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  • Land Rover Discovery SVX Concept, 2017 Frankfurt auto show

    Jaguar Land Rover’s Special Vehicles Operations (SVO) is out to prove that its repertoire goes well beyond fast cars. It’s demonstrating this with the Land Rover Discovery SVX concept that debuted on Tuesday at the 2017 Frankfurt auto show. SVX is the opposing bookend to SVO’s SVR label which denotes high-performance vehicles. SVR is already found on some standouts like the Land Rover Range Rover Sport SVR and Jaguar F-Type SVR. Somewhere in the middle you also have SVAutobiography which denotes ultimate luxury. SVX is all about off-roading, and the Discovery SVX concept is...

  • Jay Leno examines the Ferrari Enzo
    Jay Leno welcomes the "holy grail of sports cars," the Ferrari Enzo

    Jay Leno once again welcomes noted Ferrari collector David Lee into his garage. This time Lee has brought along his 2003 Ferrari Enzo, which leaves both men pining for the world of high-horsepower naturally aspirated engines. A 6.0-liter V-12 engine will do that to you, especially when it can...

  • Ferrari LaFerrari prototype sold for $2.25 million
    Someone paid $2.25M for a Ferrari LaFerrari prototype that can't be driven legally

    The Ferrari LaFerrari consistently commands big bucks no matter when one rolls across the auction block, but this example is slightly different. That's because it's one of Ferrari's prototype LaFerraris and can't be registered or legally driven at all. That didn't keep bidders away from dishing out...

  • Audi Elaine Concept
    Audi Aicon, Elaine preview self-driving, all-electric future

    The 2017 Frankfurt auto show hasn't even started yet, and already we have a good idea of what this year's affair at the Frankfurt Messe is going to be all about thanks to Audi. Meet the Aicon (pronounced like “icon”) and the Elaine, a pair of all-electric autonomous vehicles that...

  • 2018 Audi R8 V10 RWS, 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show
    Audi R8 V10 RWS goes rear-drive for driving purists

    Audi is known for few things. Unique style and German luxury are two of them, and a close third is all-wheel drive, which the marque brands as quattro. Sitting at the top of the lineup, and making excellent use of quattro to help it claw its way around a track or up a steep Beverly Hills driveway...

  • Mercedes-AMG Project One concept, 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show
    Mercedes-AMG's Project One has landed, and its F1 powertrain has over 1,000 hp

    It’s the car everyone’s been dying to see, and now it's finally here. Behold the Mercedes-AMG Project One, a road car equipped with the championship-winning powertrain of the current-era Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula 1 racecars. Unveiled Monday ahead of a world debut during Tuesday's...

  • Volkswagen ID Crozz II concept, 2017 Frankfurt auto show

    Hot on the heels of last month’s confirmation that an electric Microbus is coming based on the ID Buzz concept unveiled at the 2017 Detroit auto show, Volkswagen is showing us a new ID Crozz II concept that previews a small electric SUV due in 2020. The concept is an evolution of the ID Crozz concept unveiled at the 2017 Shanghai auto show and more accurately portrays the planned production model. VW is showing the handsome concept this week at the 2017 Frankfurt auto show. Both the SUV and new Microbus will be members of an electric car family. The first member will be a Golf-sized...

  • McLaren F1 after 25 years
    The McLaren F1 was almost all Formula 1 technology

    It's hard to believe it's been a quarter of a century since the McLaren F1 took the world by storm. The now-legendary F1 has been heralded by car enthusiasts of multiple generations thanks to its world-record setting top-speed run and cutting-edge technology. Mind you, this car was built long...

  • Juan Pablo Montoya drives a Bugatti Chiron from 0-248-0 mph in 41.96 seconds
    TVR future, Bugatti Chiron record, $10M Ferrari LaFerrari: Today’s Car News

    Revived British sports car marque TVR stunned us on Friday with the reveal of a modern-day Griffith. We talked with the man leading the revival and found out just what’s in store for the new TVR’s future. Bugatti’s new Chiron has already claimed its first world record: the time it...

  • Screenshot from 2019 Porsche Cayenne design video
    Porsche provides insights on design of the 2019 Cayenne

    One could be forgiven for thinking Porsche just hit copy on the company’s Xerox machine when designing the latest Cayenne, but there’s actually a lot of subtlety and fine details that make the third-generation model unique. A new video on the design of the latest Cayenne, which arrives...

  • 2017 Goodwood Revival Day 2
    2017 Goodwood Revival final day in photos; seeing is believing

    The 2017 Goodwood Revival Meeting ended Sunday largely as it started: damp and dramatic. The weather may not have participated for the whole day, but the period racers from 1948 to 1966 did. Although there were several spins, loops, and wildly sliding cars, the event stayed mostly...

  • 2014 Tesla Model S in China
    China could be next to ban sale of cars powered solely by gas or diesel engines

    China could soon join the United Kingdom and France in pledging to ban the sale of cars powered solely by an internal combustion engine. Unlike the U.K. and France which have set 2040 as a deadline, China is still deciding on its own date. German Chancellor Angela Merkel also recently revealed that...

