Polestar follows up the 3 SUV with a coupe-like 4 with seats for five It’s fast but flappable: the 4 has scalding electric power, but the ride needs fine-tuning With Android firmware and wireless Apple CarPlay—and ambient lighting themed on the solar system—it’s a tech-forward statement Will a small sales network and...from Motor Authority https://ift.tt/Y7kuzNI






A conversion morphs the Hummer H1 into an electric SUV dubbed the Cyber-Hummer The Cyber-Hummer uses Tesla powertrain components for 1,000 hp Cyber-Hummers cost $98,900 and are said to have about 300 miles of range A Canadian EV conversion shop announced plans this week to build an electric Hummer using Tesla components. North American Electric...
Lexus added the Black Line Special Edition package back into the ES lineup for 2025 The 2025 Lexus can be had with a V-6, inline-4, or hybrid powertrain Costing $43,190, the 2025 Lexus ES doesn't get a price increase for the new model year The 2025 Lexus ES regains its Black Line Special Edition appearance package, but is otherwise unchanged from...
Dates for the 2025 Goodwood Festival of Speed and Revival have been set Goodwood Revival will move back a weekend on the calendar for 2025 Tickets for the 2025 events will go on sale later this year The clock hasn't quite ticked down to the opening of the 2024 Goodwood Festival of Speed, but organizers are already looking ahead to next year...
The GranCabrio Folgore is the only electric convertible available in the U.S. Faster and more fluid, the electric GranCabrio Folgore one-ups the gas-powered Trofeo The $206,995 Maserati GranCabrio Folgore arrives this fall The invite said we’d get to experience both the electric 2025 Maserati GranCabrio Folgore and gas-powered GranCabrio...
Maserati and Vita Power teamed up to create the Tridente boat Tridente sports 600 hp and 31 to 43 miles of range The electric Tridente boat costs $2.6 million Maserati has partnered with Vita Power to create a luxury boat, called the Tridente. The boat costs 2.5 million Euros, which is about $2.6 million at current exchange rates. What is the...
Production of the 2025 Volvo EX90 got underway at Volvo's South Carolina plant earlier in June, and customer deliveries for the $77,900 electric midsize SUV are scheduled to follow in the second half of the year. However, some key features won't be available initially but will be added later via software updates. Volvo has a list on its customer...
The Genesis Electrified G80 is one of the better electric vehicles in the midsize segment, despite not being based on a dedicated EV platform. Now Genesis has further improved things with a round of updates that enhance the luxury and refinement of the Electrified G80. It's the first update since the electric sedan's 2023 model year arrival...
Genesis used this week's 2024 Busan auto show in Korea to present a new version of its X Gran Berlinetta Vision Gran Turismo concept. Called the X Gran Racer Vision Gran Turismo, it takes the original hypercar concept and reimagines it for use on the racetrack. It benefits from more power, less weight, and aerodynamic modifications aimed at...
Ferrari engineers have been spotted again with a prototype for what's thought to be the successor to the LaFerrari, a model that is code-named the F250 (the LaFerrari was the F150). The upcoming hypercar will be the latest member in Ferrari's Special Series, which in addition to the LaFerrari includes the 288 GTO, F40, F50, and Enzo. Such models...
Porsche has issued a recall of its Taycan due to the chance of brake fluid leaking, something that could potentially result in the loss of braking performance. The recall affects certain Taycans from the 2020 model year, when the electric sedan was launched, right up to the 2025 model year which saw the introduction of an updated Taycan range. A...
BMW plans to end production of the XM plug-in hybrid in 2028 Plans for a full electric XM have been canceled, as well The twin-turbocharged 4.4-liter V-8 and electric motor powertrain lives on in forthcoming M models BMW launched the XM plug-in hybrid SUV in 2022 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the M division. It's the first M vehicle not...
Engineers from BMW M have been spotted testing prototypes for the first M3 CS Touring, and given the lack of camouflage the debut is likely close. Spy shots show the M3 Touring wagon sporting the same front lip spoiler as the M3 CS sedan that was offered in the U.S. exclusively for the 2024 model year. The prototypes are based on the updated 2025...
Fernando Alonso commissioned a one-off car from the Q by Aston Martin personalization program The Aston Martin Valiant is a lighter, more extreme version of the Valour Only 38 Aston Martin Valiants will be built Aston Martin late on Tuesday revealed the Valiant as a more hardcore follow up to its Valour sports car launched last year as part of its...
The 2025 Volkswagen Golf R's output increases to 328 hp A manual transmission remains off the table for the Golf R The Golf R gains a larger touchscreen and more LED lighting On Tuesday, Volkswagen revealed the refreshed 2025 Volkswagen Golf R. When it arrives in the U.S. next year, it will cost more than today's model, according to VW. For more...
