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Porsche plans to launch a redesigned Macan featuring electric power early next year but also may keep the current gas-powered model on sale for a while. The transition period in which the two versions are sold simultaneously may stretch longer than previously planned due to the uncertainty of the market's switch to EVs. Citing dealer sources...
We drove the 2024 Jeep Wrangler, BMW confirmed the upcoming M5 wagon, and the 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 7 broke cover. It's the Week in Reverse, right here at Motor Authority. The 2024 Jeep Wrangler tows more and recovers better thanks to a midcycle update that helps on and off the trails. We put the refreshed SUV to the test up steep rock-covered hills...
Maserati's MC20 supercar has spawned the GT2 race car. It has been developed entirely by Maserati, specifically for the SRO-sanctioned GT2 European Series, and its first race is scheduled for later this year. Aston Martin is working on at least four electric vehicles for launch this decade, the automaker's chairman has confirmed. The first, due in...
This weekend, the Red Bull Ring, set in the Styrian hills, will play host to the Austrian Grand Prix. The race serves as round 10 of the 2023 Formula 1 season and will see the return of the revised Sprint race. The Red Bull Ring features one of the shortest tracks of the season, at just 2.688 miles. It also has just 10 corners, which together with...
More and more companies are signing up to use Tesla's propriety charging connector, known as the North American Charging Standard (NACS). The latest are Polestar and Electrify America. Polestar's announcement, made on Thursday, isn't a surprise as sister brand Volvo announced similar plans one day prior. Like Volvo, Polestar plans to install the...
Maserati is set to return to sports car racing this year with a new GT2-spec race car based on its MC20 supercar. The new race car is officially the Maserati GT2, and it made its debut on Friday on the sidelines of the 24 Hours of Spa, the highlight of the SRO-sanctioned GT World Challenge Europe. While that series is open to GT3-spec cars, the...
Audi late on Thursday named Gernot Döllner as its new CEO. The Porsche veteran will start the role on Sept. 1, replacing Markus Duesmann, a former BMW executive who has held the top role at Audi since early 2020. Döllner has a mechanical engineering background and started his career at Volkswagen in 1993. He moved to Porsche in 1998...
The rugged Grenadier SUV developed by British chemical giant Ineos and due in the U.S. later this year is about to spawn a crew cab pickup truck body style. Ineos on Thursday confirmed the pickup as the Grenadier Quartermaster, and released a single teaser photo showing it from the rear. Clearly visible is the Grenadier name embossed in the...
The 2024 Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro gets seats with built-in shock absorbers, but Toyota may be developing another variant of this idea. A patent application titled "Kinetic Seat Cushions For Vehicles" was filed by Toyota with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on Feb. 2, 2023 and published on June 8. It describes seat cushions...
Ferrari has launched hardcore versions of its SF90 Stradale and SF90 Spider. The new cars adopt the extreme nature of Ferrari's XX experimental cars while remaining civil enough to be legal on the street, and among their upgrades are more power and a lot more downforce. Jeep has updated the Wrangler and we just tested it. The latest Wrangler...
The Hyundai Tucson compact crossover is about to receive an update. A prototype has been spotted by our spy photographer and its heavy camouflage gear points to more substantial styling tweaks than the typical refresh. A new front fascia and revised grille peek through the camouflage, and we spot new designs for the lights at both ends. The dash...
Infiniti may appear to be dying on the vine but a revamp with new store designs and new products is currently underway. Infiniti provided U.S. dealers with an early look at the plans during a meeting held in Beverly Hills on Wednesday, where the automaker presented a redesigned QX80, a new QX65, and a pair of electric vehicles. Citing dealers in...
Ferrari on Thursday took the covers off more hardcore versions of its already extreme SF90 Stradale and SF90 Spider supercars. The new cars don the XX designation that Ferrari normally applies to experimental cars offered to the most loyal customers, like the LaFerrari-based FXX K launched a decade ago. The experimental cars are designed strictly...
Business is booming for Bugatti. The French performance marque saw deliveries hit a record 80 units in 2022, and with additional models like the Bolide track car and Mistral roadster on the way new records will likely continue to be set. In order to support further growth in what Bugatti describes as the post-Chiron era, the company on Wednesday...
The rock staircase climbed up from the sand, flanked by chaparral and sagebrush. As the red sandstone steepened into nearly a 30-degree pitch, the terrain appeared brittle, like the inside of a Butterfinger. This was no candy bar. A 2024 Jeep Wrangler Willys skittered on a loose rock, the wheels pulled left, the guides shouted, and the driver...
Singer has returned with a wild upgrade for the 964-generation Porsche 911 that turns it into something resembling Porsche's 934/5 race car that dominated the Trans Am Series in 1977. There's also power to back up the wild looks as Singer has tuned the 911's flat-6 engine to deliver more than 700 hp. After launching a Mustang GT3 race car earlier...
Audi will offer more powerful versions of its RS 6 Avant wagon and RS 7 Sportback hatch starting this fall. The new versions don the Performance designation, and their output rises by 30 hp to a new total of 621 hp. Both arrive as 2024 models, with the RS 6 Avant Performance priced to start at $126,895, and the RS 7 Sportback Performance at...
