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Ford has backpedaled on its expectations for self-driving cars in the near future. The automaker's CEO, Jim Hackett, said at a Detroit Economic Club event on Tuesday that the automaker "overestimated" how soon self-driving cars would be available, according to a Bloomberg report. Hackett added Ford still plans to deploy a self-driving car in 2021. In 2016, the automaker promised said car would not feature a steering wheel, gas pedal or brake pedal. The CEO added that the autonomous car coming in 2021 will be used in a very narrow scope and tied down to geofenced areas. "The problem is so...
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GMC Sierra 1500 CarbonPro bed brings supercar tech to pickup trucksCarbon fiber has long been a material of choice for the world's supercars, but this year it's going into a pickup truck. The 2019 GMC Sierra 1500 CarbonPro Edition ushers in the truck's available carbon-fiber composite bed ahead of expanded availability in the near future. GMC said in a Thursday...
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Dodge rolls out Challenger and Charger Stars & Stripes editionsDodge on Thursday rolled out the 2019 Challenger and Charger Stars & Stripes Edition muscle cars, which the automaker bills as a salute to the nation's armed forces. The upgrade is available with the GT, R/T and Scat Pack models and adds a number of special touches—inside and out. The...
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2020 Mercedes-Benz GLS, 2020 Hyundai Sonata, electric Porsche 911 conversion: Car News HeadlinesPrototypes for Mercedes-Benz's redesigned GLS have dropped most of their camo as the world debut at the 2019 New York International Auto Show is only a week away. The big SUV will be more luxurious than ever, which is a good thing as there's a lot more competition compared to when the original GL...
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2019 New York auto show previewWe're still coming down from all the action at last month's 2019 Geneva International Motor Show but within a week we'll be treated to many more attractions from the simultaneous running of auto shows in New York and Shanghai. The Motor Authority crew will be present at the New York International...
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1989 Toyota Land Cruiser fire truck visits Jay Leno's GarageWhile Americans are used to enormous bus-like emergency vehicles, things are different in other parts of the world. Case in point is this 1989 Toyota Land Cruiser fire truck, which was a real emergency vehicle in Japan. Its owner, Brian Corsetti, recently visited Jay Leno's Garage to talk about the...
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Voitures Extravert is on a mission to put more classic cars on the road in a world increasing its policing efforts over emissions. To accomplish its goal, the Dutch firm has tackled the restoration process in a different way: by swapping electric powertrains into vintage Porsche 911s. The firm announced its first conversions last year with plans to build only five cars and another 12 in 2019. However, an update from the company declared it will triple the 2019 production number to 36 cars total. Voitures Extravert co-founder Jurgen Moerman said the company plans to build three cars per month...
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2020 Mercedes-Benz GLS spy shots and videoPrototypes for Mercedes-Benz's redesigned GLS have dropped most of their camo as the world debut at the 2019 New York International Auto Show is only a week away.
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2019 Audi TT RS refined with round of updatesAudi's TT RS sports car has benefited from a more aggressive look but sadly there's no extra power to match it. We're not complaining, though, as the TT RS was already a fast, agile car.
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2019 Audi TT previewAudi's TT enters the 2019 model year with a sharper look and a 20th anniversary special edition, but sadly there's no extra power to be had.
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New Audi S6 and S7 Sportback arrive with turbo V-6 powerAudi's latest S6 and S7 downsize to V-6 power but no performance is list. The final numbers come in at 450 horsepower and 442 pound-feet of torque.
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Infiniti Qs Inspiration concept sheds light on brand's electric futureInfiniti has been looking for its place among luxury brands for 30 years, and it seems an electrified future finally might give the Japanese automaker a clear vision. The Qs Inspiration sport sedan concept released Wednesday may be a sneak peek. Revealed ahead of its formal debut next week at the...
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Mika Häkkinen will find himself behind the wheel of a McLaren race car once again. The two-time Formula 1 champion is confirmed to race the Suzuka 10 Hour in Japan behind the wheel of a McLaren 720S GT3 customer race car. The F1 champion in 1998 and 1999, who drove for McLaren, will race alongside Super Formula champion Hiroaki Ishiura and Japanese Formula 3 racer Katsuaki Kubota. All three drivers will put 720S GT3 race cars through their paces in the fourth round of the GT Challenge, though McLaren said hasn't said who will run team in the series. Suzuka will be the debut competitive...
