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It’s been the stuff of rumors for years but Audi on Friday finally confirmed its intention to compete in the Formula 1 World Championship starting from 2026. Audi won’t go it alone but will partner with an existing team whose identity will be revealed later this year but is expected to be Sauber, which currently

Four-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon is coming out of retirement for one weekend to compete in a Porsche Carrera Cup North America race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, to be held over Labor Day Weekend. Gordon, who retired from full-time NASCAR racing after the 2015 season, will be reunited with longtime crew chief Ray

The Genesis X Speedium Coupe concept was unveiled in April, but we’re just now getting a glimpse of its interior. The Hyundai luxury brand showed the electric coupe concept’s interior for the first time at the 2022 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, the anchor event for Monterey Car Week. And it looks production ready. “The interior

It’s named Project Tornado, and the specifications make it sound like it might just rip like its namesake. At last week’s Monterey Car Week, Gunther Werks took the wraps off its latest creation: a remastered air-cooled Porsche 993 with 700 hp, a 6-speed manual transmission, and rear-wheel drive. Gunther Werks Project Tornado remastered 993 911

Lamborghini Urus buyers will soon be able to choose between the standard SUV and a more hardcore variant donning the automaker’s Performante designation. On the Urus, the Performante designation signals extra power, less weight, and a more sinister stance realized through a lowered ride height (by 20 millimeters) and a wider body (by 16 mm).

Land Rover on Friday unveiled a limited-edition version of its latest Range Rover SUV, one that most people won’t even get a chance to buy. The 2023 Land Rover Range Rover SV Carmel Edition takes its name from Carmel, California, the fashionable California town that’s home to Land Rover’s base of operations for 2022 Monterey

The seventh generation Ford Mustang, set to arrive in mid 2023 as a 2024 model, will be revealed at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Sept. 14 at the Detroit auto show, Ford announced on Friday. Ford will invite Mustang owners and fans, the media, and its employees to the reveal, which it is calling “The

Automakers build concept vehicles that amount to thinly veiled production cars, and then there are concepts that take great risks at predicting the future. The Lincoln Model L100 Concept unveiled at Monterey Car Week on Thursday is certainly among the latter. Lincoln says the L100 Concept is a signal of the brand’s future, with aero-influenced

Dodge has staked its claim as a muscle car brand. Its Charger and Challenger have carried muscle car looks and performance since the mid-2000s. That’s not going to change in the brand’s electric future as shown by the Charger Daytona SRT Concept the brand showed on Wednesday. The last news from Dodge’s Speed Week in

Dodge revealed the Hornet, its entry into the small crossover SUV game, on Tuesday during its Speed Week celebration in Pontiac, Michigan, but it won’t just be a daily commuter. Offered in two models with two powerful engines and a bent toward performance, the Hornet borrows from the Charger and Challenger playbook. The Hornet will

The Dodge Challenger hasn’t been offered as a convertible since 1971. Now, buyers can order one that will be modified by Drop Top Customs in Florida and sold through Dodge dealers, Dodge announced on Monday. Buyers can begin placing orders starting Tuesday, Aug. 16 for 2022 model year Challengers and 2023 Challengers will be eligible

The “green hell” of the Nürburgring is cool, but have you ever tried to cauterize the equally kinky roads in your own backyard in a 502-hp hero-maker with balletic feet and the heart of a killer? You have if you’ve driven the 2022 Porsche 911 GT3, a cymbal-clash of a supercar that’s been destined for

BMW’s latest 4-Series family has an electric option in the form of the i4 hatchback. The car is a new addition to the BMW lineup for 2022 and in i4 M50 guise, it delivers up to 536 hp and is a hoot to drive. 2023 Nissan Z We also spent more time behind the wheel

The 2023 Ford F-150 Lightning got a price, we drove the 2023 Nissan Z, and Honda teased the 2023 Pilot. It’s the Week in Reverse, right here at Motor Authority. Ford announced details of the 2023 F-150 Lightning. The base price will increase $7,000 over the 2022 model year and range will get boosted by

We haven’t heard much about the Rodin FZero track car since it was first shown in 2019, but New Zealand-based Rodin Cars now says it’s targeting a 2023 production launch. According to specifications in a recent press release, the FZero will still be powered by the twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V-10 first mentioned in 2019. But now

Lamborghini is working on a mid-cycle update for the Urus, and to build excitement the automaker took a production-ready prototype to the summit of Colorado’s Pikes Peak. With Pirelli test driver and hill climb expert Simone Faggioli behind the wheel, the camouflaged Urus managed to climb the mountain’s 14,115 feet in a time of 10:32.064.

