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The folks at Florida's Cigarette Racing build some of the coolest-looking speedboats in the business, and the coolest of them all is the Marauder series. Stretching 51 feet and 7 inches in length, these come with not one but two top-of-the-line Mercury Racing V-8 engines delivering a combined 3,100 horsepower on race fuel (2,700 hp on regular) and can hit a top speed in excess of 135 mph. For the past decade, Cigarette Racing has been building boats inspired by members of the Mercedes-AMG lineup. With the tuner celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, Cigarette Racing joined in on the...
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Dodge Demon, Jeep Trackhawk, 2018 Bentley Continental GT: The Week In ReverseDodge teased the Demon again; Jeep's bringing the Grand Cherokee Trackhawk to the New York auto show; and the 2018 Bentley Continental GT has been spotted. It's the Week in Reverse, right here at Motor Authority. Ferrari announced the 812 Superfast. This supercar is an updated version of the F12...
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Chevy Bolt EV added to Maven’s LA car- and ride-sharing fleetUsers of General Motors’ new car- and ride-sharing service Maven in the Los Angeles area are now able to access the automaker’s Chevrolet Bolt EV. More than 100 of the 238-mile electric hatchbacks will eventually be added to the fleet. Starting in L.A., Maven is collaborating with...
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2017 BMW 740e xDrive iPerformance first drive reviewThe word hybrid is indelibly attached to the Toyota Prius, a vehicle renowned for its frugality. And when the suffix plug-in is added, perhaps the first car to come to mind is the Chevrolet Volt. Both cars are true green machines that save owners money over the course of ownership, as well as at...
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Williams first to reveal 2017 F1 car, Mercedes signs James Allison as Technical DirectorThe cars of the 2017 Formula One World Championship will be very different to anything we’ve seen in the past several years. Among the changes are longer, wider bodies and much wider tires. The changes are aimed at increasing downforce and grip, which should lead to higher speeds and thus...
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BAC Mono manufacturer launches in USBritain’s BAC, maker of the street-legal, single-seat Mono track car, now has an official presence in the United States. The Mono has been on sale in the U.S. since its 2011 launch, though until now the cars were sold through Sector 111 and other importers. Sector 111 is also the importer of...
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Testing is already underway in Dubai on a new means of zipping through a crowded city. It involves an autonomous drone capable of carrying a passenger... and some brave test subjects. Dubai's Roads and Transportation Authority has been examining the drones and provided a demonstration of the capability during a recent three-day summit attended by world leaders. The plan is to have these single-occupant, fully-automated drones up and running by the middle of this year. The drone being used is one built by Chinese firm Ehang. It's called the 184 and was presented at the 2016 Consumer...
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Chevy SS order books set to closeGet in your goodbyes. Find the strength for your final hugs. Squeeze that throttle pedal one more time. You have to let go...of the Chevrolet SS. The car has been on a timeline to finality for a while now, and that time seems to be upon us. According to GM Authority, the order books for the Chevy...
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Audi grabs naming rights for new D.C. United soccer fieldAudi is a fixture in the D.C. and Northern Virginia area. The automaker calls that part of the country home for its North American operations. So it makes sense, then, that if Audi were interested in grabbing the naming rights to a new stadium it would be one in that neck of the woods. Starting in...
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Be mesmerized by the action of this off-road suspensionSuspension can be a surprisingly mesmerizing bit of mechanical enjoyment. Go stare at a Trophy Truck as it rips across the desert and think about all of the work that the springs and dampers are handling. The abuse being dished out is both amazing and terrifying. Yet those trucks float over most of...
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2018 Hyundai Accent debuts at 2017 Canadian auto showThe 2017 Canadian auto show in Toronto is currently underway and one of the world premieres is the 2018 Hyundai Accent. Its debut follows last week’s unveiling of the 2018 Elantra GT at the 2017 Chicago auto show and signals the Korean automaker’s determination to revamp its compact...
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Hellcat-powered Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk headed for 2017 New York auto showIt looks like the 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon is going to have to share the limelight in April as the Hellcat-powered Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk will also be making its debut at the 2017 New York auto show. While many have written off the idea that the Grand Cherokee Trackhawk would debut in...
