When Polestar revealed the Precept concept car in April, it said the name meant a “manifesto of things to come.” Now, Polestar is making good on the promise of the name by announcing that the Precept will go into production. The Swedish automaker, which spun off from Volvo under the ownership of the Chinese brand
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The Infiniti QX60 mid-size crossover SUV is finally about to receive a long-overdue redesign, and the designers look to be seriously sexing things up. Infiniti late on Thursday unveiled the QX60 Monograph concept at its new headquarters in Yokohama, Japan, ahead of the formal debut on Saturday at Auto China 2020 in Beijing. The striking
Driving the 2021 Acura TLX on the pencil-straight streets of the Detroit suburb of Novi, Michigan, I long for the world to return to normal. This regional media drive is relegated to suburbia, but as Acura’s photography suggests, the drive would likely take place on California canyon roads if the coronavirus didn’t exist. There, the
The Tesla Model S is going Plaid and it’s astronomically fast. On Tuesday after the company’s annual shareholder’s meeting, Elon Musk outlined battery updates. At the end of the presentation, the CEO laid out performance specs for the Model S Plaid, which is available for order now for a cost of $141,070 (including destination). The
About a month after Takuma Sato’s 2020 Indianapolis 500 win, one of his old Formula 1 rides will head to auction. The car in question is a 2002 Jordan Honda EJ12, which auction house The Market claims is fully drivable. The auction runs Sept. 22-29. The Jordan team (predecessor of today’s Racing Point squad) had
Many automakers have claimed that their supercars produce enough downforce to drive upside down, but in a new video Engineering Explained’s Jason Fenske shows how Gordon Murray’s T50s might be the first car actually capable of pulling the stunt off. The T50s is the track-only version of the recently-unveiled T50 supercar. Like the road-going version,
Ferrari’s Portofino was transformed into the Portofino M this week. The transformation included the addition of an 8-speed dual-clutch transmission and some extra horsepower, with the new mechanicals basically lifted out of the Roma. 2022 BMW iNext spy shots – Photo credit: S. Baldauf/SB-Medien BMW is working on a Tesla Model X rival that will offer
Always read the fine print. That’s the lesson Cadillac Super Cruise users are about to learn. First reported by Motor Trend in September, Cadillac’s Super Cruise hands-free driver assist system—a Level 2 system—comes with a three-year trial before requiring a subscription for continued use. For the earliest adopters, that trial is about to end. Super
Six-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton has a collection of supercars that he no longer drives out of concern for the environment, he said last week during a press conference for the Formula One Tuscan Grand Prix (which he ended up winning). Hamilton said the only road cars he currently drives are the battery-electric
General Motors is committed to launching 20 electric vehicles in North America by 2023, and most of these will be powered by a modular battery system branded Ultium and sit atop GM’s third-gen EV platform. The electric drive system powering the actual wheels will be branded Ultium Drive, GM said Wednesday. Like the batteries, the
The Nissan Z car has inspired generations of sports car fans since it was released in 1969. It has been an upstart, a disco-era style statement, an upscale sports car, and a long-in-the-tooth coupe just trying to hold on. All the while, it aimed for driver engagement and a sense of style. The Z Proto
Far too many crossover SUVs fade into traffic with their cookie cutter-designs. The 2022 Hyundai Tucson won’t be one of them. Hyundai unveiled the 2022 Hyundai Tucson on Monday, and not only does the brand’s global best-seller feature a bold design, but it also gets efficient powertrains, an upscale cabin, and plenty of technology. While
Bugatti on Wednesday released photos of its hardcore Chiron Pur Sport getting a final shakedown at Italy’s Nardo circuit ahead of the start of production later this year. A more track-focused version of the Chiron, the Pur Sport was unveiled in March, and the push toward production has continued despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Engineers
California EV startup Lucid unveiled the production version of its long-awaited Air sedan this week. The sleek four-door will accelerate to 60 mph in 2.5 seconds and pass the quarter-mile in 9.9 seconds, making it one of the quickest cars to ever enter production. Lucid also this week teased its next model, an SUV code-named
The mid-engine Maserati MC20 debuted; we compared the 2020 Porsche Cayenne Coupe S to the 2020 BMW X6 M50i; and the one-off Aston Martin Victor made a splash. It’s the Week in Reverse, right here at Motor Authority. Maserati will build a mid-engine supercar for the first time since the MC12 in 2005. It’s called