Volkswagen gave the 2025 Jetta GLI a refresh Jetta GLIs will sport nicer materials Jetta GLIs are still powered by a turbo-4 mated to either a 6-speed manual or 7-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission A performance sedan with a manual transmission might seem as rare as a unicorn these days, but some are still available, even at the more...
McLaren is working on a more practical vehicle than the low-slung supercars it's known for, a vehicle CEO Michael Leiters has previously referred to as a “shared performance vehicle,” because it will be big enough to share its performance with multiple passengers. Although the description would fit body styles like a 2+2 coupe or even...
Manthey-Racing plans to improve the 992-generation Porsche 911 GT3 RS's performance Upgrades will include a larger active rear wing and a central stabilizer fin Bodywork changes will include a new rear diffuser Porsche's 992-generation 911 GT3 RS is already one of the most potent factory-built track cars money can buy, but Manthey-Racing is out to...
The RS Q8 performance SUV returns to the U.S. for the 2025 model year The twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V-8 returns as well, tuned to 591 hp or 630 hp in the RS Q8 Performance Audi estimates a 0-62 mph time of 3.6 seconds The Audi Q8 received a mid-cycle update for 2024, but the high-performance RS Q8 variant was notably absent from the lineup. Audi...
The 10th round of the 2024 Formula 1 World Championship got underway on Sunday with the Spanish Grand Prix, held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. The race resulted in another win for Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen, the reigning champion, but McLaren's Lando Norris put up a decent fight, like he has in previous rounds. The McLaren driver...
French racing driver Romain Dumas claimed his fifth overall win in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on Sunday by piloting the wild Ford F-150 Lighting SuperTruck to the finish line in a time of 8:53.533. The SuperTruck version of Ford's F-150 Lightning electric pickup is a one-off demonstrator which for the Pikes Peak run was tuned to...
Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen edged out strong competition from McLaren and Mercedes-Benz to take home victory on Sunday at round 10 on the 2024 Formula 1 calendar, the Spanish Grand Prix. Verstappen had to fight his way to the top and ultimately finished just two seconds ahead of McLaren's Lando Norris, the pole sitter. Rounding out the top...
Stellantis, parent company of Jeep, Dodge, Ram, and Chrysler, is done with chrome Walking away from chrome is a health-related decision, according to design boss Ralph Gilles VW's making a similar move, and views light as the new chrome Stellantis has declared the "death of chrome" over environmental concerns and concerns over the health of...
The 2025 Audi RS 3 set the compact car Nürburgring lap record The RS 3 gets a refresh for 2025 with mild design tweaks Audi confirmed the updated 2025 RS 3 will retain the turbocharged 2.5-liter inline-5 The 2025 Audi RS 3 hasn't been revealed yet and it's already set a lap record at the Nürburgring. On Friday, Audi announced that its...
The 2025 BMW M5 will debut on June 26 Wagon and sedan versions are expected The 2025 BMW M5's front end will be defined by an illuminated grille BMW took to social media on Wednesday to confirm the debut of a new M5 will take place on June 26. Together with the confirmation, BMW posted a teaser photo that reveals little apart from the car's...
Rivian will run the R1T at the 2024 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb The R1T will be the heavily updated 2025 model with four motors and 1,025 hp Rivian set a record at last year's hill climb and The 102nd running of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb gets underway in Colorado this Sunday, and the updated 2025 Rivian R1T electric truck...
The 2025 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 will debut on July 25 The Z06's flat-plane crank V-8 is expected to gain turbos and power the ZR1 Expect the C8 Corvette ZR1 to have about 850 hp Prototypes for what's thought to be the next Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 have been spotted circling the Nürburgring on a number of occasions. On Thursday, Chevy confirmed...
Rezvani has added a new member to its growing fleet of armored vehicles in the form of the 2024 Arsenal. The three-row SUV is the follow up to the California company's Vengeance launched two years ago, and like that vehicle is based on the platform of the Cadillac Escalade. However, the Arsenal is targeted at civilian buyers whereas the Vengeance...
Audi in March took the covers off the 2025 Q6 E-Tron and confirmed the start of sales for later this year, initially in standard and sporty SQ6 grades. However, a hotter version is being developed as the next electric RS model from the Audi Sport skunkworks. A prototype for the RS Q6 E-Tron has previously been spotted testing at Germany's...
Audi has been spotted testing another member of its next-generation A7 family. Our latest spy shots show a prototype for what's believed to be a new S7 Avant wagon testing on the streets surrounding Germany's Nürburgring racetrack. Earlier shots showed a regular A7 Avant and A7 Allroad soft-roader. Members of the current A7 family are all...
Aston Martin has been spotted testing its successor to the DBS again, and some of the camouflage gear has been removed since the last sighting. Unlike the DB12 and new Vantage, both of which feature designs clearly evolved from their respective predecessor models, the DBS successor, which is expected to revive the Vanquish nameplate, appears to...
