Jaguar EV concept to debut in US this year
By news@motorauthority.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran)
It's been three years since JLR announced a radical plan to transform Jaguar into an ultra-luxury brand exclusively selling electric vehicles. The automaker has revealed very little details on the plan in the time since, but CEO Adrian Mardell has now confirmed the debut of a concept is scheduled for later this year at an event in the U.S. Mardell...
2025 Aston Martin Vantage, 2025 VW ID.Buzz: Car News Headlines
By news@motorauthority.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran)
Aston Martin's Vantage sports car has been thoroughly overhauled, gaining new styling, a much-improved interior, and plenty of extra horsepower in the process. The car is due at dealerships later this year, and we've just tested one. The ID.Buzz, VW's spiritual successor to the iconic Microbus with electric power, standard third-row seats, and the...
Largest Carbon Capture Plant Removes The Equivalent Of 7,800 Cars Off The Road Each Year
For years now , carbon capture has been hailed as a way to have our environmental cake and eat it too : Keep spewing all the harmful gases we like into the environment, and just grab them back out of the air before they can do any real damage. Last week, a new facility in Iceland claiming to be the worlds largest Read more...
Porsche's Hybrid 911 Is Finally Coming After 3 Million Miles Of Testing
Porsche likes to make a big stink about the fact that Ferdinand Porsche developed the worlds first hybrid drive car, the Lohner Porsche Semper Vivus , around 125 years ago. Back in 2010 the company raced a hybrid-drive 911 GT3 R , and shortly after released the hybrid hypercar 918 Spyder . A few years ago Porschesaid Read more...
US-spec 2025 VW ID.Buzz to pack 91-kwh battery, up to 335 hp
By news@motorauthority.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran)
The long wait for the Volkswagen ID.Buzz in U.S. showrooms is almost over. The three-row electric minivan serving as the spiritual successor to the iconic Microbus is due to start sales in the U.S. second half of the year, as a 2025 model, and VW on Monday confirmed some of the specifications for this market. The all-important pricing information...
Jaguar's New Electric GT Will Start at Over $125,000
A concept previewing the new model debuts in the US later this year.
A Gun Is Stolen From A Car Every 9 Minutes In America
Stolen guns are a big problem in this country. Once they disappear, they often end up being used in other crimes, and the number of stolen guns has been trending upward for years. If you envision elaborate heists where thieves make off with truckloads of guns taken from a firearms dealer, though, were sorry to report Read more...
Police Lose Federal Funding To Harass Poor People Over Broken Taillights
The Broken Windows theory of policing says that addressing small crimes in bad neighborhoods results in fewer larger crimes. This theory is now understood as bunk in community policing, but it is still prevalent in how cops control our roads . The Biden Administration quietly ended federal support for the practice Read more...
These Are The Most Stolen Cars In America
There are no two ways about it, car thefts in America are on the rise . In 2022, vehicle thefts were up 20 percent and last year more than a million cars were stolen across the U.S. Now, it turns that just ten models accounted for nearly a quarter of the cars stolen in America last year. Read more...
Speed Demon Postal Worker Hit Over 100 MPH While Racing A Mustang
From the factory, a Mercedes-Benz Metris van has an electronic speed limiter set to 130 miles per hour. At just under 4,200 pounds, the mini cargo vans 208 horsepower 2-liter four-cylinder is really pushing at those kinds of speeds . You can bet that the big hollow insides of a van get pretty noisy in the triple digit Read more...
Ligier race car powered by Bosch hydrogen engine to take to Le Mans racetrack
By news@motorauthority.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran)
The use of internal-combustion engines powered by hydrogen as a means to reduce carbon emissions continues to gain steam, with more and more companies rolling out proofs of concept. The latest is automotive supply giant Bosch which worked closely with French race car constructor Ligier to build a prototype race car powered by a hydrogen engine...
2025 Porsche 911 hybrid to debut on May 28
We already knew that Porsche is working on an electrified version of the Porsche 911 and now Porsche has announced that the 2025 Porsche 911 will debut on May 28. The big news is the new 911 hybrid. For the first time in our icons 61-year history, we are installing a hybrid drive system in a roadgoing 911, stated Frank Moser, Vice President Model Line 911 and 718. We don't have any specs yet, but Porsche recently put the 911... [read more]
Driver Taking Kid To Hospital Turned Away From Parking Lot Over Fears EV Could Explode
The parking situation at hospitals in the UK is one of the biggest complaints British people have. Sure, their doctors visits wont leave them in financial ruin , but they sure as hell wont come with free or ample parking. Now, one driver in the country has found a new hospital parking drama to complain about after Read more...
