Viknesh Vijayenthiran, Editor
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With both MINI and Volkswagen already confirming their intentions to enter the competitive world of the World Rally Championship (WRC), an international race series once dominated by the likes of... -
Lamborghini’s Third Model Will Be An ‘Everyday’ CarPerhaps the strongest indication yet that Lamborghini is planning to put its striking Estoque sedan concept from the 2008 Paris Auto Show into production has come by way of clear statements from the automaker’s CEO that a third Lamborghini model is in the works and that it will be an...
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2013 Ford Fiesta ST Spy ShotsWe've previously spied Ford testing its new four-cylinder EcoBoost engine in the U.S., with engineers using a sporty variant of the 2011 Ford Fiesta three-door hatchback as their guinea pig. This sporty variant will be known as the Fiesta ST when it goes on sale late next year as a 2013 model...
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One In Four Bentleys Sold Is In ChinaOur 2008 prediction for China to overtake the U.S. in overall sales for Bentley by 2012 is shaping up to prove true with news coming out this past week that the British marque has achieved record sales in China, with the country now second on the list for Bentley’s biggest markets behind the...
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BMW 5-Series GT a flop, stealing sales from more expensive 7-SeriesWhen BMW introduced the 5-Series Gran Turismo at the start of last year as the replacement for its 5-Series Touring station wagon, there were hopes that the oddly styled vehicle, the first incarnation of the automaker’s ‘Progressive Activity Sedan’ (PAS) design philosophy, would...
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One-Off MINI Red Mudder By DSQUARED² Auctioned At 2011 Life BallCanadian twins, Dean and Dan Caten, better known as the designer duo DSQUARED², have finally presented the MINI Countryman crossover they designed exclusively for the 2011 Life Ball, a charity event held annually in Vienna in support of HIV and AIDS research that took place this past weekend...
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In 2009 Swiss engineering and design firm Protoscar unveiled its first Lampo electric sports car prototype, and just one year later the firm unveiled the follow up to the original Lampo, the aptly... -
Sebastian Vettel Barely Holds Off Lewis Hamilton At Spanish Grand PrixGerman youngster Sebastian Vettel managed to extend his lead in the 2011 Formula 1 Championship by clenching victory at yesterday’s 2011 Spanish Grand Prix, though his closest rival, McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton, kept on his tail from the 20th to the final 66th lap. In the end, only 0.63...
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Kanye West Hits Up Cannes Film Festival In Mercedes-McLaren SLR Stirling MossCelebrities and expensive cars go hand in hand. Throw in an artsy film festival and you’ve got a Mecca for all things luxury, including diamond-studded Maybachs as we’ve already seen, and now one of the rarest cars built in recent times, the highly impractical Mercedes-McLaren SLR...
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Ferrari Superamerica 45 Flips Its Lid: VideoRemember the Ferrari 575M Superamerica? The one based on the 575M Maranello but with a cool folding hard-top that simply flipped over? Well, Ferrari has built another exotic with the innovative roof system, this time based on the 575M’s successor, the 599 GTB Fiorano. Like the previous car...
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BMW 328 Hommage Concept: 2011 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’EsteIt was at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este in Italy three years ago that BMW unveiled the striking M1 Hommage Concept, and at the same event in 2011 the German automaker is paying tribute to another of its past greats, the legendary 328 sports car of the 1930s. You may recall that...
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Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix: Weather ReportSpain’s tradition of great weather has rung true for today’s race at Circuit de Catalunya, the site of the 2011 Spanish Grand Prix, with forecasters predicting dry conditions and just a slightly patchy sky. Temperatures should peak at around 78 degrees, which should guarantee plenty of...
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To no great surprise, Formula 1 Championship leader Sebastian Vettel dominated practice today ahead of the 2011 Spanish Grand Prix though it was his Red Bull Racing teammate, Mark Webber, who was ... -
Buy A Hawker Beechcraft Jet And Get A Lotus Thrown In For FreeLotus has teamed up with another legendary company, Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC), the manufacturer of Hawker and Beechcraft business jets, with the two firms working together on a number of unique initiatives. And to mark the occasion, HBC will be giving away a free Lotus sports car to...
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Mazda 787B Four-Rotor Race Car Returning To Le Mans After Winning 20 Years AgoBack in 1991, when the McLaren F1 supercar had just been born and the Persian Gulf War was still raging, Mazda was working on a new endurance racer, one with a four-rotor Wankel rotary engine. The race car was the Mazda 787B and it would eventually go on to take overall victory at the 24 Hours of...
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1,000 Horsepower Ford GT Burns To The Ground: VideoWe’re proud to admit the Ford GT is one of our favorite supercars here at MotorAuthority. An iconic design with just enough modern touches to make it look new, the Ford GT is hard not to love and its V-8 engine just begs to be pushed hard. So hard in fact that several aftermarket tuners have...
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Aston Martin V12 Zagato: 2011 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’EsteThe weekend is finally upon us and that means the 2011 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este is kicking off, along with all that comes with it. Yesterday we saw a sneak peek at the new Ferrari Superamerica 45, built under the automaker’s Special Projects division and destined for a...
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Lincoln Voted Top Luxury Brand In 2011 Vehicle Satisfaction AwardsLet us be the first to say that the results of the latest 2011 Vehicle Satisfaction Awards, conducted by influential auto industry resource AutoPacific, came as a bit of a surprise. Lincoln, arguably the most overlooked of luxury brands, was voted the ‘Top Premium Brand’ in the awards...
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Two weeks seems like an eternity in the fast paced world of Formula 1, with Sebastian Vettel’s dominant win at the 2011 Turkish Grand Prix now only a distant memory.
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Aston Martin To Launch Two Or Three Lagonda Models, Says CEOWhen Aston Martin previewed the rebirth of the Lagonda brand with an ungainly SUV concept (pictured below) at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show, no one was optimistic about its success. Aston took the criticism to heart, but will still go ahead with the brand's comeback, according to the latest from its...
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Project Kahn TR8 Is A Baby R8 Based On The Audi TTAudi may have ditched plans for its own baby R8, the long-rumored R4 sports car, but the guys from Project Kahn have stepped up to the challenge and built the new TR8 based on the Audi TT. Admittedly, the TT is a front-engined compact sports car, which in base trim only drives the front wheels and...
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Lotus Elan reportedly pushed back to 2016, Evora to soldier on insteadAt the 2010 Paris Auto Show Lotus rolled out no less than six new concept cars ranging from high-end supercars to tiny urban runabouts. Along with the throng of concept reveals also came the ambitious promise that all six cars would enter production over the next five years or so. It’s safe...
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2012 Bentley Continental GTC Facelift Spy ShotsLast year the Bentley Continental GT coupe underwent a major facelift (pictured below), receiving fresh new styling, a more powerful and flex-fuel capable W-12 engine and a fully revamped interior. Now it’s the more luxurious GTC convertible’s turn, a prototype of which we recently...
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Ferrari Superamerica 45: 2011 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este
In previous years we’ve seen wild supercars like the BMW M1 Concept and Ferrari P540 Superfast Aperta unveiled at Italy’s annual Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este, and this year will be no different. Kicking off this weekend at Lake Como in Italy, the event will see the...
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