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Mercedes-Benz used 1997’s The Lost World: Jurassic Park to help launch its original M-Class SUV, and the automaker will do the same with next month’s Jurassic World, which will feature the all-new GLE Coupe, a coupe-like version of the M-Class-replacing GLE. But the GLE Coupe won’t be the only Mercedes model in the new movie as the automaker has just confirmed that a whole fleet of its vehicles will share the spotlight. Alongside the GLE Coupe, which is appearing in its sporty GLE450 AMG Sport trim, will be the iconic G-Class, the all-conquering G63 6x6 six-wheeler, the...
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2016 Chevrolet Camaro Preview And Prototype First DriveHappy, muscle-car fans? Just this past year you've been gifted a 707-horsepower Challenger Hellcat and a brand-new Mustang, with a 500-plus-horsepower Shelby GT350 waiting in the chute. It's been a Super Bowl of a year, with no deflation to spoil the fun. In fact, it's the opposite. A new version...
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SCG003 Falls Victim To The ‘Ring--Updated With VideoDuring practice on Thursday for this weekend’s Nürburgring 24 Hours race, one of Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus’ SCG003 road-going racers crashed into a barrier at a speed in excess of 120 mph. Behind the wheel was American Ken Dobson who was said to be “fine” after the...
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Lamborghini Aventador LP 750-4 SuperVeloce laps Nürburgring in 6:59.73Lamborghini has released a video showing its new Aventador LP 750-4 SuperVeloce lapping the Nürburgring Nordschleife in a time of 6:59.73, meaning the car joins the Porsche 918 Spyder in an elite group of production cars that have lapped the notorious German circuit under the magic 7:00 mark...
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Mercedes-Benz Honors 60th Anniversary Record-Setting Mille Miglia With 360-Degree FilmEven in an era when autosport was frighteningly dangerous, the Mille Miglia was known to be a particularly perilous race. But in 1955, Sir Stirling Moss—along with embedded journalist Denis Jenkinson—climbed into a Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR W 196 R, and managed to traverse the course's...
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Cadillac Ciel Stars In New ‘Entourage’ Short Film: VideoEntourage the movie will be airing in a theater near you June 3, and one of the stars of the show will actually be a car, in this case Cadillac’s stunning Ciel four-door convertible that we first saw back in 2011. A previous trailer for the movie showed the Ciel driven by Ken Dillon’s...
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A year since unveiling its own self-driving car, Google has confirmed that the small, pod-like research vehicle is ready for testing on public roads. Google has been testing a fleet of Toyota Prius and Lexus RX vehicles fitted with its autonomous car technology on public roads for some time now, which according to the company has so far caused zero accidents even after millions of miles of testing. Now, Google is ready to start hitting the road with its own car. Google’s self-driving car is clearly still in the prototype stage. The company has been testing it over the past year on a...
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Challenger SRT Hellcat Owner Lights Up The Tires AND Brakes In Epic Burnout: VideoYou’ve probably seen hundreds of burnouts before. Heck, here at Motor Authority we’ve posted up a fair few, including some of own. But here’s one 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat burnout that takes the cake. DON'T MISS: Hellcat Vs. Hellcat: Tires Shredded, Faces Melted, Internet...
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Coachbuilt David Brown Speedback confirmed for USLast year’s deliciously retro Speedback GT from British automotive startup David Brown will be offered for local sale following a debut at the 2015 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance this August. The coachbuilt special, which clearly has been inspired by the Aston Martin DB5, will be...
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Netflix could land Clarkson, Hammond & May, call new show "House Of Cars"Last week, we speculated Jeremy Clarkson would land at Netflix—and now we have new info suggesting that's exactly what's going to happen. The Mirror is reporting that he and co conspirators Richard Hammond and James May—along with former Top Gear producer Andy Wilman—are close to...
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The Collector Shares His Shrine To BMW's Best: VideoStarted from the bottom, now he's here... We'll admit the name The Collector is a bit lame unless you're talking about Taneleer Tivan and The Guardians of the Galaxy. Still, the producers of this wonderful video probably applied it to him since he doesn't really want you to know exactly who he is...
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New Photos And Video Of 600-Horsepower Audi TT Clubsport Turbo ConceptAudi has released new photos and video of its TT Clubsport Turbo concept car that’s on show this week at the 2015 Wörthersee Tour in Austria. The concept is a wild take on the new TT sports car, and even though it isn’t destined for production it’s thought to be a preview of...