These Are Your Local Automotive Stereotypes
There are tons of automotive stereotypes out there , especially for certain places. Some cars are just so deeply associated with a place and some places are just so deeply associated with a car that the two almost become inseparable in the minds of the masses. Thats what led me to my question last week . Read more...
This JDM Toyota Corolla Pickup Conversion Is Definitely Something You Should Go Buy
Modern pickups, even midsize ones, are massive. The Chevy Colorado is 6.1 inches longer than it was just over a decade ago, and a new Ford Ranger is just over 15 inches off a F-150 Supercrew from 20 years ago. And the compact truck as we knew it barely exists anymore; sure the Ford Maverick and Hyundai Santa Cruz Read more...
Ford Lost $100,000 On Every EV It Sold So Far This Year
Good morning! Its Monday, May 13, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift , your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Read more...
Mercedes-AMG CLE 63 may go with V-8 over 4-cylinder plug-in hybrid
By news@motorauthority.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran)
Mercedes-Benz AMG may already be preparing to reintroduce the V-8 engine into its more accessible models, after having abandoned it in favor of a 4-cylinder plug-in hybrid setup in cars like the latest C 63 and GLC 63. Citing anonymous senior officials at AMG, Autocar reported last week the Affalterbach tuner will offer a V-8 in its upcoming CLE...
This Is Your Chance To Buy The Most Famous Maxton Rollerskate In The World
Stand aside, theres a television star coming through! This week on Bring A Trailer, you can find the one and only Maxton Rollerskate straight from MotorWeek and Goss Garage! Its the most famous example of a Maxton Rollerskate in the world. Okay, its probably the only one that has ever been featured anywhere Read more...
At $88,500, Is This 2001 Ferrari 360 Modena A Hyper Deal?
The seller of todays Nice Price or No Dice 360 says prices on the cars are all over the map, and that, coincidentally, this one has moved all over the map, having lived in three different states. Lets see if we can map out what it might reasonably be worth. Read more...
This Rare Ferrari Had an iPod Touch from the Factory
The 430 Scuderia Spider 16M's Apple gadget can be removed from the dock.
Meet some of the wild vehicles of Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
By news@motorauthority.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran)
Get ready to head back to Fury Road. A new “Mad Max” movie hits theaters this month, the franchise's fifth, and a video released over the weekend by producer Warner Bros. provides a taste of the vehicles set to appear on screen, which in the case of a Mad Max movie typically turn out to be as notable as the human characters. Entitled...
Porsche 911 hybrid ends development, debuts May 28
By news@motorauthority.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran)
Talk of a Porsche 911 hybrid dates back several years, but we're now just weeks out from the debut of an electrified version of the sports car icon. Prototypes for various 911 hybrid grades have been spotted testing over the past 12 months and Porsche on Monday released photos of some of the testing and said development is complete. The automaker...
The First Hybrid Porsche 911 Debuts on May 28
It's 8.7 seconds quicker on the Nurburgring than its predecessor, the Carrera S
Two Hyundai Ioniq 5 Ns Overtake Dozens of Cars at Nrburgring
The hot EVs perform intense back-to-back laps of the Nordschleife.
Review: 2025 Aston Martin Vantage gets serious about performance
By news@motorauthority.com (Kirk Bell)
Circumstance keeps stacking factors against me. I’m in a short-wheelbase, 656-hp, right-hand-drive sports car on the wet surface of an unfamiliar racetrack, and due to a communication breakdown, the stability control is off. My trepidation runs high behind the wheel of the 2025 Aston Martin Vantage. Track session 1: Aston Martin Vantage...
Peugeot's V-10 Might Be the Best-Sounding V-10
Aside from Formula 1's wild V-10 era, it doesn't get better than this.
Nissan GT-R Makes the C8 Corvette Look Like an Economy Car in Runway Drag Race
The GT-Rs all-wheel-drive system also helped.
This Alpina B3 Touring Is the Most Compelling BMW on Sale Right Now
Looking spectacular in Alpina's signature blue with gold pinstriping, this BMW E36-based wagon is the stuff dreams are made of.
