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Porsche is almost at the end of development of its second-generation Panamera and the latest prototypes we've spotted are wearing barely any camouflage gear. The new Panamera is expected on the market near the end of the year, most likely as a 2017 model, and this time there will be a new wagon...

Tesla Motors’ [NSDQ:TSLA] Model 3 has been making headlines for the past several years but now it’s finally here. The BMW 3-Series-rivaling electric sports sedan was revealed tonight in Hawthorne, California and Tesla has been taking pre-orders since early this morning. According to the...

Tanner Foust can really drive. It's almost like the Formula Drift and Rallycross champion made a deal with the devil to be so good at it. While that is (probably) not true, Foust did make a deal with Mad Media to rip around San Diego in a three-wheel Polaris Slingshot SL. But this isn't just any...

BMW has taken the wraps off of a pair of new special edition models of its flagship 7-Series sedan: The Solitaire Edition and the Master Class Edition. Just a handful will be built—six examples of the Solitaire and a single Master Class—but the two models are closely linked to each...

When seeing at night becomes difficult, many people blame their own eyes. But car headlights may really be the problem, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), which just released its first-ever headlight ratings. Headlights are getting more advanced, with LEDs and other new...

Lamborghini is diving deeper into the world of motorsports. Its Squadra Corse division aims to assist drivers across a range of disciplines, with the hopes that someday those drivers will be piloting GT3 cars bearing the mark of the bull. There's a Lamborghini driver development program that starts...

Bugatti’s new hypercar to replace the Veyron, the 1,480-horsepower Chiron, made its world debut earlier in the month at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show. The car was absent during last week’s 2016 New York Auto Show but it wasn’t far as the same blue example we saw in Geneva was...

The first race series with fully autonomous cars has been announced, but it’s not years away from starting but mere months. The new series is called Roborace and today we got a preview of the car that will be competing in it. Bugatti’s new Chiron has been spotted in New York City. The...

Here’s your first official taste of the new season of Top Gear. The famous trio made up of Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May is no longer there but what we can gather from this short teaser trailer is that the show will still pack some awesome machinery, a few laughs and plenty...

The first race between fully autonomous cars is coming—and much soon than you think. A championship called Roborace is being established and if all goes to plan will host its first race later this year. Roborace will be an exhibition-style event supporting the Formula E Championship and...

Following the death of a spectator in a crash that took place during a race held at the Nürburgring early last year, speed limits were introduced at sections of the track. This put an end to the possibility of setting Nürburgring lap records, though thankfully the limits were only on a...

Now that it’s no longer wasting effort and money on a failed Formula One program, British sports car brand Caterham has returned to what it does best: building affordable, lightweight track cars based on the iconic Lotus Seven chassis. Recently, Caterham teamed up with bicycle frame...

Mercedes-Benz has already unveiled its next-generation E-Class, albeit so far only in the sedan bodystyle. There are still several variants due such as the high-performance E63 from Mercedes-AMG as well as the new coupe, convertible, long-wheelbase sedan and wagon. It’s the latter that is the...

Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA]—or just Tesla, as it might now prefer to be called—has very closely guarded nearly all the details about its third mass-production all-electric car, the smaller, more affordable Model 3. Tomorrow’s when the Silicon Valley automaker will at last reveal...

Although you can't exactly walk into a Ferrari dealer and place an order for the company's new GTC4 Lusso, you can at least build one virtually. Ferrari has launched a configurator on its website for the company's new FF replacement, the GTC4 Lusso. With four wheel steering, more power, and some...

Takeshi Kimura is awesome. Motor Authority readers have actually been introduced to him before. He's the man who was seen taking his F40 on a camping trip. Cars are meant to be driven, and it seems Kimura-san likes pushing this idea to the limit. He's back at the wheel of his wonderful machine, and...

Porsche’s new 911 GT3 RS is one of the most desirable cars on the planet right now. Unfortunately for one Porsche dealership in Amsterdam, a mechanic drove a Gulf Racing-livered example off a ledge and into the surrounding waterway. ALSO SEE: Meet the Audi RS 7 from hell: Video Fortunately it...

Aston Martin’s DB11 is still months away from hitting showrooms but the car has already managed to rack up 1,400 orders. It’s also proven to be a huge hit on social media, with most of the attention said to be positive. The boss of Mercedes-AMG has confirmed even more models are in the...

Usually when heading down the often expensive path of modifying your car, one of the aims isn’t attempting to make the car look and sound like the spawn of Satan. We’re not sure if that was actually one of the aims of this Audi RS 7 project, though it certainly looks that way due to the...

Volkswagen can add one more lawsuit to the growing list resulting from the ongoing diesel scandal. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is now suing the embattled German carmaker because of allegedly false claims in years of "Clean Diesel" advertising. VW used the Clean Diesel tagline for years...