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It used to be that getting anywhere close to 800 hp required some big bucks and kissing that new-car warranty goodbye. Those days are well and truly over, at least at Ford, as the automaker has just unveiled a supercharger kit for the 2024 Mustang GT that lifts output from the car's 5.0-liter V-8 from a stock 480 hp (486 hp with the available...
Porsche has been offering support for Google apps in its cars for a number of years but starting mid this decade, Google's Android operating system will be fully integrated with the German performance vehicles. In an announcement on Monday, Porsche said popular Google apps like Google Assistant, Google Maps, and the Google Play app store will be...
The original Mercedes-Benz G-Class stuck around for four decades and was given multiple updates over the years to keep it fresh before a full redesign for the 2019 model year. It's not clear how long Mercedes plans to keep the current G-Class on the shelf before giving it a redesign, but it looks like the automaker will at least give the vehicle...
It's not terribly often a McLaren P1 surfaces on the pre-owned market. Now one is available and its first owner was a former Formula 1 champion. Jenson Button's P1 is for sale via V Management in the U.K., and according to the listing on Piston Heads, the car is currently in the hands of its second owner. Button owned the car until 2018, during...
Porsche 911s styled like the rally cars that competed in the East African Safari Rally back in the 1970s and '80s have become popular in recent years. Porsche even launched its own last year in the form of the limited-edition 911 Dakar. However, Porsche wasn't the only automaker that found success in the Kenyan rally. Nissan was another, initially...
Volkswagen's new ID.7 electric hatchback is set to spawn a wagon body style, which the automaker confirmed on Monday as the ID.7 Tourer. The ID.7 hatch is VW's Tesla Model S rival, and is slated to reach the U.S. next year as a 2025 model. It will help to fill the void left by the discontinued Passat sedan. The ID.7 Tourer wagon will make its...
Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen put in another solid effort on Sunday to take the win at the 2023 Formula 1 Mexican Grand Prix. It was the 2023 world champion's 16th win of the season, which is a new F1 record (Verstappen also held the previous record of 15, which he set last season). The new record is the second set by Verstappen this season; he...
Ferrari is giving well-heeled track enthusiasts the chance to own what is essentially a clone of its Le Mans-winning 499P LMH race car, but unleashed from all racing regulations. The new car is the 499P Modificata, and it made its debut over the weekend at Ferrari's Finali Mondiali gathering at Italy's Mugello Circuit, where the automaker also...
Rotary engines made their biggest impact in Mazda sports cars, but a recent episode of "Jay Leno's Garage" delves into the rotary's earlier history. Before it was popularized by Mazda, the rotary engine entered production with German automaker NSU (an Audi predecessor). The NSU Spider launched in 1964—three years before Mazda launched its...
Porsche is working on a mid-cycle update for its Taycan electric sedan and wagon, and a prototype spotted this week was wearing almost zero camouflage gear. While the styling updates look to be mild, there are rumors of a new performance flagship coming to take on the Tesla Model S Plaid. Porsche was also out testing a mid-cycle update for the...
The 2024 Lexus LS gets additional tech features for the new model year. Lexus updated the infotainment system of its flagship sedan for 2023, adding features like voice control and wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, while removing the Remote Touch Interface trackpad for the 12.3-inch infotainment sceeen. For 2024, the LS 500 also gets a...
A Nissan GT-R concept debuted, the Honda Prelude might return, and a Corvette-based DeLorean is in the works. It's the Week in Reverse, right here at Motor Authority. A Nissan GT-R concept shocked the auto world when it debuted at the 2023 Tokyo auto show this week. Dubbed the Hyper Force concept, the electric supercar features traditional GT-R...
Companies aren't just looking to curb carbon emissions for production cars. They're also trying to cut emissions on the racetrack. Formula 1 has already announced plans to eliminate carbon emissions by 2026, via a switch to carbon-neutral synthetic fuels, commonly referred to as efuels. The organizing group of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the ACO...
Porsche engineers are out testing prototypes for an updated 911 range, and the latest test vehicle has finally shed the camouflage gear. Previously we brought you spy shots of prototypes for the updated 911 Turbo, 911 Turbo S, and 911 Carrera Cabriolet. Our latest shots show what looks to be the updated 911 Carrera coupe. The current...
Subaru's BRZ hasn't escaped the current wave of inflation, with prices for the 2024 model year rising sharply. The base BRZ Premium grade is now priced from $31,315, including a $1,120 destination charge, or $1,700 higher than 2023's pricing which itself was up $660 on pricing for 2022, when the BRZ was redesigned. Helping to justify the price...
Audi's R8 supercar bows out after the 2023 model year. A successor is planned, though it will feature an electric powertrain and may no longer be called an R8. To send out the current car, Audi is rumored to be preparing a hardcore special, and now a possible prototype has been spotted. The latest spy shots show what looks like Audi's R8 LMS GT2...
An updated 2024 Audi Q8 range arrives at dealerships in early 2024. The range includes the base Q8 55 and sporty SQ8 grades, as well as a new Q8 E-Tron grade which is essentially an updated version of the former E-Tron electric SUV. An updated RS Q8 grade is still in the works and should join the rest of the 2024 Q8 lineup sometime next year. The...
