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  • Mercedes-Benz modular platform for electric cars

    Mercedes-Benz has crafted a dedicated platform for its next-generation electric cars. Revealed this week during a tech briefing at the automaker’s headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, the platform will make its way into a handful of models, the first of which will be previewed in concept form at the 2016 Paris Auto Show in late September. The production version isn’t due until later in the decade, most likely only in 2019. The platform, which Mercedes calls a “multi-model vehicle architecture,” uses a similar layout to the platform of electric car leader Tesla Motors...

  • 2017 Volvo S90  -  First Drive, June 2016
    2017 Volvo S90 first drive review

    With Volvo’s most recent products, including the 2017 Volvo S90 sedan and upcoming 2018 V90 wagon, the Swedish automaker is wholly embracing its Scandinavian roots. From the upright concave grille, the prominent brand ironmark, and the elongated hood in front, to the name proudly spelled out...

  • Mercedes AMG's Lewis Hamilton at the 2016 Formula One Canadian Grand Prix
    Hamilton shrinks 2016 Formula One Championship gap with Canadian GP win

    There are now just nine points separating the top two drivers in the 2016 Formula One World Championship after an impressive performance put in yesterday by Mercedes AMG’s Lewis Hamilton at the Canadian Grand Prix. The reigning world champion fended off Ferrari’s [NYSE:RACE] Sebastian...

  • 2016 Tesla Model S
    Musk: 37 of 40 Tesla Model S suspension complaints were fraudulent

    The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recently examined the suspension of the Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] Model S after receiving a number of complaints about parts breaking. The CEO of the electric car company Elon Musk revealed in a Twitter post on Friday that NHTSA determined...

  • Jannarelly Design-1
    Jannarelly Design-1, 2017 Nissan GT-R at Spa, 2018 Mercedes A-Class: This Week’s Top Photos

    Sports car startup Jannarelly this week unveiled its gorgeous Design-1 roadster. The best part is that Jannarelly, based in Dubai, is hoping to get the car into U.S. showrooms for just $55k. It sure would be a tasty track toy. This week we spent some time behind the wheel of the 2017 Porsche Macan...

  • Flying car in BMW's Wherever You Want To Go trailer
    Google founder Page working on flying car

    Some details have finally made their way online regarding Google founder Larry Page's ultra-secret startup, Zee.Aero, and they might surprise you: He's working on a flying car. Zee.Aero is entirely unrelated to Google, which Page is no longer running (he's still in charge of Google parent company...

  • 1973 Porsche 911S Targa

    The classic car auction world just got a little more crowded, but the promotional video released by The Finest Automobile Auctions suggests that this company may live up to its heady name. The Finest Automobile Auctions says that it plans to offer their well-heeled clientele "the finest experience for collector car enthusiasts." It also says that it will offer "customized buying opportunities for onsite and online buyers." CHECK OUT: Man pays almost $5 million for "1" license plate Kicking off this weekend in Hershey, Pennsylvania, the company's first auction includes 50 lots that have all...

  • Jeep Wrangler Rubicon blasts through the Baja desert
    Watch this Jeep Wrangler blast through the 130-degree desert

    The folks at Pennzoil took a thoroughly customized Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon for a punishing blast through the desert. Luckily for us, they filmed it. This video is ostensibly designed to promote Pennzoil's synthetic engine oil, but it also gives us a great look at one of the ultimate...

  • Ecto-1 From Ghostbusters 2016
    The new Ghostbusters Ecto-1 will surprise you

    A reboot of the "Ghostbusters" franchise is headed to theaters soon, and instead of dusting off the classic (and rather iconic) 1959 Cadillac Miller-Meteor ambulance that was such an integral part of the original film, this latest installment updates things in a somewhat surprising direction. The...

  • 2017 Ford Fusion
    Ford ups Fusion V6 Sport's torque to 380 pound-feet

    Ford Motor Company [NYSF: F] has raised the bar for its new Fusion V6 Sport. Instead of the 350 pound-feet of torque the automaker initially said its 2.7-liter V-6 would produce, the Blue Oval now says to expect a staggering 380 lb-ft when it is run on 93 octane fuel. The horsepower projection...

  • Jeff Zwart
    When I grow up I want to be like Jeff Zwart

    Don’t ask Jeff Zwart for the $100 in his pocket right now. For a multitude of reasons, the racing driver, photographer, and pilot probably wouldn’t give it to you, but for one very important reason, he almost certainly won’t. The 61-year-old speed specialist slowly rolls a smile...

  • This Week on the Forums: 04.10.2016
    Subaru wrecks stupidly, financial idiocy, AMG gold, and more: This Week On The Forums

    Yelp users generally think otherwise, but screwed up takeout seldom ruins lives. Unfortunately, Paul Wilson's tikka masala proved to be just such as order. Because as ITV reported this week, the 38-year-old Englishman died when North Yorkshire restaurant Indian Garden failed to heed his pleas to...