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As first hinted by its CEO last summer, Italian design firm Italdesign Giugiaro has established its own car brand. The firm on Wednesday revealed the name of the brand as Italdesign Automobili Speciali, and also produced this new logo. The logo features a stylized bull, the animal that features on the crest of Turin, Italdesign’s home. The Italdesign brand’s first car will be revealed in just a few weeks at the 2017 Geneva auto show. It’s believed to be a new supercar based on an existing Audi model, though Italdesign isn’t willing to divulge any details apart from the...
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Dodge Demon, Ferrari 812 Superfast, future classic cars: Car News HeadlinesDodge has dropped new details on its upcoming Challenger SRT Demon. The latest information concerns some of the upgrades implemented to enable the car to claw at the road and get down the line quicker. Ferrari's revealed its updated version of the F12. The new car is called the 812 Superfast and it...
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Here’s how the 2018 Dodge Demon will launch harder than a HellcatWe know the 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon will pack more power than its 707-horsepower Hellcat sibling, but this is just one of the factors that will enable the car to launch off the line much harder. In the latest installment of its teaser campaign for the Demon, which debuts April 12 at the...
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Lamborghini Aventador hit with recall due to fire concerns, Veneno tooThe Lamborghini Aventador is one hot machine. In fact, the car in some circumstances can get a bit too hot—as in fiery—so it's been hit with a recall. It seems there’s the risk of fuel leaking if the tank is filled. Should this leaked fuel come into contact with an ignition...
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Alfa Romeo drops plans for Giulia wagonAlfa Romeo has dropped plans for a Giulia wagon, the Chief Operating Officer of parent company Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Alfredo Altavilla, confirmed to CAR. He explained that the Stelvio SUV, with its car-like dynamics and extra storage space will satisfy buyers that may have been interested in a...
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Ford invests in Argo AI to fuel autonomous vehicle developmentOur future promises to be filled with autonomous vehicles filing down the highways in close proximity while the passengers inside those machines focus their attention elsewhere. The initial levels of autonomous software and technology are already here, and we will only get more of it. Ford is...
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Imagine if you could get around traffic? I don't mean simply by plugging your destination into Waze and whipping down side streets. No, I mean avoiding traffic on the ground altogether by taking to the skies. It's the dream that most of us have had since we first watched "The Jetsons" or "Back to the Future." Many companies have been attempting to create the first flying car, but now a Dutch company is ready to sell you something that's pretty darn close. It's called the PAL-V Liberty. The company is calling it a flying car though we think it looks more like a trike mated with a helicopter...
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Hagerty speculates on top 10 future classic cars, and we weigh inWouldn't we all love to be Marty McFly? Then we could travel back in time to 1955, play Chuck Berry's 1958 song "Johnny B. Goode," and look like geniuses. The car guy equivalent would be going back to 1995, buying a Porsche 911 GT2 for just over six figures, socking it away for a couple decades...
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Smart to become electric car brand in US, CanadaSmart is about to become an electric car brand, at least as far as the United States and Canada are concerned. The head of the Smart and Mercedes-Benz brands in the U.S., Dietmar Exler, confirmed in a letter sent to dealerships on February 13 that Smart will no longer offer models with internal...
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2017 Hyundai Ioniq Electric has 124-mile range, $30,335 starting priceHyundai is joining the ranks of automakers with an electric car on offer thanks to its 2017 Ioniq Electric. The compact hatch is Hyundai’s rival to the Toyota Prius and uniquely comes with hybrid (Ioniq Hybrid) and plug-in hybrid (Ioniq Plug-In Hybrid) options too, making it the first vehicle...
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McLaren 650S replacement to feature twin-turbo 4.0-liter V-8McLaren has a new supercar coming to replace the 650S in the mid-range Super Series family, and it’s due to debut in just a few weeks at the 2017 Geneva auto show. (A photo of the car has already surfaced, though.) We’re talking about a complete redesign, with the car, tipped to be...
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Ford Ranger FX4, Pagani Huayra Roadster, Toyota TS050 Hybrid: Today’s Car NewsThere’s a new Ranger mid-size pickup truck coming to the United States in 2019. However, Ford already sells a Ranger in other markets. Recently, this global Ranger was shown with an FX4 package. Six years after Pagani first showed us the Huayra, the automaker has finally unveiled the open-top...
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