The 2020 Cadillac CT4 and CT5 haven’t been on the market for long, but we already have news of the changes for the 2021 model year. They include new Diamond Sky special editions, wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto compatibility, the Super Cruise driver-assistance system, and expanded availability of driver-assistance features, Cadillac revealed in a
The Lucid Air, the debut electric luxury car California’s Lucid Motors officially revealed Wednesday evening, can slam out 9.9-second quarter-mile times (faster than any other production sedan), accelerate to 60 mph in as little as 2.5 seconds, and get to a top speed of 168 mph. Or, it can offer up to 517 miles of
Michigan-based Mil-Spec Automotive started out with elaborate Hummer H1 builds before expanding to the Ford F-150. The company announced Tuesday that it is adding a supercharger upgrade for the pickup truck’s 5.0-liter V-8. The Mil-Spec Automotive Intrepid F-150 boasts 675 horsepower, up from the 500 hp available from Mil-Spec’s previous upgrade package. The supercharger upgrade,
The late Paul Walker was a big fan of the Nissan Skyline GT-R, owning several of them, including this R34 model. This video offers a deep dive into the car’s history from someone who knows it inside and out. Craig Lieberman was a technical advisor for the “Fast and Furious” franchise, and helped introduce Walker
The Aston Martin Vantage is the entry-level sports car in Aston’s lineup, but that doesn’t mean it’s built like a Toyota Corolla. This documentary shows how the Vantage is assembled at Aston’s plant for sports cars located in Gaydon, United Kingdom. Like other low-volume cars, Vantage production emphasizes craftsmanship over efficiency. While larger automakers brag
by Alex Kalogiannis Cancer gave my mother, Theonie, hell for five long years. We like to think she gave it hell right back. In June 2019 she died and left us behind: my younger brother, my father, and me. The year that follows the loss of a parent is an odd one. All the usual annual
The FIA World Rallycross Championship’s Projekt E series is built around electric cars, and Ken Block is one of the drivers making the switch away from internal-combustion power. In this video, Block puts his Ford Fiesta ERX electric rallycross car through its paces at a circuit in Höljes, Sweden. “It’s starting from scratch. It’s a
A new generation of the Mercedes-Benz S-Class was revealed on Wednesday, but the version most Motor Authority readers will be interested in, the Mercedes-AMG S63, was notably missing. That’s because AMG has some major changes pegged for its full-size super sedan, development of which isn’t complete. According to Autocar, the S63 will become a plug-in
The 2022 Hyundai Tucson is ready to be unveiled and it’s going to be wild. On Wednesday, the South Korean automaker released some teaser images and a video of the 2022 Tucson and confirmed it will debut on Sept. 14 at 8:30 pm ET. [embedded content] We have a good idea of what the 2022
The Aston Martin DB5 is going back into production, and no, we don’t mean the limited run of “Goldfinger” continuation cars. Alongside the movie cars, Aston is launching a limited run of 2/3-scale DB5 Junior and DB5 Vantage Junior cars for kids. Production is scheduled to start in 2021. Both versions have an aluminum honeycomb
With front-wheel drive and unibody construction, the Citroën Traction Avant helped set the template for modern cars. A 1949-built example of the groundbreaking French sedan was featured on a recent episode of Jay Leno’s Garage. Introduced in 1934, the Traction Avant wasn’t the first car with front-wheel drive, but it was the first to try
Gordon Murray Automotive (GMA) recently unveiled the T50 supercar and, perhaps not surprisingly for the product of the man who designed the McLaren F1 and numerous winning race cars, it’s full of interesting technical details. Jason Fenske at Engineering Explained put together this deep dive, highlighting five elements that distinguish the T50 from other supercars.
Porsche’s second-generation Panamera came in for its mid-cycle update this week, with some new powertrains on the list and the styling and chassis receiving revisions, too. The Panamera is a seriously quick car for its size. In fact, one variant has lapped the Nürburgring faster than a C8 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray. 2023 Porsche 911 GT3
We took a spin in the 2021 Polestar 2,; the BMW M3 Touring wagon was teased again; and “The Batman” trailer gave us a better look at the upcoming Batmobile. It’s the Week in Reverse, right here at Motor Authority. We slid behind the wheel of the 2021 Polestar 2 and found it hits squarely
Nissan went all-in on IMSA sports car racing in the late 1980s and early ’90s, competing in the top GTP class for prototypes and campaigning the Z31-generation 300ZX in the GTO class. The 300ZX started racing in 1989, and one of the cars from that first season is for sale through Stratas Auctions. Between 1989