  • 2018 Opel Insignia GSi Sports Tourer

    Hot wagons are a rarity in the United States but over in Europe they’re all the rage, outselling their sedan equivalents in many cases. Opel will use this week’s 2017 Frankfurt auto show to introduce its latest high-performance wagon, the Insignia GSi. We’ve already seen the car in fastback sedan form, which we’re getting as the 2018 Buick Regal GS, but a wagon option, which Opel refers to as a Sports Tourer, will also be offered. General Motors’ Australian subsidiary Holden will get its own version of the Regal GS dubbed the Commodore VXR, and like the Insignia...

  • Ferrari LaFerrari Aperta #210
    Ferrari LaFerrari Aperta built for charity fetches $10M

    Ferrari has decided to build one more LaFerrari Aperta than planned, though this isn't just a money grab. Quite the opposite actually. The special 210th example, likely to be the last LaFerrari ever made, is to be built to help raise funds for charity, in this case the Save the Children...

  • TVR Gallery
    Les Edgar on new TVR Griffith, Le Mans: "You go to win, and we will do that."

    We caught up with TVR CEO Les Edgar at the 2017 Goodwood Revival to talk about the new TVR Griffith, America, and Le Mans. Motor Authority: How is production coming along at the new Wales facility? Les Edgar: We have the building—or at least the shell. The Welsh government will deliver that...

  • 2017 Frankfurt auto show logo
    2017 Frankfurt auto show preview

    Automakers more and more are starting to launch new cars outside of the traditional auto show, but the major shows still play an important role in allowing customers to directly compare various models in person. One of the biggest on the calendar is the Frankfurt auto show, officially the Frankfurt...

  • 2017 Goodwood Revival Day 1
    Heaven is old cars, ice cream in south England; 2017 Goodwood Revival is here

    If, when you die, Saint Peter rolls up in a 1963 Ferrari 330 GTO and offers you a look around, you've done something right. The 2017 Goodwood Revival Meeting kicked off this weekend, with the first full day of racing on Saturday. It's the type of racing that God must do on his weekends too, but the...

  • Ford patents active thigh support
    Ford loves patents and just added one for active thigh support

    Ford has been on quite the patent kick as of late. The Blue Oval has recently filed patents for odd steering wheels, an interesting integrated bike rack, a system for a removable steering wheel and pedal box, and even a self-leveling cupholder. Ford is looking to bring some innovative new features...

  • Ford Ranger Raptor prototype

    Ford this week confirmed something we already knew was coming: a Ranger Raptor. The high-performance pickup truck hasn't been confirmed for the United States unfortunately, but we should see it considering the regular Ranger will be sold here. Expect all the goodness of the F-150 Raptor but in a mid-size package. Mercedes-Benz is about to expand its compact car family with a new A-Class sedan, and this week we spotted our first prototype. It reveals that the designers will be adhering closely to the sleek lines of the A Sedan concept unveiled earlier this year. The Lamborghini Aventador is...

  • A Ferrari F40 LM takes to the Goodwood hill climb at the Festival of Speed
    Watch a Ferrari F40 LM make noise at the Goodwood Festival of Speed

    Just 1,311 Ferrari F40 examples were built between the years 1987 and 1992. Ferrari needed a successor to its monstrous 288 GTO, and this was that car. It turned out to be even more monstrous, and it was a car that adorned the bedroom walls of many young car fans in poster form. There's an even...

  • Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio gets tossed around by a trio of F1 drivers
    Alfa Romeo had Ferrari's F1 drivers compete with each other in the Giulia Quadrifoglio

    A shouty Ferrari-derived 2.9-liter V-6 makes for a great musical instrument when it's stuffed into the engine bay of Alfa Romeo's Giulia Quadrifoglio. Most anyone can simply get in the car and have it play its wonderful song. Not everyone can make it dance to that tune, though. The driving trio of...

  • Bentley Mulsanne Design Series by Mulliner
    Bentley has a special-edition Mulsanne heading to Frankfurt

    Bentley has been making some news lately with its redesigned Continental GT. The British marque should, too, because it's one gorgeous ultra-luxury sporting coupe. For those who need more space, more luxury, and more presence, though, there's always the Bentley Mulsanne. A fresh twist on the car is...

  • Bosch electric powertrain
    Bosch develops off-the-shelf powertrain for electric cars

    While some automakers have plenty of expertise in electric powertrains, others haven't entered the realm. Bosch is hoping automakers will see past developing their own electric powertrain technology and fancy a ready-to-use unit instead. The automotive supplier has revealed its off-the-shelf...

  • BMW X7 iPerformance concept, 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show
    BMW X7 concept, Jaguar's future, Frankfurt auto show preview: The Week In Reverse

    BMW unveiled the X7 concept; Jaguar's planning an electrified future; and we previewed the 2017 Frankfurt auto show debuts as the event itself approaches. It's the Week in reverse, right here at Motor Authority. The three-row BMW X7 is coming, and now we have a clear vision of what it will look...

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