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  • 2019 Audi RS 5 Sportback first drive

    Audi struck a cord with enthusiasts when it introduced the gorgeous A5 and S5 coupes in 2007, then doubled down with the fire-breathing RS 5 in 2013. The RS 5 sees some big changes for its second generation, but it still delivers thrills worthy of its Audi Sport RS badge. The 2019 RS 5 has more. It offers more doors, more power, more tech, and more aggression. It also has fewer cylinders. The new RS 5 no longer offers the 4.2-liter V-8 that sounded so good. It's now motivated by a twin-turbo 2.9-liter V-6 rated at 450 horsepower and 442 pound-feet of torque. Horsepower is unchanged, but...

  • 2019 Lexus LX Inspiration Series
    2020 Mercedes-Benz CLA, 2019 Lexus LX, 2018 McLaren 570S Spider: Car News Headlines

    Mercedes-Benz is working on a redesign for its CLA compact sedan. Today we have the first spy shots of the wagon variant known as the CLA Shooting Brake. The new CLA is due out next year but sadly the wagon will likely skip the United States. The Lexus LX receives the Inspiration Series treatment...

  • Land Rover Defender Works V8
    Redesigned Land Rover Defender could spawn Sport, EV models

    The beloved Land Rover Defender was sent to the automotive graveyard in early 2016 after decades of production. The good news is that a successor is in the works, and it's confirmed for an arrival in 2020. The last Defender was in production for more than three decades and could trace its roots to...

  • 2019 Toyota Corolla Hatchback Drift Demo by TRD and Papadakis Racing
    Toyota surprises at SEMA show with 850-horsepower, nitrous-fed Corolla hatch

    Toyota showed up to this week's 2018 SEMA show in Las Vegas with a handful of Corolla Hatchbacks. The highlight was this drift special developed by Toyota Racing Development in partnership with noted professional drift team Papadakis Racing. Called the Corolla Hatchback Drift Demo, the car is based...

  • Volkswagen Group Sedric concept, 2017 Geneva auto show
    VW promises commercial self-driving service in Israel by 2022

    The Volkswagen Group is the latest firm to announce plans for a commercial ride-hailing service involving self-driving cars. The German auto giant will join Intel's recently acquired self-driving car business Mobileye to develop the service whose development will commence in early 2019 and roll out...

  • 1985 Porsche 959 Paris-Dakar during RM Sotheby's auction - Image via Darin Schnabel
    Paris-Dakar Porsche 959 fetches almost $6M at auction

    For those in their 30s and 40s, the Porsche 959 is likely a hero car from their childhoods. Built from 1984 to 1986 for Group B rally racing and homologated as a road car that was built from 1986 to '93, the 959 could approach 200 mph on the street and reach 130 mph off road. The 959 was a truly...

  • 2019 Jaguar I-Pace electric car (crossover SUV)

    Jaguar Land Rover is reeling from a sharp decline in sales in the third quarter as the automaker faces falling demand in its key markets of China and the United Kingdom. Global sales for the Jaguar and Land Rover brands were down 13.2 percent on the same period a year ago, coming in at 129,887 units for the quarter. To put that figure into perspective, Tesla sold almost 70,000 units in the third quarter...in the United States alone. The poor performance has resulted in a pretax loss of $116 million for Jaguar Land Rover. The result has also had a negative impact on the share price of parent...

  • 2020 Mercedes-Benz CLA Shooting Brake spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    2020 Mercedes-Benz CLA Shooting Brake spy shots

    Mercedes-Benz is working on a redesigned CLA, and like the outgoing model the new one will spawn a wagon variant known as the CLA Shooting Brake. A prototype for the redesigned CLA Shooting Brake has been spotted for the first time and reveals the sleek shape Mercedes' designers are planning. The...

  • Faraday Future FF91 prototype
    Faraday Future co-founder Nick Sampson steps down

    Faraday Future is currently in the midst of serious financial and executive turmoil. Top leadership is jumping ship as previously secured funding is not quite as secure as previously believed. Now, company co-founder and senior vice president of product R&D and engineering Nick Sampson has...

  • Sketch for potential Morgan sports car due in mid-2020s
    Morgan to step into modern times with groundbreaking sports car

    Morgan is staring down the 110th anniversary of the company's founding. Next year marks a major milestone for the British automaker rooted in past motoring glory, but Morgan wants to change that and there's a new model in development that should lead the way for the future. Autocar reported Tuesday...

  • 2019 Hennessey Ford F-150 VelociRaptor V8
    Hennessey finally performs V-8 engine swap on F-150 Raptor

    A number of Ford F-150 Raptor fans have been crying out for a V-8. Hennessey Performance Engineering has heard those cries because the Texan tuner has built a Raptor housing eight cylinders under the hood. From the factory, there's only one engine choice available for Ford's latest Raptor. It's a...

  • 50th Anniversary Ford Mustang Cobra Jet
    50th anniversary Ford Mustang Cobra Jet rips into SEMA show

    The very first Ford Mustang Cobra Jet was built in 1968. Now, 50 years later, Ford has a special anniversary version and this one packs serious heat under its hood. First shown in August, Ford on Tuesday brought the 50th anniversary Cobra Jet to the 2018 SEMA show in Las Vegas. Ever since that...

