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Last year, boutique company Local Motors announced a contest to design a 3D printed car. And now, Automotive News (subscription required) is reporting that the company says it will have a version of the winning design, dubbed the Strati, available to consumers in 2017. According to the Local Motors website, its electric running gear—along with its suspension and electronics—will come from Renault's golf-cart-like Twizy. But major components like the chassis and body panels with be printed from carbon fiber composite ABS. Details about the cars performance and features are slim...
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Tesla's Robotic Charger Prototype Proves Humans Are Doomed: VideoThere's no indication when—or if—this Tesla charger prototype will go on sale. It's undeniably cool, however, and as autonomous cars begin to make their way to market, a charging system that doesn't require any human action is certainly attractive. Obviously, this solution would be...
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2016 Chevy Volt now with 53-mile electric rangeIf you weren't already aware, we're sort of fans of the original Chevrolet Volt. It rarely needs to take on more fuel, but it does have the benefit of completely eliminating the sort of range anxiety one might have with a pure EV. Additionally, its low center of gravity actually allows it to corner...
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Notes From The Driveway: 2016 Mercedes-AMG GT SIt's not very often that something as special as the 2016 Mercedes-AMG GT S comes rolling into my driveway, so I was excited to spend the last week piloting Mercedes' new Porsche 911 fighter. Prior to my test drive, I had only been behind the wheel for one glorious lap of the Road America road...
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This Week On The Forums: Carrera GT Major Service, 'Ruined Vette,' And More"Sometimes bad things happen to good robots." That was the somber response of the HitchBOT team after learning its friendly hitchhiking robot—which had traversed Canada and Europe without incident—had been decapitated and destroyed in Philadelphia. After crossing into the United States...
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Lexus Hoverboard, Lego Ferrari F40, Bentley Bentayga: The Week In ReverseLexus unveiled its highly anticipated hoverboard; Lego announced a Ferrari F40 kit; and Bentley tells us the Bentayga can actually go off-roading. It's the Week in Reverse, right here on Motor Authority. After many teasers Lexus has finally unveiled its hoverboard. It's awesome, but this isn't...
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We saw it at the initial private reveal in Milan back in June, and we’ve since seen it in some official promo videos. But now for the first time we have a taste of what Alfa Romeo’s new Giulia will look like when it’s in customer hands and cruising around local streets. YouTube user ResQ166 has video of two examples taking part in what appears to be an official photo shoot. The red example is stationary but the white one is seen exiting a driveway and doing a little driving. From the video, it’s clear the car sits low to the ground and is very aggressive looking. This...
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The Mercedes-Maybach S600 By Brabus Will Hit 60 MPH In Under 3.7 SecondsThe 2016 Mercedes-Maybach S600 is certainly no slouch with its ample 523 horsepower and 612 pound-feet of torque, but if you’re the type that needs your luxury behemoth to keep up with top sports models, then Brabus has just what you need. The German tuner is intimately familiar with the...
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2016 Audi A3 e-tron Sportback Priced From $38,825More than two years on from its reveal at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show, Audi’s A3 e-tron Sportback is ready for its market debut here in the United States. The plug-in hybrid hatch goes on sale in October and has been priced from $38,825, which includes the automaker’s standard $925...
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F1's Jenson Button And Wife Jessica Gassed In Holiday Home RobberyMcLaren Formula One driver Jenson Button, 35, and wife Jessica Michibata, 30, were involved in a robbery at their holiday home in the south of France earlier this week. The robbers are thought to have circulated an anaesthetic gas through the air conditioning system of the home located in...
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Kia Sports Car Back On The TableWhen it comes to sports cars, we bet the first name you think of is not Kia. It's probably not even the 10th, or the 50th. It's really not even on the list. But that may change in the not too distant future. Kia surprised many when it rolled out the striking GT4 Stinger concept at 2014’s...
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2016 Rolls-Royce Dawn Spy ShotsRolls-Royce recently confirmed that the planned convertible version of the stunning, incomparable Wraith coupe will revive the marque's illustrious Dawn nameplate, and now we have our most revealing spy shots of the car yet. The new Rolls-Royce Dawn is set to go on sale early next year and will...
