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Next January, at the Detroit auto show, we’ll learn the winners of the 2017 North American Car and Truck/Utility of the Year awards. On Tuesday, at the Los Angeles auto show, the organizers revealed the three finalists for the respective categories that make up the prestigious awards. The 2017 awards are being run slightly different compared to previous years as there are now three categories. Instead of just the Car and Truck categories, we also have a Utility category to represent the growing significance of SUVs. From an original field that consisted of 43 vehicles, these are the...
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2018 Lexus LS spy shotsA prototype for a new generation of the Lexus LS has been spotted. The outdated fourth-generation model currently on sale was introduced as far back as the 2007 model year. This redesigned model is due out in 2017, as a 2018 model. It will ride on the new rear-wheel-drive platform that debuted in...
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2017 Kia Soul Turbo first drive reviewThe Soul hatchback has been very, very good to Kia. Where some car companies believe in their most expensive products to exemplify their respective brand identities, Kia has turned to the chance popularity of its compact hatchback to embody the image of a brand in transition. The way Kia explains...
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Let's make the BMW M2 betterLess than 24 hours ago we told you the BMW M2 was the vehicle you must have in your garage, by awarding it the Motor Authority Best Car to Buy 2017 title. That still holds true, but the reality is, it's not perfect. The BMW M2 could be better. If you want that show but no go Let me be clear...
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Here’s the second trailer for ‘The Grand Tour’The question every die-hard Top Gear fan is wondering: can Amazon with Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May recreate the magic of the old show on The Grand Tour. The first trailer showed plenty of promise and now a new trailer is finally out, and judging from the few tidbits we’re...
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This is why wider tires equals more gripDrag. Friction. Weight distribution and load. These are things you need to consider when you begin to think about how tires work. Yes, those four bits of rubber are your only connection to the ground and they keep your car moving in the direction you desire. Most of us think that a wider tire is...
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The Ram 1500 may be among the oldest full-size pickup designs on the market, but that isn't stopping FCA's Fiat Chrysler Automobiles' [NYSE:FCAU] truck brand from hitting the 2016 Los Angeles Auto Show auto show with a couple of new special editions. Both are built on the bones of the 2017 Ram 1500 and one looks to appeal to the street crowd while the other probably looks best covered in dirt. ALSO SEE: 2017 Ram Power Wagon priced from $53,015 The latter is the Rebel Mojave Sand. It's a wearing a pair of black stripes on its hood that contrast nicely against the light Mojave Sand paint work...
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2017 Land Rover Discovery debuts in US with $50,985 price tagLand Rover is ready to bring its all-new Discovery to market, and the first stop for the new SUV here stateside is in Los Angeles ahead of the upcoming auto show. Not only does it mark the Discovery's first arrival in the U.S., the automaker also says that its SUV will sticker from...
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Jay Leno drives Ferrari F40 for first timeFrom 1987 through 1992, Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] built a tremendous machine called the F40. It was the last car to get the thumbs up from the man whose name is on the building and all of the cars—Enzo Ferrari. Enzo himself blessed the F40, and the world rejoiced (and put up posters of the F40 in...
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Watch Sebastian Vettel hoon the LaFerrari ApertaFour-time Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel recently took time out from his busy schedule to test drive the Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] LaFerrari Aperta. He starts out on the road but eventually heads to the track where, naturally, he turns off the car’s electronic nannies and manages to...
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2017 Ram Power Wagon priced from $53,015We’re still hoping for Ram to put its awesome Rebel TRX concept into production but until that happens your best bet at a Ram-badged rival to Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] F-150 Raptor is the Power Wagon. Built on Ram’s 2500 platform, the Power Wagon gets a new, more aggressive...
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Lexus Skyjet spaceship to star in Luc Besson movie ‘Valerian’Lexus is never shy for a bit of product placement. We’re sure everyone remembers the company’s futuristic sports car that starred in 2002’s Minority Report. Now Lexus is projecting its brand even further into the future, with a single-seat spaceship that’s set to appear in...
