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After announcing its intention to return to motorsport two years ago, and doing reasonably well in a warm-up event last year, Bentley has now opened its 2014 racing account with a strong performance at the first round of the Blancpain Endurance Series in Monza, Italy over the weekend. The...

Mark your calendars, as the Motor Authority team is headed to New York for the city’s annual auto show, which kicks off on April 16. Our coverage this year will be particularly intense as taking place within days of the New York Auto Show’s opening day will be this year’s Top...

If you could take out the incessant left turns and spectacular crashes, a typical NASCAR race is essentially a four-hour commercial for at least 43 different companies, but these sponsorships keep cars on the track and the shop lights on. So if you’re going to pander to your corporate...

It's getting close to Easter, which means a few things. The Northeast can almost safely put away their snow shovels, the Cadburry egg commercial that's been running since the early '90s is on a nonstop loop, and it's time for Jeep to head to Moab. WATCH: Hear The Koenigsegg One:1's 1,340-HP Engine...

Dodge is set to show updated versions of its Challenger and Charger muscle cars at the 2014 New York Auto Show on April 16. The Challenger is only due to receive subtle tweaks to its styling but the Charger will get a whole new look. We got a preview of the latter in a teaser image. German...

McLaren bought a Porsche 911 GT3 to use in the development of its upcoming "entry-level" supercar.

Forget carbon fiber. Forget aluminum. Heck, you can even forget ordinary steel sheet and fiberglass. One man in Lithuania chose to build his dream wheels using expanding foam. Yep, the stuff they use in the construction industry to fill wall cavities. MUST SEE: Man Makes Paper F1 Car, Gets Job At...

This year marks the 25th year of Mazda's evergreen MX-5 sports car. It's been a huge success story for the Japanese automaker--over 900,000 units have been produced over the past 25 years, across three generations of car--a much longer shelf life than most vehicles in the industry. The car's 26th...

The Mallet Hammer Z06 was the last car consumed by a sinkhole under the National Corvette Museum.

The Morgan Motor Company is either the ultimate automotive anachronism or the most relevant car company around today, depending on your view. Like Maserati, Morgan is celebrating its hundredth anniversary in 2014. Unlike that fine Italian, Morgan still makes cars that, to all intents and purposes...

Australian designer Max Wolff has been dropped from the lead design role at Lincoln, with British designer David Woodhouse serving as his successor. Wolff, who left Cadillac four years ago to join Lincoln and is credited with the designs of the MKZ and MKC, will serve as chief of exterior design at...

For years the Corvette has been lambasted for its poor cabin design but the latest 2014 model has made it onto the annual list of 10 best interiors compiled by Ward’s Auto, joining some luxury heavyweights like the Rolls-Royce Wraith and Mercedes-Benz S-Class. As we noted in our first drive...

Koenigsegg’s new One:1 supercar is the most powerful production car ever built. Its twin-turbocharged 5.0-liter V-8 engine delivers a claimed 1,000 kilowatts, which equates to 1,341 horsepower or 1,360 horses if you’re into using metric figures. Peak torque, meanwhile, is an equally...

Lexus’s first compact crossover, the 2015 NX, has finally been revealed. First previewed in concept form a year ago, the production version of the NX will make its debut on the world stage at the 2014 Beijing Auto Show next week before sailing into showrooms in the fall. Key rivals for the NX...

Few could have expected the success enjoyed by the Fast and Furious movie franchise. Six movies down the line--with a seventh on the way, despite the death of Paul Walker, one of its stars--the franchise has earned over $2.3 billion at the box office since 2001. With every franchise comes...

Unable to ski at present because of an injury, Swedish adventure skier Jon Olsson has come up with another way to hit the slopes: behind the wheel of a 600-horsepower prototype race car. As the video above shows, Olsson drives up the mountain in the prototype, which is actually his street-legal...

Ferrari says its 12-year extended powertrain warranty is an industry first.

Everybody knows about Ford’s F-150 SVT Raptor but Chrysler’s Ram brand has its own powerful pickup that’s fully capable both on and off the road. That pickup is the Ram Power Wagon, which has been updated for 2014 and will be shown for the first time at the Next York Auto Show...

The first lemon-law suit involving Tesla Motors has been filed in Wisconsin.

Opel’s next-generation Astra has been spotted in prototype form. The vehicle is particularly interesting for U.S. readers as it is expected to form the basis of the next-generation Buick Verano. Peugeot has revealed a stunning four-door coupe concept called the Exalt. It’s powered by a...