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The new 2016 Dodge Viper ACR is coming at you hard and fast. Following the reveal late last week, Dodge has released the all-important pricing details and we’ve also managed to get the first live shots of the car along with a video of its engine starting up and revving. Pricing starts at just $122,490, which includes the car’s $2,495 destination charge and $2,100 gas guzzler tax. That’s not a bad deal considering the 2016 Viper ACR is the fastest street-legal Viper ever to emerge from the Conner Avenue Assembly Plant, and it’s probably just as quick—or...
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1,341-HP Koenigsegg One:1 Hits 225 MPH--Updated With New VideoKoenigsegg plans to build just six examples of the 1,341-horsepower One:1 the Swedish supercar manufacturer revealed at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show, and one of those six cars, believed to be the only example with right-hand drive, belongs to The BHP Project. The BHP Project is a group of well-heeled...
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Button And Alonso Run McLaren MP4/4 Next To MP4-30: VideoThere was a time when McLaren dominated Formula One racing. One of its premier machines was the MP4/4 from the 1988 season, where it won 15 of the 16 races held. Those days, with the likes of Ayrton Senna doing the driving, might feel like a bit of bygone era at the moment for Macca fans, as the...
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Truck Lovers Beware: Texas A&M Back With A New Truck-Killing BarrierRemember Texas A&M’s previous truck-decapitating barrier? Well, the university’s Transportation Institute has developed a new barrier, but rather than stop a vehicle dead in its tracks this new one is aimed at saving lives. MUST WATCH: Texas A&M Barrier Decapitates Trucks In...
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More ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ Footage Revealed In Featurettes: VideoThe first few reviews for Mad Max: Fury Road, the fourth installment of the Mad Max franchise developed by George Miller, have come in and so far they’ve mostly been positive. If you haven’t seen the movie yet you can catch some footage in these latest featurettes, which include...
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2016 Dodge Viper ACR Tech Overview VideoEven five years after its launch, the previous-generation Dodge Viper ACR is still one of the fastest production cars around a track, with only the all-wheel-drive Nissan GT-R NISMO and Porsche 918 Spyder managing to upset the car’s 7:12.13 Nürburgring lap time, set in 2011. Now...
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Donkervoort builds insane machines that are clearly designed to find the great roads of this planet, conquer them, and then take on the rest of the galaxy. Once their mission here is complete, we look forward to hearing of their tales of universal conquest. Until that time comes, they still have some roads to do battle with planetside. There's a new weapon to aid them, and it's naked. Donkervoort has just completed its latest D8 GTO, and this one is finished with bare carbon fiber body work. ALSO SEE: POV Video Of The 1,341-HP Koenigsegg One:1 Hitting 225 MPH Now, if you already know about...
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EO Smart Car Could Be Future "Crab" King Of The CityThe urban landscape of the future will not be filled with gas-drinking machines piloted by humans. We're not sure when the cityscape will change, but it will absolutely reach a point when it's filled with electric-powered, electronically-maneuvered, autonomously guided vehicles. As much as we love...
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Chris Harris Gets Seat Time With A 1952 Ferrari 212: VideoVintage Ferraris are pretty much untouchable machines in a number of ways. You can't afford them. You won't see one on the road. You better stop dreaming about ever driving one, because that's not going to happen. Well it might happen if you're Chris Harris. Not the "affording" bit, but rather the...
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2015 Roush RS3 Mustang Delivers 670 HP and 545 LB-FT: VideoTired of Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat owners having all of the fun at the drag strip? For any sixth-generation Mustang owners out there, famous Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] tuner Roush has a package that may just silence those Hellcat owners. It’s called the RS3, short for Roush Stage 3, and...
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Nissan Explains Why It Went Front-Wheel Drive For The GT-R LM NISMO: VideoFront-wheel drive. Also known as wrong-wheel drive, at least in performance driving circles. Yes, front-drive cars can be made to go very fast—but it’s always a compromise compared to rear-drive cars. Or is it? MUST WATCH: POV Video Of The 1,341-HP Koenigsegg One:1 Hitting 225 MPH...
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Rally Car Wrecks Hard And Drivers Walk Away: VideoYoan Droumenq and Gabriel Durand were working together to get their Citroen C2 rally car from one end of the Rally Ronde de la Durance stage to the other. They didn't quite get there though. Getting squirrelly through a series of small turns in a tight section of track, the car connected with one...
Jeff Glucker