Aaron Cole, Managing Editor
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We caught up with TVR CEO Les Edgar at the 2017 Goodwood Revival to talk about the new TVR Griffith, America, and Le Mans.
Motor Authority: How is production coming along at the new Wales facility?
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Heaven is old cars, ice cream in south England; 2017 Goodwood Revival is here
If, when you die, Saint Peter rolls up in a 1963 Ferrari 330 GTO and offers you a look around, you've done something right. The 2017 Goodwood Revival Meeting kicked off this weekend, with the first full day of racing on Saturday. It's the type of racing that God must do on his weekends too, but the...
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Tune in, Frankfurt: Mercedes-Benz's EQA electric car concept teased
The Mercedes-Benz EQA concept, the latest in what may become a growing all-electric sub-brand for the automaker, barely broke cover last week in a teaser shot and video. Today, Mercedes released a side shot that clearly shows it's a hatchback. Following in the footsteps of the EQ crossover concept...
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US House putting self-driving cars on road to wider testing, availability
The U.S. House will likely approve a bill next week that would make available more self-driving cars for testing and sales, as well as standardize state rules for easier interstate travel. A similar version for the Senate hasn't been introduced, but it likely faces the same fast-track through...
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"F1 2017" video game review: closer to wheel life
Formula One is still the pinnacle of motorsports, despite all its faults. How do I know? With just a week left of F1’s annual summer break, my shakes have finally eased to barely, semi-violent convulsions. This is progress, people. The pangs also have been subsided by Codemasters' yearly...
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Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6 Cabriolet concept: does this hood make me look expensive?
It's clear that the electric vehicles of the future will probably look like the cars of the past. At least, the expensive ones will. Mercedes-Maybach pulled the cover off its latest concept car during Monterey Car Week on Friday night, the Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6 Cabriolet. The concept is a...
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The 2018 Ram 3500 can lay claim to two automotive superlatives. At least, right now it can.
When equipped with a 6.7-liter turbodiesel, dual rear wheels, Aisin 6-speed automatic, and a 4.10 rear...
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Learn to drive a new Audi R8 on a Formula One track
Then learn to fly in an F-22 while you're at it? Audi announced Thursday that it would offer to the public a driving program at Circuit of The Americas to whomp an Audi TT RS, RS 3, Q7*, or R8 V10 Plus around the famed circuit for an afternoon—or for two days. The racetrack in Austin, Texas...
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Infiniti's going back to the future–kind of–at Pebble Beach
Infiniti's plan for the 2017 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance requires a bit of a walk—and we don't mean on the lawn. “It started as a simple thought—what if we found a car, down at the Southern tip of Japan, buried deep in a barn, hidden from all eyes for 70 years? What if in...
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Mercedes teases new Maybach Vision concept set for Pebble Beach
On the last episode of Mercedes-Maybach meets Pebble Beach, we watched the impossibly long nose and sleek shape stop (foot) traffic. This year, Mercedes is teasing its newest Vision Six concept that they'll show off at the 2017 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance via an officially released video...
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Is the 2018 Porsche 911 GT2 RS still a "widowmaker"?
It’s so skilled at cutting fat, another name Porsche could have considered for its most powerful road-going 911 was “breaking knife.” Similar cars before the 2018 Porsche 911 GT2 RS have earned a slightly different nickname: “Widowmaker.” Porsche is keenly aware of its...
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Top 11 ways up Lord March's driveway at the Goodwood Festival of Speed
More than 250 cars, trucks, and motorcycles made the 1.16-mile blast, past the Goodwood House, into Molecomb Corner, and continuing into history. By the books, Nick Heidfeld driving a McLaren MP4/13 is the quickest way, but we have a 11 other ideas for making the march up to Lord March's estate...
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Here's your 2017 Goodwood Festival of Speed day two gallery
Timed runs up Lord March's driveway won't start until this weekend, but already the 2017 Goodwood Festival of Speed is off to a flying start. This year's celebration includes a cavalcade of drift cars, hyper expensive exotics, 70 years of Ferraris, Formula 1 racers from several decades, and that...
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Meet the most powerful road-going 911 ever: the 2018 Porsche 911 GT2 RS
Porsche just took the wraps off its most powerful 911 street car thus far at the 2017 Goodwood Festival of Speed. The 2018 Porsche 911 GT2 RS makes 700 horsepower and 553 pound-feet of torque from its twin-turbocharged 3.8-liter flat-6, spinning through a 7-speed dual-clutch automatic and powering...
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The 2017 Goodwood Festival of Speed is here, so let's celebrate with a day one gallery
Plodding up a driveway is hardly news for 51 weeks out of a year. For one weekend it makes history. The 2017 Goodwood Festival of Speed, a race up Lord March's driveway, picks up where the Earl of March started in 1936 with a hillclimb through his park. Officially started in 1993, now the annual...
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Congress wants to clear road for self-driving in every state
Nearly 80 bills in 30 states are winding their ways through state legislatures to tackle just one issue: self-driving cars. That’s become a significant burden for the auto industry and legislators who are eager to usher in safer cars for public roadways, Congress heard this week. On...
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Apple unveils ways to squash distracted driving in iOS 11; new Maps
Apple developers worldwide directed their gazes toward WWDC on Monday to hear what would be next for iOS 11 and other Apple operating systems. For drivers, that could mean a new layer of safety to keep eyes off phones and onto the road. Apple [NASDAQ: AAPL] announced Monday at its Worldwide...
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Check the tape: Maserati owned the U.S. comeback before Fiat and Alfa Romeo crowded into the party.
Trident-clad cars could be found roaming streets in the U.S. for more than a decade before Alfa...
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Get ready for more Subaru STI cars, maybe even a BRZ STI
Subaru has more up its sleeves than Penn and Teller, it seems. The automaker confirmed a special version of its WRX STI, dubbed the Subaru WRX STI Type RA, would be heading stateside later this month, alongside a new BRZ variant. The June 8 announcement is part of a larger effort to expand the STI...
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2017 Honda Civic Si first drive: looking the part
The ascending shift lights dart along the tach, green to yellow to red, before the revs bounce and the 2017 Honda Civic Si stretches its legs in the tawny California desert. As the center-mounted exhaust bellows a convincing growl and a short throw from third gear easily finds fourth, the new Civic...
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BMW 8-Series concept revealed, that escalated quickly
BMW didn't wait long to show fans of the brand that it still could build a big coupe. Days after quietly pulling from sale the 6-Series coupe from the U.S., BMW showed in Italy what's likely coming next. The BMW 8-Series Concept revealed Thursday at Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este on the shores of...
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Honda sells desert proving ground; Honda buys desert proving ground
American Honda found a new buyer for its former research and development facility near Cantil, California: American Honda. After its research and development center lay dormant near the Mojave Desert since 2010, the automaker reopened its facility this month as a new proving ground for cars...
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Update: FCA prepares to certify diesel trucks, SUVs with fix
Just a day after sources pointed to a possible loggerheads between the Justice department and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles over diesel emissions, the automaker announced Friday it would submit those vehicles for testing with fixes. "The filing is the result of many months of close collaboration...
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