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In August, we first learned of the plans of Chinese billionaire Jia Yueting for a new electric car company rivaling Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA]. It turns out Yueting’s electric car startup is the same Faraday Future that we reported on one month prior. Faraday Future is a company based in California promising to start production of an electric car by as early as 2017. The company is said to have already hired hundreds of staff, many of whom were handpicked from automakers such as Tesla, Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] and BMW. One of them was Nick Sampson, a former Tesla executive and currently...
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2015 Ford Mustang GT, 2016 Ferrari 488 Racer, 2017 Evoque Convertible: Today’s Car NewsThe Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] sixth-generation Mustang has been on sale for a while now. We recently took a closer look at the car’s GT variant. Find out what it’s like to live with in our video road test. Ferrari [NYSE:F] recently unveiled the new 488 GTB as the replacement...
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Bugatti Gears Up For Veyron Successor’s Arrival With New ShowroomsBugatti’s last Veyron was unveiled at the start of the year but work on a successor started long before the build slot for the last Veyron was even sold. The successor, which many predict will be called a Chiron, is set to debut at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show next March and has been spotted in...
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Toyota Investing $1 Billion In Silicon Valley Research LabToyota will establish a new research and development facility in California’s Silicon Valley at the cost of $1 billion over five years. The new facility, to be called the Toyota Research Institute (TRI), will be based near Stanford University in Palo Alto and focus initially on artificial...
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Rear-Wheel-Drive Lamborghini Huracán Headed To Los Angeles Auto Show?Lamborghini’s Huracán supercar was introduced with much fanfare back in 2014. The car replaced the most successful model in Lamborghini history, the Gallardo, and combined the stunning lines of the Aventador with a level of poise and refinement that makes it much easier to live with...
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2016 Ferrari 488 GT3 and 488 GTE racers revealed at 2015 Finali MondialiFerrari [NYSE:RACE] hosted its Finali Mondiali event for 2015 over the weekend at Italy’s Mugello Circuit and this year there were a few special unveilings. The Finali Mondiali, or World Finals if your Italian isn’t up to snuff, is the final event on the calendar for the Ferrari...
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Current Volkswagen Group design boss Walter Maria de Silva is set to retire at the end of the month, though he will continue his links with the automaker in an advisory role. The Italian designer has worked for VW for the past 17 years and been in charge of all the design teams at the automaker since 2007. The announcement comes amid VW’s ongoing diesel emissions cheating scandal, which looks to be expanding to include incorrectly stated CO2 and fuel consumption levels. De Silva, 64, started his automotive design career at Fiat back in 1972 but left after three years to join Studio R...
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SEMA Is A Massive, Unparalleled Automotive Freak ShowDante famously included blasphemers among his infamous Hell's Seventh Circle. And that might be why many members of the media use the analogy to that forsaken bit of real estate when referring to the annual SEMA show in Las Vegas. Because there's plenty of mechanical blasphemy at the annual...
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Nic Cage-Owned Ferrari 599 For SaleHow much weight does celebrity ownership put on the value of a vehicle? Well one group selling a 2007 Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano happen to think it can account for a whole chunk of cash on top of the real value of the car. This particular 599 was owned by Mr Nicolas Cage, and we have to say that Nic...
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2015 Ford Mustang GT video reviewFifty-one years. That’s how long it’s been since the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] introduced the Mustang at the New York World’s Fair. In an instant, it became an American classic. The current Mustang was all-new for the 2015 model year, and it's the best Mustang ever—but...
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This Week’s Top Photos: The 2015 SEMA Show EditionThe official show of the Specialty Equipment Market Association has come and gone for another year so now let’s look back at some of the stars. One of our favorite cars present was the 2016 Nissan GT-R NISMO N-Attack Package. This is the version of the GT-R that set a blistering 7:08.679...
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Acura Restores The Ludacris Legend: VideoChris Bridges is better known to the world as Ludacris. His albums have gone multi-platinum, he's a Grammy winner, and he's also an actor—most famously as Tej Parker in the Fast and the Furious movies. Additionally, he's a fan of Acura. More specifically, he's in love with his own 1993 Acura...