The 2025 BMW X3 will cost $50,675 The 2025 BMW X3 will be built at BMW's plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina No plug-in hybrid powertrain exists in the 2025 BMW X3 lineup BMW on Tuesday revealed a new generation of its top-selling X3 compact crossover. The newcomer starts sales later this year as a 2025 BMW X3 and will carry a starting price of...
Electric vehicle startup Fisker on Monday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with a court in Delaware, just a year after the start of deliveries of the company's Ocean debut model. A company spokesperson said Fisker delivered “thousands” of the crossovers to customers in Europe and North America but was set back by...
The 2025 Audi E-Tron GT replaces the R8 supercar as the automaker's halo model A new RS Audi E-Tron GT Performance variant joins the lineup with 912 hp The Audi E-Tron GT receives the Porsche Taycan's upgraded 105-kwh battery With the Audi R8 no longer in production, the performance mantle at Audi Sport now lies with the 2025 E-Tron GT...
The McLaren Artura Spider brings a raft of enhancements to the lineup for 2025 The 2025 Artura Spider costs $24,700 more than the coupe McLaren used its race-car knowledge to create a compelling plug-in hybrid supercar Just 48 hours ago Lando Norris skirted in front of George Russell and Max Verstappen in front of my very own eyes at the 2024...
The Ford F-150 Lightning SuperTruck has 1,400-plus hp and over 6,000 pounds of downforce Romain Dumas will pilot the F-150 Lightning SuperTruck at the hill climb Ford has hinted at a high-performance F-150 Lightning variant entering production The Ford F-150 Lightning SuperTruck will take on the 2024 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb with over...
Cadillac revealed two special edition Blackwings Cadillac will build 101 CT5-V Blackwing Le Monstre Special Editions and 50 CT4-V Blackwing Petit Pataud Special Editions Both special editions celebrate Cadillacs from the 1950 Le Mans race Cadillac marked its participation in the past weekend's 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans with a pair of special...
Ferrari took home the overall win on Sunday at an eventful 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans, making it back-to-back wins for the Italian marque which made its return to the top-level at the French classic last year after half a century away. Ferrari had three 499P LMH cars in the premier Hypercar class of this past weeekend's race, with the number 50 car...
Ferrari is deep in the development of a successor to the SF90. Following the earlier sighting of a test mule using makeshift SF90 body panels, our latest spy shots show the successor model wearing its own body, albeit heavily camouflaged. New details include a longer front overhang and a taller rear, resulting in more of that classic supercar...
Dodge is developing active aerodynamics for its EVs The first Dodge EV to get active aerodynamics might be the Charger Daytona muscle car A patent was filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office outlining the active aerodynamics Stellantis may add an active aerodynamic feature to the Dodge Charger Daytona, a recent patent filing...
Will Smith, playing Detective Mike Lowery, in "Bad Boys: Ride or Die" will own and drive a Porsche 911 The fourth movie in the "Bad Boys" franchise marks the third time Smith's character owns a 911 "Bad Boys: Ride or Die" debuted in Theaters on June 7 Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are still riding or dying together as Miami's finest for a third...
The Polestar 3 starts deliveries in the U.S. this summer, and this week we managed to spend some time behind the wheel. The electric midsize SUV brings clean Swedish design, seating for five, and up to 517 hp, and there's a lot more to like beyond those attributes. Spain's Hispano Suiza revealed a new version of its Carmen electric hypercar. The...
More than 20 classic Mercedes-Benz AMG cars are headed to auction Bonhams claims this is the largest collection of pre-merger AMG parts and cars to come up for sale AMG was an independent tuning house before Mercedes began collaborating with the outfit in 1990 Bonhams will offer a collection of more than 20 AMG-modified Mercedes-Benz classics, as...
2024 will be the final year for the R35 Nissan GT-R The R35 Nissan GT-R lived for 17 years Nissan's already confirmed a next-generation GT-R Nissan on Friday announced pricing for two limited edition models that mark the end of the current-generation GT-R's decade-plus production run. The T-spec Takumi and Skyline special editions were announced...
The updated 2025 VW Golf GTI features ChatGPT The AI will be integrated into the upsized 10.2-inch touchscreen, a 12.9-inch touchscreen will be available This updated Golf GTI might be the last iteration with a gas engine Volkswagen's iconic Golf hatchback celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2024, and the automaker has marked the occasion with the...
Stellantis held an investor presentation on Thursday where the automaker revealed key product details for its Jeep brand running through to 2027, including plans to introduce an electric Renegade priced below $25,000. Specific timing for the electric Renegade wasn't announced, but Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares in May said an electric Jeep priced...
Aston Martin on the eve of this year's 24 Hours of Le Mans has confirmed it will enter a pair of Valkyrie race cars in next year's running, subject to being approved entry by the race's organizers. The automaker first confirmed a year ago its intention to take the V-12-powered Valkyrie hypercar to Le Mans, originally with a single car only...




