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The latest and greatest from the Motor Authority crew. Email not displaying correctly? [View it in your browser.] [MotorAuthority.com] Rate [your car] and win an iPad. The latest from the Motor Authority crew: [Power to the people: 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor makes 450 hp] Sep 29, 2016 11:30 am | feedback@highgearmedia.com (Aaron Cole) [2017 Ford F-150 Raptor]Credit Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] for keeping the new 2017 F-150 Raptor at the forefront of the automotive news cycle. The Raptor gets new tires, it's news. The Raptor gets fancy drive modes, it's news. The Raptor gets more gears than a mountain bike, yup. The Raptor saves an infant from a burning building—one of these is made up. The point... [comments] | [read more] [Like Power to the people: 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor makes 450 hp on Facebook] [Google Plus One Button] [share on Twitter] [Audi RS 3 debuts with 400 horsepower] Sep 29, 2016 10:00 am | feedback@highgearmedia.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran) [New Audi RS 3]Audi’s new RS 3 has finally landed. The car is a compact sport sedan with essentially the same mechanical package as the TT RS—and it’s coming to the United States. Audi pulled the covers off on Thursday at the 2016 Paris auto show, and in the process likely unsettled the folks over at Mercedes-AMG. That’s because the RS 3... [comments] | [read more] [Like Audi RS 3 debuts with 400 horsepower on Facebook] [Google Plus One Button] [share on Twitter] [Ram just unveiled the Hellcat-powered Ram Rebel TRX concept] Sep 29, 2016 10:00 am | feedback@highgearmedia.com (Aaron Cole) [2017 Ram Rebel TRX]Ram just got serious about competing with the 2017 Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] F-150 Raptor. The truckmaker unveiled Thursday its Ram Rebel TRX concept, powered by a supercharged 6.2-liter V-8 that makes 575 horsepower. Yup, that 6.2-liter supercharged V-8. This may be as close as we'll get to a factory Hellcat Ram 1500, and goodness, is it loud... [comments] | [read more] [Like Ram just unveiled the Hellcat-powered Ram Rebel TRX concept on Facebook] [Google Plus One Button] [share on Twitter] [New Audi Q5 revealed] Sep 29, 2016 09:30 am | feedback@highgearmedia.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran) [2018 Audi Q5]A redesigned Audi Q5 made its debut on Thursday at the 2016 Paris auto show, one that’s lighter, more dynamic and more fuel-efficient that the model it replaces. The vehicle features a design inspired by the larger Q7 and with its sculpted lines and bold grille appears much more masculine than the predecessor model. Specifications are yet to... [comments] | [read more] [Like New Audi Q5 revealed on Facebook] [Google Plus One Button] [share on Twitter] [BMW X2 concept debuts at 2016 Paris auto show] Sep 29, 2016 08:30 am | feedback@highgearmedia.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran) [BMW X2 concept, 2016 Paris auto show]Get ready for a new BMW compact SUV arriving soon. It’s going to be called the X2 and on Thursday, at the 2016 Paris auto show, we got a preview of it in the form of a concept car. Though an SUV, the X2 is designed to conquer the concrete jungle. The concept version projects a sporty image with its low roof, rear spoiler and oversized... [comments] | [read more] [Like BMW X2 concept debuts at 2016 Paris auto show on Facebook] [Google Plus One Button] [share on Twitter] [V-8-powered, rear-wheel-drive Ferrari GTC4 Lusso T makes debut] Sep 29, 2016 08:00 am | feedback@highgearmedia.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran) [Ferrari GTC4 Lusso T, 2016 Paris auto show]Ferrari’s [NYSE:RACE] GTC4 Lusso, an extensively revised version of the FF, made its debut in March at the 2016 Geneva auto show. At the time, the car was fitted exclusively with the automaker’s familiar 6.3-liter V-12. Now Ferrari has introduced an entry-level V-8 option. Debuting on Thursday at the 2016 Paris auto show, the... [comments] | [read more] [Like V-8-powered, rear-wheel-drive Ferrari GTC4 Lusso T makes debut on Facebook] [Google Plus One Button] [share on Twitter] [Infiniti QX Sport Inspiration wears new clothes in Paris] Sep 29, 2016 07:00 am | feedback@highgearmedia.