the past couple of years and is due to receive a mid-cycle update soon. We’ve already seen spy shots of a prototype for a facelifted...
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Rolls-Royce Confirms Development Of New Drophead ModelRolls-Royce, unlike most of the rest of the motoring world, rises above market pressures to provide cars not demanded, but desired. As a result, the brand’s model mix tends to be rather stable, and rather limited, changing only gradually and after great deliberation. So the announcement of a...
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