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Mazda has given us our first look at a new crossover concept it plans to unveil at next month’s Frankfurt Auto Show. The concept is called the Koeru and is said to preview a new high-riding model from the Japanese firm. We know a next-generation Mazda CX-9 is coming soon, with many predicting the vehicle will debut at November’s Los Angeles Auto Show. However, comments accompanying the release of the teaser suggest an entirely new model. Mazda says Koeru, which is Japanese for “exceed” or “go beyond”, is a fitting name for its latest venture into the...
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2016 Lexus RC 200t Coming To U.S. With 2.0-Liter Turbo FourMany automakers reserve the smaller displacement versions of their cars for the overseas markets. But we've learned that Lexus plans to offer a turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder in the United States in the form of the RC 200t. The model will join the already available 306-horsepower RC 350 and...
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Revived Lincoln Continental Will Have 30-Way Adjustable Seats: VideoThe Lincoln Continental concept hardly looks bad. Sure, the styling is somewhat derivative, and the wheels resemble something you'd see on a hobbled exotic stashed in the back of a SEMA hall. But overall? It looks like it could be the premium car Lincoln needs. ALSO SEE: 2016 Lincoln Continental...
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'Forza Motorsport 6' Means Wicked Racing, Rain Or Shine: VideoRacers call rain "the great equalizer," and Forza Motorsport 6 is aiming to give players a taste of just how treacherous it can make a track. In the latest trailer for the game, the rendering of the water looks predictably amazing, and Microsoft's Turn 10 Studios went to obsessive lengths to ensure...
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This Is How A Manual Gearbox WorksYou. Yes, you there. You're clearly a man or woman who knows everything there is to know about the inner-workings of the automobile, correct? Of course you are. Well, what if you have to explain something to, oh a friend or family member that might not fully understand the combustion engine and all...
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Ford F-150 Gets New Sport Mode Derived From Mustang TechThe Raptor is the F-150 to get if you enjoy performance driving as much as hauling stuff around, but even the standard F-150 comes with a few performance-oriented features thanks to technology sharing with the Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] Mustang program. We’ve already seen how the...
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Last year, some hackers in China proved that the Tesla Model S was a hackable machine. In the wake of some more recent hackable automotive news, it shouldn't be quite as surprising that such a connected car like the Model S is exploitable. Still, Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] seems to be far more in tune with the tech world than your average automaker, even working with hackers to make its cars more secure, so you'd think they would be ahead of the game here. According to Green Car Reports, a pair of White Hat hackers found that the Model S can still be hacked, but only when someone is able to...
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Someone Paid $150k For This Carbon Fiber-Bodied Bugatti Royale ReplicaBugatti’s Royale first introduced in 1927 remains to this day one of the biggest cars ever produced. It measured in at close to 21 feet in length and had a curb weight of 7,000 pounds, with Bugatti envisaging it as a car for royal parades—hence the name—and other similar...
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2017 Porsche Boxster, 2016 Mercedes-Benz GLE, Mazda MX-5 Turbo: Today’s Car NewsThe latest prototype for Porsche’s facelifted Boxster is wearing barely any camouflage gear. We have a new set of photos plus a video. The noise the prototype makes certainly suggests a turbocharged flat-four engine is part of the update. Mercedes-Benz’s new GLE and GLE Coupe are ready...
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Hardcore Ferrari F12 Spied--Photo UpdateEarlier in the year we saw a mysterious Ferrari F12 Berlinetta mule testing in Italy with some camouflage gear taped over its rear. Originally thought to be an early mule for the F12’s mid-cycle update (Ferrari has confirmed its regular models will have an eight-year lifespan with a major...
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2016 Volkswagen Touareg Gets Price Reduction, Drops Hybrid OptionVolkswagen will start production of a new mid-size SUV with third-row seats in 2016 at its plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, but the automaker won’t be discontinuing the two-row Touareg anytime soon. For the coming 2016 model year, VW is enticing Touareg buyers with a price reduction amounting...
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2016 Mercedes GLE Priced From $52,025, GLE Coupe From $66,025As compelling as the $40k Mercedes-Benz GLC is, some buyers simply need more room. Fortunately, Mercedes has bigger vehicles that match the style, luxury and comfort of the GLC—but you’re going to have to pay a premium. Next up the line is the GLE, which is new for 2016. The vehicle...
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