  • 2019 Lexus LX Inspiration Series

    Lexus will use next month's 2018 Los Angeles auto show to unveil a new Inspiration Series model. Based on the 2019 LX, the latest in the line of special-edition Lexuses features a sinister exterior combining a deep black paint finish with 21-inch wheels wearing gloss black. This new beauty also leads with a black front grille and dark chrome surround. The LX Inspiration Series is also enhanced with black trim for the headlamps, foglights and windows along with smoked headlamp lenses. The rear of the full-size, three-row SUV continues the black theme with black chrome accents for the...

  • 1971 Ringbrothers Chevrolet K5 Blazer
    Ringbrothers reveals custom Chevy K5 Blazer at 2018 SEMA show

    Ringbrothers has a penchant for building memorable vehicles. The company's 1972 AMC Javelin AMX unveiled last year still gets the heart buzzing, and so does a handful of other creations born out of its Spring Green, Wisconsin shop. With this backdrop, we're excited to bring you the first look at a...

  • 2019 Jaguar I-Pace First Edition
    Motor Authority Best Car To Buy 2019 nominee: Jaguar I-Pace

    Automakers are jumping into the electric pool left and right. To the world's surprise, the first true all-electric luxury challenger to Tesla didn't come from Germany. It came from England. Jaguar beat the Germans by six months, and did it with style. Not only does the I-Pace look good, but it...

  • Selfridges Edition Land Rover Defender Works
    Special Land Rover Defender completed inside London store

    Land Rover has built a special Defender for famed London department store Selfridges, located on Oxford Street. The iconic vehicle serves as the centerpiece of the new men's wear department, which was opened on Monday. To get the Defender into the store, the off-roader was stripped down to its...

  • Solar panel roofs coming to Hyundai and Kia cars from 2019
    Hyundai and Kia will offer cars with solar roofs from 2019

    Hyundai and Kia are the latest automakers to announce plans to offer solar panel roofs on their cars. The Korean firms on Wednesday said solar roofs, some with a translucent design, will start being made available from 2019, without mentioning specific markets and vehicles. Audi announced plans to...

  • Potential six-cylinder Mercedes-AMG GT spy shots - S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    Mercedes-AMG planning 6-cylinder option for GT sports car?

    Mercedes-AMG is working on a mid-cycle update for its GT sports car due in time for the 2020 model year. At the top end, we know AMG is planning a so-called “clubsport” package for the GT R model. But judging by our latest spy shots we could also be looking at a new six-cylinder option...

  • Rupert Stadler

    Former Audi CEO Rupert Stadler was released from a German prison this week after spending four months behind bars. While never charged, Stadler was taken into custody over concerns he would suppress evidence related to a German investigation into the Volkswagen Group diesel emissions cheating scandal that has been in play since late 2015. German prosecutors on October 16 settled with Audi by serving the automaker with a $927 million fine for its involvement in the scandal. Audi's VW Group parent was served with a $1.16 billion fine. Stadler's release comes after a successful appeal of a court...

  • 2020 Toyota Supra prototype
    2020 Toyota Supra confirmed for 2019 Detroit auto show

    It seems like development of Toyota's new Supra is taking forever but now we finally have confirmation of the debut. As had been rumored for some time, the covers will come off the fifth-generation Supra at the 2019 Detroit auto show on next January. The car will reach showrooms late next summer as...

  • 2020 Mercedes-Benz EQC
    Daimler open to another collaboration with Tesla

    At one point, Daimler owned 10 percent of Tesla. That was back in 2009 when the German auto giant acquired stock in Tesla in an effort to collaborate and develop electric car technology. However, as it started to become clear that electric cars were popular with some buyers, Daimler in 2014 decided...

  • Hellephant crate engine
    Mopar ready to stomp the competition with 1,000-horsepower Hellephant crate engine

    We knew the folks at Mopar were planning something big for this week's SEMA show, and on Tuesday collective jaws dropped when the covers were pulled off a 1,000-horsepower crate engine dubbed the Hellephant. The engine, which also generates 950 pound-feet of torque, is a supercharged V-8 with 7.0...

  • 2019 Porsche Panamera GTS first drive
    2019 Porsche Panamera GTS first drive review: Luxury for every occasion

    My 2019 Porsche Panamera GTS test car came with ceramic brakes, rear-wheel steering, and a frighteningly thick booklet explaining the driving laws—significantly, the penalties for breaking them—in Bahrain. The words “jail term” appeared often enough to dissuade me from...

  • Teaser sketch for 2019 CJ Pony Parts Ford Mustang GT debuting at 2018 SEMA show
    Ford earns trio of SEMA awards and Jeep grabs one too

    Ford arrives in Las Vegas every year ready to take charge at the SEMA show. This year is no exception, as the automaker has more than 50 vehicles on display. Ford isn't just there to show off some cool stuff though, as once again the Blue Oval takes home a handful of awards hardware. The F-150...

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