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BMW’s 5-Series Gran Turismo will be moved up into the 6-Series family for its next iteration. A prototype has been spotted and reveals the sleeker, sexier shape BMW’s designers are going with. The next Mercedes model to receive the Maybach treatment will be the S-Class Cabriolet. The Maybach version will be limited to just 300 units, though. It makes its debut at the 2016 Los Angeles auto show. A Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] 250 GTO is up for sale and the seller reportedly wants $55.8 million. That will be a new record for the 250 GTO, at least in public circles, as the last known record...
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Samsung to buy Harman in $8B dealSamsung is making a major push into the in-car electronics game with the acquisition of Harman [NYSE:HAR] in a deal worth $8 billion. The Korean electronics giant will pay $112.00 per Harman share, which represents a premium of 28 percent on Friday’s closing price. The deal is still subject...
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Second Ferrari 250 GTO to come off the line is up for saleThe Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] 250 GTO isn’t the rarest Prancing Horse around, though it does tend to fetch the highest bids whenever one comes up for sale. Just 39 of the homologation specials were built between 1962 and 1964, and one of them, chassis number 3387, the second example to come off the...
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BMW M2: Motor Authority's Best Car to Buy 2017Each year, Motor Authority drives the quickest, fastest, and most luxurious vehicles on the planet to tell you which are the best. This year we had a bumper crop of amazing new machines. The Acura NSX is back, and so is the Audi R8—and we're finally driving the rally-tastic Ford Focus RS...
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VW admits Audi transmission distorts emissions during testsOn November 6, German media first reported that certain automatic transmissions used in gasoline- and diesel-powered Audi cars had software that could determine whether the car was being tested by regulators and then switch to a more economical shift program in order to reduce carbon dioxide...
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2016 Formula One title fight down to final race with Hamilton win in BrazilThe winner of the 2016 Formula One World Championship will go down to the wire after Mercedes AMG’s Lewis Hamilton took victory on Sunday in the penultimate round, the Brazilian Grand Prix at Autódromo José Carlos Pace. The title fight is between Hamilton and his Mercedes AMG...
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Someone spent $9 million on a license plate; we spied the 2018 Porsche Cayenne; and things are ramping up as we near the 2016 Los Angeles auto show. It's the Week in Reverse, right here on Motor Authority. Another eight supercars belonging to the son of Equatorial Guinea’s dictatorial leader Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo have been seized by the authorities in Switzerland. This followed the first seizure of 11 supercars in Paris just last week. We spied the 2018 Porsche Cayenne undergoing testing on the Nürburgring. Seen in prototype form, it's clear the new Cayenne will feature a...
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2017 Chevy Camaro 1LE, 2018 VW Golf R, Acura NSX vs. Audi R8: This Week’s Top PhotosWe spent some time with the 2017 Chevrolet Camaro 1LE this week, in both V-6 and V-8 trim. Regardless of which you pick, you’re in for a treat. The car is seriously good. Porsche has expanded its Panamera range with a base model as well as the long-wheelbase Executives. The latter sees the...
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AC to get back into Cobra game next yearIt's an icon that has endured for five decades, but the AC Cobra's story has definitely not been completed. Autocar reports that AC Cars will build another "quasi-modern" Cobra series utilizing 6.2-liter V-8 power early next year. Though the cars will be based on the fourth-generation Cobra...
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Formula E could be in Ferrari's futureThe scream of a Formula One V-6 is about as quintessential as Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] noises go these days, but that may all change in the future if the Italian sports car builder moves into the growing Formula E field. Ferrari CEO Sergio Marchionne told reporters from Motorsport that the FIA's Formula...
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Alfa Romeo planning lots of new cars, but which will make it to US?Alfa Romeo is widely expected to launch a new Stelvio SUV at next week's Los Angeles auto show. Beyond that new vehicle, what else does Fiat Chrysler Automobiles have up its sleeve for the sporty Italian brand? Autocar reports that Alfa will launch up to nine new vehicles in the next five years...
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Jeep Renegade Altitude, Deserthawk to bow at the 2016 LA Auto ShowTwo new editions of the Jeep Renegade will make their debut at the 2016 Los Angeles Auto Show, which opens to the media and the public next week. Neither of the new editions makes any big changes to the running gear on the Renegade. Taking the easier route to the show is the Renegade Altitude. It...
Martin Padgett