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Toyota last year said it planned to enter the hot hatch segment in the U.S., without providing any further details. The automaker has however previously ruled out launching a hot hatch based on its subcompact Yaris here, so the newcomer is unlikely to be a version of the GR Yaris hot hatch sold overseas but rather something based on the compact...
Subaru will use the 2022 Tokyo Auto Salon on next month to present the STI E-RA concept. Subaru describes the concept as a study for carbon-neutral motorsport vehicles, suggesting that it will feature an electric powertrain. The “E” in the name also points to an electric powertrain, while we know that the “RA” is Subaru's...
Honda has made moves to protect the ADX name. As first noted by Car and Driver, Honda filed trademark protection for the name with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on December 22, for use on automobiles and automotive structural parts. While automakers often file trademarks for names they don't necessarily plan to use, there's a good chance we...
Volkswagen has once again teased the production version of the ID.Buzz concept first shown in 2017. The vehicle, whose name is yet to be announced, can best be described as a spiritual successor to the iconic Microbus (which actually has a direct successor in the form of the Transporter/Multivan line sold overseas), and we'll see it debut in 2022...
The mystery Aston Martin Vantage prototype spied at the Nürburgring last summer has been confirmed as a new generation of the V12 Vantage. Sadly, Aston Martin has also confirmed that it will be the last of its kind, with the automaker referring to the car as a final edition. Aston Martin plans to launch hybrids and electric cars in the...
A prototype for BMW's next-generation 5-Series has been spotted again. The new mid-size sedan is still at an early stage of development but a number of details can already be identified. The proportions are reminiscent of the much-loved E39 generation, while the headlights look to be getting slimmer than on the current generation. We can also see...
Every car that's won the 24 Hours of Le Mans has had a conventional piston engine—except one. That's the Mazda 787B, which won the legendary French endurance race in 1991, after 17 years of trying. As detailed in this Mazda-produced video, the 787B was powered by a rotary engine, similar to what was still being used in the Mazda RX-7 sports...
An icon of the custom car era, Bob Hirohata's 1951 Mercury customized by the Barris shop, will go up for grabs at the Mecum Kissimmee (Florida) auction to be held Jan. 6-16. The rise of custom car culture paralleled hot rod culture in the post World War II period. Many shops in Southern California began customizing 1949-'51 Mercs, using the...
David Brown Automotive has delivered the first of its Mini Remastered, Oselli Edition to a customer in Scandinavia and says buyers in North America, Asia and elsewhere in Europe will receive their cars “imminently.” Brown Automotive announced the hot-rodded cars in May, saying they would be “the ultra-performance focused iconic...
No doubt you've waited in a queue to fill up at a gas station. Well, imagine that scenario at a charging station for electric vehicles, where each “fill” can last 20 minutes or more. Audi understands this and has developed a concept for its own premium charging station where slots can be reserved ahead of time, helping you to properly...
Maserati has launched a certification program for its classic cars. Called Maserati Classiche, the program was announced last year but just issued its first certificate of authenticity, Maserati said last week in a press release. The first car certified through Maserati Classiche is a Mistral 3700 built in March 1969. The certification process...
Uber wants its drivers worldwide to make the switch to electric vehicles and has set targets of 2025 for the city of London and 2030 for Europe and North America. But rather than have its drivers only rely on established automakers to source their cars, Uber has partnered with British EV startup Arrival to develop a dedicated car for ride-hailing...
Lingenfelter Performance Engineering unveiled an electric Chevrolet El Camino conversion powered by General Motors' new EV crate motor at the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) trade show in Indianapolis last week. Dubbed "eLcamino," the restomodded car/truck hybrid uses a version of the Cruise & Connect powertrain GM has discussed bringing to...
Ford may have just launched the Bronco, but the automaker is working on another SUV sharing the off-roader's T6 body-on-frame platform. The new SUV is a redesign of the Everest (an Endeavour in some markets), a Ranger-based mid-size SUV with third-row seats sold outside the U.S. The outgoing model has been in production since 2015, and we'll see...
GMC on Wednesday teased an electric Sierra Denali pickup truck and confirmed a 2022 reveal date. A short teaser video showed off elaborate exterior lighting that will likely be one of the main styling features differentiating the Sierra Denali EV from internal-combustion versions. The video shows large headlights with smaller daytime-running light...
Hagerty on Tuesday released its fifth annual "Bull Market" list of classic cars the insurer predicts will rise in value in the coming year. These aren't new cars tipped to become future classics, or old cars that have already maxed out in value. Instead, they are older cars that have nearly bottomed out on the depreciation curve and are expected...
