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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: [First look at NextEV’s 1,000-horsepower electric supercar] Oct 13, 2016 11:50 am | feedback@highgearmedia.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran) [NextEV supercar - Image via Autohome]It was in September that Chinese electric car startup NextEV released a teaser shot for a supercar the company is currently working on. The first photo and some new details have since surfaced on Chinese website Autohome. The single photo reveals a two-seater coupe with similar proportions to a mid-engine model. The car features a wraparound... [comments] | [read more] [Like First look at NextEV’s 1,000-horsepower electric supercar on Facebook] [Google Plus One Button] [share on Twitter] [2017 BMW 5-Series, Best Car To Buy 2017, Airbnb for cars: Today’s Car News] Oct 13, 2016 11:00 am | feedback@highgearmedia.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran) [2017 BMW 5-Series production in Dingolfing, Germany]BMW will launch a new generation of the 5-Series in 2017. The car was revealed overnight and looks to be a handsome replacement for the previous, sixth-generation model. It’s also lighter, more dynamic and much more advanced. We’re sure a lot of buyers will dig the fully autonomous parking function. We’re working on naming the... [comments] | [read more] [Like 2017 BMW 5-Series, Best Car To Buy 2017, Airbnb for cars: Today’s Car News on Facebook] [Google Plus One Button] [share on Twitter] [2017 Honda CR-V preview] Oct 13, 2016 10:00 am | feedback@highgearmedia.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran) [2017 Honda CR-V]After years of losing market share to rivals, namely the Korean brands, Honda is now in the midst of a product renaissance that started with the arrival of the award-winning 2016 Civic Sedan. We’ve since seen new Civic Coupe, Civic Hatchback and Ridgeline models join the range and today we have our first look at a new CR-V. Due in showrooms... [comments] | [read more] [Like 2017 Honda CR-V preview on Facebook] [Google Plus One Button] [share on Twitter] [Best Car To Buy 2017: Cars that didn't make the cut] Oct 13, 2016 09:33 am | feedback@highgearmedia.com (Kirk Bell) [Motor Authority Best Car To Buy]A big part of our job around here is to drive today's new cars and report back to you. That puts us in the seats of hundreds of vehicles each year, many of which represent the latest achievements in luxury and performance. Many are brilliant pieces of comfort and engineering, and some fall shy of the mark. From this large group of vehicles, we... [comments] | [read more] [Like Best Car To Buy 2017: Cars that didn't make the cut on Facebook] [Google Plus One Button] [share on Twitter] [V-8-powered BMW 5-Series is now the M550i xDrive] Oct 13, 2016 09:00 am | feedback@highgearmedia.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran) [2017 BMW 5-Series]BMW on Wednesday unveiled a new generation of its 5-Series. Just two powertrain options have been announced for the United States so far, though neither of these will be a V-8. That doesn’t mean the new 5-Series will be without V-8 models. There will be a handful, in fact. The first that we know about is an M550i xDrive. This is one of... [comments] | [read more] [Like V-8-powered BMW 5-Series is now the M550i xDrive on Facebook] [Google Plus One Button] [share on Twitter] [Mercedes to test the waters with Airbnb-style service for cars] Oct 13, 2016 08:00 am | feedback@highgearmedia.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran) [Dieter Zetsche during Mercedes-Benz Generation EQ concept launch at the 2016 Paris auto show]Airbnb is shaking up the hotel industry with its online peer-to-peer accommodation sharing model, and soon we could see a similar service offered for cars. Car sharing already exists in many of the world’s major cities, but the cars are usually owned by a company, sometimes even an automaker, such as in the case of Mercedes-Benz's Car2Go. An... [comments] | [read more] [Like Mercedes to test the waters with Airbnb-style service for cars on Facebook] [Google Plus One Button] [share on Twitter] [An inside look at production of the 2017 BMW 5-Series] Oct 13, 2016 07:00 am | feedback@highgearmedia.