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Soon, cars may pay more attention to their surroundings than drivers. No one likes to get stuck behind an oblivious person that doesn't notice when a light changes, so Audi came up with a technological solution. MUST WATCH: LaFerrari Duels With Ferrari Enzo On Precarious Mountain Roads: Video The...

One has to wonder what people did in their spare time before car configuration sites hit the Internet. McLaren has just launched its own for the new 650S Coupe and 650S Spider, and while not as varied as some online configurators there's plenty of fun to be had creating a car that you'll probably...

Germany’s Gumpert is back after an insolvency near-death experience, and one of the cars it has in the pipeline is a production version of its stunning Tornante concept from 2009. The new supercar will be based on the bones of Gumpert’s existing Apollo and is expected to produce in...

Later this year Porsche will relive its Le Mans glory days after a 16-year hiatus, with a brand new LMP1 race car and a determined team of drivers and engineers, including former Formula One ace Mark Webber. The new LMP1 is called the Porsche 919 Hybrid, and it recently made its debut on the world...

Not long ago BMW execs were gung ho about expanding the MINI lineup to between eight and ten separate models in a quest to boost sales, however, since then the focus has switched to improving the design and quality of the brand’s core models or “pillars” as they’re referred...

Lamborghini has revealed the 2014 calendar for its one-make Blancpain Super Trofeo racing series, which is expected to be the last season before a new race car based on the Huracán LP 610-4 arrives. Currently, Blancpain Super Trofeo drivers use a Gallardo-based car, called the Gallardo LP...

A senior Volkswagen official has confirmed that the company is pressing ahead with a new generation of its Phaeton flagship sedan but has no intention of reviving plans for a small sports car based on 2009’s BlueSport concept car despite recent reports saying otherwise. Speaking with Autocar...

When it comes to precision driving, few come close to matching the talents of rally driving entrepreneur Ken Block. His series of Gymkhana videos have become some of the most-watched automotive clips on the web, but we think we've found one that could be just as popular. The car in this latest clip...

This year is the 20th since the death of Formula One racing legend Ayrton Senna, and to mark the occasion British team Williams will run a special logo on its car throughout the 2014 season. Since Senna’s death at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix in Italy, Williams has placed the iconic Senna...

Yes, Volkswagen really does build a pickup—unbeknownst to those here in the largest pickup market in the world. And when you put a fuel-efficient but burly turbo-diesel V-8 into it, the result is something that we can't help but think would be a hit in the land of stars and stripes. The...

The 2014 Geneva Motor Show has come and gone, and boy what a show it was. A handful of new supercars, numerous luxury coupes and some very exciting concepts make 2014’s show one of the greatest. Here’s a rundown of Motor Authority’s favorites, starting with none other than the...

The Sbarro Sparta, an all-wheel-drive hybrid rally car that made its debut at this week's Geneva Auto Show, has a lot of great ideas for an affordable production all-wheel-drive performance car. For instance, the model packs a mid-mounted Peugeot 1.6-liter four-cylinder engine, which drives the...

The Purple People Eater is one of the most famous Corvette race cars of the 1950s.

Bugatti has named a new sales chief for its biggest single market.

Mercedes-Benz used the Geneva Motor Show to launch a brand-new service brand, called 'Mercedes me'. It's the first stage in a move to make all Mercedes' services available through a new digital platform, scheduled to go online this summer. Under Mercedes me, the company will group all existing and...

Plenty of car companies tell us their new products are "race cars for the road", but rarely does the term have any credence. Anyone who has ever set foot in a race car, let alone driven one, will tell you how dissimilar they are to the average road car. Some get close though, such as Abarth's new...

Turns out that even the marketing chief at Cadillac was "troubled" by the ad it ran during the recent Oscars and Sochi Olympics broadcasts. The goal, according to Cadillac's advertising director Craig Bierley, had been to air a "provocative" ad that would break through the clutter and draw...

Chevrolet has raised Corvette prices in response to higher-than-expected demand.

The American arm of Chinese auto parts giant Wanxiang recently bought up the assets of bankrupt electric car startup Fisker Automotive and has now confirmed by way of a website that it’s using those assets for a new company called The New Fisker Automotive. It appears Wanxiang was also able...

Austrian Daredevil Felix Baumgartner, the man who famously jumped from a height of 24 miles in 2012’s Red Bull Stratos mission, has been confirmed to drive an Audi R8 race car in this year’s Nürburgring 24 Hours endurance race, set for June. While Baumgartner won’t be...