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Ferrari’s [NYSE:RACE] limited edition J50 was built to celebrate 50 years of the marque’s sales in Japan. However, the car was also built as a design showcase to preview a possible look for Ferrari’s future lineup. Mercedes-Benz is working on a new generation of its A-Class...

Ferrari’s [NYSE:RACE] Special Projects division has built a bespoke supercar to mark the 50th anniversary of the Italian marque’s sales in Japan. You’ll recall Ferrari did something similar in 2014 to mark 60 years of sales in the United States. The Japanese special is the J50...

Ferrari’s [NYSE:RACE] ultra-exclusive Special Projects division has churned out another bespoke creation for a well-heeled customer. The car is the SP 275 RW Competizione and it was shown for the first time in early December during Ferrari’s Finali Mondiali event in Daytona, Florida...

Audi on Thursday gave us an early look at its Q8 concept vehicle, which it will unveil on January 9 at the 2017 Detroit auto show. The concept previews a production model of the same name, due before the end of the decade. The production Q8 will be a new full-size SUV positioned above the Q7 in...

Volkswagen in November provided an early look at an updated version of its seventh-generation Golf. Among the changes in store for the popular hatch is a refreshed exterior, a more advanced infotainment, a new dual-clutch transmission system and, in some models, extra power. The Golf R is one of...

Volkswagen has some skilled interns. Every year, a team of in-house trainees work together to create something special for the annual VW event at Wörthersee. This year, however, it's a pair of former VW interns that have put their skills to good use. French students Valentin Fuchs and Pierre...

We took a look at the Nissan GT-R's history; the new 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 took on the Dodge Challenger Hellcat; and we learned what a 50,000-mile oil change looks like. It's the Week in Reverse, right here at Motor Authority. Audi teased everyone by releasing a sketch of the Q8 Concept that...

The Bugatti Veyron may no longer be the king of internal combustion horsepower. The Bugatti Chiron's 1,480 horses now takes the production horsepower crown, but 1,200 ponies kicked out by a quad-turbocharged W-16 is still plenty. But how does it compare to 1,088 electron-induced horses? Matt Rimac...

The 650-horsepower 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 is just hitting the streets, so it's only natural that someone would pit it against the muscle car horsepower champion, the Dodge Challenger Hellcat. That someone was John Hennessey and the contest was a roll-on drag race. Check out the story for the...

Ford Performance and Ken Block have a symbiotic relationship. Ford provides him with race cars and the occasional other Ford product. Block drives the living daylights out of them, has his team create cool videos, and the two parties use said videos for awesome marketing campaigns. Ford gets views...

Homologation specials need to happen far more often. Remember when they were a semi-regular thing? You'd have an automaker looking to produce a brutish race car for a given racing series, but that series required the brand to build a handful of examples in street-car form. This resulted in glorious...

Engineering Explained host Jason Fenske is currently planning the modifications for his own project Honda S2000. He has some great things in store for that car, but he also has a bit of advice for those of us looking to modify our own cars. To that end, he's created a list of his top five best...

An old Toyota Celica is a classically cool machine with a healthy cult following. What it doesn't have is an overly powerful engine bolted in from the factory. A delightfully crazy person named Jamie Heritage has decided to change that. The Aussie owner of this particular 1971 Celica has decided he...

Google has been working on autonomous technology since 2009, and it recently spun off that business into a company called Waymo. Instead of building its own car, Waymo seems intent on working with automakers to incorporate its self-driving technology into their vehicles. Waymo recenly showed a...

It's an argument that comes up time and time again: Which automaker has the best looking lineup? In an internal discussion, our editorial team brought up three brands quickly: Jaguar, Mazda, and Mercedes-Benz. Really, you could argue a long list of brands, but Jaguar has been and continues to craft...

Set for launch on February 11 here in the U.S., BMW has priced the new 2017 5-Series starting from $52,195. For those keeping track, that's an increase of $1,000 over the outgoing model. Base 530i models are powered by a turbocharged 2.0-liter inline-4 producing 248 horsepower. All-wheel drive and...

Got $23,000 burning a hole in your pocket? How do you feel about severe oversteer? Do you, in any way, value your life? And how close do you live to Boise, Idaho? Depending on your answers to these questions, you may want to buy the 2001 Dodge Dakota Sport powered by a Viper V-10 for sale on...

While many would agree that 2016 has been a trying year in many ways, it's been a great year for the automobile. We have a long list of tremendous machines with prodigious power and performance levels. Plenty of today's cars are both fun and affordable, and many new machines are bedroom poster...

The BMW 5-Series is all new for 2017, and now BMW has announced pricing for some sedan versions of its new mid-size car. The base price goes up by $1,000 to $52,195, which includes the $995 destination charge. Four models will be available at launch, which is set for February 11. Here they are with...

You've heard it probably 300 times just this year alone. You've been hearing it for the past few years as well. When the weather turns frightfully cold, you need to have winter tires on your car. You'll protest and decry that all-seasons get the job done, or that it doesn't matter because you have...