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Although Mercedes-Benz’s CLS Shooting Brake was launched with great fanfare back in 2012, senior management in Stuttgart have reportedly quashed plans for a successor. The vehicle, essentially the station wagon cousin of the svelte CLS sedan, never made it to these shores, and a lack of...

Only yesterday we brought you news that the Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] upcoming Mustang Shelby GT350R will be fitted as standard with light yet sturdy carbon fiber wheels, a technology previously the domain of the aftermarket and exotic supercars. While companies like Ford are helping to...

At its World Motor Sport Council meeting held in Mexico City on Friday, motorsports governing body the FIA announced a provisional calendar for the 2016 Formula One World Championship, and included for the first time is a race at Baku, the capital city of Azerbaijan. The calendar also sees the...

Remember Cole Trickle? He was that promising open-wheel racer from California with a number of wins under his belt, but without the support of a big family name to pursue his dream of winning the Indy 500. He decides to jump over to NASCAR, and he becomes a polarizing young racer. Still, he manages...

Carbon fiber is seen by many in the auto industry as one of the most effective ways of reducing vehicle weight and thus improving acceleration, braking and handling while simultaneously curbing fuel consumption and emissions. But the expense of the material and finicky production process has mostly...

Yes, the Pinnacle Portfolio is the most expensive car collection ever to hit the auction block. But that's an awfully crass way to describe this anthology of automotive excellence. After all, a fleet of gold-plated, ruby-encrusted Dartz Prombrons could have achieved that distinction. And while the...

A Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT mistaken for a Trackhawk; five legendary Ferrari supercars on a mysterious truck; and the Harley-Davidson Street 750 driven. It's the Week in Reverse, right here at Motor Authority. We already confirmed that the Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk is coming, and it'll use the...

Wednesday was pretty bad for the masters of the universe. Computer errors forced the New York Stock Exchange to cease trading, leaving high-octane brokers with nothing to shout about, and billions of Twitter and Tumblr users scrambling to post the same joke. We thought "glitch better have my money"...

If you're sitting in the driver's seat of a Ferrari LaFerrari, you have a lot of potential available at your feet and fingertips. This is, after all, a car with over 900 horsepower and more than 660 pound-feet of torque. To say that there's a chance of possible hooliganism is a large...

Here's some news that isn't likely to sit well with the Uber brass: Google is getting into the ridesharing game. Details come from The Car Connection, which writes that Waze—the traffic app Google acquired in 2013—is currently testing a service called Ridewith on its home turf in...

Pagani’s planned 100-car production run for the Huayra will soon come to an end (all 100 build slots are already sold), after which the company will turn its attention to an open-top Huayra Roadster that will also be built in a limited run of 100 cars. However, we could see a more hardcore...

A new race series called the Touringcar Racer International Series (TCR) launched this year and it’s already proving popular among enthusiasts and up-and-coming drivers. That’s because the concept behind TCR calls for low cost of entry and low running costs. CHECK OUT: 2018 Volkswagen...

Over the course of 16 days last month, auto journalist Wayne Gerdes and co-driver Bob Winger drove a 2015 Volkswagen Golf TDI to all 48 of the states in the U.S. mainland. Along the way, the pair traveled 8,233.3 miles, and averaged an amazing 81.17 mpg. ALSO SEE: Two Corvette Z06s Wrecked After...

Volvo is now offering a special lifetime parts and labor warranty, effective as long as the work involves genuine Volvo parts originally bought and installed at one of the automaker’s dealerships. Offered only in the United States at present, the special warranty means Volvo owners here can...

It was only a month ago that we told you about a 1988 Porsche 959 finished in black that would be going under the hammer at one of the auctions taking place during August’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. Now we have word of a red 1987 example, another Komfort model, that will soon be...

Alejandro Salomon is a man that's become fairly well known in the Southern California exotic car world. He likes buying very expensive toys, and he also likes sharing them with the world through his various social media accounts. His cars get driven, and driven well, as he can occasionally be seen...

It’s been a while since we heard from Renntech but the Mercedes-Benz tuning specialist has been busy, having already amassed a series of upgrades for the all-new 2016 Mercedes-AMG GT. In fact, Renntech may have already built the world’s quickest GT. MORE: 2016 Mercedes-Benz AMG GT S...

Is Fiat Chrysler Automobiles [NYSE:FCAU] about to resurrect the Barracuda nameplate for a new muscle car? Only a few years ago it certainly seemed that way but then in 2014 Ralph Gilles, who at the time was running Dodge-tuner SRT, came out and dismissed the rumors. Now the rumor mill is spinning...

Miami Vice was the sexy, violent, cocaine-centric epitome of 1980s television. And while Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas might have played detectives Sonny Crockett and Rico Tubbs, the real stars of the show were the cars and fashions that ushered in a new era of glitzy excess. Initially...

Last October, we received the shock news that Fiat Chrysler Automobiles [NYSE:FCAU] was planning to spin off Ferrari, which this week FCA CEO Sergio Marchionne said he thought was worth “at least” $11 billion as a standalone firm. Most of the new shares in Ferrari will end up in the...