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Mark Webber seems to be living the dream. Following his retirement from racing, he stayed on with Porsche as a consultant and brand ambassador. But, it was revealed Webber had a hand in developing the outrageous 2018 Porsche 911 GT2 RS and he will continue to help develop track-focused cars. The...

The days of Volkswagen diesels are long gone, and the future is electric. It's public knowledge Volkswagen has been working on a portfolio of electric cars to cope with the aftermath of its Dieselgate scandal. Now, for the first time, we have a more detailed look at those plans, and they appear to...

May 31, 2016 will be a day I relive in my head forever. It's the day a part of me died inside as I listed my 1991 BMW E34 M5 for sale on Bring A Trailer (BaT). The buyer could see I was in agony over the ordeal of selling my prized collector car, and he understood. He made me a promise: If or when...

It's becoming more clear than ever Buick has plans to drop a V-6 engine into the next-generation Regal GS. Rumors aside, the latest information comes straight from the brand itself. GM Authority reports the 2019 Buick Regal GS will arrive with a 3.6-liter V-6 engine that will produce 310...

You can call him Sir Frank Williams. That's the title he's earned after years of hard work, after all. His business? Racing, and he's pretty damn good at it. His Formula One racing team has won the Constructor's Championship nine times. His drivers have won seven times. Williams has been a dominant...

Tesla, as promised, completed the first production example of its Model 3 on Friday. The highly anticipated electric sedan starts deliveries on July 28 but if you haven’t got a reservation in yet the wait could be a long one. Previous generations of the Porsche 911 GT2 have a reputation for...

The all-wheel-drive Bugatti Veyron ushered in the era of the 1,000-horsepower hypercar more than a decade ago. Today, its successor, the Chiron, also an all-wheel-drive car, is encroaching on the 1,500-hp mark. Getting 4-figure power levels to the ground in a controllable fashion via the rear...

If you’re anything like us, you’ve probably been waiting for the low down on the 2017 Ford GT from Jay Leno ever since the car was first shown at the 2015 Detroit auto show. Well, the wait is finally over as the modern Ford supercar stars in the latest episode of Jay Leno’s web...

It’s so skilled at cutting fat, another name Porsche could have considered for its most powerful road-going 911 was “breaking knife.” Similar cars before the 2018 Porsche 911 GT2 RS have earned a slightly different nickname: “Widowmaker.” Porsche is keenly aware of its...

Jaguar’s lineup is about to get its second long-wheelbase sedan in the form of the XEL, a prototype for which has just been spotted. The XEL will join the XFL in Jaguar’s lineup sometime next year. Unfortunately, just like the larger XFL, the XEL will be sold exclusively in China where...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter on Saturday to reveal the first production example of the Model 3. The car, referred to internally as “SN1,” an acronym for “Serial Number 1,” was completed at Tesla’s car plant in Fremont, California on Friday. No additional details...

There are few cars that create the ultimate expression of what it means to be an all-out performance car. Ferrari's LaFerrari-based FXX K is absolutely one of them, and "Top Gear" host Chris Harris recently received some drive time with one. Revealed in 2014, the FXX K is the latest in Ferrari's...

Automotive public relations is a funny profession. As a young writer, my editor told me ahead of my first media program to never say anything that could be construed as a request for something, even in passing, because PR people take it seriously. I apparently forgot that lesson, and ended up...

Dodge’s new Durango SRT is one of the fastest, most powerful SUVs on the market—and it has a usable third row. This week we learned the all-important pricing details. A prototype for Porsche’s third-generation Cayenne was spotted this week. The mid-size SUV features evolutionary...

Following a soft reveal at the E3 video game conference in Los Angeles, Porsche took to the 2017 Goodwood Festival of Speed to unveil the 2018 911 GT2 RS. In the process, the 2018 Porsche 911 GT2 RS becomes the most powerful 911 street car ever built. With 700 horsepower and 553 pound-feet of...

Ah, Gumball season. That time of year when hundreds of wealthy folks decide it's time to show off their insane supercars by nearly driving them into crowds of gawking onlookers. Sometimes, they drive into those crossing the paths of the rolling Gumball party machine, sadly with deadly results. With...

Round nine of the 2017 Formula One World Championship takes us to the town of Spielberg located in the picturesque Styrian Mountains of Austria. The race is held on the 2.688-mile Red Bull Ring, known as the Österreichring and later the A1-Ring in former times, and while it’s not as big...

Porsche unveiled the 2019 911 GT2 RS; we took in the sights and sounds of the Goodwood Festival of Speed; and we drove the Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio up a mountain. It's the Week in Reverse, right here at Motor Authority. With 700 horses on tap from its twin-turbocharged 3.8-liter flat-6, the...

When you're slinking behind enemy lines, the last thing you want is to be detected. For the U.S. Army's Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC), the next step in military vehicle technology marks its location with only a hint of water dripping out of its tailpipe. The...

Canadian Paul Moller has been trying to develop a commercially viable flying car for over four decades. He hasn’t given up yet and is selling off an early prototype to fund the development of a new, fifth-generation design. He claims he’s spent more than $150 million on the project so...