The 2023 Ford F-150 Lightning gets a range boost for a second model year, but also a big price increase. Ford revealed Tuesday that it’s raising the base price by $7,000. EPA-estimated range for the fleet-oriented F-150 Lightning Pro increases from 230 miles to 240 miles with the standard 98-kwh battery pack, while the price

A Ferrari delivers non-stop fun—that is, unless your brakes fail, something that’s definitely no fun at all, regardless of what car you’re driving. Brake failure is a possibility on thousands of Ferrari dating back to 2005 through the present year. As a result, the affected cars have all been recalled. The recall, notices of which

The 2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 has a clever intake system to maximize airflow, but engineers didn’t ignore the exhaust, as this explainer video from Chevy shows. Thanks to its flat-plane crank and high-revving nature, the Z06’s LT6 5.5-liter V-8 produces a sound unlike any previous Chevy V-8—a distinctive wail in place of the traditional American

After a development period that seemed like forever, the first Rimac Nevera has finally been delivered. The first of the electric hypercars went to none other than 2016 Formula 1 world champion Nico Rosberg. 2023 Ferrari 296 GT3 race car Ferrari revealed the 296 GT3 race car designed to replace the hugely successful 488 GT3

The Dodge Charger and Challenger replacements will go electric, the 2023 Ford Maverick Tremor debuted, and 2023 marks the end for the Nissan Maxima. It’s the Week in Reverse, right here at Motor Authority. Despite a recent report to the contrary, the Dodge Charger and Challenger replacement will be electric only with no V-8 engine

BMW has just launched the iX and i4 electric vehicles, as well as an electric version of the current 3-Series exclusively in China, but these will be superseded starting from 2025 by a new generation of BMW electrics based on a platform dubbed the Neue Klasse (German for “New Class”). The Neue Klasse platform is

Mercedes-Benz AMG in June finally revealed the production version of the One hypercar, and the first examples will be delivered to eagerly awaiting customers later this year—a five-year wait since the reveal of the concept at the 2017 Frankfurt International Motor Show. AMG has boasted the One will come close to matching the performance of

Shortly after the related Chevrolet Colorado debuted last week, GMC announced on Tuesday the 2023 Canyon will debut on Aug. 11. The company also said the Canyon will get a special Edition 1 package for the AT4X off-road variant. GMC confirmed the Canyon AT4X in April, making the mid-size pickup truck the second GMC model

Bentley on Monday unveiled a one-off Continental GT Speed convertible for the SagerStrong Foundation, founded by the late sportscaster Craig Sager and his wife Stacy to fund blood cancer research. Slated to be auctioned off early next year to benefit that research, the convertible wears an eye-catching color scheme inspired by Sager’s colorful wardrobe. The

A handful of Jaguar and Land Rover stunt cars from the James Bond film “No Time To Die” will be auctioned off by Christie’s in London on September 28, with some of the sales benefiting charity causes. The lots include a Land Rover Defender 110 used during an off-road chase scene. One of 10 Defenders

The Mercedes-Benz Vision EQXX concept is a sleek electric sedan with an air-cooled battery pack, 900-volt electrical architecture, and real-world range of well over 600 miles. We drove it this week and found it to be a lot of fun behind the wheel. 2024 Maserati GranTurismo Folgore spy shots – Photo credit: S. Baldauf/SB-Medien A

Bugatti’s 8.0-liter quad-turbocharged W-16 is unique in the automotive world, powering the Veyron and Chiron to production-car speed records. With the engine likely headed for extinction in the face of electrification, Bugatti recently recounted its development. The W-16 was the brainchild of former Volkswagen Group CEO Ferdinand Piëch. According to the official story, while riding

Rolls-Royce has provided an update on its first electric vehicle, the Spectre, which is due on sale in late 2023. The car is a big coupe that Rolls-Royce bills as the spiritual successor to the Phantom Coupe, and it’s set to introduce several firsts for the brands beyond just the powertrain. Prototypes are being put

Bentley won’t launch its first electric vehicle until 2026, a year later than originally planned, according to the brand’s CEO. In an interview with Automotive News (subscription required) published on Wednesday, Bentley CEO Adrian Hallmark said the EV has been delayed, but didn’t provide a reason. He however denied the delay was due to reported