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Despite its major push into electric cars, Mercedes-Benz is spending billions on developing new, more efficient internal combustion engines. The next-generation engines will start making their way...
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Hamilton closes in on Rosberg with Mexican Grand Prix winMercedes AMG’s Lewis Hamilton took home the win on Sunday at the 2016 Formula One Mexican Grand Prix, with fellow Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg crossing the line second, 8.3 seconds behind his teammate. It means there are now just 19 points separating the two drivers. It also means that...
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Tesla CEO unveils Powerwall 2.0 and solar roofTesla [NSDQ:TSLA] CEO Elon Musk on Friday unveiled two new products, one from Tesla and another from SolarCity, the solar home installation firm Tesla is hoping to acquire and headed by Musk’s cousin Lyndon Rive. Tesla’s new product is a second-generation Powerwall home energy storage...
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2018 Porsche Panamera Shooting Brake spy shotsFans of Porsche’s Panamera Sport Turismo concept from the 2012 Paris Auto Show rejoice, the automaker has heeded your calls and is putting the stunning show car into production. Our latest spy shots show a late-stage prototype. The general shape looks virtually identical to what we saw on the...
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2018 Chevy Corvette ZR1, 2017 Lincoln Continental, Mercedes-Benz X-Class: This Week’s Top PhotosMercedes-Benz this week previewed its upcoming pickup truck with a concept. Along with the reveal of the concept, the automaker confirmed that the pickup it will spawn will be called an X-Class and offer both workhorse and lifestyle-oriented configurations. Another Mercedes in the headlines this...
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Apollo joins SCG, Audi quits Le Mans, Fisker reveals new car: The Week In ReverseApollo joined fellow supercar startup Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus; Audi announced its withdrawal from the World Endurance Championship; and Fisker gave us our first look at the aggressive face of its new electric car. It's the Week in Reverse, right here on Motor Authority. The Apollo Arrow...
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Acura will have a major presence at the 2016 SEMA show, which runs from November 1-4 in Las Vegas. The central theme, Acura says, will be an interlinking of its production models with those from its...
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2017 Alfa Romeo Giulia, 2017 Lincoln Continental, 2018 VW Atlas: Car News HeadlinesWe’ve finally spent some time behind the wheel of Alfa Romeo’s new Giulia sedan, specifically the high-performance Giulia Quadrifoglio. Does the car live up to the hype? Find out in our first drive review. Another highly-anticipated car we’ve driven is Lincoln’s new...
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2016 Formula One Mexican Grand Prix previewThe 2016 Formula One World Championship is coming to a close—there are now just three races left on the calendar—but the title fight is still very much alive, albeit between the two Mercedes AMG drivers only. The first of the final three races is on this weekend in Mexico, only the...
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All-wheel-drive Dodge Challenger GT shows up on EPA websiteDodge is working on an all-wheel-drive Challenger. The car was first hinted at by the Challenger GT AWD concept unveiled at the 2015 SEMA show and now confirmed by an early listing on the EPA’s website that lists fuel economy ratings. A 2017 Dodge Challenger GT equipped with a 3.6-liter V-6...
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Mercedes to launch 10 electric cars by 2025Mercedes-Benz on Thursday confirmed plans for 10 electric cars by 2025. That’s less than the 30 electric cars the Volkswagen Group is planning for the same date, though it’s still significant considering the smaller volumes of the luxury segment in which Mercedes competes. The first of...
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2017 Porsche 911 GT3 spy shotsFans of Porsche’s track-focused 911 GT3 can look forward to an updated version of the car coming later this year. The complete 911 range is currently undergoing its mid-cycle update, with the most recent model to be updated being the Turbo. It looks like the next will be the updated GT3, and...
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Mercedes-Benz won’t offer a diesel-powered C-Class in the United States.
The automaker was to start sales of a C300d during 2016 but has since scrapped those plans. The C300d was to be powered... -
Report: Alfa Romeo Giulia wagon in the worksAlfa Romeo’s Giulia sedan will eventually spawn a wagon, people familiar with the matter told Automotive News (subscription required). The addition of the wagon is to help boost the vehicle’s appeal, particularly in Europe where wagons sell in considerable numbers and most of the...
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Custom Dodge Challenger SRT 392 among Mopar’s 2016 SEMA fleetMopar in recent years has been bringing some serious muscle to the annual SEMA show. And some of the show cars have ended up as production models. Prime examples include the Dodge Viper ACR concept we saw in 2014 and the Dodge Challenger GT AWD concept we saw in 2015. The wide-body, all-wheel-drive...
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Ferrari F12 M, Apollo Arrow, BMW M2: Today’s Car NewsFerrari’s [NYSE:RACE] F12 Berlinetta will soon undergo a mid-cycle update. A prototype for the updated car has been spotted outside the automaker’s headquarters in Maranello, Italy. Supercar startup Apollo has teamed up with Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus to develop the Arrow. The new...
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2018 Hyundai Azera revealed with handsome new lookA new generation of the Hyundai Azera is set to go on sale in Korea in November, where the vehicle is known as the Grandeur. The automaker on Thursday released the first photos of the car which has adopted a handsome exterior complete with the “cascading” grille that made its debut on...
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Opel Insignia Grand Sport to debut at 2017 Geneva auto showOn Wednesday we received confirmation that the next-generation Opel Insignia will be sold in the Australian and New Zealand markets as a Holden Commodore. A version of the car will also be sold as a Regal in markets where Buick operates. (It’s no surprise since the current Regal is twinned...
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Chinese-backed supercar startup Apollo, formed from the bankrupt remains of Gumpert, unveiled its first model at the 2016 Geneva auto show, a 986-horsepower mid-engine spaceship called the Arrow.
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Audi to end WEC campaign after 2016, including Le MansAudi has confirmed earlier reports that it is about to end its participation in the World Endurance Championship. Audi will exit the sport at the end of the 2016 season, in the process ending 18 years of prototype racing. (The final race will be the 6 Hours of Bahrain on November 19.) During those...
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2017 Audi A3 FWD models get more power, 7-speed dual-clutchAudi has more announcements concerning its updated A3, which arrives in the fall as a 2017 model. A3s with front-wheel drive ditch the 2016 model’s turbocharged 1.8-liter inline-4 in favor of a more powerful turbocharged 2.0-liter inline-4. The new engine sees output rise to 186 horsepower...
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Otto's self-driving Budweiser beer truck completes 120-mile runOtto and Budweiser brewer Anheuser-Busch made history in October by successfully making the first delivery by a self-driving truck. Last week, one of Otto’s self-driving truck prototypes traveled 120 miles on a stretch of Colorado highway between Fort Collins and Colorado Springs to deliver...
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2017 Mini Countryman, 2018 Mercedes-AMG E63, 2018 Mercedes-Benz X-Class: Car News HeadlinesMini has unveiled its second-generation Countryman. The new compact SUV makes its world debut in November at the 2016 Los Angeles auto show and will be on sale by the spring of 2017. The big news is that a plug-in hybrid joins the ranks. Another car debuting in L.A. is the new Mercedes-AMG E63...
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Judge approves VW’s $14.7B buyback of 2.0-liter dieselsThe Volkswagen Group in June reached a settlement with the EPA and numerous other regulators to resolve civil claims over the automaker’s diesel emission cheating scandal, which erupted in September 2015 with the discovery of numerous VW Group vehicles whose diesel engines were fitted with...
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