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The first trailer and photos for the upcoming movie "Ford v. Ferrari" starring Matt Damon as Carroll Shelby and Christian Bale as test driver Ken Miles have surfaced.
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Karma shares how it designed and built the SC1 Vision EV conceptKarma, the automaker born from the ashes of the original Fisker, debuted two stunning concept cars during April's Auto Shanghai 2019. The Chinese-backed, California-based company wanted to give fans a little more insight into how it designed and built one of them, however. A series of videos detail...
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Tour the Rimac facilities with Mr. Rimac himselfCroatian EV tech supplier and supercar maker Rimac has seen a wild growth since the company truly began in 2011. Like all good startups, founder and CEO Mate Rimac began the company in his own garage. Today, Rimac's workforce sits at over 500 employees from just one guy in a garage. To mark Rimac's...
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Ahead of Gumball 3000 Rally, see what makes this Aston Martin Vulcan road legalOne lucky Brit will drive the one-of-a-kind road-legal Aston Martin Vulcan in the Gumball 3000 Rally in Europe. This video explains the changes that make the car road ready.
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Ferrari SF90 Stradale, BMW Garmisch, 2020 Cadillac CT4-V: This Week's Top PhotosWith a V-8, three electric motors, and hybrid all-wheel drive, Ferrari's new SF90 Stradale hypercar revealed this week is the fastest road-going Prancing Horse yet. Ferrari was in the headlines this week for another, completely different reason. The first photos of the upcoming “Ford v...
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A closer look at the VW ID R electric race car's charging systemFor its Nürburgring electric car record attempt, the pair of batteries in the VW ID R race car are charged in about 20 minutes by two fast chargers that transfer electricity at a rate of 90 kw each.
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The Subaru Crosstrek Desert Racer isn't like the compact crossover in your driveway. It's a 300-horsepower off-road buggy headed to the Baja 500 on June 1 race off the beaten path.
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Porsche 914 celebrates its 50th birthdayPorsche is celebrating the mid-engine 914 sports car's birthday with the "Typically Porsche" day at the Porsche Museum and a special exhibit to follow through July 7.
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Porsche nearly returned to Formula OneIn 2017, when Porsche was working on its 6-cylinder LMP1 engine, the brand was considering using that engine to join Formula One, but the decision was eventually made to join Formula E instead.
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Mid-engine 2020 Chevrolet Corvette, Ferrari SF90 Stradale, 2021 Chevrolet Trailblazer: The Week In ReverseThe mid-engine 2020 Chevrolet Corvette could be mighty hard to tune; the Ferrari SF90 Stradale broke cover; the 2021 Chevrolet Trailblazer was announced. It's the Week in Reverse, right here on Motor Authority. A new report claimed the mid-engine 2020 Chevrolet Corvette will have an encrypted ECU...
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Fire-breathing Cadillac CT4-V and CT5-V still to come, electrification in V's futureThe true Cadillac ATS-V and CTS-V replacements are on their way while electrification is in the cards for the V series.
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GM's new unified platform strategy makes its debut with Buick Encore GX, Chevy TrailblazerEarly next decade, GM will use similar components for 75 percent of the vehicles they produce.
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Cadillac is splitting its V strategy by adding lower-priced, lower-powered models to the traditionally high-performance name. The brand unveiled both the 320-horsepower 2020 CT4-V and the 355-hp CT5-V to media in Detroit. Ferrari took the wraps off its 986-hp SF90 Stradale and we took a deep dive into what makes this electrified prancing horse tick. A dyno test of the McLaren Senna shows the British supercar likely makes more horsepower than the brand's claimed 789 figure and certainly puts out more than the quoted 590 pound-feet of torque. You'll find these stories and more in today's car...
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Audi TT Safari turns the sport coupe into an off-road monsterAudi built a flight-of-fancy TT Safari complete with fender flares, big off-road tires, and a pickup-like bed to store more tires for the Wörthersee GTI car meet in Austria.
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Has McLaren sandbagged the Senna's performance figures?A dyno run by Hennessey Performance Engineering suggests the 789-horsepower McLaren Senna could top 800 horsepower and its torque figure could be underreported, too.
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Jay Leno's Garage welcomes the unicorn Porsche: the 959The Porsche 959 was a game-changing supercar in 1988. with 450 horsepower on tap and numerous advances in the name of speed and practicality. Check out this one as it visits Jay Leno's Garage.
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Formula One coming to the streets of Chicago on June 8Chicago is set to host the Emirates F1 Chicago Festival where fans will be able to interact with the cars and drivers of their favorite racing series.
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BMW pushes first over-the-air software updateBMW joined the likes of Tesla by pushing its first over-the-air software update to select 3-Series, 8-Series and X5 models. The OTA adds the BMW Intelligent Personal Assistant that can respond to driver requests.
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The performance variant of the 2020 Cadillac CT5, known as the 2020 CT5-V, debuted with a twin-turbo V-6 and an aggressive design.
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Modestly powered 2020 Cadillac CT4-V arrives as CT5-V's little brotherThe 2020 Cadillac CT4-V debuted as the first iteration of the luxury automaker's new small sedan.
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Valentino Balboni's Lamborghini Aventador SVJ exhaust adds lightness, beautyLegendary Lamborghini test drive Valentino Balboni is offering an exclusive exhaust system for the Lamborghini Aventador SVJ that cuts weight and adds beauty.
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Jaguar-Land Rover thinks a temperature-controlled steering wheel could cut distractionsJaguar-Land Rover says research shows that rapidly heating or cooling one side of its "sensory steering wheel" can alert drivers to navigation routes and help prevent distracted driving.
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VW Golf GTI Aurora concept has hologram-controlled stereoVolkswagen is thinking of the future with a hologram-controlled 3,000-watt stereo system in its Golf GTI Aurora concept car.
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Ferrari SF90 Stradale deep dive: An electrified, all-wheel-drive Prancing HorseWith a V-8, three electric motors, and hybrid all-wheel drive, the SF90 Stradale is the fastest Ferrari road car yet.
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