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran) [Infiniti QX Sport Inspiration concept, 2016 Paris auto show]Infiniti stunned the automotive world in April when it rolled out the QX Sport Inspiration concept at the 2016 Beijing auto show. The concept combined flowing sculptural lines and strong, muscular proportions with Infiniti’s signature design cues, resulting in one impressive-looking SUV. On Thursday, Infiniti unveiled an updated version of... [comments] | [read more] [Like Infiniti QX Sport Inspiration wears new clothes in Paris on Facebook] [Google Plus One Button] [share on Twitter] [2017 Infiniti Q50 debuts in Paris with minor updates] Sep 29, 2016 07:00 am | feedback@highgearmedia.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran) [2017 Infiniti Q50, 2016 Paris auto show]Infiniti’s Q50 has had it tough since bowing on the market as a 2014 model. First there were teething issues with its drive-by-wire steering system. Then Infiniti teased us with a high-performance version powered by the same engine as the Nissan GT-R but later dropped all hopes of a production version. Nevertheless, the Q50 remains a solid... [comments] | [read more] [Like 2017 Infiniti Q50 debuts in Paris with minor updates on Facebook] [Google Plus One Button] [share on Twitter] [2017 Nissan Sentra SR Turbo first drive review] Sep 29, 2016 07:00 am | feedback@highgearmedia.com (Marty Padgett) [2017 Nissan Sentra SR Turbo]Faulkner famously told us the past isn't dead; it isn't even past. We can't prove it, but we think he had the Nissan Sentra SE-R in mind. The 1991-1994 SE-R set the cheap-car benchmark for a generation: a flyweight car with feathery controls and a lamprey lock on the pavement. Think ersatz M3 with mouse belts and a chintzy felt headliner and every... [comments] | [read more] [Like 2017 Nissan Sentra SR Turbo first drive review on Facebook] [Google Plus One Button] [share on Twitter] [Ferrari to build limited run of 209 LaFerrari Apertas] Sep 29, 2016 06:03 am | feedback@highgearmedia.com (Kirk Bell) [Ferrari LaFerrari Aperta]Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] is turning 70, and to celebrate that milestone the Italian supercar maker is building a limited run of 209 LaFerrari Apertas, the first of which was presented Thursday at the 2016 Paris auto show. The Aperta is the droptop version of the brand's hybrid hypercar launched in 2013, and it promises performance on par with the... [comments] | [read more] [Like Ferrari to build limited run of 209 LaFerrari Apertas on Facebook] [Google Plus One Button] [share on Twitter] [Mercedes previews first of ‘EQ’ electric cars with SUV concept] Sep 29, 2016 05:30 am | feedback@highgearmedia.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran) [Mercedes-Benz Generation EQ Concept, 2016 Paris auto show]Mercedes-Benz’s much-hyped electric car concept has finally made its 2016 Paris auto show debut. Like Volkswagen’s own I.D. concept on display in Paris, the star of Mercedes’ stand previews the first of the automaker’s next-generation electric cars. The concept is called the Generation EQ, and as previously reported the... [comments] | [read more] [Like Mercedes previews first of ‘EQ’ electric cars with SUV concept on Facebook] [Google Plus One Button] [share on Twitter] [Trezor concept is an electric GT that previews Renault’s new design language] Sep 29, 2016 04:00 am | feedback@highgearmedia.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran) [Renault Trezor concept, 2016 Paris auto show]Renault on Thursday rolled out a sultry GT concept at the 2016 Paris auto show. Called the Trezor, the concept doesn’t herald a production model, unfortunately. Rather, it hints at the automaker’s new design direction. In this way it’s similar to Renault’s DeZir concept from 2010 which previewed the design of the... [comments] | [read more] [Like Trezor concept is an electric GT that previews Renault’s new design language on Facebook] [Google Plus One Button] [share on Twitter] [VW I.D. concept to spawn 300-plus-mile electric hatch in 2020] Sep 29, 2016 03:00 am | feedback@highgearmedia.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran) [Volkswagen I.D. electric car concept]The Volkswagen Group in order to shed any vestiges of its diesel emissions cheating scandal is embracing vehicle electrification with open arms. The automaker is committed to launching 30 electric cars by 2025 across its various brands, many of which will come from the namesake Volkswagen brand. VW already sells some electric cars, including the... [comments] | [read more] [Like VW I.D. concept to spawn 300-plus-mile electric hatch in 2020 on Facebook] [Google Plus One Button] [share on Twitter] [Mercedes-AMG teases hypercar] Sep 29, 2016 02:00 am | feedback@highgearmedia.