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There are few cars more complex and sophisticated than Godzilla, also known as the Nissan GT-R. Our friend at Engineering Explained, Jason Fenske, has a knack for making the most complicated topics far easier to understand, and his latest project is dissecting just how the GT-R puts its 565...

Everything is coming up Le Mans for the forthcoming 2017 Ford GT supercar. Just a couple weeks ago, Ford returned to Le Mans to commemorate the 50th anniversary of it legendary 1-2-3 finish with the GT40. The return was a success as the reborn Ford GT won its class and, in fact, took a 1-2-4...

Mercedes-Benz has announced that the entry-level price for its new Porsche 911-rivalling AMG GT will sticker for $112,125, a hefty premium over the 911 S, which originates just across town in Stuttgart, Germany. By comparison, the 911 S stickers for $104,450, though direct comparisons aren't that...

A new report lends more credibility to rumors that new Top Gear presenters Chris Evans and Matt LeBlanc aren't exactly best buddies. The latest out of England comes courtesy of The Sun. The report cites unnamed sources in the battle between Evans and LeBlanc, with the latter saying that he will...

If you thought the Mercedes-AMG GT was already out of bounds--like, Guy Fieri out of bounds--the newly debuted AMG GT R must seem completely out of hand. The GT R (no comment yet from Nissan on the catchy name) made its first public appearance this weekend at the U.K.'s Goodwood Festival of Speed...

Laguna Seca's corkscrew isn't famous because everyone gets it right. The combination of corners—lovingly 8 and 8A—combines a hard left and hard right with little camber to help and a five-story drop to make it even harder. By the time you're done with turn 9, cars have dropped more than...

The first car in McLaren's more attainable Sports Series is the McLaren 570S. We got behind the wheel and found that this brilliant $187,000 car is a rude wake-up call for Ferrari. It we won the lottery, you can bet we'd put one of these in our 10-car garage.. Last week Dodge announced the end of...

Tomorrow evening's episode of Top Gear USA on the History Channel will be the show's last. Co-host Rutledge Wood announced the show's demise on Facebook. Hosted by Tanner Foust, Adam Ferrara, and Wood, the show was supposed to give Americans our own version of the popular Top Gear by the BBC. The...

Since he was a kid, Jay Leno has appreciated the Hurst Hemi Under Glass Plymouth Barracuda. With a Hemi engine moved to the back under the rear glass, the car had a considerable rear weight bias that turned it into a prominent wheelstander. The car wowed the crowds at dragstrips more than it...

Say you just sold your first mobile app, or your company just got acquired by some search-engine giant. What’s a car-crazed geek to do? Real estate? Retirement plan? We’d do something totally logical like this--the 570S, the first car in McLaren's more attainable Sports Series. Logical...

It might look like a suitcase, but the NightHawk Tire Deflation Device seen here boasts a rapidly-deploying strip designed to stop perpetrators in their tracks. And, as video depicts, the system retracts quickly to prevent a pursuing officer from suffering the same tire damage to his or her police...

To Corvette enthusiasts, Bowling Green, Kentucky, is a special place. It is, after all, home to both the National Corvette Museum and the plant that builds the Corvette. And if the latest announcement is any indication, the Corvette plant will be running for quite some time. General Motors has...

Do you like watching a master at work? How'd you like to see a car rip through a quaint British countryside? A couple weeks ago, we shared the news that rally driver Mark Higgins smashed his own Isle of Man record for cars, completing the 37.73-mile course in a blistering 17:35.14. That translates...

Yesterday saw the covers come off one of the most anticipated cars of the year: the 2018 Mercedes-AMG GT R. It’s the hardcore, track-focused version of AMG’s sexy sports car, and it comes with a supercar rivaling 577 horsepower on tap. We’ve even heard the car is faster around a...

Aston Martin is on the closest thing to its home turf this week, where the British automaker's Q division has debuted a new, one-off roadster tailor-made for an unnamed customer. The Q by Aston Martin division creates bespoke versions of standard models at the request of customers, including this...

Sometimes, it seems humanity has learned little from the Terminator series. For an example of just how little, we turn to the Russian city of Perm, where an advanced robot programmed with artificial intelligence escaped from a laboratory on Wednesday. While researchers did manage to track it down...

Mercedes-AMG’s new GT R sports car was hardly a secret, but regardless it’s finally here and there are plenty of details to divulge. The GT R is a track-focused version of the GT sports car launched by AMG two years ago, and it’s coming onto the market next year with even more...

No doubt Mercedes-AMG raised the ire of Porsche when it unveiled its GT sports car in 2014. The stunning coupe was aimed directly at the 911 and to some the two cars were seen to share a slight a resemblance when viewed from the rear. The GT, though, came packing some serious heat. Under its long...

We drove the 2017 Bentley Mulsanne; a startup firm is developing deployable tire spikes; and the Dodge Viper is scheduled to die after the 2017 model year. It's the Week in Reverse, right here at Motor Authority. We traveled to Austria to drive one of the finest, most luxurious cars in the world...

More than 13,000 examples of Maserati's Ghibli and Quattroporte are being recalled due to a gear shift mechanism that drivers may mistakenly leave in gear even though they think the transmission is in park. The Ghibli and Quattroporte join more than one million other Fiat Chrysler Automobiles...