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  • Shiro Nakamura

    Veteran Nissan designer Shiro Nakamura has retired. He will be replaced by Alfonso Albaisa, who currently heads design at Infiniti. Albaisa in turn will be replaced at Infiniti by former BMW brand design boss Karim Habib. Nakamura was brought in by Carlos Ghosn in 1999 to oversee design at Nissan. It was the start of Nissan’s revival from near-bankruptcy, and in the years after his appointment Nakamura would oversee the creation of some iconic designs such as the 350Z and GT-R sports cars as well as the Infiniti FX coupe-like SUV and Essence concept car. The 67-year-old Japanese native...

  • Audi e-tron quattro concept, 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show
    Audi to follow e-tron SUV with compact electric car

    The Volkswagen Group is committed to launching as many as 30 electric cars by the end of 2025, many of which will come from Audi. Last summer, Audi CEO Rupert Stadler revealed that the brand’s first three electric cars will be launched by 2020. The first is to be an electric SUV sized between...

  • Mobileye logo
    Intel to buy Mobileye in $15.3B deal

    Intel on Monday agreed to pay $15.3 billion to Mobileye, a leading supplier of driver assistance and self-driving technology. Mobileye’s claim to fame is its EyeQ technology which uses proprietary image recognition software to help self-driving cars see the world, and the company is already a...

  • Examining the aerodynamics of the 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona
    How the aerodynamics of the 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona compare to a modern Charger Hellcat

    In the late 1960s, Dodge wanted to go fast and win races. Its Charger 500 wasn't cutting it in the NASCAR field, though, so the automaker needed to make a change. You might think some light body changes would do the trick, but you'd be wrong. To turn the Charger into a slippery 200-mph machine...

  • James Glickenhaus - Image via Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus Facebook page
    James Glickenhaus wants to create a Nürburgring lap time standard

    James Glickenhaus brought his amazing SCG003 to Geneva. This served as the debut of the road-legal version of the race gear that Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus has produced and taken to battle at events like the 24 Hours of Nürburgring. He and his team have logged many hours on the Green Hell...

  • Volvo commits to electric car development
    Volvo's electric car to have 250+ miles of range, cost $35-40K

    Volvo has announced that it plans to offer an all electric vehicle by 2019, and at the Geneva auto show the CEO of Volvo Cars USA let slip some more details of its EV plans. According to a report from Automotive News, CEO Lex Kerssemakers told U.S. auto journalists that the Volvo EV will have at...

  • Volkswagen logo

    The Volkswagen Group on Friday pleaded guilty to three felony charges relating to its diesel emissions cheating scandal as part of January’s settlement with the Justice Department and Customs and Border Protection regarding any criminal misconduct tied with the scandal. The charges included conspiring to defraud the United States, obstructing justice, and the importation of goods by means of false statements. The judge in the case, U.S. District Court Judge Sean Cox, didn’t deliver a sentence, although the Justice Department recommended Cox follow the original terms outlined in...

  • Infrared view of a burnout with a Honda S2000
    See how hot a burnout gets through a thermal camera

    What's the best way to end the life of a set of tires? If you have the mind of a fully grown child, a good burnout is the way to go. We all know that you're going to heat up the brakes and tires when you're playing these foolish games. But do you know just how much heat you're creating? Jason...

  • 2018 McLaren 720S, 2017 Geneva auto show
    The 2018 McLaren 720S has 15 air inlets, and here's what each one does

    McLaren isn't letting its Super Series cars go stale. At the Geneva auto show, the British brand revealed its replacement for the brilliant 650S, the 720S, and it's wild. Crafted from carbon fiber, aluminum, and a smidge of pixie dust, the new 720S is hard to take in all at once. It has intricate...

  • 2018 BMW Alpina B5
    2018 BMW Alpina B5 bows with 600-hp V-8, all-wheel drive

    Can’t wait for BMW to launch its new M5? Well, semi-official BMW tuner Alpina has just dropped its own sledgehammer based on the latest 5-Series. Yes, the latest 5-Series has spawned its Alpina B5 variant which once again sports a twin-turbocharged 4.4-liter V-8, 8-speed automatic...

  • 1947 Ferrari 125 S and 2017 Ferrari LaFerrari Aperta
    Ferrari turns 70

    It was on March 12, 1947 that the first car to wear the now famous Ferrari badge was fired up and driven out of the factory in Maranello, Italy. On Sunday, exactly 70 years later, Ferrari kicked off its official celebrations for this milestone anniversary with a reenactment of that historic day...

  • Nio Eve concept, 2017 SXSW
    Nio Eve concept, McLaren 720S, Audi S8 spy shots: Car News Headlines

    There’s a new contender in the race to become the next Tesla. It’s called Nio, and on Friday the brand marked its launch in the United States with the unveiling of the Eve concept. The concept previews a self-driving electric car due on the market in 2020. McLaren’s 720S made its...

