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Toyota will charge a little more for its new Camry TRDsedan. The sporty mid-sizer will join the larger Avalon TRD, which was priced early this month, in dealer showrooms later this year.
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"Need for Speed Heat" sizzles in new trailer"Need for Speed Heat" trailer has lots of street racing, stunts, crashes, and attitude.
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Jaguar Land Rover developing augmented reality tech for head-up displaysWill a Jaguar Land Rover windshield one day play back your favorite 3D movies? New technology could enable just that.
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Secretive BMW plant is building iNext electric SUV prototypesBMW is keeping the details of its iNext electric SUV a secret until sometime next year, but on Tuesday the automaker gave a rare look inside the production facility that’s responsible for building prototypes of the upcoming plug-in utility vehicle. BMW’s Pilot Plant is used to...
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2020 Honda Civic Si gets revised looks, more standard techFor 2020, the Civic Si adds some standard safety hardware—and it gets a shorter final-drive ratio.
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The 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 won't be sold in EuropeDon't blame Ford for the block in the European bloc; it can't sell the Shelby GT500 there because of emissions.
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Typically, modifying a vintage Porsche 911 is a bad idea. Collectors seek originality, which means 911s that have been altered in some way sell for far less than their OEM counterparts. But the...
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Ford announces new esports racing programFord announced its new esports racing program, Fordzilla, and said it will begin recruiting players for European teams at Gamescom.
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Priced from $77,120, the 2020 Lincoln Navigator adds more cost, more equipmentThe 2020 Lincoln Navigator gets a price hike but additional standard equipment to more than offset the increase.
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Porsche Taycan interior partially revealed, Apple Music comes standardPorsche has released a dashboard shot of the Taycan to highlight that it's the first vehicle with Apple Music integration.
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Toyota boss wants to beat Porsche's overall Nurburgring lap recordToyota's LMP1 team boss says a modified version of the TS050 Hybrid could beat the Porsche 919 Evo's Nurburgring lap record.
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Detroit Electric identified as would-be purchaser of Aston Martin's last-gen Vanquish toolingChinese EV company Detroit Electric attempted to buy the tooling and drawings for the Aston Martin Vanquish, but it appears the deal fell through.
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There’s already a lot to like about the Rivian RS1, and we now have four new reasons to swoon over the electric SUV.
The Rivian RS1 that’s been making the auto show rounds features a...
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Porsche Taycan charging toward production after successful 24-hour endurance testThe Porsche Taycan averaged 88 mph over a 24-hour endurance test at its Nardo test facility, with average track speed of 121-133 mph.
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GM's done with the IROC-Z nameIn July, General Motors abandoned its trademark filings for the name IROC-Z, though they only pertained to parephrenalia.
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Diez Concepts Jaguar E-Type Low-Drag Coupe is the latest reimagined classicDiez Concepts has built its own version of the Jaguar E-Type Low Drag Coupe, a car that Jaguar only built one example of.
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Co-founder of EV startup Nio steps downA co-founder of Chinese EV brand Nio has stepped down five years after starting the company.
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Porsche 911 Turbo joins Forza's Lego expansion packEarlier this year the "Forza" racing series for the Microsoft Xbox console let racing fans live out their childhood fantasies by introducing "Forza Horizon 4 Lego Speed Champions," an expansion pack for the popular video game that gave players the opportunity to drive some of their favorite cars in...
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One of the most endearing things about the fourth-generation Toyota Supra was its 2JZ heart. Though only rated at 320 horsepower from the factory, the 3.0-liter twin-turbocharged inline-6 became a...
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SCG Boot tackles Pebble Beach and is ready for the Baja 1000The SCG Boot off-roader, inspired by the 1960s racer of the same name, made its first appearance on Facebook prior to its public debut in Monterey.
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2020 Corvette pricing, Acura Type S concept, 2020 Shelby GT500 detailed: The Week In ReverseWe learned the price of the 2020 Chevrolet Corvette; the Acura Type S concept debuted; and the 2020 Mustang Shelby GT500 spilled its secrets. It’s the Week in Reverse, right here on Motor Authority. Chevrolet made good on its promise to keep the starting price of the 2020 Corvette below...
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2020 Chevy Corvette Stingray's top speed is 194 mph, but Z51 is slowerThe 2020 Chevrolet Corvette tops out at 194 mph in its base form, but the Z51 package's aero drag drops that figure to 184 mph.
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Ford introduces 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series MustangFord unveiled the 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series Mustang race car, the first update since 2011.
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Like the Mustang, the Bronco will offer multiple variantsThe Ford Mustang offers several models and variants, and so will the reborn Bronco SUV.
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