The Porsche Taycan is about to come in for a mid-cycle update, as evidenced by prototypes spotted in the wild. The fully electric Taycan first arrived as a sedan for the 2020 model year and spawned the Cross Turismo soft-roader and Sport Turismo wagon body styles for 2021 and 2022, respectively. The updated Taycan is expected to arrive for the...
Ferrari's Special Projects program enables the automaker's most loyal customers to commission a one-off car, and the latest in the series was revealed this week as the SP-8. It made its debut during Ferrari's Finali Mondiali event celebrating the end of the motorsport season, currently underway at the Mugello Circuit in Italy. Ferrari also used...
Subaru on Wednesday rolled out the Sport Mobility Concept at the 2023 Tokyo auto show to show what an electric sports car from the brand might be like. While the design, which looks to have been inspired by the SVX of the 1990s, may not make it to a future production model, certain elements, like body panels designed to aid air flow and the use of...
Honda last year announced plans to launch a pair of sports models powered by batteries, and one of them has been confirmed as a sporty coupe that will likely go into production as a modern Prelude. The confirmation came on Wednesday with the reveal of the Prelude concept at the 2023 Tokyo auto show, a concept that Honda said it was currently...
Nissan has provided the strongest indication yet that its next GT-R sports car will go the electric route with Wednesday's reveal of the Hyper Force concept at the 2023 Tokyo auto show. A surprise fifth member of Nissan's Hyper family of electric concepts previewing the automaker's future design and technology, the Hyper Force isn't directly...
Mercedes-Benz's EQS SUV already offers plenty of bells and whistles but there's a version from Maybach that truly dials up the luxury and exclusivity factor. The Maybach EQS SUV, revealed last spring, is a new addition to Mercedes' lineup for 2024, and the automaker on Tuesday confirmed a starting price of $181,050, including a $1,150 destination...
Mercedes has released more detailed information on the AMG GLE 53 Hybrid, one of two AMG performance versions of the refreshed GLE-Class SUV. Arriving at U.S. dealerships in late 2025 as a 2026 model, the GLE 53 is actually a plug-in hybrid like other recent AMG models. Its powertrain is based around a 3.0-liter turbo-6 that by itself produces 443...
After pandemic-related delays, the Rimac Nevera entered production in 2022 at a new factory just outside of Zagreb, Croatia. Rimac recently provided a peek inside the factory in the form of a drone fly around. At just over a minute and a half, this is one of the quickest factory tours you can experience. It starts out in the company offices, moves...
The 2024 Infiniti QX50 gets a slight price bump for the new model year, but otherwise carries over with no changes. Infiniti this week announced pricing for the 2024 QX50 will start at $42,045 when it reaches showrooms later this month. That base price, which includes a mandatory $1,195 destination charge, is $550 higher than the 2023 QX50. As...
BMW was spotted testing a prototype for a redesigned X3 at the Nürburgring this week, and it was wearing a lot less camouflage gear than earlier test vehicles. The new SUV should brnig evolutionary styling, a more advanced interior, and the choice of internal-combustion or electric powertrains. Manthey-Racing was spotted preparing a round of...
Nissan is taking the Frontier off-road racing. The automaker has unveiled a Frontier off-road concept that's running this weekend in the NORRA 500 race in Mexico. Built in partnership with Forsberg Racing, the race team started by successful drifter Chris Forsberg, the mid-size pickup truck will compete in a stock-vehicle class. It still features...
The 2025 Ram TRX broke cover, a Ford GT40 press car surfaced, and we drove the 2025 Mercedes-Benz AMG GLC 63 S E Performance. It's the Week in Reverse, right here at Motor Authority. A prototype for the 2025 Ram TRX hit the streets of Michigan. The sound from the off-road pickup truck suggested a turbo-6 under the hood rather than a supercharged...
Owners of electric vehicles from Toyota and Lexus will soon have access to more than 12,000 of Tesla's Supercharger DC fast chargers located across North America. Toyota on Thursday announced it has reached an agreement with Tesla to gain access to its network of charging stations in North America, as well as to adopt the EV company's proprietary...
Lucid's follow up to the groundbreaking Air sedan, the Gravity SUV, will debut on Nov. 16 at the 2023 Los Angeles auto show, the California EV startup announced on Thursday via social media. The start of production will follow in late 2024, the company added. The timing points to the Gravity arriving as a 2025 model in the U.S. Lucid previously...
The Ferrari 296 Challenge was revealed on Thursday as the latest entry for the Ferrari Challenge one-make race series. It will be ready to compete starting with the 2024 seasons of the respective European and North American series, and replaces the 488 Challenge which has competed in the series since 2017. The 296 Challenge is closely related to...
A prototype for a redesigned BMW X3 has been spotted again, this time testing at Germany's Nürburgring racetrack. The new compact crossover will be the fourth generation of the top-selling nameplate. The current X3 arrived in 2017 as 2018 model year and was given a mid-cycle update for 2022. Based on BMW tradition, the redesigned X3 arrive in...
