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We learned the 2025 Toyota 4Runner’s debut date, Nissan confirmed the next-gen GT-R, and 2027 Porsche K1 prototypes surfaced. It’s the Week in Reverse, right here at Motor Authority. The 2025 Toyota 4Runner will debut on April 9. Toyota announced the sixth-generation 4Runner’s debut date along with a teaser photo that confirmed the SUV will

The new sixth-generation Toyota 4Runner is coming, soon. On Thursday, the 2025 Toyota 4Runner received yet another teaser on Instagram while the automaker confirmed the SUV’s debut will take place on April 9. The latest teaser confirms the beloved drop-down rear window on the 4Runner’s tailgate will carry over into the sixth-get SUV. Power operated

It’s been more than two years since Chevrolet first revealed the 2024 Silverado EV, but retail customers are finally able to order the full-size electric truck in time for delivery this summer. The first version on offer is a Silverado EV First-Edition RST, which Chevy on Wednesday announced with a price tag of $96,495, including

Porsche’s electric flagship SUV big enough to fit third-row seats has been spotted testing for the first time. The prototypes in our latest spy shots show a long SUV with a low profile and relatively low ride height. The roof is also mostly flat all the way to the rear of the vehicle, which is

Nissan’s iconic sports cars will live to see another generation. At the 2024 New York auto show, Senior Vice President and Chief Planning Officer for Nissan North America, Ponz Pandikuthira, told Motor Authority the GT-R and Z nameplates won’t die, though they might take time to be reinvented. Senior Vice President of Nissan Alfonso Albaisa

The one-off 1964 Pontiac Banshee coupe concept is once again for sale, this time in a listing at Hemmings. The asking price is a cool $1.2 million. The Banshee was an early attempt by General Motors to counter the Ford Mustang. Known internally as the XP-833, it was the brainchild of John Z. DeLorean, who

Hyundai’s Santa Cruz compact pickup truck was given a refresh. The exterior mostly stays the same, but the interior sports a new dash and the latest technology. 2025 Mercedes-Benz G-Class (G550) Mercedes-Benz updated its G-Class, and the updates extend to the high-performance G 63 from AMG. The updated range arrives for the 2025 model year,

Hyundai has been spotted testing a prototype for the production version of the Seven electric SUV concept shown at the 2021 Los Angeles auto show. The vehicle, which was first announced during 2020’s launch of the Ioniq EV sub-brand, has been confirmed by the automaker to go on sale in 2024. This means it will

Toyota has provided the first evidence that a redesigned 4Runner is coming soon. The automaker took to Instagram on Thursday to post a series of photos of each generation of the 4Runner. The final photo in the series showed a portion of the redesigned 4Runner, the nameplate’s sixth generation. Included with the photos was a

Polestar, a Swedish brand for performance electric vehicles, used this week’s 2024 New York auto show to present its 4 compact crossover in the U.S. for the first time and confirm local pricing. The Polestar 4 made its debut a year ago in China where sales have already started. Sales in the U.S. start in

Genesis will use this week’s 2024 New York auto show to present an electric full-size SUV concept called the Neolun. The automaker is known to be working on just such a vehicle, which is thought to carry the GV90 name into production, and the Neolun may be a taste of what’s to come. Prototypes have

Ford is looking to make it a little easier for drivers to secure cargo to a vehicle’s roof. In a patent application published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on March 12 (and originally filed on Sept. 9, 2022), Ford discusses incorporating fold-out tie-down points into vehicle fenders. Ford retractable fender tie-down

Toyota has filed a patent application for color-changing paint, a technology that could let owners or dealerships quickly change the colors of cars. As Toyota notes in the application—which was published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on March, 19, but originally filed in 2022—owners may want to change paint colors to

Audi took the covers off its long-awaited Q6 E-Tron this week. The electric compact crossover is a smidgen longer than the Tesla Model Y, and will start sales in the U.S. late this year both in regular and sporty SQ6 guises. BMW Vision Neue Klasse X concept BMW revealed the Vision Neue Klasse X, a

Nissan will use the 2024 New York auto show on next week for the debut of its 2025 Kicks, which the automaker revealed online on Friday. The redesigned subcompact crossover is due at dealerships this summer, in S, SV, and SR grades. Pricing information will be announced closer to that on-sale date. The original Kicks

Ferrari engineers are out evaluating a prototype for the successor to the 812 Superfast. The new super GT is expected to debut this year with stunning looks, a new platform, a new V-12 engine, and possibly some form of electrification. The Ford Ranger Raptor is finally available in the U.S., and we just tested it.