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran) [2017 BMW 5-Series production in Dingolfing, Germany]BMW on Wednesday took the wraps off its new, seventh-generation 5-Series sedan. The car is lighter, more dynamic and loaded with more tech than its predecessor and should prove a hit when it arrives on the market in the spring of 2017. Production is already underway at BMW’s main plant in Dingolfing, Germany. Some production will also be... [comments] | [read more] [Like An inside look at production of the 2017 BMW 5-Series on Facebook] [Google Plus One Button] [share on Twitter] [Audi cancels R8 e-tron, again] Oct 13, 2016 06:00 am | feedback@highgearmedia.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran) [Audi R8 e-tron]Audi’s R8 e-tron launched at the 2015 Geneva auto show has been canceled. It’s not clear how many have actually been delivered but an Audi spokesman confirmed to Car and Driver that the number is “fewer than 100.” We bet it’s a lot fewer than 100, considering the reported asking price is 1 million euros (approximately... [comments] | [read more] [Like Audi cancels R8 e-tron, again on Facebook] [Google Plus One Button] [share on Twitter] [Insane person places insane price on Tesla Roadster Prototype] Oct 12, 2016 07:00 pm | feedback@highgearmedia.com (Jeff Glucker) [Tesla Roadster Prototype for sale on eBay]The first Tesla model that arrived to delight the eco-friendly was the Roadster. A cool looking all-electric sports car riding on the bones of the Lotus Elise. It seems that Tesla built over 30 development cars for prototyping purposes. Plenty of those were surely crashed in the name of testing, but a few survived. One of the survivors has popped... [comments] | [read more] [Like Insane person places insane price on Tesla Roadster Prototype on Facebook] [Google Plus One Button] [share on Twitter] [2017 BMW 5-Series preview] Oct 12, 2016 06:01 pm | feedback@highgearmedia.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran) [2017 BMW 5-Series]Mercedes-Benz has been launching hit after hit for the past few years, making it hard for rivals, even perennial luxury leader BMW, to keep up. Mercedes has catapulted to the top of the sales charts thanks to a focus on traditional values such as handsome design, plush interiors and stout performance, but now it’s BMW’s turn for a... [comments] | [read more] [Like 2017 BMW 5-Series preview on Facebook] [Google Plus One Button] [share on Twitter] [Bentley Continental GT crashes into tram in Zurich, wins] Oct 12, 2016 04:49 pm | feedback@highgearmedia.com (Jeff Glucker) [Bentley Continental takes on a Tram in Zurich]The heavyweight bout between a tram and a Bentley Continental GT took place in Zurich, Switzerland. The winner, by derailment, was the Bentley. It used all of the torque at its disposal to ram into the slow-moving tram and knock it right off its own rails. This is a clear victory for the Bentley, and it sends a message to slow-moving trams all... [comments] | [read more] [Like Bentley Continental GT crashes into tram in Zurich, wins on Facebook] [Google Plus One Button] [share on Twitter] ['Wayne's World' Pacer hits Barrett-Jackson auction block] Oct 12, 2016 03:00 pm | feedback@highgearmedia.com (Jeff Glucker) [1976 AMC Pacer Waynes World]I see a little silhouette of a car...It's a Pacer, a Pacer, will you be the one who buys it? Normally we wouldn't be too excited to share the details about a 1976 AMC Pacer coming up for sale. This one, though, is a bit different. That's because it belonged to one Garth Algar. Yes, the very same Garth that was one half of the "Wayne's World" cable... [comments] | [read more] [Like 'Wayne's World' Pacer hits Barrett-Jackson auction block on Facebook] [Google Plus One Button] [share on Twitter] [BMW Motorrad Vision Next 100 deep dive] Oct 12, 2016 02:05 pm | feedback@highgearmedia.com (High Gear Media Staff) [BMW Motorrad Vision Next 100]BMW’s Iconic Impulses world tour reached its final destination in Los Angeles this week, where BMW Motorrad revealed its vision for the future of two-wheeled mobility. As part of the company’s 100th anniversary, the automaker has produced four unique concept vehicles this year--one from each brand--to show off its technology and design... [comments] | [read more] [Like BMW Motorrad Vision Next 100 deep dive on Facebook] [Google Plus One Button] [share on Twitter] [2017 Infiniti QX60 preview] Oct 12, 2016 01:00 pm | feedback@highgearmedia.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran) [2017 Infiniti QX60]Infiniti’s QX60 remains one of the top choices in the mid-size luxury SUV segment, thanks mostly to its standard third-row seats and reasonable starting price. However, it’s starting to get a bit long in the tooth. After all, the QX60 traces its roots back to the JX, which Infiniti introduced for the 2013 model year, and there... 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