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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

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

Aston Martin is in the process of renewing its sports car lineup, with a successor to the DB11 to be the first of the new arrivals. It’s scheduled for a reveal on May 24, and trademark information suggests the car will be called the DB12. The DB11 successor will be followed in quick succession by

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,

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. 2024 Ford Mustang GT4 race car teaser Ford teased the Mustang GT4 and revealed the race car will debut

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

It’s not just the pedestrian versions of the BMW 4-Series that are about to receive a facelift. The refreshed 2025 BMW M4 coupe has been spotted undergoing high-speed track testing at the Nürburgring. Like the 2024 BMW 4-Series that will precede it, the updated M4 will keep the changes to the minimum, with updates to

The Rivian R2 program is three years away from production, but it’s already starting to come into focus. On Thursday, Rivian Chief Financial Officer Claire McDonough spoke with Emmanuel Rosner from Deutsche Bank at an auto industry conference about the R2’s price and reveal timeline. McDonough said the R2 will be revealed in early 2024.

Cadillac’s small crossover SUV receives an overhaul for 2024, but it also gets a price hike to account for the updated technology. The 2024 Cadillac XT4 sports a sharper design and a glitzy curved screen as it begins hitting dealers now. It starts at $39,090, including $1,195 for destination. That base price represents a $1,600

Stuck behind a dump truck going 14 mph through one of the towns that dot Hwy 154 in Southern California, I can’t help but think Acura is selling the 2024 Integra Type S short on this first drive program. I shouldn’t be frustrated by slowpokes. I should be negotiating the corkscrew at Laguna Seca Not

A new episode of “Jay Leno’s Garage” features an obscure piece of racing history. It’s the Howmet TX (Turbine Experimental), a turbine-powered race car built in 1968 that’s still in running condition today. Four of these cars were built by Bob McKee, whose other engineering credits range from Can-Am race cars to an experimental diesel-electric

Mercedes-Benz looked to the past as it moves into the future. The automaker presented the Vision One-Eleven electric supercar concept, which revived the C111 concept series for a modern era. Details were thin, but a pair of axial-flux motors sit beneath the metal skin. 2025 Audi S5 Sportback spy shots – Photo credit: Baldauf The

The 2023 Formula 1 World Championship returns to North America this weekend for the annual Canadian Grand Prix, which serves as round nine on the calendar. As usual, the Canadian race is taking place at Montreal’s Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. The 2.71-mile track is made up of the perimeter roads on the artificial island of Notre-Dame,

Toyota in late 2021 announced plans to launch 30 electric vehicles across the Toyota and Lexus brands by 2030, including sports cars. A concept for an LFA-like supercar was shown for Lexus while something resembling a modern MR2 was shown for Toyota. Toyota has confirmed the Lexus will deliver a 0-60 mph time in the

McQueen Racing, the motorsports and engineering outfit started by Chad McQueen, Steve McQueen’s son, is gearing up to launch a series of limited-edition vehicles with performance supplied by Steeda. The concept was borne out of the success of McQueen Racing and Steeda’s 2019’s Steve McQueen Edition Ford Mustang Bullitt, and the two companies will now

A new company by the name of Telo has thrown its hat into the electric vehicle startup ring with the unveiling on Tuesday of its first product, a subcompact electric pickup truck that will retail for about $50,000. Pickup trucks have expanded greatly in size over the years, and the new crop of electric trucks

Vin Diesel let slip during last month’s premiere of “Fast X” that two more movies are planned to complete the “Fast and Furious” saga that started in 2001 with the original “The Fast and the Furious.” Diesel, who plays the lead character Dominic Toretto, has now taken to Instagram to confirm that the first of

Imagine yourself in Arizona for auction week and your collector car is on the block. You decided to sell it at no reserve and are nervous because you figure the car is worth around $400,000 but you decided to take the chance by offering it with no reserve, meaning high bid gets the car. The

The 2024 Lexus GX debuted, the 2024 Jeep Wrangler received a price increase, and the 2025 Volvo EX30 previewed the automaker’s future. It’s the Week in Reverse, right here at Motor Authority. The 2024 Lexus GX debuted with a turbocharged-6, full-time four-wheel drive, upright design, and new Overtrail off-road trim. When it arrives in 2024

Ford’s latest Mustang is set to go racing all over the globe, with the Blue Oval on Friday revealing a new GT3 customer race car that’s confirmed for both North America’s IMSA SportsCar Championship and the global FIA World Endurance Championship. Entry in the latter will see the Mustang GT3 compete in the 24 Hours

Aston Martin’s current leadership will reverse an earlier plan to introduce a mid-engine supercar as a permanent fixture in the lineup, the automaker’s chairman has revealed. In an interview with Autocar published on Thursday, Aston Martin Chairman Lawrence Stroll said future mid-engine models will remain limited-edition halo products, akin to the current Valkyrie hypercar and

A new generation of the Lexus GX will be launched for the 2024 model year, and Lexus on Tuesday released the third teaser photo and confirmed the debut for June 8. The first two teaser photos were released earlier this month. June 8 is also when Lexus will reveal the TX, a new model line

The current sixth-generation Chevrolet Camaro bows out with the 2024 model year, and while Chevy hasn’t announced a retirement of the nameplate, there isn’t a direct successor in sight. To mark the end of the current car’s run, Chevy will celebrate with a special Collector’s Edition package available on the 1LT, LT1, SS, and ZL1

A Tesla Model S Plaid is once again the fastest production electric vehicle around Germany’s notorious Nürburgring racetrack, thanks to a new Track Package announced in May that unlocks the vehicle’s true top speed of 200 mph. Video published by Tesla over the weekend shows a 2023 Model S Plaid Track Package completing a lap

JLR this week revealed its successor to the Range Rover Sport SVR. The newcomer is simply badged as an SV, and it packs a turbocharged 4.4-liter V-8 mated to a mild-hybrid system spitting out a combined 626 hp. 2024 Audi Q6 E-Tron spy shots – Photo credit: Baldauf One of the vehicles we spied this week

The 1,914-hp Rimac Nevera has been spotted lapping the Nürburgring, though the driver didn’t appear to be pushing the electric hypercar to its limits, meaning the announcement of an official lap record isn’t likely imminent. It’s possible Rimac was simply gathering data for the autonomous driving system it’s developing to handle popular racetracks around the

America, the time has come for love, peace, and the Volkswagen Bus to return. On Friday, the U.S.-spec 2025 Volkswagen ID.Buzz debuted with three rows of seats, a larger battery pack, and a more powerful electric motor than what the rest of the world has had for the last year. ID.Buzz production kicked off last

Volvo on Wednesday provided a look at the interior of its EX30 electric crossover that will be revealed in full on June 7. The EX30 is confirmed by Volvo to be smaller than the XC40 Recharge and C40 Recharge compact duo, pointing to a vehicle in the subcompact segment, and despite the diminutive size we’ll

The Cadillac CT6 was dropped in the U.S. after 2020, but the full-size sedan nameplate remains on sale in China where it has just spawned a second-generation model. Unveiled on Sunday at an event marking two decades of Cadillac’s presence in China, the redesigned CT6 keeps the previous generation’s rear-wheel-drive Omega platform but adopts a

BMW has just unleashed a new generation of its M2 for 2023, but a prototype for a more hardcore version likely to be the M2 CS has already been spotted. Key giveaways are the prototype’s ducktail spoiler and front splitter. Both elements are common to BMW’s other CS cars, including the last M2 CS. It’s