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran) [Teaser for Mercedes-AMG hypercar, 2016 Paris auto show]At a special event on the eve of the 2016 Paris auto show, Mercedes-Benz finally confirmed that it’s Mercedes-AMG skunk works is working on a world-beating hypercar. The confirmation came from Mercedes-Benz’s outgoing R&D boss Thomas Weber. “Under the lead of Mercedes-AMG, our performance companies will join forces and create... [comments] | [read more] [Like Mercedes-AMG teases hypercar on Facebook] [Google Plus One Button] [share on Twitter] [Honda Civic Type R Prototype debuts in Paris] Sep 29, 2016 01:00 am | feedback@highgearmedia.com (Kirk Bell) [Honda Civic Type R Prototype, 2016 Paris auto show]In Honda speak, Prototype means almost production ready. Prototype vehicles are often shown just a few months ahead of the on-sale date and the changes between them and the production vehicles are usually minor. That should warm the hearts of Honda fans anxiously awaiting the Civic Type R as the car Honda revealed Thursday at the 2016 Paris auto... [comments] | [read more] [Like Honda Civic Type R Prototype debuts in Paris on Facebook] [Google Plus One Button] [share on Twitter] [Adam Carolla selling 5 Lamborghinis to fund Porsche purchase] Sep 28, 2016 05:00 pm | feedback@highgearmedia.com (Jeff Glucker) [1970 Lamborghini Miura P400S]Adam Carolla has an excellent car collection. It's not as massive as Jay Leno's but it's finely cultivated with the objects of desire that appeal to the man who owns the keys to it all. Carolla is a car guy through and through, and most know about his love affair with all things Datsun and Paul Newman. In fact, your author caught site of Carolla... [comments] | [read more] [Like Adam Carolla selling 5 Lamborghinis to fund Porsche purchase on Facebook] [Google Plus One Button] [share on Twitter] [2018 Mercedes-AMG GT Roadster gets Paris auto show debut] Sep 28, 2016 04:08 pm | feedback@highgearmedia.com (Marty Padgett) [2018 Mercedes-AMG GT Roadster, 2016 Paris Auto Show]It's been rumored, suggested, hinted, even teased—now, the Mercedes-AMG GT roadster is reality. (Insert your own "topless" buff-book pun here.) The roadster arrived ahead of this week's Paris Auto Show wearing two different outfits, as both the AMG GT and the GT C Roadster. And now we have photos of the shapely new droptop in the flesh. Both... [comments] | [read more] [Like 2018 Mercedes-AMG GT Roadster gets Paris auto show debut on Facebook] [Google Plus One Button] [share on Twitter] [Hackers show serious vulnerabilities with Tesla Model S] Sep 28, 2016 04:00 pm | feedback@highgearmedia.com (Jeff Glucker) [Hacker group shows how they can control a Tesla Model S]A team of hackers from China known as the Keen Security Lab found way to take control over a Tesla [NSDQ:TSLA] Model S. Additionally, they say they can do it from a distance as far as 12 miles away, according to Forbes. This exploit is an interesting weakness as it didn't require any physical contact with the vehicle. ALSO SEE: Yes, electric cars... [comments] | [read more] [Like Hackers show serious vulnerabilities with Tesla Model S on Facebook] [Google Plus One Button] [share on Twitter] [A new era at Aston Martin as first DB11s roll off the line] Sep 28, 2016 03:00 pm | feedback@highgearmedia.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran) [Aston Martin DB11 production starts in Gaydon, United Kingdom - September 2016]It’s the start of a new era for Aston Martin today. The first customer examples of the new DB11 grand tourer rolled off the production line at the automaker’s plant in Gaydon, United Kingdom. On hand was CEO Andy Palmer who has promised to personally inspect the first 1,000 examples to ensure they’re all up to scratch. The first... [comments] | [read more] [Like A new era at Aston Martin as first DB11s roll off the line on Facebook] [Google Plus One Button] [share on Twitter] [2017 Land Rover Discovery preview] Sep 28, 2016 02:30 pm | feedback@highgearmedia.com (Marty Padgett) [2017 Land Rover Discovery, 2016 Paris Auto Show]The Discovery is back. Land Rover will revive the nameplate it retired in the 2005 model year, while it sends the LR4 nameplate to the archives. The new Discovery will team up with the Discovery Sport on the more rugged side of the Land Rover brand, while the luxury side of the house continues to purvey the Range Rovers--including RR Sport and... 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