Nelson Ireson, Senior Editor
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The Pagani brand and its newest Huayra supercar are now officially in North America thanks to its new dealers—as announced by this fantastic video of the brand’s halo product.
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Porsche’s Mid-Engine Super Sports Car: Motor Authority News VideoWord on the street is that there’s a new project underway at Porsche, and it could bear some mid-engined fruit. This is Motor Authority’s news for Monday, July 7. It wouldn’t be the first time Porsche investigated going mid-engined to enhance its sports car portfolio, as the...
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Porsche 911 SC East African Safari Rally Car: VideoIn the ongoing Porsche 911 Secrets video series, the latest car to get special treatment is the 911 SC East African Safari Rally car. And it’s a very special 911 indeed. MUST SEE: Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Burnout Battle: 1,414 HP Video Based on the road-going 911 that also dominated...
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Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Burnout Battle: 1,414 HP VideoWhat do you get when you face one 707-horsepower 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat off against another at the drag strip burnout box? You get this video. MUST SEE: Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder Destroyed By Hotel Valet: Gallery You also get 1,414 horsepower worth of head-to-head Mopar awesome. Red on...
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2015 Land Rover Range Rover Sport SVR Spy ShotsThe latest Range Rover Sport only hit the street in the past year, but Land Rover is aiming even higher than the already-potent Range Rover Sport Supercharged variant with a new model, to be badged an SVR. The plan is to put even more power and sharper handling into the Range Rover Sport's package...
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BMW M4 hits the ‘Ultimate Racetrack’Like us, you really don’t need an excuse to watch a heart-pounding video of the new 2015 BMW M4. But here’s your excuse anyway. MUST SEE: Electric Miata Smokes Tesla Model S P85: Video Devoid of any annoying Wagnerian music, and inane voiceovers, of anything except brilliant, amped-up...
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It’s no secret that one of the great keys to speed is lightness, and the Miata has that in spades—even when converted to electric drive as the drag monster in this video is. So it’s...
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Lawnmower Racing With Kimi Räikkönen: VideoIf you were wondering about how Kimi Räikkönen’s back has healed after ending last season early to undergo surgery, wonder no more. Here he is thrashing racing lawnmowers around a very bumpy circuit, punishing all challengers in stoically Kimi style. ALSO SEE: Stolen Tesla Police...
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Stolen Tesla Police Chase Ends In Massive, Fiery Wreck, Splits Model S In Half: VideoThe Tesla Model S is, undeniably, the best electric car to date. It has also been the subject of some fear-mongering about fire. But looking at the scenes of destruction from a police chase of a stolen Tesla Model S in West Hollywood last night (video below), it’s hard to imagine any car that...
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707-HP Challenger SRT Hellcat, 2015 Mercedes S63 AMG Coupe, Goodwood FoS: The Week In ReverseThe Challenger SRT Hellcat is the most powerful production muscle car ever, we drive the 2015 Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG Coupe, and the Goodwood Festival of Speed brings amazing hardware old and new—it’s The Week In Reverse, right here at Motor Authority. There’s a new king of the...
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First Formula E Test Sees Sebastien Buemi Top The Charts: VideoAll-electric formula racing is coming soon, in the form of the FIA’s Formula E Championship. The first official test for the series and the cars was held today at Donington Park in the U.K. Above is a video showing earlier testing on a very wet day. Fastest in the new Spark-Renault SRT_01E...
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2015 Porsche Boxster & Cayman Updates: Minor, But MeaningfulIn addition to the all-new Boxster and Cayman GTS trim, the 2015 model year brings a handful of equipment updates. Individually, each is fairly minor, but taken together, it makes for a substantially upgraded package—at least on some variants. New individual options available for 2015 include...
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Information and entertainment systems are very important parts of the modern car. They’re how we interact with everything except the actual driving controls—and they can even modify the...
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This Furious, Insane On-Board Video Will Make You Want To Rally: VideoIf you’ve never been to a rally, find one and go to it. You’ll love it. If you don’t know why you will, watch this video. The driver is Mads Ostberg, the car is a Citroen DS3 WRC, and the insanity is the setup dial-in for the Rally Portugal. Of course, the danger for any...
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2015 Dodge Charger SRT Spy ShotsThis is the first look at the upcoming 2015 Dodge Charger SRT, and it may even be the one that will hold the HEMI Hellcat engine. Based on the redesigned 2015 Dodge Charger sedan, the SRT model should sport—at the least—a 6.4-liter HEMI engine good for 485 horsepower and 475 pound-feet...
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Turbo BMW E30 Screams Up Pikes Peak: VideoThis 1987 BMW E30, fully prepped and boosted, is fierce little machine. The restrained fury with which it attacks Pikes Peak is even fiercer. Putting about 480 horsepower to the rear wheels and weighing in at just 2,340 pounds, Tim Hardy’s turbo E30 made the climb in just 10:44.650. The time...
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2015 Saleen S302 Mustang: First ImageSaleen has been building high-performance custom Mustangs for decades now, and fans of the tuned muscle cars will be keen to know that the next generation of the car will receive the same treatment. This is the first image of the Saleen S302. Released today, the image shows the car’s dramatic...
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Ride Along With POV Video Of The Koenigsegg One:1 At GoodwoodIf you thought the 1,340-horsepower Koenigsegg One:1 was fast, you had no real idea until now. Sure, you may have seen it at speed from the outside, but this view from inside the cockpit is one very few will ever see—at least in real life. The sounds, the speeds, the furious pace of the One:1...
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It’s official: the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat is the most powerful production muscle car ever—and even more powerful than the Viper supercar, with 707 horsepower and 650 pound-feet of...
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#LOLVO Volvo V60 Sportback Ad May Be The Ultimate Car Commercial: VideoWith features like floor bibs, a cavernous twerk, and an inside, it’s hard not to recognize the Volvo V60 wagon as most definitely a car, not a motorcycle or a plane. Those are among the lessons learned in this hilarious ad from YouTube user PonyHans, also known as Christoffer Castor...
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Local Motors Announces Street/Track Car Project: VideoA new street/track car is coming, and it’s coming from the team that brought us the awesomeness that is the Rally Fighter. Focusing their powers of open-source construction and outside-the-box thinking, the Local Motors crew will move from the dirt to the pavement with a modular car designed...
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Chris Forsberg Is Back With New ‘Garage Tours’ Series: VideoThe guy who brought us Drift Garage and its drift missile build, Formula Drift champ Chris Forsberg, is embarking on a new series that will see him touring garages around the U.S., from home-built outfits to massive professional teams. It’s called Garage Tours. Scheduled to run every Tuesday...
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Audi Announces Composite Springs To Save Weight, Entering Production Later This YearYou might not often think about them, but the springs in your car’s suspension are a key piece of technology—and one that has been largely unchanged for decades. The simple steel coil spring has served in effective anonymity—but its days may be numbered. Audi is planning to put a...
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Watch This Nissan 240SX Set A New RWD Record In The Mt. Washington Climb To The Clouds: VideoThe hillclimb is a dying art in North America, thanks to a litigious public and an unreasoning disregard for rally-style motorsports. But at Mt. Washington, just as at Pikes Peak, it’s alive and well. Here, a Nissan 240SX makes a blazing but smooth run to the top of the mountain in rear-drive...
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