Lexus was a pioneer among luxury vehicle brands when it comes to electrification, with the automaker having launched its first hybrid in 2005 in the form of the RX 400h. However, it's been slow to the game when it comes to electric vehicles, though that situation is about to change. Toyota on Tuesday presented plans to launch 30 EVs by 2030 across...
The Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class is about to go under the knife for a nip and a tuck. The GLE-Class arrived in its current form for the 2020 model year and we should see this updated version arrive in 2022 as a 2023 model. Prototypes of the 2023 Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class were spotted testing with nearly undisguised exteriors and heavily camouflaged...
What a race. What a season. It all came down to the final lap of the final race, with Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen able to keep his cool and come out on top of a somewhat controversial Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday, and as a result was named 2021 Formula One world champion. In the closing stages it looked like Mercedes-Benz AMG's Lewis...
British coachbuilder Radford on Wednesday confirmed performance specs for the flagship John Player Special version of its Lotus Type 62-2 retro sports car. Radford unveiled the Lotus Evora-based Type 62-2 in August as a modern take on the Lotus Type 62 race car of the 1960s, and announced the John Player Special model the following month. In...
The nominees for our annual Best Car To Buy 2022 competition were announced, the 2024 Audi A4 was spotted, and new details regarding the Tesla Cybertruck were released. It's the Week in Reverse, right here at Motor Authority. We announced the final nominees in the fight to be named Motor Authority's Best Car To Buy 2022. Ranging from electric...
Volkswagen is working on a modern take on its iconic Microbus, previewed in 2017 by the ID.Buzz concept car. The production ID.Buzz based on Volkswagen Group's MEB modular electric-vehicle platform debuts next year ahead of the start of U.S. sales sometime in 2023, meaning we should see it arrive at dealerships as a 2024 model. VW plans multiple...
The Volkswagen Group on Thursday provided an update on its strategy for the coming decade, and key among the plans is an investment totaling 89 billion euros (approximately $100.5 billion) on future technology. The investment covers the next five years and, for the first time, represents more than half of the automaker's total capital expenditure...
Infiniti's QX50 small crossover enters the 2022 model year with a number of additional features included as standard, though there's still only the one powertrain and it's hardly what you'd call exciting or even premium. The current QX50 was introduced for the 2019 model year and for 2022 has been joined by a more coupe-like cousin, dubbed the...
Mercedes-Benz has been granted regulatory approval in Germany for a new Drive Pilot Level 3 self-driving system, the automaker said on Thursday. The basis of the approval is the internationally valid UN Regulation 157 dealing with automated lane-keep systems, meaning Mercedes will be able to offer the system internationally, provided individual...
An extremely rare 1970 Plymouth Hemi 'Cuda Convertible is among the featured lots at Mecum's auction scheduled for January 6-16 in Kissimmee, Florida. Mecum doesn't publish pre-auction estimates, but you can expect this topless muscle car to go for serious money. The Plymouth Barracuda (performance versions got 'Cuda nomenclature beginning in...
A prototype for a redesigned Audi A4 has been spotted for the first time. The prototype is for the A4 Avant wagon body style, but testers for the sedan should be out and about shortly. While Audi doesn't offer the A4 Avant in the U.S., we still get the wagon body in A4 Allroad soft-roader guise. The current A4, the B9, arrived for the 2017 model...
Acura's current flagship may be a hybrid supercar but the automaker is looking more toward battery-electric vehicles for its future lineup. That's according to Emile Korkor, assistant vice president of Acura national sales, who in an interview with Automotive News (subscription required) published on Monday said Acura, rather than parent company...
The Koenigsegg Jesko boasts what the automaker claims is the world's fastest-revving production-car engine. In this video produced by the company, founder Christian von Koenigsegg shows exactly what that means. Hopping into an orange Jesko, von Koenigsegg revs the 5.0-liter twin-turbo V-8 from idle to 7,800 rpm. That's as high as the engine will...
It's now been two years since Tesla revealed the Cybertruck, and during that time other automakers have launched electric pickup trucks with features the Tesla lacks, meaning for once Tesla is the one in catch-up mode. In response, Tesla plans to offer a new range-topping version of the Cybertruck sporting four individually controlled electric...
Saudi Arabia's first Formula One race turned out to be a chaotic event, with multiple incidents occurring including two red flags and a collision between the two remaining title contenders. Mercedes-Benz AMG's Lewis Hamilton came out on top at the Sunday race held on a street circuit in the coastal city of Jeddah. Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen...