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Tesla Model S RV wants to make camping trips self-sustainingThe Tesla Model S has proven adaptable thanks to efforts to transform the electric car into various different machines. Now, we can add a recreational vehicle to that list. The Model S-based Roamer RV is set to debut at Michigan Energy Office’s EV ride and drive, the state said last week. The...
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2019 Chevy Corvette ZR1 set a disappointing Nürburgring lap timeSpy photographers spotted Chevy testing its most-powerful factory Corvette ever, the ZR1, on the Nürburgring Nordschleife on numerous occasions last year. Yet, we never received an official lap time. The answer is likely because, well, it's rather disappointing. According to a Facebook post...
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Aston Martin AM-RB 003 reportedly packs 1,000 hp, AWD, and $1.1M priceAston Martin showed off not one, but two supercars at the 2019 Geneva International Motor Show and new information has surfaced surrounding the AM-RB 003. The AM-RB 003 will sit below the Valkyrie in the British marque's supercar hierarchy, but it will rival its power rating with a rumored 1,000...
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First drive review: 2020 Hyundai Sonata doubles down on sedan segment in stylePulling out of the 123-story Lotte World Tower into the crush of Seoul’s morning traffic in the 2020 Hyundai Sonata, the striking symbolism isn’t lost on me. The 1,819-foot tower is new, the fifth-tallest building in the world, and the tallest in Korea. This engineering marvel...
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2019 Volvo S60, Karma coupe concept, Porsche 911 Speedster: Today's Car NewsVolvo's latest S60 is made right here in the United States, at a plant in Ridgeville, South Carolina, to be specific. We recently visited the plant where we were able to get down and dirty with workers and help build some S60s on the line. If you've ever imagined what it's like to work at a car...
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The current BMW 1-Series hatchback is somewhat of an oddity in the world of compact cars, because it comes with a sporty rear-wheel-drive layout and available inline-6 engines. This is odd because the rear-wheel-drive layout eats into interior space, making an already tight cabin even tighter, while the longitudinally-mounted inline-6 makes the front of the car longer, which isn’t ideal for city cars. While performance buffs will loathe it, BMW has decided that its next 1-Series hatchback will make a switch to an updated version of the front-wheel-drive UKL platform, known as FAAR. The...
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Teaser for Karma's Pininfarina-designed concept hints at coupe bodyCalifornia's Karma will showcase its future plans with a trio of world premieres at next week's Auto Shanghai 2019. One will be a concept penned by Italy's Pininfarina, which appears to be a coupe judging by a new teaser released on Tuesday. A second teaser hints at a repeat of the mustache-shaped...
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Ex Renault-Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn speaks: "I am innocent"Sitting at a simple deck in front of plain white backdrop, embattled former chairman of the Renault-Nissan alliance, Carlos Ghosn, addressed his situation via video for the first time on Tuesday. The video, he says, was created in case the executive was unable to make his scheduled press conference...
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Ford RS chief engineer moves to HyundaiSouth Korean automaker Hyundai has plucked Ford's chief RS engineer. Tyrone Johnson has been named head of vehicle test and development at the Hyundai Motor Europe Test and Development facility in Germany after working on Ford's RS vehicles in his previous role. Autocar reported Monday on Johnson's...
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Here's the Alfa Romeo 4C Quadrifoglio that never wasThe Alfa Romeo 4C is a pure-bred sports car, but an even purer version was explored. Its release in 2015 marked the return of the Italian brand to the U.S., but we have never seen a 4C Quadrifoglio join the lineup. However, Alfa Romeo did toy with the idea of one. A new video from YouTuber...
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I work the line: What it’s like to assemble a 2019 Volvo S60Volvo takes us behind the curtain at its new assembly plant in South Carolina, and lets Motor Authority install the windshield on your next S60 luxury sedan—with a lot of help.
Martin Padgett