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After first announcing plans for an electric car last December, Saleen Automotive has finally revealed its zero-emission project, a modified version of the Tesla Model S dubbed the Saleen FourSixteen. Saleen, made famous by a string of high-performance Ford Mustangs as well as its own S7 supercar, revealed the FourSixteen over the weekend at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. DON'T MISS: One-Off BMW i8 Sells For $825,000 At Pebble Beach The car is based on the range-topping P85 version of the Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] sedan and features enhanced performance, technology, and design...
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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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Charger SRT Hellcat, Cadillac ATS Coupe, New Jaguar E-Type: The Week In ReverseThe 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...
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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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Audi is looking to a new engine design to increase four-cylinder refinement.
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Tesla Looks To Hire Hackers To Beat HackersThe technological advancement of vehicles means the risk of hackers infiltrating myriad electronic systems becomes ever greater. For car companies, the onus is on them to ensure their vehicles are secure—preventing their customers becoming a target for the less salubrious members of society...
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Lincoln Gets Its Own Scent, And We're Not Talking New Car SmellEssence of Lincoln is a new scent that Lincoln hopes will make customers remember its cars.
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World's Only Mercedes 540K Streamliner Headed To Pebble Beach: VideoMost will recognize the Mercedes-Benz 540K as a large, elegant roadster with a trio of headlights at the front, a large chrome grille and flowing bodywork that wraps around a trunk-mounted spare wheel. But back in 1938, the German firm wrapped a single example of the 540K in a streamlined...
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Polestar Tunes The Diesel-Electric Volvo V60 Plug-In HybridIt wasn’t long ago that the term “hybrid” was associated purely with economy and saving the earth. However, thanks to the introduction of a new breed of hybrid supercars from the world’s leading performance manufacturers, the term is no longer taboo in performance circles...
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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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The most revealing prototype of the next-generation BMW X1 we’ve seen was recently spotted hot-weather testing in the Californian desert sun. The new vehicle adopts a sleeker and sportier look than the current X1, and should be on sale late next year or in early 2016. Another Ferrari has set records at auction this week. A 1962 250 GTO, just one of 39 ever built, went under the hammer during The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering and its final bid is now the highest price ever paid for a car at auction. Toyota plans to eventually have a three-tier sports car lineup, and today we have...
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Caparo T1 Evolution To Cost 1.1 Million Euros: ReportThe ultimate road-going track car, the Caparo T1, is about to spawn an even more potent ‘Evolution’ model, a teaser for which was recently released. Caparo is currently taking orders for its new T1 Evolution but is yet to say when it will be revealed. However, we do have some details on...
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Mid-Engine Corvette Rumors Rise Again, This Time For Next ZR1 And C8The idea of a mid-engined Corvette is nothing new. In fact, it seems that with each generation there’s always talk of the ‘next’ one adopting a mid-engine layout. It hasn’t helped that Chevrolet has revealed a number of Corvette concepts over the years featuring a mid-engine...
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Hennessey Venom GT Prepares For Pebble Beach, First One In White: VideoHennessey is taking its Venom GT to the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance this weekend and has released a video showing the firm’s preparation of the car for its upcoming presence in Monterey. Hennessey, which recently announced plans for an even more extreme Venom F5 supercar, says the...
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First Details On Toyota’s Sub-FR-S Sports CarLast year, the man tasked with sports car development at Toyota, Tetsuya Tada, revealed that the Japanese automaker was planning a three-tier sports car lineup, with the GT 86 (sold here as a Scion FR-S) sitting in the middle. At the top of the range will be the Supra successor, previewed by the...
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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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About 150 new staff will work at the recently established Jaguar Land Rover Special Vehicles Operations (SVO) unit that serves as the British automaker’s personalization and performance division. The SVO team’s first product was the F-Type Project 7, which goes on sale later this year, priced from $165,925. The cars, and other SVO projects like the 1963 Jaguar Lightweight E-Type continuation models and high-performance Range Rover Sport SVR, will be built at a new technical center in West Midlands, England. Operations at the new technical center will commence later this year. One...
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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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Loryc Electric Speedster Is A Whole New Kind Of RetroA name from the 1920s is back to build electric cars.
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China To Fine Audi For Breaking Monopoly Law, Other Makes Under InvestigationAudi will reportedly be fined around $40 million for violating an anti-monopoly law.
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Panoz Esperante Returns At Monterey Car WeekThis year's Monterey Car Week seems busier than ever, with headline-grabbing auctions, classic cars galore and all manner of special-edition sports cars. But for Panoz, it's also a chance to release a special 25th Anniversary Edition of the Esperante Spyder, celebrating the specialty sports-car...
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Dodge Is Going Racing With The Challenger SRTIf you're a fan of motorsports, then you must also be a fan of the Trans-Am racing series. Starting back in 1966, the Sports Car Club of America added in the Trans-American Sedan Championship. DON'T MISS: 2015 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Is World's Most Powerful Sedan It has clearly morphed its way...
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