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Cadillac is splitting its V strategy by adding lower-priced, lower-powered models to the traditionally high-performance name. The brand unveiled both the 320-horsepower 2020 CT4-V and the 355-hp CT5-V to media in Detroit. Ferrari took the wraps off its 986-hp SF90 Stradale and we took a deep dive into what makes this electrified prancing horse...
The Audi TT Safari isn't a toy, it's a real-life machine the brand showed off at this year's Wörthersee GTI car meet in Austria. Might we add, it looks awesome. Social media posts from Audi about the car's debut, translated from German, claim the TT Safari boasts new fender flares to house massive off-road tires, a re-imagined grille ready...
Hennessey Performance Engineering straps a lot of high-performance cars to its dyno, but the McLaren Senna is in a league of its. We say that because the Senna is an all-out track monster with 789 horsepower and a dry weight of just 2,641 pounds. That makes for a lovely power-to-weight ratio, and it turns out the ratio is even better than the...
Supercars weren't an entirely new thing in 1988, but the Porsche 959 helped set the benchmark for the segment to follow decades after production ended. On the latest episode of Jay Leno's Garage, Leno and Alex Grappo, the owner of the visiting 959, dive into what made the car such a miraculous piece of engineering 30 years ago. We've never met Mr...
Formula One fans, your favorite racing series is heading to the Second City. A celebration of F1 is scheduled for the streets of Chicago. The racing series will take to the Windy City with the Emirates F1 Chicago Festival, which is part of a global festival series that coincides with the 1,000th Grand Prix held in China earlier this year. In...
BMW has climbed aboard the over-the-air software update bandwagon. On Tuesday, the German luxury brand said it began to push out its first OTA update for select BMW models. OTA updates will likely only grow more important as automakers stuff more technology into their cars. BMW is no exception. The first software update adds a major new feature to...
The 2020 Cadillac CT5 hasn't even launched and the luxury automaker has already juiced it, but modestly with a CT5-V. No, it's not the 650-horsepower CT-5-V we were expecting. It's the lower end of a two-tiered approach to the V name that makes 355 horsepower. On Wednesday, General Motors' luxury division unveiled the 2020 Cadillac CT5-V in...
Cadillac is reworking its car lineup by replacing the CTS with the CT5 and the ATS with the CT4. We've already seen the CT5 in its standard guise, but the first 2020 CT4 to make its debut is the 2020 Cadillac CT4-V that the brand showed to media on Thursday in Detroit. Like the CT5-V, however, this won't be an all-out performance car. Instead, it...
Valentino Balboni, the legendary Lamborghini test driver, doesn't drive for the Italian firm anymore but instead spends some of his time crafting unique exhaust systems through his company VB. The latest comes exclusively for the Lamborghini Aventador SVJ, the current Nürburgring Nordschleife lap record holder. This isn't your run of the mill...
Jaguar-Land Rover believes its latest steering wheel technology could reduce distracted driving, and all it takes are some heating and cooling elements. The "sensory steering wheel," as JLR calls it, was revealed on Wednesday. The system works by either rapidly heating or cooling a side of the steering wheel to let drivers know when they need to...
At Volkswagen, controlling a stereo system with buttons and knobs could be going out of style. The brand is examining a holographic future, and the Golf GTI Aurora concept shows how it could look. Revealed on Wednesday for the annual Wörthersee Tour in Austria, the Golf GTI Aurora includes a holographic display in the hatch area that controls...
We've known since March that Pagani has a new hardcore Huayra in the pipeline, but new video shows the car testing on the track for the first time. YouTuber 19Bozzy92 uploaded video of the car, called the Huayra Dragon, testing at Franciacorta Circuit in Italy. The poster says the video was shot a few months ago. The camouflaged car sports all of...
Ferrari entered a new chapter on Wednesday with the launch of the SF90 Stradale as the brand's flagship. The car isn't a limited-edition successor to the LaFerrari but an expansion of the lineup, meaning it will have a normal product cycle, which for Ferrari is typically about five years. You'll recognize the SF90 portion of the name as the same...
Nick Hedfield signed on as the test and development driver for the Pininfarina Battista, but he's never turned the wheel in anger. In fact, he hasn't driven the car at all because there's no car to drive. Pininfarina plans to begin testing the 1,877-horsepower electric supercar early next year. Motor Authority spoke to Hedfield and Battista...
Mercedes-Benz is set to introduce a rugged new option in the compact segment with its GLB, a prototype for which has just been spotted. Sadly, the GLB isn't going to be the mini G-Class we were all hoping for. The Lexus RX has been updated for 2020. The popular crossover adds a touchscreen for the first time in more than a decade, as well as...
Jaguar will cease production of the XJ sedan on July 5, Autocar reported on Thursday. While Jaguar is yet to announce a successor, it's rumored the automaker will turn the XJ into an electric sedan rivaling the Tesla Model S. According to Autocar, we'll see this electric XJ sometime in 2020. And it won't just be the powertrain that's expected to...
Italian coachbuilder Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera used the occasion of the past weekend's Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este to roll out the Sciadipersia Cabriolet. The car is the convertible version of last year's Sciadipersia coupe, and like its fixed-roof sibling, the Sciadipersia Cabriolet is based on the bones of a Maserati...
A prototype for a new Mercedes-Benz compact crossover SUV to be called the GLB has been spotted again, and it's almost completely devoid of camouflage gear now that the reveal is coming up shortly. Mercedes already competes in the space with the GLA but the GLB is a larger, more rugged offering with styling influenced by the automaker's bigger...
Lexus has been criticized for the control interface of its infotainment system. For 2020, Toyota's luxury brand responded by offering a touchscreen in the RX for the first time in a decade as part of a refresh for 2020. The luxury automaker unveiled the updated mid-size 2020 RX lineup Wednesday with its new infotainment system, a tweaked design...
Nearly 20 years after it first debuted, the Chevrolet Trailblazer has returned for 2021 with a new role in the bow tie brand's lineup. On Wednesday, General Motors announced the 2021 Chevrolet Trailblazer that will slot between the small Trax and compact Equinox crossover SUVs in the automaker's lineup. If you did a double-take you aren't alone...
The 2020 Bentley Flying Spur will usher in a new era for the British luxury brand. The "limousine meets sport sedan," as Bentley calls it, will boast the brand's first all-wheel-steering system. The luxury brand said Wednesday the all-wheel steering system will compliment standard all-wheel drive and the company's Dynamic Ride active anti-roll...
Jeep will never sell a production Wrangler or Gladiator with a V-8 under the hood due to crash-test considerations. However, Hennessey Performance Engineering will do it. Crash regulations be damned. The Texas-based tuning company revealed the Jeep Gladiator Maximus 1000 on Wednesday with a supercharged 6.2-liter Hellcat V-8 that conjures 1,000...
The Audi E-tron GT concept car that debuted at last year's LA Auto Show had a low-slung, sexy look. It's no surprise, then, that the production car will look nearly identical to the concept car. Patent sketches surfaced of the model via the E-tron Forum, Jalopnik reported on Tuesday. The sketches come from the Chinese State Intellectual Property...
Ferrari has expanded its lineup with a new model sitting above the 812 Superfast. It's called the SF90 Stradale, and it's a mid-engine hypercar boasting Ferrari's next-generation hybrid technology. You'll recognize the SF90 portion of the name as the same used by Ferrari's 2019 Formula 1 race car. It celebrates this year's 90th anniversary of the...




