Car News

  • KTM X-Bow / Reiter Engineering GT4 race car preview rendering

    It’s been a while since we last heard about KTM’s X-Bow track car, but we now have a new rendering of the new GT4 race car currently being developed by Reiter Engineering. The motorsport and engineering firm, famous for building several Lamborghini-based race cars as well as a GT3-spec Chevy Camaro, says its new X-Bow racer will be ready for motorsport use straight out of the box and will be offered all over the globe, including here in the U.S. MUST SEE: Car Crashes Into Bedroom Of 71-Year-Old Car Enthusiast: Video Reiter will be responsible for the construction of the vehicle...

  • 2016 Chevrolet Volt sneak peek for owners, Los Angeles, Nov 2014
    New Chevys To Feature Corvette-Inspired Styling

    General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] design chief Ed Welburn has revealed that future Chevrolet models will feature styling inspired by the Corvette. The link between the respective designs of the new cars and the brand’s halo vehicle will be subtle, with the new Chevys likely to borrow Corvette...

  • 2015 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat
    Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Earns 22-MPG Highway Rating From EPA

    The Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat has received an EPA fuel economy rating of 13 miles per gallon in the city and a fairly impressive 22 miles per gallon on the highway. That city figure isn't shocking, but getting over 20 on the highway is pretty solid. MUST SEE: Car Crashes Into Bedroom Of 71-Year-Old...

  • 2015 Jaguar XJ 4-door Sedan XJL Supercharged RWD Side Exterior View
    2015 Jaguar F-Type, XF, XJ Recalled For Steering Failure, Fire Risk

    Like a modern update on a classic horror movie, it appears that the ghost of Lucas Electrical may have just returned to haunt the modern brand: Jaguar is recalling some of its 2015 model year XJ, XF, and F-Types built between late August and mid-September, and it's partially due to an issue with...

  • car in bedroom
    Car Crashes Into Bedroom Of 71-Year-Old Car Enthusiast: Video

    Let's get this out of the way first; it's pronounced WUS-Tah, not WAR-Chester. Okay, got that? Good. Now, the story at hand here is that a drunk driver plowed into the bedroom of a sleeping Worcester man. Yes, I said man. You may be forgiven for initially thinking this is the bedroom of a child...

  • Self-parking BMW i3 ActiveAssist prototype, 2015 Consumer Electronics Show
    Jaguar Transparent Pillars, Self-Parking BMW, Aston Martin Hybrid: Car News Headlines

    Jaguar Land Rover has shown off a new technology that makes the pillars of a car invisible for the driver. The technology is called the 360 Virtual Urban Windscreen, and it makes pedestrians, cyclists and other vehicles visible all around the car. BMW will be presenting a new version of its...

  • Koenigsegg One:1 live photos, 2014 Geneva Motor Show

    Right now, Koenigsegg’s only model available in the U.S. is the 1,140-horsepower Agera R, sold exclusively at Manhattan Motorcars in New York. However, the Swedish supercar brand has much more ambitious plans for the world’s biggest market for performance cars, with more dealers and additional models in the pipeline. MUST SEE: Car Crashes Into Bedroom Of 71-Year-Old Car Enthusiast: Video After a recent visit to the company’s headquarters in Ängelholm, Car and Driver discovered that one of the six One:1 supercars destined for production will end up in the U.S., with...

  • Jaguar Land Rover 360 Virtual Urban Windscreen transparent pillar technology
    Jaguar Land Rover Shows Off Transparent Pillar Technology: Video

    Remember Land Rover’s unique transparent hood technology that allows you to see the position of a vehicle’s wheels from behind the wheel for easier off-roading? Well, sister brand Jaguar has come out with its own version of the technology, this time making the pillars of a car...

  • Classic Mini crushed by U.S. Customs as part of Operation Atlantic
    Classic Mini crushed by US Customs as part of Operation Atlantic

    A little over a year ago, a Land Rover Defender privately imported from the U.K. was crushed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection because it wasn’t old enough to be legally imported under classic car rules (i.e. 25 years or older). Now a classic Mini has suffered the same fate. MUST SEE: Car...

  • Self-parking BMW i3 ActiveAssist prototype, 2015 Consumer Electronics Show
    BMW To Present Self-Parking Technology At 2015 CES

    At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, BMW gave us our first taste of its new ActiveAssist autonomous technology in the form of a 2-Series prototype that could handle itself while driving at the limit. At next year’s show, which runs from January 6 to 9 in Las Vegas, BMW will show an...

  • Top Gear Patagonia Christmas Special
    Top Gear Teases Controversial Patagonia Christmas Special: Video

    The BBC has released the first footage from the controversial Top Gear Christmas special shot earlier this year. During filming in Argentina back in October, the crew, including hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May, had to flee the country under police escort when an angry mob...

  • Aston Martin Lagonda Concept
    Aston Martin Seeks Funding For SUV, Hybrid Tech: Report

    Cash-strapped Aston Martin is seeking funds for an expansion from its current model range, two sources familiar with the matter have revealed to Reuters. The automaker, which is majority owned by Kuwaiti and Italian investment firms, and run by newly appointed CEO Andy Palmer, is expected to issue...

