Car News

Given the phenomenal power-to-weight ration, obscene lightness, and borderline bargain target price Alfa Romeo announced for the new 4C coupe at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show, we're not surprised something has had to give as the car enters production development on the way to its 2013 production...

While 115 cars made the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) Top Safety Pick list this year, just six of them were new additions (or reappearances) in the luxury categories. Mercedes-Benz's M Class is a new addition for 2012, having skipped 2011. The previous 2009-2010 models had made the...

Germany's Sport Auto has tested the new Lamborghini Aventador for its top speed and its lap time around Hockenheim.

If you're a fan of the intersection of high-tech electronics and cars--and who among us isn't?--today is a happy day: our sister site All Car Tech has become part of Motor Authority. What does this mean for you, the reader? More news and analysis of the latest, coolest in-car tech, car-themed video...

Removing the electronic speed governor from the Mustang V-6 can have severe consequences, as demonstrated by a YouTube video.

Cadillac has used the Nürburgring Nordschleife to refine the handing of the upcoming 2013 ATS sedan.

Today at Motor Authority, Saab is officially bankrupt and Audi begins testing its 2012 LMP1 race car. Chevrolet reveals the 2013 Sonic RS and we find the ultimate holiday gift. All this and more in today's car news, right here on Motor Authority. Saab has officially filed for bankruptcy. BMW has...

Let's be honest: Bluetooth isn't the most beloved product on the market. As communications technologies go, it's a huge battery hog, it's notoriously buggy, any many folks would rather listen to radio static and miss calls than try to pair their phone with an in-dash system. However, a new version...

Ford will show a new B segment crossover at January's Auto Expo 2012 in New Delhi, India. Based on the Ford Fiesta, the new global vehicle will be targeted at emerging markets.

Morgan will switch from aluminum to magnesium for the chassis in its upcoming EvaGT coupe, delaying launch from 2012 to 2014.

At this year’s Frankfurt Auto Show newly established luxury auto brand Eterniti rolled out a prototype of its first model, the Eterniti Hemera SUV. Unfortunately, the prototype looked just a little too much like the vehicle it was based on, a Porsche Cayenne Turbo, though as these latest...

It’s official. Saab, along with its Saab Powertrain and Saab Tools subsidiaries, has filed for bankruptcy with a Swedish court this morning. Following previous owner GM’s recommitment over the weekend to block any deal for the purchase of Saab, Chinese firm Youngman has finally thrown...

Almost exactly a year ago Dutch firm Donkervoort Automobielen released a teaser for its D8 GTO, a hotter and more powerful version of the firm's existing D8 GT track car. Now, finally, Donkervoort has taken the wraps off the completed D8 GTO, bringing to a conclusion more than two and a half years...

The owner of this sad looking Audi R8 was simply driving down a road yesterday in Tampa, Florida on the way to dinner when the driver of a pickup truck allegedly ran through a stop sign and crashed into him causing the damage you see here. Fortunately there were no major injuries for any of the...

The production version of last year’s teasing Aveo RS Concept, the new 2013 Chevrolet Sonic RS has been revealed today ahead of its debut next month at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show. The aggressive looking hatchback is the latest addition in GM’s new small car onslaught and the good news...

Barret-Jackson will offer up the 1954 DeSoto Adventurer II concept car during it's 2012 Scottsdale auction.

In what has become an all too common scenario, yet another eBay sports car buyer has met with a dealer's refusal to sell a car bought in a no-reserve auction. The matter is more complex than it might seem--or than some might make it out to be--and we have the inside story, from both the buyer and...

At its 2012 Scottsdale Auction, Barrett-Jackson will offer the Miller-Meteor Cadillac hearse used to transport JFK's body from the Dallas hospital to Air Force One.

The COPO Camaro concept shown at SEMA 2011 takes to the drag strip in a new video from Chevrolet Performance.

We've always disliked the word "snapshot." A picture isn't an instant in time. It's the tail end of a lot of talent and preparation, a good measure of luck, and a little bit of magic. It can raise pulses and change minds. It even can turn some awkward-looking rides from the real world into mythic...