Kirk Bell, Senior Editor
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Cars like the Mercedes-AMG E 63 and CLS 63 have offered big power to go with their sinister Teutonic looks, but both have jockeyed with the BMW M5 for large-sedan performance superiority. Enter the...
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Best Car to Buy 2020: Cars that didn't make the cutThe annual Motor Authority Best Car To Buy award is a knock-down, drag-out affair among each year's new luxury and performance vehicles. It starts with the roster of what's new, redesigned, or significantly updated and then we start to cull the herd. Cars fall by the wayside for a number of...
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First drive review: 2020 Lamborghini Aventador SVJ Roadster plays among the mastersThe 2020 Lamborghini Aventador SVJ Roadster's "five masterpieces" help keep it at the forefront of supercar performance.
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Review update: 2020 McLaren 720S Spider thrills as an everyday supercarThe 2020 McLaren 720S Spider can provide thrilling performance or relaxed cruising.
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How likely is Hyundai to produce the RM halo car and what might it look like?Hyundai's chief for research and development Albert Biermann gives us clues on the automaker's halo car of the future.
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Buick Regal won't return for 2021With the demise of the Regal, Buick will transition to an all-crossover lineup in North America.
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The prototype is half race car, half would-be sports car. The mid-engine Hyundai RM19 hatchback might become a halo car for the N performance brand, though it could also be a flight of fancy. Don't...
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Hyundai RM19 Racing Midship Sports Car Prototype signals likely halo for N brandIn the late 1970s, the Lancia Stratos found success in rally racing, due in part to the handling enabled by its mid-engine design. Renault wanted in on the action, so it turned its little R5 economy car into a mid-engine racing machine known as the R5 Turbo for 1980. Suddenly, it's 1980 again, only...
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Ford GT and Ford Mustang GT: A celebration of performanceOne’s a race car that wears almost no disguise. The other is an American icon. They’re both Fords, and they’re both GTs. But as you might guess, there’s just a little bit of a difference between the Ford GT supercar and the Ford Mustang GT. We traveled to California to take...
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First drive review: 2020 Honda Civic Si brings performance to the massesThe 2020 Honda Civic Si offers responsible fun and everyday comfort.
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How the 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 tops $100,000Two options can push the price of the most-powerful street-legal vehicle Ford has ever made past $100,000.
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First drive review: 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 boasts drag car speed, road-racer movesThe 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 performs in a straight line and around corners.
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I slot the gearshift of the Intense Blue 2020 Aston Martin Vantage AMR into what is usually 1st gear, and slowly let out the clutch. The car rolls backward, which isn’t good because Aston...
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Storming the world's oldest hill climb in the 2019 Subaru WRX STIWe drove the 2019 Subaru WRX STI on the oldest continually used racing circuit in the world.
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2020 Corvette has a Nurburgring time, but we don't know when it will be revealedThe Corvette development team looks to have set an official time in the days before the car's reveal.
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These are the most important luxury and performance cars of 2020We looked at all of the new luxury and performance car arrivals and narrowed them down to a list of the 11 best.
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First drive review: 2020 Ford Mustang 2.3 High Performance Package challenges the GTWith a mid 4-second 0-60 mph time and greater agility due to its lighter engine, the 2020 Ford Mustang 2.3 High Performance Package is a viable option to the Mustang GT.
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Goodwood Revival 2019: Go back in time with this megagalleryA spectacle for vintage car fans, the annual Goodwood Revival is a delight to see.
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It's Taycanapalooza here today. Porsche's first electric car, the 2020 Taycan, has up to 750 horsepower, an 800-volt electrical system, and a starting price of $152,250 for the Turbo model. Lower-end...
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Lamborghini Sian, "Fast and Furious" cars, Bugatti goes 300 mph: Car News HeadlinesThe Lamborghini Sian is a new, limited-edition hypercar that also happens to be the brand's first hybrid and the first hybrid ever to use a supercapacitor instead of a battery. Only 63 will be built. On Aug. 2, a production prototype of the Bugatti Chiron hit 304.773 mph, making it the first...
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GMC to offer Canyon, Yukon, and Terrain AT4 modelsGMC is expanding its off-road-oriented AT4 sub-brand to the rest of its lineup.
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First drive review: 2019 BMW M850i xDrive convertible goes big on performance and luxuryIt may be big, but the 2019 BMW M850i xDrive convertible drives small, and delivers big power to match its luxury.
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$8.9M Bugatti Centodieci is Chiron's tribute to EB110 and you can't have oneThe Bugatti Centodieci, limited to a run of 10, honors the EB110 supercar of the 1990s.
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Acura Type S concept previews a sporty next-generation TLXThe concept car marks a return of the Type S, which means more power, sportier handling, and muscular exterior designs.
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