BMW is working on a facelift for the 4-Series lineup and a prototype for the regular coupe has been spotted. It was spotted undergoing track testing at the Nürburgring, and judging the prototype it will bring refreshed front and rear ends along with a revised interior design and possibly some new interior technology. The last redesign debuted...
Hot on the heels of the Mustang GT3 race car that debuted on the sidelines of this month's 24 Hours of Le Mans comes a new Mustang GT4. The latest race car was revealed on Wednesday on the sidelines of the 24 Hours of Spa, the highlight of the SRO-sanctioned Intercontinental GT Challenge, and is scheduled to be delivered to customer teams in time...
A Lotus SUV has been talked about for years, and now one is finally here. It's called the Eletre, and it's a mid-size electric SUV with performance that will put some supercars to shame. It's already on sale in China and Europe, and has previously been confirmed by Lotus to reach the U.S. sometime in 2024. An Italian startup is working on a...
Former Audi CEO Rupert Stadler was sentenced on Tuesday by a German court over Volkswagen Group's diesel scandal that first erupted in 2015. He was handed a one-year suspended sentence and fined 1.1 million euros (approximately $1.2 million) after admitting to his role in the scandal in May, making him the first former VW Group board member to be...
Anyone in the market for a sedan with four-figure power ratings will need to settle for an electric vehicle, or turn to a tuning company like Hennessey Performance which has an upgrade package for the Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing that boasts a 1,000-hp output. Announced on Tuesday, Hennessey's H1000 upgrade for the CT5-V Blackwing sees the super...
There are several companies, some of them quite famous, that will restore a classic Porsche 911 while also upgrading some aspects of the car to modern standards, a process known as restomodding. However, we're slowly starting to see companies turn their attention to classics from other makes. The latest is Italian startup Eccentrica Cars, whose...
Lotus is expanding beyond the world of lightweight sports cars by launching more mainstream vehicles, starting with an electric SUV known as the Eletre that made its world debut in early 2022. The Eletre, whose name in some eastern European dialects means “coming to life,” started sales in China in March. It goes on sale in Europe this...
Audi has started road tests for its next A7 Sportback and a test mule for what's likely to be the high-performance RS 7 variant has been spotted. A test mule is an early-stage prototype where a makeshift body, typically borrowed from an existing vehicle, hides new mechanicals. In this case Audi engineers are using the modified body of an S6 sedan...
GMC offers off-road-ready versions of the Sierra 1500 in the form of the AT4 and AT4X, but if that isn't enough capability, Texas-based PaxPower has an aftermarket solution. The PaxPower Jackal package further upgrades the off-road capability of mid-2022-2024 GMC Sierra 1500 pickups, adding long-travel suspension, widened bodywork, and a...
BMW will launch a new M5 Touring next year, and it will mark only the third long-roof body style in the M5's history. Prototypes will hit the road soon, but BMW has already provided a first look at one of the test vehicles. Hyundai is out testing a prototype for a large electric SUV previewed by 2021's Seven concept. The SUV, which will likely go...
Aston Martin's upcoming electric vehicles will use technology sourced from U.S. EV startup Lucid, the two companies announced on Monday. In a deal that will see Lucid receive a 3.7% stake in Aston Martin and periodic cash payments, worth a combined $450 million, Aston Martin will utilize Lucid's leading EV technology, both current and future, to...
BMW M on Sunday posted a teaser video on Instagram that possibly hints at a new M5 Touring in the works. The video, which was posted with the message “Never say never,” shows M engineers working on a new model. At one point in the clip, the mystery model is revealed to be a wagon. The engineers are shown installing a widened wheel arch...
Alpine will enter the U.S. in 2027 with a fully electric lineup, the French performance marque announced on Monday. Alpine was founded in 1955 by Jean Rédélé as a motorsports company that would later launch its own sports cars using components from Renault. It became a part of Renault in 1973 and would continue to launch its...
Hyundai has been spotted testing a prototype for the production version of its Seven electric SUV concept shown at the 2021 Los Angeles auto show. The production version, which was first announced during 2020's launch of the Ioniq EV sub-brand, will likely go by the name Ioniq 7, and is confirmed by the automaker to go on sale in 2024. This means...
Toyota's next-generation GT3 race car will make its competition debut in 2026 in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC), timed with the unveiling of a road-car counterpart, according to Motorsport.com. The race car, based on the Toyota GR GT3 concept shown at the 2022 Tokyo auto salon, was originally scheduled to begin racing in 2025...
Ford is looking to patent a way to make wireless EV charging more effective. Wireless charging systems already exist, albeit mostly in aftermarket form. However Ford's patent application, which was published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on June 1 (and originally filed on Nov. 30, 2021) details some potential...
The 2025 Cadillac Escalade IQ debut will take place on Aug. 9 in New York City. The automaker confirmed the electric Escalade's debut while releasing a teaser image and video depicting the front end's lighting signature. Ford teased the Mustang GT4 and revealed the race car will debut on June 28. The debut will take place at Belgium's...