  • 2016 BMW M6

    This week has been a busy one as the automotive world continues to gear up for the 2015 Detroit Auto Show. BMW took the wraps off the 2015 M6, Luke Aker’s classic Maxima got restored, one man showed off his insane collection of DeLoreans, the Bloodhound SSC’s engine was tested, and the finalist for the 2015 North American Car and Truck/Utility of the Year were named. It’s The Week In Reverse, right here at Motor Authority. The 2015 BMW M6 promises to be a slightly improved version of the existing M6, complete with minimally altered appearance and no changes to the...

  • BMW 5-Series Gran Turismo Power eDrive prototype
    BMW previews 670-horsepower plug-in hybrid system in 5-Series GT prototype

    For years, hybrid technology has been marketed purely as a means of improving vehicle efficiency, but now that the technology has matured we’re starting to see automakers investigate ways of using the addition of an electric motor(s) to boost performance as well. The turning point was...

  • 1967 Ford Mustang ‘Eleanor’ from Gone In 60 Seconds
    Eleanor Ford Mustang, Mercedes GLE Coupe, 2016 Audi Q7: This Week’s Top Photos

    The sole surviving drivable ‘Eleanor’ Ford Mustang from 2000’s hit movie Gone In 60 Seconds will go under the hammer this weekend. The last time the car changed hands the selling price was $1 million. No less than a hundred cars dating back to the early part of the last century...

  • Aston Martin Works 60th Anniversary Limited Edition Vanquish
    Aston Martin Works 60th Anniversary Vanquish Has Piston-Metal Interior Trim

    Sometimes it seems there are nearly as many special-edition Aston Martins as there are Aston Martins, but then there are the truly special editions, like this, the Works 60th Anniversary edition, celebrating the Newport-Pagnell Works facility. MUST SEE: Car Crashes Into Bedroom Of 71-Year-Old Car...

  • 2015 Porsche 918 Spyder
    Porsche 918 Spyder Sold Out, Successor Planned

    Porsche sales are up across the board, with the automaker from Stuttgart confirming that its sales to November are already higher than its 162,145 record achieved in 2013. A small part of that figure is made up of sales of the 918 Spyder, which Porsche has confirmed is now sold out. Yes, all 918...

  • Ford Sync 3 infotainment system
    Ford Launches Faster And Simpler Sync 3, Drops MyFord Touch: Video

    Ford has overhauled its Sync infotainment system by launching a new third-generation version that’s said to be faster and simpler to use than before, helping to alleviate two of the most common gripes of the previous versions. Called Sync 3, the new system ditches the MyFord Touch component...

  • 2016 Bugatti Chiron spy shots

    Development of a successor for the Bugatti Veyron is well underway, but apart from the vehicle being fitted with hybrid technology not much is really known about the new model. There are plenty of rumors, however. The name of the new car is rumored to be Chiron, which is the name of a centaur in Greek mythology but also that of Bugatti racing driver Louis Chiron, who was influential in building the brand’s legend in the early parts of the last century. A lighter and more rigid version of the carbon fiber monocoque chassis (with aluminum subframes) of the Veyron will likely be employed...

  • 2015 Audi RS 3 Sportback
    2015 Audi RS 3 Sportback revealed, U.S. launch still pending

    Audi’s new RS 3 Sportback, the ultimate A3, has been revealed as the most powerful compact car in production, managing to edge out Mercedes-Benz’s A45 AMG and CLA45 AMG by a nose. The new RS 3, which is yet to be confirmed for the U.S. market, packs Audi’s familiar turbocharged...

  • Teaser for Infiniti Q60 concept debuting at 2015 Detroit Auto Show
    Infiniti Teases Q60 Coupe Concept

    Infiniti will use next month’s 2015 Detroit Auto Show to unveil a striking new concept previewing its next-generation Q60 coupe. The Q60, for those still not up to date with Infiniti’s new naming strategy, is essentially the G coupe, whose last complete redesign was back in 2008. A...

  • nanoFLOWCELL Quant e-Sportlimousine concept
    nanoFLOWCELL-Powered Quant Sedan Edges Closer To Production

    At the 2014 Geneva Motor Show last March, a little known startup by the name of nanoFLOWCELL showed off an electric sedan concept whose motors were powered by energy stored in a device called a flow cell. In essence, a flow cell combines characteristics of a traditional battery and more advanced...

  • Mad Mike Mazda Drift Car
    Mad Mike Details His 1,200-HP 4-Rotor Miata Engine Build: Video

    Factory support in motorsports is a wonderful thing. Doors open up for you, money is easier to come by and, more importantly to racers, the parts start flowing like a wonderful river of power and noise. MUST SEE: Mansory Just Made Its First Good Car: A 1,000-HP Mercedes-Benz S-Class That's...

  • Ford Performance logo
    Ford Performance Brand Promises 12 New Special Vehicles, Including Focus RS

    Ford is committing itself to creating a true global performance sub-brand moving forward. The automaker just announced that it has 12 vehicles on tap, which will be rolled out over the next few years through 2020. All of you SVT fans can consider this your Blue Oval revival... minus the name of...

Follow Us on Instagram @motorauthority

News First Drives Auto Shows Photos Videos Spy Shots