27-year-old McKeon has now won four gold in Tokyo along with three bronze, overtaking East German Kristin Otto's six medal-haul in 1952 which was later matched by American Natalie Coughlin in 2008.
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The next generation in the line of Mercedes-Benz SL sports cars is out testing and almost ready for its debut, judging by the lack of camouflage gear on the latest prototypes. The new SL will be much sportier than its predecessor thanks to a lightweight soft-top roof, plus a chassis shared with AMG's next GT. Mercedes-Benz's S-Class family will be...
The 1973 MGB featured on this episode of "Jay Leno's Garage" is responsible for keeping many of its kin on the road. That's because it serves as a testbed for parts supplier Moss Motors. Robert Goldman, chairman of Moss Motors, joined Jay Leno to discuss the car and its role with the company. With a production run spanning two decades, the MGB is...
Chevrolet revealed the 2022 COPO Camaro on Friday with a new 572-cubic-inch big-block V-8 base engine. The big-block features aluminum heads on a cast-iron block with four-bolt main caps, a forged steel crankshaft, forged steel connecting rods, and forged aluminum pistons. Despite the size, the big block is the COPO Camaro base engine with 430 hp...
We drove the 2022 Mercedes-Benz EQS, Subaru announced a reveal date for the 2022 WRX, and we got behind the wheel of the 2022 Porsche Cayenne Turbo GT. It's the Week in Reverse, right here at Motor Authority. We sampled the future of Mercedes-Benz behind the wheel of the EQS electric sedan. It's not as quick as a Tesla Model S, but it's a lot more...
Bentley has expanded its lineup for 2022 with the addition of the Flying Spur Hybrid, and to mark the arrival of the big eco-friendly giant, the automaker is offering a special version known as the Odyssean Edition. It's a limited edition that ups the usage of sustainable materials in the cabin, or as Bentley describes it, a rolling statement of...
A federal grand jury has charged Trevor Milton, the founder and former executive chairman of electric-vehicle startup Nikola, with three counts of fraud related to claims he made about the company's planned products. The Securities and Exchange Commission has also filed civil securities fraud charges against the 39-year-old billionaire. The...
Who you gonna call? That familiar question will be asked once again in November when the next installment in the "Ghostbusters" movie series hits the big screen. A second trailer for for "Ghostbusters: Afterlife" was released on Tuesday to drum up some excitement for the movie after it was delayed from the initial Summer 2020 premier due to...
Mercedes-Benz has only just launched its EQS electric hatch, but a slightly smaller version to be called the EQE is just weeks out from its own debut. Mercedes on Thursday confirmed the debut of the EQE at the new inaugural international mobility show taking place this September in Munich, Germany. All Mercedes is willing to say about the EQE is...
Famous car designer Henrik Fisker is back with a new electric-vehicle startup carrying the Fisker name, and the first product will be a small battery-electric crossover called the Ocean. The handsome crossover is being developed by Fisker on a bespoke version of a modular platform sourced from Magna Steyr, and it will also be built by Magna at a...
It was at the 1971 24 Hours of Spa where AMG first made a name for itself. The company was only founded four years earlier, by a pair of former Mercedes-Benz engineers who wanted to develop racing engines, but couldn't while at Mercedes since the automaker had ended all racing efforts following the disastrous 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans. For the 1971...
Audi on August 10 will unveil a sleek sports car concept that's meant to convey the automaker's vision for luxury performance in the near future. The concept is called the Audi Sky Sphere, and while it doesn't preview any specific model in the works, it shows that automakers are keen to keep sports cars alive even in a world where driving is no...
Electric conversions of classic cars are becoming more common. The latest is from a UK-based firm called Electrogenic, which recently completed a 1971 Citroën DS EV conversion. Electrogenic removed the stock 2.0-liter 4-cylinder engine, and replaced it with a brushless electric motor that produces 120 hp and 173 lb-ft of torque, according to...
Off-road racing specialist Bowler in 2013 launched a one-make rally series built around the original Land Rover Defender. Called the Bowler Defender Challenge, it was aimed as a feeder series to train up-and-coming drivers for the Dakar Rally and other rally raid-style events, with major emphasis placed on keeping costs low. Since then Land Rover...
The annual EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in Wisconsin is currently underway and Ford will once again use the event for the charity auction of an aeronautical-themed vehicle. This year, Ford has chosen to honor the Women Airforce Service Pilots with a specially designed, one-off version of the 2021 Mustang Mach-E. The Women Airforce Service Pilots were a...
Chevrolet's Camaro has struggled since its most recent redesign, with the 2020 sales tally coming in at less than half that of the rival Ford Mustang. As a result, Chevy has limited updates to the car, and there are rumors the nameplate may be retired after the current generation reaches the end of its product cycle around 2024...though it may end...
Tesla provided a company update in a presentation held on Monday outlining its second-quarter financial results, and while the big news was $1.14 billion in reported net income, the first time the company has exceeded the $1 billion mark in a quarter, there were also some other key takeaways. Tesla also said that its Semi and Cybertruck models...
Richard Hammond plans to start his own classic-car restoration business, which will be the subject of a Discovery+ streaming series scheduled to air in the United Kingdom later this year. But first, Hammond is selling off some of his collection. The sale, to be handled by Silverstone Auctions and scheduled for August 1, will help fund the new...
New Vietnamese car brand Vinfast on Tuesday named former Opel chief Michael Lohscheller as its CEO. His replacement at Opel has been confirmed as Uwe Hochgeschurtz, previously head of Renault in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Lohscheller had been running Opel since 2017, after the brand was sold by General Motors to PSA Group. He was...
The new generation of the Toyota Tundra is finally coming after more than a decade, and the wait to see the redesigned full-size pickup truck is almost over. Toyota has been drip-feeding information on its its 2022 Tundra for weeks and on Tuesday we got another look at the interior. The collage of photos (shown below) reveals more of the Tundra...
A string of electric-vehicle startups have all gone public in the past year via a so-called reverse merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) whose shares are already listed, and the latest to join the party is Lucid. Lucid in February agreed to a merger with Churchill Capital Corp IV, and the deal was finally approved last week...
Consider me a “performance” SUV skeptic. When I hear those two terms in such close proximity my eyes roll and I make no effort to hide my disbelief. That’s because building an SUV that offers true performance—and not just a fast time in a straight line—requires fighting against the laws of physics. Weight and a high...
Prototypes for the Tesla Model S Plaid were a regular sight at the Nürburgring during the development phase back in 2019, and now the electric super hatch has made a return in what could be preparation for a potential record attempt. The Model S Plaid started deliveries to customers in early June and it's possible the version currently...
If driving hands-free is the future, then General Motors is currently leading the way when it comes to production vehicles, and is now adding even more functionality to its system. GM last week announced that its Super Cruise driver-assist system—a Level 2 autonomous system based on the SAE scale of self-driving capability—has been...
Lamborghini in July unveiled the Aventador LP 780-4 Ultimae as the swan song for both its Aventador and all road-going models powered by nothing but a naturally aspirated V-12. However, the automaker has a second V-12 model to launch in 2021 before a successor to the Aventador packing a newly developed V-12 and plug-in hybrid technology arrives in...