The FIA on Friday released the first technical regulations for a new electric racing class. Called Electric Sport Vehicle (ESV), the new class is the first sanctioned by the FIA for electric race cars derived from road cars. It's intended to serve as an entry-level class for electric racing at the national and regional levels, as well as enable...
We drove the 2024 Acura Integra Type S, the 2024 Cadillac XT4 received a price, and the 2024 BMW 4-Series lineup underwent track testing. It's the Week in Reverse, right here at Motor Authority. We had our first crack behind the wheel of the 2024 Acura Integra Type S. Spoiler: It's a more grown up version of the Honda Civic Type R. Slightly less...
Hyundai is wrapping up testing of the Ioniq 5 N ahead of a planned debut at the 2023 Goodwood Festival of Speed on July 13. The N performance sub-brand's first all-electric model has been in its final track testing phase at the Nürburgring Nordschleife ahead of its public debut, Hyundai said Friday in a press release. One area engineers are...
At the 2023 Ford F-150 Raptor R launch I asked Ford Performance boss Carl Widdman why the team left one metric on the table: Horsepower. Why not tune it for just 3, or even 5, more horsepower to top the Ram TRX? Widdman answered my question with a question (which my Uncle Robert, Unc, did as a child and it was always frustrating): “Why...
A company that manufactures carbon-fiber parts for Formula 1 race cars and other high-performance vehicles, as well as the aerospace and defense industries, has launched an off-the-shelf carbon-fiber chassis designed for road and race cars. Dash-CAE, based in Abingdon, U.K., on Tuesday revealed the TR01, a carbon monocoque chassis that forms a...
The 2024 Toyota GR86 returns for another model year with a new performance package and a special edition. For 2024, a Trueno Edition joins the sports coupe lineup, commemorating the 40th anniversary of the launch of a car that helped inspire the GR86. Sold from 1984-1987 as the Sprinter Trueno in Japan, and as the Corolla Sport GT-S in the U.S...
Following an announcement that the GR Corolla Circuit Edition will continue for the 2024 model year, Toyota detailed the changes planned for the hot hatchback when it returns to U.S. showrooms later this year. The GR Corolla launched for the 2023 model year, with production limited to 1,500 units for the U.S. Citing strong demand, Toyota in...
Toyota on Wednesday unveiled updates for its Gazoo Racing (GR) performance line, including a Supra 45th Anniversary Edition model slated to reach U.S. showrooms this year as a 2024 model. The 45th Anniversary Edition commemorates the 1979 launch of the first-generation Mark I Supra in the U.S. (badged as the Celica Supra), but Toyota also calls it...
Maserati is at the same inflection point as the rest of the automotive industry. But as the Italian luxury brand with the motorsports pedigree prepares for the centennial of its first car—the Tipo 26 that first raced in 1926—it’s doing what no other automaker is doing: Maserati has overhauled its product line by essentially...
The Mercedes-Benz G-Class is getting an electric sibling called the EQG, and last week the company confirmed some information about its powertrain. At a media drive for the 2024 S 63 E Performance, Michael Schiebe, CEO of Mercedes-AMG, said, "we will mount four electric motors very close to the wheels just to make sure the off-road capabilities...
The seventh-generation Ford Mustang is set to race all over the world in a number of different categories, with the latest of the many planned Mustang race cars scheduled to debut at Belgium's Spa-Francorchamps Circuit on June 28. The car Ford will unveil is the Mustang GT4, designed for privateer racing in the popular GT4 class. GT4 cars are...
We drove the 2023 Ford Super Duty Tremor and found it has learned new tricks from the Raptors. The off-road heavy-duty pickup also has a newly refined interior, new tech to make life—and off-roading—easier, and upgraded powertrains. Enthusiasts will note the big pickup can now also fit 37-inch tires without any modifications. Rivian's...
Ford has given its electric Supervan an upgrade to take on the 2023 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. The Blue Oval's UK division has a tradition of turning Transit vans into hot-rodded Supervans. For the fourth Supervan, Ford decided to go all-electric. The project debuted as the Ford Pro Electric Supervan ahead of the 2022 Goodwood Festival...
Ford has given its electric Supervan an upgrade to take on the 2023 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. The Blue Oval's UK division has a tradition of turning Transit vans into hot-rodded Supervans. For the fourth Supervan, Ford decided to go all-electric. The project debuted as the Ford Pro Electric Supervan ahead of the 2022 Goodwood Festival...
The 2024 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Wagon broke cover in European spec, but it is not coming to the U.S. Mercedes spokesperson Andrew Brudnicki confirmed to Motor Authority that the standard version of the new E-Class Wagon will not be sold in the U.S., but he noted that the All Terrain model is subject to a future announcement. The more rugged All...
Bentley announced Tuesday that development work on the limited-edition Batur coupe has been completed, paving the way for production of customer cars later this year. Just 18 customer examples will be built, but the Batur was still subjected to a thorough development process using two test cars, dubbed Car Zero and Car Zero-Zero. The testing...