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We know you need your Motor Authority fix at all times, which is why you likely already have our iOS or Android application. For those of you with iPhones running iOS 9 that are now using Apple News, we have great news: Motor Authority's now on Apple News. The Motor Authority channel in the new Apple News app features all the categories you've come to expect. From news and first drives to auto shows and spy shots, it's all there. It's simple. Just open the Apple News app on your iOS device and search for Motor Authority. Tap the little blue circle with the plus symbol on the top right side of...
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This Week On The Forums: 5,000-Mile Road Trip, Reverse Road Rage And MoreDating is tricky, and reading between the lines is a crucial skill. That said, you don't have to be a cryptographer to understand what an admirer means when they suggest you "Netflix and chill." And while the joke might have gotten a little tired, that didn't stop an intrepid graffiti artist from...
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2017 Mercedes-Benz GLS, 2016 Dodge Viper ACR, 2016 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet: The Week In ReverseMercedes-Benz revealed the new 2017 GLS large SUV; Dodge announced that the 2016 Viper ACR destroyed some lap records; and Ford debuted the 2016 Mustang Cobra Jet. It's Week in Reverse, right here at Motor Authority. Chevrolet's in the process of launching the new, sixth-generation Camaro, and with...
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2016 Hennessey Venom GT Gets 1,451 Horsepower: 2015 SEMA Live PhotosIt isn’t quite the Venom F5 that the company has been teasing, but Hennessey Performance Engineering has delivered an updated version of its Venom GT supercar that boasts considerably more power than before. The good news is that the Venom F5 is still coming, but to tide things over in the...
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2017 Infiniti Q60 Spy ShotsDuring this year’s Detroit Auto Show, Infiniti rolled out a sexy concept previewing its next-generation Q60. The new coupe is set to arrive in showrooms next fall, as a 2017 model, and we now have our first spy shots of a prototype. The prototype confirms that the sleek, sexy shape of the...
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Police Car Driven, Veyron Successor Spied, W Motors Supercar Teased: Car News HeadlinesWhat’s it like to drive a police car? We had the chance to find out thanks to Dodge and its 2015 Charger Pursuit. We even got to find out what the “Take Down” button does. Bugatti’s successor to the Veyron is approaching the end of its long gestation. New photos emerged this...
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Earlier this week, the Environmental Protection Agency issued the Volkswagen Group with a notice of violation for a 3.0-liter V-6 diesel engine used in several models from Audi as well as Porsche’s Cayenne and VW's Touareg. The violation was due to the discovery that several models fitted with the engine were found to have the same “defeat device” software used to hide emissions of harmful nitrogen oxide from regulators that VW previously admitted to using on roughly 11 million vehicles equipped with four-cylinder diesels. VW has denied that the V-6 models also have the...
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650-HP Corvette Z06 V-8 Available As Crate Engine, Previewed In 1970 Camaro: VideoOne of the coolest cars at this week’s 2015 SEMA show was a custom 1970 Chevrolet Camaro RS. Built by Chevrolet Performance, the classic muscle car was fitted with a supercharged 6.2-liter LT4 V-8 just like the one in the latest-generation Corvette Z06. But this engine wasn’t lifted out...
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Tesla Plans Constraints For Autopilot System After Several Near Misses: VideoTesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] recently launched a software update for its Model S enabling the car to drive autonomously in certain situations, such as along a multilane highway. Naively, Tesla trusted that Model S owners would use the system according to certain rules, such as keeping their hands on...
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Audi Marks End Of Year With Special Edition ModelsAs we approach the end of the calendar year, Audi is offering some sweeteners to help move metal. The automaker is hosting what it calls the Season of Audi Sales Event and there are offers to be had on 2016 A3, A4, A6 and Q5 models. For the A3 and A4 in particular there are special edition versions...
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Mercedes-Benz Museum Starts Selling Off Some Classics: VideoThe official Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, Germany must be brimming with classics as the museum is now starting to sell some of them off. The list of cars available for sale can be seen at the website www.alltime-stars.com and includes some stunners such as a 1929 Type 630 Kompressor and even...
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W Motors Bringing New Fenyr Supersport To Dubai Motor ShowArabian supercar marque W Motors shocked the world when it first announced plans for a car with a price tag of $3.4 million. The car was the Lykan Hypersport, and its production run would total just seven cars. It now appears all of them have been built and sold as W Motors is ready to bring us a...
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