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  • 2017 Subaru BRZ

    Subaru's revised 2017 BRZ will sticker from $26,315 when it hits dealers soon, a modest $125 increase over last year for the entry-level Premium trim level. That figure is for a model with a 6-speed manual transmission. From there, the lineup climbs to $28,465 for a Limited with the manual, $29,565 for a Limited with a 6-speed automatic gearbox, and it tops out at $30,515 for the new, limited edition Series.Yellow. Those base price figures include a mandatory $820 destination charge. ALSO SEE: 2017 Mazda 3 debuts with G-Vectoring Control technology Only one option package is offered on any...

  • 2016 Ford Focus RS by Mountune
    2018 Porsche Cayenne, Paul Walker's Cars, Ford Focus RS: The Week in Reverse

    We spied the 2018 Porsche Cayenne; the dispute over Paul Walker's cars came to a close; and the new Ford Focus RS has landed in the U.S. market. It's the Week in Reverse, right here at Motor Authority. Porsche is preparing the new 2018 Cayenne and our spy photographers caught a prototype testing on...

  • Italdesign GTZero concept, 2016 Geneva Motor Show
    Report: Italdesign considers own car to build brand image

    Italian design house Italdesign Giugiaro is in the midst of a major transition. The company, famous for penning cars like the original Volkswagen Golf and even the DeLorean DMC-12, in July 2015 saw the Volkswagen Group take full control as the Giugiaro family finally cut ties with the company it...

  • Ferrari LaFerrari - Image via Mecum Auctions
    New Nissan body-on-frame SUV, LaFerrari for sale, Mercedes-AMG E63 spied: Today’s Car News

    Nissan has been spotted testing a new body-on-frame SUV. Not much is known about the vehicle although we can confirm it is based on the platform of the NP300 Navara pickup truck sold overseas. One of just three Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] LaFerraris finished in Nero DS Opaco is going under the hammer. The...

  • Ferrari LaFerrari - Image via Mecum Auctions
    Ferrari LaFerrari to be auctioned at Monterey

    Mecum Auctions will offer up for sale one of its largest collections of rare, sports, and super cars next month in Monterey, California. The auction house has confirmed that one of the lots will be a Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] LaFerrari, meaning all three examples of the hybrid hypercar trio will be...

  • Teaser for Bristol Project Pinnacle sports car
    BMW-powered Bristol Project Pinnacle sports car coming soon

    There’s been a lot of interest in recent years surrounding the return of TVR, but that's not the only niche British sports car marque making a comeback. Another is Bristol Cars, the maker of the Viper V-10-powered Fighter which sadly bowed out of the market in 2011. Bristol is currently...

  • 2017 Mercedes-AMG E63 spy video

    You’re in for a real treat today. YouTuber Automotive Mike has managed to spot a prototype for the new Mercedes-AMG E63, and it’s wearing the least bit of camouflage of any of the prototypes for the new super sedan we’ve seen. The front bumper design with its myriad of intakes is clearly visible. We also get a close up of the car’s squared-off exhaust tips, and the sound they is spine-tinglingly good. The new E63 is scheduled to debut in late September at the 2016 Paris Auto Show. The folks at AMG are keeping quiet on details but we know there will be a...

  • 2018 Nissan NP300 Navara-based SUV spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    2018 Nissan NP300 Navara-based SUV spy shots

    Those lamenting Nissan’s decision to go with car-like unibody construction for the latest Pathfinder will be happy to note the automaker is working on a new body-on-frame SUV, though whether we see it in the United States remains to be seen. The vehicle is an SUV version of Nissan’s...

  • Porsche 908/04 Vision Gran Turismo
    Independent designers create virtual Porsche Vision Gran Turismo concept

    Thanks to a lucrative licensing deal with Electronic Arts, Porsches have been notably absent from the Sony Digital Entertainment-owned Gran Turismo video game franchise—but that hasn't stopped a group of automotive designers from coming up with their own Vision Gran Turismo concept bearing...

  • The Mercedes-Benz Style Edition Garia Golf Car
    When even your golf cart has to be a luxury ride

    For those times when an EZ-Go just won't do, Mercedes-Benz has partnered with a high-end golf cart manufacturer to create what may be the most luxurious way to putt around the course ever created. The Mercedes-Benz Style Edition Garia Golf Car's name may be a mouthful, but this isn't your average...

  • 2016 Jeep Cherokee Overland
    FCA says it will pay you to hack its vehicles

    Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is offering a hefty bounty to hackers willing to test the integrity of its vehicles' digital security. The automaker says it will offer up to $1,500 to hackers who successfully exploit any vulnerabilities related to the cars' increasingly complex integrated infotainment...

  • New Ford GT
    Not all Ford dealers will be able to service the GT

    Ford's whizz-bang technological breakthrough GT may be too complicated for the automaker to train all of its dealers to service, according to newly leaked documents. Intended only for the automaker's retailers, the documents posted to AllFordMustangs.com reveal that Ford dealers will need to meet a...

