Tag: week
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Cadillac DPi-V.R, one-off LaFerrari, new Toyota Supra: This Week’s Top Photos
This week Cadillac made the surprise news it’s returning to top-level prototype sports car racing. The American luxury brand will enter the 2017 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, competing in the new Daytona Prototype International (DPi) class with one of the most handsome prototype sports cars we’ve ever seen. Another handsome car…
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2018 Audi A5 Sportback, 2018 Land Rover Discovery, LaFerrari Aperta: This Week’s Top Photos
This week we saw Audi reveal the second generation of its A5 Sportback, in both regular and sporty S5 trim. The previous generation was never sold in the United States but the new one arrives in local showrooms in the first half of 2017. It’s a handsome car, though according to your comments the design…
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Adam Carolla buys a Porsche, Corvette takes on an RC car, and more: This Week On The Forums
As bait-and-switch scenarios go, Jackie Panuisiak’s was a pretty bold one. Of course, it wasn’t entirely the Canadian women’s fault, but you’d imagine that folks showing up to the Northern Alberta Lobster Festival were a little disappointed when they were served hot dogs instead of the delicious crustaceans. According to VOCM, the last-minute menu…
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F1 sound on the cheap, ugly history, Evo vs. Focus RS and more: This Week On The Forums
Eating a meal with young children is seldom a relaxing or enjoyable experience. But feeding wee ones after they’ve seen a personified potato have its skin peeled off and baby carrots get eaten alive? That’s likely even less fun. Unfortunately, some parents now face that challenge, because as The Guardian reported this week, a California…
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Funny Car and off road champs swap rides (sort of) in new video
You might think that car racing is all the same, regardless of the type of vehicle. Well, we sure hope you don’t, but if you needed any proof, this video released by the folks at Snap-On Tools should debunk any concern you might have had. In the video, we get to watch Funny Car champ…
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Jannarelly Design-1, 2017 Nissan GT-R at Spa, 2018 Mercedes A-Class: This Week’s Top Photos
Sports car startup Jannarelly this week unveiled its gorgeous Design-1 roadster. The best part is that Jannarelly, based in Dubai, is hoping to get the car into U.S. showrooms for just $55k. It sure would be a tasty track toy. This week we spent some time behind the wheel of the 2017 Porsche Macan GTS.…
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Genesis to have electric cars, own performance brand
The head of Genesis, Manfred Fitzgerald, has confirmed that the new Hyundai luxury brand will offer electric cars. “We will definitely go as Genesis brand down the road of alternative propulsions and it is very, very obvious that EV is definitely on the map,” Fitzgerald told journalists at this week’s 2016 Busan Auto Show…
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2017 Porsche 911, Crashed McLaren 650S, 2018 Audi Q5 Spied: The Week In Reverse
We drove the 2017 Porsche 911; someone crashed a McLaren 650S almost immediately; and we spied the 2018 Audi Q5. It’s the Week in Reverse, right here on Motor Authority. It’s no secret cars have grown over the years, both in mass and complexity. Ford has just highlighted this fact by doing a side- by-side…
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Listen up: Dodge Viper ACR with straight pipes is as good as it gets
You should make this into your ring tone. Like, right now. Listening to a Dodge Viper ACR with a straight-pipe exhaust rev its big V-10 engine is probably the reason you’re a car enthusiast. We’re not entirely sure of the back story on this video, but that doesn’t really matter when there’s a soundtrack like…
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Smart ForTwo gets more power thanks to Brabus
Smart used this week’s 2016 Beijing Auto Show to roll out some Brabus-enhanced versions of its ForTwo and ForFour minicars. We’re not talking about the simple appearance packages we saw earlier in the year—this time there’s more power plus some chassis mods. Before you get too excited note that the upgrades are minimal. For…