Tag: motor-authority
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Best Car To Buy 2016: The Vehicles That Couldn’t Quite Stand Out
Each year we log thousands of miles in the newest luxury and performance cars, trucks, and SUVs. Many are brilliant pieces of comfort and engineering, and some fall shy of the mark. Part of the task of choosing our Best Car To Buy is figuring out which vehicles don’t make the cut. We start by…
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Aston Martin Initiation: Driving The 2016 Lineup
You don’t buy an Aston Martin if you are looking for the best sports car for the money. Several more mainstream brands build cars that are more reliable and less expensive while delivering as much or more performance. Instead, you buy an Aston Martin because you want that beauty in your life. Yes, you are…
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The Car Connection Introduces Its 2016 Driver’s Choice Award
Like Motor Authority, each year The Car Connection names one vehicle its Best Car To Buy. This year, it wants to get you involved by giving you a say in which vehicles are the best. That’s why it’s introducing the 2016 Driver’s Choice Awards. While The Car Connection’s experts will name their Best Car To…
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2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata: Short Takes From Our Editors
I may have written the First Drive review for Motor Authority, but I wasn’t the only member of the Internet Brands Automotive team at the 2016 Mazda MX-5 press drive in Westlake Village, California. We were lucky enough to have five journalists at the event, including one former first-gen Miata owner, Marty Padgett. Here we…
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FCA Recalls 1.4M Vehicles In Response To Jeep Cherokee Hack: Video
Last week, Wired posted a story demonstrating the potential for the 2014 Jeep Cherokee to be remotely hacked. During the experiment—recklessly conducted on a busy freeway—writer Andy Greenberg was left completely at the mercy of hackers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek. The pair was able to access the vehicle’s climate control…
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2015 Alfa Romeo 4C Spider First Drive
At Laguna Seca, mistakes aren’t forgiven easily. The benchmark track for enthusiasts has fistfuls of passages that give new meaning to the idea of a “technical” course. No worries: we’re behind the wheel of the roof-less version of the car we named Motor Authority’s Best Car To Buy 2015—the 2015 Alfa Romeo 4C Spider. Alfa…
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2018 Audi A5 Spy Shots
The second generation of Audi’s handsome A5 is expected to arrive in time for the 2018 model year, which puts its showroom arrival sometime in the second half of 2017, although the car may end up being launched earlier that year. These are our first spy shots of a prototype for the car (earlier shots…