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There are few cars as perfect straight out of the box as the Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4, but as Lamborghini’s own Aventador J has shown us, there’s always room for improvement. Mansory, the German tuner selected by Lotus as its official vehicle customizer, has come out with a...

For his efforts at last weekend’s 2012 Formula 1 Malaysian Grand Prix, Fernando Alonso has been presented with a brand new Ferrari FF supercar during a post-race visit to the automaker’s headquarters in Maranello, Italy. Despite only qualifying in ninth position, Alonso showed why he...

Chevrolet has given its Traverse crossover a sharp new look as part of the model’s mid-cycle update. The new look, Chevy says, will feature on more of its crossover and SUV models going into the future and is designed to make the vehicles more appealing by giving them a sharper and more...

If you've driven the previous Acura RDX, you know the definition of compromise. While it was, in many ways, ahead of its time, the RDX was rough, balky, and awkward as much as it was peppy, fun, and high-tech. Times have changed. The 2013 Acura RDX doesn't look all that much different from the last...

We've only had a single Renault in this series (unless you count the more AMC-ized Eagle Premier), which seems odd. Renault has made some weird cars that leave Americans completely bewildered, and some of those cars remain inexplicably unloved in spite of their incomprehensible Frenchness. The...

As the middle child of the Lexus family, the ES sedan doesn’t get a lot of attention. Even its little brother, the IS, gets more time in the spotlight, as Lexus positions the sporty rear-drive IS as one of the gateways to the brand (with the other being the CT200h hybrid). For 2013, Lexus is...

Ford's new Explorer Sport blends a 350-horsepower EcoBoost drivetrain with best in class fuel economy.

Last week we brought you footage from Japan’s Car Nifty TV, showing the initial run of Ferrari’s 599XX Evolution at the Suzuka circuit. Despite a wet track and torrential rains, the cars looked impressively quick, which comes as no surprise since the 599XX Evo is quicker around Fiorano...

Like it or not, electric cars will begin making inroads into mainstream motorsports, probably in the not-too-distant future. Electric drag racing is already an established sport and the benefits of electric propulsion (like peak torque at zero rpm) work well here. Range certainly isn’t an...

New specs and spy video of the 2014 BMW i8 bring us more of the hybrid sports car awesomeness we're so looking forward to out of the next few years, particularly from the upper tier of the market. Shelby American has admitted the photos of its wheelstanding Shelby 1000 were photoshopped, though it...

When Shelby American announced its 1000-horsepower Shelby 1000 Mustang, it was clear that the car would be the very definition of excessive. Now it seems that the photos of the car in action were a bit excessive, too. As USA Today found out, the images of the Shelby 1000 lifting it’s front...

Fans of Xbox 360 racing title Forza Motorsport 4 won't be doing much egg-hunting this easter, as Turn 10 studios has announced the latest pack of ten new vehicles. The April Alpinestars pack will soon be available to download, and includes everything from iconic cars to the latest racing...

The Ferrari F40 is car that needs no introduction here at Motor Authority, and despite being one of the most collectible cars on the planet there is one currently up for sale on eBay. The car, a 1990 model located in New Orleans, Louisiana, has 6,699 miles on the clock and is listed with a...

First introduced for 2010, the current Mercedes-Benz E Class has been a top seller for the German luxury automaker and this week reached a significant production milestone. The 500,000th E Class sedan has now rolled off the line at Mercedes’ plant in Sindelfingen, Germany. The particular car...

General Motors already sells a rebadged version of its new 2013 Buick Encore in Europe as the Opel Mokka but soon the automaker may have a third Encore variant, and this one may even be offered in the U.S. Pictured above is an alleged leaked patent for a new Chevrolet crossover based on the Encore...

Since its debut at the 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show, Cadillac has been showing off the new technology that sits inside the 2013 XTS sedan. Today, the newest feature in the spotlight is the Safety Alert Seat. Using haptic feedback (vibrations) in the seat bottom to give directional alerts to potential...

BMW will enter the 2012 One Lap Of America event in a new M5, driven by BMW Performance Center instructors.

The Toyota GT 86, Subaru BRZ, and Scion FR-S triplets are some of the most anticipated new sports cars to come along in years. Not because of their tremendous performance, or even their exquisite styling, but because of their simplicity, focus, and because they're Toyotas (or Subarus, depending on...

The 2012 BMW 135i three-door hatchback is nearly ready for sale--and it might, just maybe, be coming to the U.S. for the first time.

If a lot of horsepower is good, then even more horsepower must be even better. That’s the theme behind the latest limited-production version of the Ford Mustang announced by Shelby American ahead of the car’s New York Auto Show debut. The Shelby 1000 will produce an estimated 950...