  • Toyota FT-1 concept, 2014 Detroit Auto Show

    We drove the updated 2017 Nissan GT-R; slid behind the wheel of the 2017 Porsche Macan GTS; and told you what the new Toyota Supra needs. It's the Week in Reverse, right here on Motor Authority. The fifth Transformers movie, titled Transformers: The Last Knight, is set to be released on June 23, 2017, and director Michael Bay released the first image of the new Bumblebee. Based on the sixth-gen Chevy Camaro, the newest Bumblebee is looking aggressive with its custom body kit, pronounced spoilers, and Autobot logos. The fact that there's a new Toyota Supra coming is no secret, but what will it...

  • 2017 Fiat 124 Spider, 2016 Press Drive San Diego
    8 ways the Fiat 124 Spider differs from the Mazda Miata

    What's the best way to make an Italian roadster? Build it in Hiroshima, Japan. That may sound like a joke, but that's exactly what's going on with the new 2017 Fiat 124. Colloquially known as the Fiata, the 124 Spider is built on the architecture of the Mazda MX-5 Miata, which debuted last year and...

  • 2017 Mercedes-Benz G550 4x4² (European spec)
    2017 Fiat 124 Spider, 2017 Mercedes G-Class, 2017 Porsche Macan: Car News Headlines

    Fiat has a new sports car on sale this year. It’s called the 124 Spider and it’s the spiritual successor to the 124 from fifty years ago. Find out what it’s like to drive in our first drive review. Mercedes-Benz’s G-Class receives a few updates for the 2017 model year. Among...

  • Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, home of the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix
    2016 Formula One Canadian Grand Prix preview

    Formula One has arrived in North America for the first time this year in preparation for this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix. The race, round seven of the 2016 World Championship, is once again being held at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal. The 2.7-mile track runs around the perimeter...

  • Tesla Motors production line for Tesla Model S, Fremont, California
    NHTSA probes Tesla Model S suspension

    The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is examining suspension components on Tesla Motors’ [NSDQ:TSLA] Model S sedan after receiving dozens of complaints of parts breaking. According to The New York Times, NHTSA received 33 complaints, including one where a suspension ball joint...

  • 2017 Fiat 124 Spider, 2016 Press Drive San Diego
    2017 Fiat 124 Spider first drive review

    Fifty years ago, Fiat sought the help of the legendary Pininfarina design firm to turn its somewhat stodgy 124 sedan into a stylish convertible sports car. The result was a simple but attractive drop-top that would enjoy a 19-year production run of more than 200,000 cars—roughly 170,000 of...

  • 2016 Honda CR-Z Final Label (Japanese spec)

    Honda’s CR-Z, described by the automaker as a Sport Hybrid Coupe even though it’s neither sporty nor a coupe, looks to finally be on its way out. Honda recently unveiled the CR-Z Final Label for the Japanese market and it’s likely we’ll see something similar in the United States, or perhaps it will just go out quietly. ALSO SEE: 2017 Fiat 124 Spider first drive review It’s not like anyone will notice. Year-to-date sales of the CR-Z total less than a 1,000 units, despite an update for the latest model year. The CR-Z Final Label gets a few special touches such as...

  • Porsche 911 Turbo and Bentley Bentayga at a drag strip
    Bentley Bentayga lines up with 911 Turbo at the drag strip

    A Bentley Bentayga and Porsche 911 Turbo recently lined up at the drag strip. Considering the Porsche is one of the quickest sports cars in production and the Bentley is a big brute of an SUV, you don’t have to be a genius to predict the results. Nevertheless, it’s fun to watch the two...

  • 2017 Porsche Macan GTS
    8 ways to turn an SUV into a Porsche

    The 2017 Porsche Macan GTS is the compact SUV the automaker always set out to build, according to Porsche. Based on the Audi Q5, the Macan GTS is, in our opinion, the best handling crossover on the planet, but how does it get that way? Let's dissect how a sports car maker turns an SUV into a...

  • Nissan GT-R runs at the dragstrip
    Nissan GT-R blows rear end then returns to drag strip

    Heavily modified high-horsepower drag cars put a lot of abuse and strain on their parts. There's so much energy going through many components that it's not unusual for something to give up and call it quits. That's what happened to the rear end on a Nissan GT-R packing a reported 2,000 horsepower...

  • 2017 Porsche Macan GTS First Drive
    2017 Porsche Macan GTS first drive review

    Porsche's strategy for old GTS models had been magnificent in its mission: Even if buyers couldn’t afford faster cars, there was still a race to empty whatever they had left in their wallets.

  • Garage
    Startup looks to be the AirBnB of garages

    One of the biggest factors limiting would-be car collectors from amassing a fleet of their own is often storage—but it is one that GaragePointer hopes to help owners overcome. If you live in a city, or even on a quarter acre suburban lot, parking more than a couple of cars at home may be a...

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