The track-only version of Aston Martin’s Valkyrie hypercar was demonstrated in front of the public for the first time. The demonstration of the hardcore version, known as the Valkyrie AMR Pro, took place during the season-opening Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix. Hennessey Venom F5 high-speed testing Another hypercar in the headlines this week was Hennessey’s […]
For the past couple of years, the Mercedes-AMG A 45 S has been the king of all-wheel drive hot hatches, offering so much performance that it could be considered a ‘hyper hatch.’ However, has it finally met its match with the new Audi RS3 Sportback? To find out, Top Gear recently tested the duo at
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NEW YORK — A federal judge on Friday authorized the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to distribute $40 million from its 2018 settlements with Tesla Inc. and CEO Elon Musk, after Musk accused the regulator of dragging its heels. U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan in Manhattan approved the distribution plan that the SEC proposed on
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From her early work fighting against freeway expansions around Los Angeles to her tenure as chair of the California Air Resources Board, Mary Nichols has spent more than five decades grappling with transportation’s role in contributing to pollution and climate change. Now as co-chair of the Coalition for Reimagined Mobility along with Ford Motor Co.
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A lot of dealers have discovered that installing powerful fast chargers for electric vehicles — as some brands are requiring dealerships to do — is a complicated, expensive and time-consuming exercise. “It’s quite an undertaking,” said Florida dealer Alan Starling. The Orlando-based Starling Automotive Group has six dealerships, including GMC and Cadillac franchises, that need
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If you own a rear-wheel drive sports car and want to practice some powerslides, the best place to do it would be at an open drifting event or, if you absolutely have to do it in public, an empty parking lot with no other cars or obstructions. Perhaps the absolute worst place to do it
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DETROIT — Tim Edmunds, a former UAW official at Local 412 in Warren, Mich., pleaded guilty Friday to embezzling $2.2 million in union funds and to money laundering. He could face up to nearly five years in prison, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan The guilty pleas come roughly
We drove the Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS, Ford patented a hydrogen combustion engine, and Jay Leno drove an unrestored 1931 Auburn 8-98 A. It’s the Week in Reverse, right here at Motor Authority.Porsche put us behind the wheel of the 718 Cayman GT4 RS on the Streets of Willow circuit in California, and we
Auto retail giant Lithia Motors Inc. sold a dealership this month, while Ken Ganley Automotive Group and Ourisman Automotive Group each bought Kia dealerships in the first quarter, and a father-son duo in February acquired a Ford store. Here’s a look at the deals involving domestic and import brands and dealerships in California, Ohio, Virginia
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service said on Thursday it placed an initial $2.98 billion order for 50,000 next-generation delivery vehicles from Oshkosh Corp. and will double its initial planned EV purchases. U.S. Postmaster Louis DeJoy said that based on USPS’s reform efforts and “our improving outlook, we have determined that increasing our initial electric