Lamborghini in 2024 entered both the IMSA SportsCar Championship and FIA World Endurance Championship with an LMDh race car competing in the top classes of both competitions, GTP and Hypercar, respectively. Dubbed the SC63, the race car features a hybrid powertrain just like the other LMDh cars, but the internal-combustion component is a bespoke V-8

The Jeep Wrangler bids farewell to its V-8 option after the 2024 model year, with a limited-edition model as a last hurrah. The 2024 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 392 Final Edition is the last iteration of the Rubicon 392 grade. It adds an 8,000-pound-capacity Warn winch, Mopar grille guard and rock sliders, a half-inch suspension lift

BMW’s next-generation EV family, known as the Neue Klasse, is coming soon. The first members to arrive will be a sedan and SUV, sitting in the same segments as the 3-Series and X3. BMW already previewed the sedan with with last year’s Vision Neue Klasse concept, and soon we’ll get a preview of the SUV

A pair of recent General Motors patent filings show potential extendable cargo bed systems for pickup trucks. Such a feature could give drivers the cargo capacity of a long bed when they need it, while maintaining the smaller footprint of a short-bed pickup the rest of the time. One application, titled “Pickup Truck Cargo Bed

The modern Rolls-Royce Phantom is the automaker’s flagship luxury car, in part because of the pedigree built up by predecessors like the 1930 model featured on this episode of “Jay Leno’s Garage.” It’s one of many impressive classic cars from California’s Nethercutt Collection, and it’s also one one of 25 examples with bodies from New

Nissan isn’t done with updates for its 2024 GT-R, which went on sale last spring with a starting price of $122,885, including a $1,895 destination charge. The automaker on Friday announced the new T-spec Takumi and Skyline special editions, both of which are due on sale in limited numbers this summer. Pricing information will be

Italian automotive design legend Marcello Gandini passed away on Wednesday at the age of 85. His back catalog is one of the most impressive of any designer, and includes notable designs such as the Lamborghini Countach and the BMW Garmisch, the concept that influenced the design of the original 5-Series. Born in Turin to the

Hennessey has revealed the final evolution of its Mammoth 1000 pickup truck based on the Ram 1500 TRX platform. The 2024 model year is the last where Ram’s 1500 can be ordered with a V-8. An updated 2025 1500 has already been shown, and there’s no V-8 in sight, including for the high-performance TRX which

Porsche confirmed it will unveil a 911 hybrid this summer as part of the current 992-generation 911’s mid-cycle refresh. The automaker’s CEO described the car as a high-performance variant featuring technology inspired by motorsports, meaning it’s unlikely to offer much in the way of fuel savings. Alfa Romeo is just weeks away from unveiling its

Rolls-Royce has been spotted testing a prototype for an updated Ghost sedan. The updates will likely constitute a mid-cycle refresh for the current Ghost which arrived on the market for the 2021 model year. Expect the updated version, which Rolls-Royce typically refers to as Series II cars, to arrive as a 2026 model. That means

Rivian has filed a patent application for an integrated winch assembly. As described in the patent application, which was published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on Feb. 29, 2024, and originally filed on Aug. 30, 2022, a winch could be mounted behind the front or rear fascia to keep the exterior

Dodge’s electric replacement for both the Challenger and Charger muscle were revealed this week as the 2024 Charger Daytona. Buyers with gasoline in their veins will also have an option as Dodge will offer a Charger Sixpack model equipped with the Hurricane inline-6 in 2025. 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 (Korea spec) Hyundai’s Ioniq 5 has

Mercedes-Benz is out testing prototypes for an electric compact sedan that will serve as the next-generation CLA-Class. Its design was previewed last year by the Concept CLA-Class and Mercedes has confirmed the start of sales in 2025. The timing points to a likely arrival as a 2026 model in the U.S. Another prototype has just

The BAC Mono is one of the wildest track cars currently in production, and now it’s about to get its very own one-make race series. To be called the Mono Cup, the race series will hold its inaugural season next winter, and it is already being billed by BAC as the world’s “fastest one-make championship.”