There's a new iteration of the “Gran Turismo” video game series coming next March, and we're confident one of the star cars will be this new Porsche Vision Gran Turismo concept. Due to licensing agreements, Porsche was largely absent from the Gran Turismo world until 2017, which is why we haven't see any Vision GT concept from the...
The 1960s are considered the golden age of the American muscle car, but the 1968 Pontiac Firebird Sprint featured on this episode of "Jay Leno's Garage" shows that Detroit automakers weren't only focused on V-8s and quarter-mile times. Instead of the V-8 engines offered in other performance versions of the Firebird, the Sprint had an inline-6...
In 1980, Aston Martin created a one-off concept car called the Bulldog with a goal of exceeding 200 mph. But after getting close — 191 mph — the company’s new chairman halted the program. The car was sold and was rarely seen until two years ago when it was acquired by Phillip Sarofim, who commissioned Classic Motor Cars of...
We drove the 2022 Honda Civic Si, the BMW Concept XM debuted, and we spotted the 2024 Volkswagen ID.Buzz. It's the Week in Reverse, right here at Motor Authority. We drove the redesigned 2022 Honda Civic Si and found you don't need to be rich or have access to a racetrack to have fun in a modern car. The Civic Si's turbo powertrain, stiff...
The 2022 Lincoln Aviator enters the new model year mostly unchanged. The only update of note is a new Jet Appearance Package for the luxury SUV. Based on the Monochromatic Reserve Package, the Jet Appearance Package adds gloss black trim, including a blacked-out grille, lower fascia, and 22-inch wheels. The blackout treatment also extends to the...
The Mercedes-Benz A-Class is about to come in for a round of updates, as evidenced by prototypes spotted on multiple occasions during the past year. These latest prototypes are for an updated version of the A-Class hatchback sold outside the U.S., but prototypes for the sedan variant we get here are also out testing. The current A-Class arrived in...
It's been a while since we last heard from Radical but the British track car specialist is still churning out various models for track enthusiasts and racers all over the world. Two of its most popular models are the open-cockpit SR3 and SR10, and for 2022 both cars are available with a halo protection system. Made from metal, Radical's halo isn't...
A new tester for Ferrari's Purosangue crossover has been spotted again, and this time its wearing the production body shell. While previous test mules looked like slammed Maserati Levantes, the latest spy shots show a prototype with a number of production-bound elements. While still heavily camouflaged, we can see that the prototype somewhat...
Nissan this week unveiled a lunar rover prototype in partnership with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The automaker and JAXA have been working together on this project since January 2020, Nissan said in a press release. Nissan said it's applying motor-control knowhow from the Leaf and the e-4orce (pronounced e-Force) electric...
One of just three Bugatti EB 112 sedan prototypes is up for sale through German dealer Schaltkulisse. First spotted by Carscoops, this is the second of three prototypes for what was to be the followup to the Bugatti EB 110 supercar during the 1990s revival of Bugatti by Italian businessman Romano Artioli. He had dreamed of bringing Bugatti back to...
Polestar's reaffirmed plans to launch three new vehicles by 2024 and the first will arrive next year. On Thursday the electric automaker released the second teaser of the Polestar 3. The Polestar 3 will be an electric crossover SUV and was first announced in June. It's due in 2022 likely as a 2023 model and will be built in Charleston, South...
The next-generation Mercedes-Benz E-Class has been spotted testing for the first time, in sedan guise. The current E-Class arrived for the 2017 model year and was given a mid-cycle update for 2021. In Mercedes tradition, we should see the redesigned E-Class arrive in 2023 as a 2024 model. The design looks to be taking on a more dynamic look, with...
Mercedes-Benz on Wednesday unveiled an electric Maybach coupe concept designed by the late Louis Vuitton fashion designer Virgil Abloh. Dubbed Project Maybach, the massive coupe is almost 19 feet long, but only seats two. It was a collaborative effort between Abloh, who died earlier this week at age 41, and Mercedes design boss Gordon Wagener, the...
BMW is set to launch a redesigned 7-Series next year and included in the range will be a battery-electric variant dubbed the i7. We've already spotted prototypes for the i7, and BMW on Wednesday provided an update on the progress of its development. Shown here is a prototype undergoing winter testing in Sweden, close to the arctic circle. The test...
The mystery Aston Martin Vantage prototype spied at the Nürburgring last summer has been confirmed as a new generation of the V12 Vantage. Sadly, Aston Martin has also confirmed that it will be the last of its kind, with the automaker referring to the car as a final edition. Aston Martin plans to launch hybrids and electric cars in the...