  • Aston Martin CEO Andy Palmer to sign off on first 1,000 DB11s

    Aston Martin CEO Andy Palmer can add another qualification to his resume: he will be personally inspecting the first 1,000 examples of the automaker's new DB11 to leave the assembly line in Gaydon, England. The executive made the announcement on Twitter, where he also posted an image of an inspection plate bearing his signature that will be affixed to the V-12 engine of each of the first 1,000 DB11s to be built. Only 1000 Aston Martin DB11 V12's to be made with this particular inspectors plaque! pic.twitter.com/lkmMTJpGE8 — Andy Palmer (@AndyatAston) July 13, 2016 // ALSO SEE: Not all...

  • Lamborghini Ad Personam Studio in Sant’Agata Bolognese, Italy
    Lamborghini factory gets personalization studio

    Lamborghini’s Ad Personam personalization department has been up and running since 2006 but is only now getting a dedicated studio. Located at Lamborghini’s factory in Sant’Agata Bolognese, Italy, the new studio will enable customers to come up with highly personalized options for...

  • Petter Solberg pranks people in a 2015 Mercedes-AMG C63 Wagon
    Disguised as a senior, rally driver Petter Solberg pranks people in a Mercedes-AMG

    Perhaps once his rallying days are over Norway’s Petter Solberg could start up a career in comedy. He’s certainly good at it as you’ll discover in this video. Solberg disguises himself as a senior and then calls roadside assist in his new car, in this case a Mercedes-AMG C63...

  • 2014 Volkswagen Touareg TDI
    CARB tells VW to quit blowing smoke for 3.0-liter diesel fix

    Volkswagen's proposed fix for roughly 85,000 illegally polluting 3.0-liter diesel engines isn't good enough, a California Air Resources Board letter said Wednesday. The air quality regulators rejected VW's plan and said the proposals were "incomplete, substantially deficient, and fall far short of...

  • 2017 Mazda 3 (Japanese spec)
    2017 Porsche 911 GT3, 2017 Mazda 3, 2018 Audi RS 3: Car News Headlines

    Porsche’s 911 GT3 is set to receive a mid-cycle update later in the year but images of the updated version have already surfaced. The images appeared in a digital coloring book on the website of Porsche of the Netherlands and have since been removed. Another car due to receive some updates is...

  • 2017 Mercedes-Benz E-Class All Terrain spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    2017 Mercedes-Benz E-Class All Terrain spy shots

    SUVs are all the rage right now and automakers see an opportunity for even more slicing of the niche with new softroaders. The latest to join the fray is Mercedes-Benz which is working on a softroader based on the latest-generation E-Class Wagon. Tipped to be called an E-Class All Terrain, the...

  • Jackson Gilmore first in United States with Ford Focus RS

    Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] Focus RS is finally being delivered to customers across the country, and the first to be handed the keys is Californian resident Jackson Gilmore. He’s been eagerly awaiting the car ever since he first learned of rumors that it will be sold in the United States, possibly right here on Motor Authority. "Then they said they were going to make it, it’s going to be all-wheel drive, 300-plus horsepower, they’re going to bring it to the States,” Gilmore said in a statement. "I told my girlfriend, you know, that’s the car. I’m...

  • Nissan GT-R with turbochargers as headlights
    Yes, this Nissan GT-R has turbos for headlights

    Nissan’s GT-R is one of the most popular cars for modifying, and with good reason. But there’s such a thing as taking things too far. Case in point is this GT-R with turbochargers where the headlights would normally sit. Yes, it makes the car look downright nasty, in a good way, but it...

  • 2018 Audi RS 3 spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    2018 Audi RS 3 spy video

    Audi’s RS 3 has been off limits for the United States for a long time, but that’s set to change with the arrival of a new sedan variant on these shores in approximately one year’s time. Audi has already shown the car to its dealers, and as of this week the German automaker has...

  • 2017 Mazda 3 (Japanese spec)
    2017 Mazda 3 debuts with G-Vectoring Control technology

    The Mazda 3 has received a nip and tuck for the 2017 model but beyond the visual tweaks there is an interesting bit of new technology. So far Mazda has only announced the updated 3 for Japan, where the car is known as an Axela, but specifications for the United States should be similar. ALSO SEE...

  • 2015 Porsche 918 Spyder
    Porsche recalls 918 Spyder supercar over itsy bitsy seat belt screw

    Porsche is alerting owners of its 918 Spyder that it wants to take a look at the seat belt mounting system in their supercars to ensure that the correct screw is in the correct location. The problem, the automaker says, isn't that the vehicles were assembled incorrectly in Zuffenhausen, Germany...

  • 2017 Ford GT in the wind tunnel
    Ford details how it wind tunnel tested its new GT

    Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] is hoping to deliver its first GT supercars to consumers by the end of the year, but the Michigan automaker says it isn't quite done fine-tuning the aerodynamics. In this new video, Ford shows us how it utilizes Wind Tunnel 8 at its Allen Park, Michigan, engineering...

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