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The answer to the question posed in the title is "yes, you do." The problem here is that it's seemingly impossible to find one of the rarest versions of the Ford Mustang ever built. Until today that is, as the folks at Road & Track have found one for sale on eBay and it's a bucket of reddish-orange goodness waiting for a proper home. Over the years, Ford has created a number of extremely limited production run Mustang variants. The Cobra R ranks up there as one of the most rare. Three versions were built over the years, all starting in 1993 with the final model year of the Fox Body...
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Skateboarder-smashing McLaren video was a hoaxRemember this video from a few days ago which appeared to show a disgruntled skateboarder smash the windshield of a McLaren 12C? In the clip, you can see the British supercar cruise through a stop sign and nearly hit a street-crossing skater. The driver then proceeds to honk at the skater which...
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Is that a jet-powered Charger on set of 'Fast 8' movie?Fast 8 can't get here fast enough, as far as we're concerned. The franchise has become a turn-your-brain off action fest with cars serving as stars shining as brightly as the rest of the cast. It's always fun finding out which vehicles are going to get the bright-lights treatment. It's usually a...
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13 years of Aston Martin DB9 production comes to endAston Martin on Friday revealed via Twitter that the very last examples of the DB9 were being completed. Nine final cars are part of a special series from the Q by Aston Martin personalization department, and no doubt all of them are already accounted for. The DB9 was unveiled to the world at the...
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Bugatti considering 4 options for new model line, including Galibier sedanBugatti CEO Wolfgang Dürheimer has revealed that the maker of the Veyron and Chiron hypercars is considering a new model line, and there are as many as four possibilities for what it could be. The information was revealed by Dürheimer during a recent interview with Drive, and though he...
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2017 Audi A4 Allroad previewAudi fans lamenting the automaker’s decision not to bring over the svelte A4 Avant wagon can take solace in the knowledge the related A4 Allroad is coming here. The small, luxury softroader made its world debut at the 2016 Detroit Auto Show in January and will land in showrooms this fall. It...
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Mercedes-AMG has finally started public road trials of prototypes for the convertible version of its GT sports car. The first in the lineup will be called the GT C Roadster and is confirmed for a debut in early 2017. Another vehicle spotted testing is a new compact SUV being developed by Chinese automaker Geely. While we won’t see this vehicle in the United States, a reskinned version will be sold here as the Volvo XC40. The convertible version of Ferrari’s [NYSE:RACE] LaFerrari hypercar has been spotted in the wild. The car is due to make its formal debut in late September at the...
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2018 Geely compact SUV spy shotsChinese automaker Geely is out testing a prototype for a new compact SUV. Normally such news wouldn’t register on Motor Authority but there’s extra significance riding on this model. The compact SUV is based on the CMA (Compact Modular Architecture) platform being developed by Geely in...
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Report: Bernie Ecclestone’s mother-in-law kidnappedA report out of Brazil claims the mother-in-law of Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone, 85, has been kidnapped. Veja reports that Aparecida Schunck, 67, the mother of Ecclestone’s current wife Fabiana Flosi, 38, was kidnapped on Friday near her home in São Paulo and a ransom of 120...
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Webber congratulates Verstappen on Porsche 911 GT3 RS purchaseIt recently emerged that Formula One driver Max Verstappen had purchased a 2016 Porsche 911 GT3 RS. Thanks to a Twitter post from Mark Webber, who ended his F1 career with Verstappen’s current team Red Bull Racing, we now know what color Verstappen chose. Shunning the more radical orange and...
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2017 Ford F-150 Raptor priced from $49,520Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] new F-150 Raptor is now only months away from hitting showrooms and orders can already be placed. There’s still a lot to learn about the new performance pickup truck, but slowly details are emerging. Today we learned that the starting price for a 2017 F-150...
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Morgan EV3 whirs to life with initial limited-edition runAt the 2016 Geneva Motor Show, Morgan unveiled a glimpse into its future. It's the EV3, and it's an all-electric version of the company's beloved 3 Wheeler. A 62-horsepower electric motor pairs with a set of lithium-ion batteries to give the electron swilling EV3 a reported range of 150 miles. It...