  • Nio Eve concept, 2017 SXSW

    Chinese electric car startup NextEV launched its Nio brand in the United States on Friday with the unveiling of the Eve concept car at SXSW in Austin, Texas. Nio only burst on the scene last fall when it unveiled the EP9, a 1,342-horsepower electric supercar that’s being built in very limited numbers—we’re talking a handful of cars—for customers in China. The brand is hoping to become a global phenomenon much like Tesla and is placing big bets on next-generation technology. For example, the Eve concept previews a self-driving car Nio plans to launch in the U.S. as...

  • McLaren 720S in Raleigh, North Carolina - Image via Reddit user MyNameIsBUNS
    McLaren 720S spotted in US

    Fresh from its world debut a week ago at the 2017 Geneva auto show, McLaren’s 720S supercar has been spotted in the United States. It was spotted by Reddit user MyNameIsBUNS in the car park of the PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina during Saturday night’s ice hockey match between the...

  • 2017 Porsche 911 RSR race car
    Porsche engineer hints at mid-engine 911 road car

    Porsche broke with over 50 years of 911 rear-engine tradition when it rolled out the mid-engine 911 RSR race car at the 2016 Los Angeles auto show. The primary benefit of going with a mid-engine design is weight distribution, since you no longer have the heavy engine behind the rear axle. Keeping...

  • 2017 Mini Cooper Countryman
    7 things to know about the 2017 Mini Countryman

    It might look like the outgoing Mini Countryman, but the all-new 2017 model shares little more than a few nuts and bolts with its predecessor. It's a well thought-out subcompact crossover SUV that's far better aligned with what buyers are generally after—roominess, refinement, and on-road...

  • Mercedes-AMG GT concept, 2017 Geneva auto show
    This Week’s Top Photos: the 2017 Geneva auto show edition

    The 2017 Geneva auto show has come and gone. If you missed the action during the days of the show, here’s a rundown of the major stars. At the top of the list is the Mercedes-AMG GT concept. The stunning fastback previews the Affalterbach tuner’s Porsche Panamera rival and features a...

  • Mercedes-Benz 300TE wagon on a Unimog chassis
    Kneel before your Mercedes-Benz off-road wagon God

    For some, it may be considered blasphemy to do this to a Mercedes-Benz 300TE. That would be weird, though, because there isn't much special about the W124 wagon. It's a great machine, but it doesn't exactly tug at our heartstrings. The Unimog, however, does just that. So when you pair the 300TE...

  • Pirelli P Zero colored edition

    Would you like your tires to talk to you? I'm not talking about road feedback, though that is certainly a wonderful thing. I'm thinking more along the lines of state of wear, current air pressure, and other characteristics that might affect their performance. Pirelli is releasing just such a tire. Actually, it's two tires. The idea is called Pirelli Connesso and it will be available for the Pirelli P Zero and Pirelli Winter Sottozero tires starting this summer. Each tire has a small chip embedded in its sidewall that weighs just a few grams and doesn't disrupt the balance of the tire. The...

  • John Surtees and Claudio Barbato with Barbato's 'E-Motion' sculpture
    Racing legend John Surtees dead at 83

    Few men in the history of racing are as accomplished as John Surtees. The son of a London motorcycle dealer began his racing career by racing motorcycles in the early 1950s, and he went on to win four 500cc motorcycle grand prix world championships in 1956, '58, '59 and '60. After the 1960 win, he...

  • These are top five Porsche rear wings and spoilers
    Porsche shares 5 of its most iconic rear spoilers

    Porsche has been on a bit of a Top 5 kick as of late. We're not complaining, though, because it's always fun to list off an automaker's greatest hits, especially when those hits are of this caliber. Today, Porsche is taking a look at what it believes to be the cars wearing the five wildest rear...

  • Cadillac vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications
    Cadillac announces V2V communications, just as CIA hacking allegations emerge

    Vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications, along with vehicle vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communications, is seen as a key stepping stone towards the safe deployment of fully self-driving cars. But while regulators slowly climb onboard with the establishment of rules and common standards for car...

  • Watch engines warming up as captured by $55K thermal imaging camera
    Watch engines warming up as captured by $55K thermal imaging camera

    If you have a newer car, your engine warms up pretty quickly. Driving something a bit more classically cool? That engine will stay cooler for longer as well, since it needs a bit more time to get up to operating temperature. But aren't you curious what an engine would look like if you could watch...

  • 2017 Ruf CTR, 2017 Geneva auto show
    2019 Volkswagen Arteon, 2018 Volvo XC60, 2017 Ruf CTR: The Week In Reverse

    Volkswagen unveiled the new Arteon; Volvo took the wraps off the redesigned 2018 XC60; and Ruf surprised us all with the 2017 CTR. It's the Week in Reverse, right here at Motor Authority. We slid behind the wheel of the 2017 Mini Coutryman to determine whether it's a better BMW crossover. Recall...

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