Nissan on Thursday revealed the Hyper Punk electric crossover as the fourth and final member of its Hyper family of EV concepts bound for this month's 2023 Tokyo auto show. It joins the previously revealed Hyper Urban crossover, Hyper Tourer minivan, and Hyper Adventure rugged SUV in the new concept family. The concepts don't preview any specific...
Lancia on Thursday provided the first details on a planned electric flagship due in 2026. The historic Italian brand, today part of the Stellantis fold, has languished for years with just one model, the Ypsilon, a minicar related to the Fiat 500 and on sale since 2011. With the backing of Stellantis, Lancia is developing three electric vehicles as...
Burkard Bovensiepen, the founder of German performance marque Alpina, passed away last week at the age of 87. Alpina is still not widely known in the U.S., but for BMW diehards the brand is synonymous with performance, luxury and craftsmanship. Based in the state of Bavaria, the same as BMW, Alpina was founded in 1965 as a tuner of BMW cars...
A documentary series hosted by Keanu Reeves and detailing the underdog story of Brawn GP's success in the 2009 Formula 1 World Championship is coming soon. The four-part series is set for a debut on Nov. 15 on Hulu in the U.S. and Disney+ in the rest of the world. Produced by North One, the documentary tells the story of Ross Brawn's purchase of...
Porsche's 992-generation 911 GT3 RS is already one of the most potent factory-built track cars one can buy, but Manthey-Racing is out to improve the formula with a range of performance upgrades. A prototype for the Manthey-enhanced 911 GT3 RS has been spotted testing at the Nürburgring, where Manthey's headquarters are located, and the first...
General Motors will delay a plan to add additional capacity for its Chevrolet Silverado EV and GMC Sierra EV at the Orion Assembly plant in Orion Township, Michigan, by at least a year, the automaker said on Tuesday. Planned deliveries of the electric full-size trucks won't be delayed however as production of the Silverado EV in Work Truck guise...
BMW is the latest automaker to reach an agreement with Tesla to gain access to its network of charging stations in North America, as well as to adopt the EV company's proprietary charging connector known as NACS (North American Charging Standard). The agreement also covers BMW's Mini and Rolls-Royce brands. Owners of EVs from all three brands will...
Nissan is committed to launching at least 19 electric vehicles across its Nissan and Infiniti brands by 2030, and the automaker has been rolling out multiple concepts in recent years to explore potential designs and technology. The latest is a series of four concepts set to debut this month at the 2023 Tokyo auto show. One of the concepts was...
French performance marque Alpine is developing a hardcore version of its A110, and it recently got F1 driver Esteban Ocon to help with some of the sports car's development taking place at the Nürburgring. Ocon, who currently drives for the Alpine F1 team alongside Pierre Gasly, was present for a two-day stint at the Nürburgring, where he...
Mercedes’ AMG models have traditionally been loud, blunt-force objects. They could often be found going sideways or spewing tire smoke. Times have changed. But things at AMG are getting complicated as the electrified era comes online. The latest AMGs are precise performance machines that no longer reward hamfisted driving. The plug-in hybrid...
Nissan has introduced a mid-cycle refresh for its Rogue compact crossover, which arrives with the 2024 model year. The popular compact crossover receives new fascia designs and tweaks to its taillights that are typical of such updates, but some significant changes have taken place inside. On higher SL and Platinum grades, there's a bigger...
Mercedes-Benz took the wraps off its redesigned 2024 E-Class in April, but the automaker is still out testing a fiery version developed by AMG. The latest spy shots and video from Car Spy Video show prototypes for what's likely to be the new AMG E 53. The new E-Class starts sales late this year, and the AMG 53 version should follow in early 2024...
More and more evidence is piling up that Toyota is serious about launching an electric sports car. After teasing what looked like a modern MR2 powered by batteries with a concept in 2021, the automaker now plans to use the 2023 Tokyo auto show on later this month to roll out a concept that looks like it might be a tease of an electric...
Ram's 1500 TRX super truck may be about to lose two cylinders. Stellantis' commercial vehicles brand has been spotted testing a prototype for what's likely to be the 2025 Ram 1500 TRX, and there may be a 6-cylinder engine under the hood. The prototype in the video from Car Spy Media features the pumped fenders and wide rubber of the TRX, but the...
Like every other aspect of its cars, Bugatti does carbon fiber with an attention to detail that surpasses virtually every other automaker. Bugatti has a long history working with carbon fiber. The Bugatti EB 110 of the 1990s was one of the first production cars with a carbon-fiber monocoque, while the Veyron Pur Sang first shown in 2007 put the...
The latest limited-edition Rolls Royce is the Black Badge Ghost Ékleipsis Private Collection, a car that features design elements inspired by solar eclipses. Fittingly, it was unveiled ahead of the annular solar eclipse visible in parts of the Western Hempishere on Oct.14. The Ékleipsis Private Collection is based on the Ghost Black...
The Chevrolet Camaro is on its way out after the 2024 model year, at least in its current form, and Hennessey marked the milestone this week with a special version of its Exorcist upgrade for the Camaro ZL1. The upgrade boosts output to 1,000 hp and sees the Camaro deliver performance that will make a hypercar envious. Ferrari engineers were out...