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Rumors have been swirling that McLaren engineers and designers are hard at work on successor to the near-mythical F1. Reports from Autocar talk about a hyper-focused machine that slots below the performance arch created by the P1, but above the rest of the lineup. It almost sounds like a variant of the 675LT with more power and a certain familiar cockpit layout. According to Car & Driver though, it seems the boss is damping any idea that an updated F1 is in store for the future. McLaren boss man Mike Flewitt denied the notion that there's a future F1 being drawn up. He specifically states...
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Learn what makes BMW's throttle system differentYou're an under-hood expert by now, aren't you? We've been sharing a whole lot of information thanks to Engineering Explained and that means you should be fluent now in "gearhead." Still, there's always more to learn and today we're taking on a subject that's a bit more complicated, which must mean...
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Audi to launch 3 electric cars by 2020, says CEOThe Volkswagen Group is committed to launching as many as 30 electric cars by the end of 2025. Many of these will be sold under the Audi brand, which will have its first electric car on sale in 2018, in this case a mid-size SUV that many, including us, expect to be called a Q6 e-tron. Once the SUV...
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There's a Ferrari F40 for sale... on CraigslistThe Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] F40 is rare. Just a handful over 1,300 were produced, and back in the '80s Ferrari conceived it to be the fastest car available on the market. The original plan was to build just 400 examples and charge around $400,000 1987 dollars for the privilege. The cost to acquire...
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Ford rolling out Apple CarPlay and Android Auto across 2017 lineupFord Motor Company [NYSE:F] unveiled an enhanced version of its Sync 3 infotainment system during January’s Consumer Electronics Show and at the time said the system will be available on 2017 model year vehicles. The Blue Oval on Monday confirmed that the system will be available across its...
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2017 Porsche Panamera deep diveEditor’s warning: This article contains some geeky in-depth engineering information about what makes the 2017 Porsche Panamera tick. Reading it puts you in danger of learning more about this car than you thought you might want to know. What is the Golden Rule? Treat others as you would like...
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A prototype for Mercedes-Benz’s next-generation GLE has been spotted again. The new mid-size SUV is still in the early stages of development but already we can see that it will adopt a boxier, more rugged design. Speaking of design, one of the alternative designs for Bugatti’s Chiron hypercar has surfaced. It was the winning design of an internal contest at the Volkswagen Group during the early days of development for the Chiron, and many of its elements can be seen on the car. More and more evidence pointing towards a mid-engine Corvette continues to emerge. In the latest...
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Mercedes-AMG hypercar in the works?Is Mercedes-Benz via its AMG skunk works about to enter the hypercar war? In its latest issue, Autobild makes mention of plans for a new model called the R50 being developed to celebrate the 50th anniversary of AMG in 2017. That’s just one year away so things already seem doubtful but making...
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Next Land Rover Range Rover to become more upscaleWhile Land Rover’s Range Rover is widely regarded as the progenitor of the luxury SUV, today there are numerous brands competing in the space including some with offerings much more luxurious than the Range Rover. It’s something that hasn’t gone unnoticed at Land Rover which has...
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What the Bugatti Chiron could have looked likeThe design of Bugatti’s new Chiron was met with almost universal praise at its unveiling at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show. But it was just one of several proposals, and others, such as this one from Bugatti designer Sasha Selipanov, show that the 1,480-horsepower hypercar could have taken on a...
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Updated Mercedes roadmap reveals plans for E-Class All Terrain, GT C RoadsterUpdate: A version of Mercedes-Benz’s investor presentation slide released on Thursday showed a GLA Coupe. The slide has since been replaced by an updated version that shows a GLA facelift at the point where the GLA Coupe was originally depicted. Mercedes-Benz has slipped some information...
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Lewis Hamilton clinches 2016 championship lead after Hungarian Grand PrixMercedes AMG’s Lewis Hamilton is now in the lead of the 2016 Formula One World Championship after an impressive run during Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix. It’s the first time this year that the reigning championship has been in the lead, though his teammate Nico Rosberg isn’t...
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