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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: [Lexus Skyjet spaceship to star in Luc Besson movie ‘Valerian’] Nov 14, 2016 11:50 am | feedback@highgearmedia.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran) [Lexus Skyjet from ‘Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets’]Lexus is never shy for a bit of product placement. We’re sure everyone remembers the company’s futuristic sports car that starred in 2002’s Minority Report. Now Lexus is projecting its brand even further into the future, with a single-seat spaceship that’s set to appear in the movie Valerian and the City of a Thousand... [comments] | [read more] [Like Lexus Skyjet spaceship to star in Luc Besson movie ‘Valerian’ on Facebook] [Google Plus One Button] [share on Twitter] [BMW 6-Series GT, Mercedes-Maybach S650, Ferrari 250 GTO: Car News Headlines] Nov 14, 2016 11:00 am | feedback@highgearmedia.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran) [1962 Ferrari 250 GTO bearing chassis number 3387 - Image via Talacrest]BMW’s 5-Series Gran Turismo will be moved up into the 6-Series family for its next iteration. A prototype has been spotted and reveals the sleeker, sexier shape BMW’s designers are going with. The next Mercedes model to receive the Maybach treatment will be the S-Class Cabriolet. The Maybach version will be limited to just 300 units... [comments] | [read more] [Like BMW 6-Series GT, Mercedes-Maybach S650, Ferrari 250 GTO: Car News Headlines on Facebook] [Google Plus One Button] [share on Twitter] [Samsung to buy Harman in $8B deal] Nov 14, 2016 10:00 am | feedback@highgearmedia.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran) [Harman and Samsung]Samsung is making a major push into the in-car electronics game with the acquisition of Harman [NYSE:HAR] in a deal worth $8 billion. The Korean electronics giant will pay $112.00 per Harman share, which represents a premium of 28 percent on Friday’s closing price. The deal is still subject to regulatory approval and is only expected to... [comments] | [read more] [Like Samsung to buy Harman in $8B deal on Facebook] [Google Plus One Button] [share on Twitter] [Second Ferrari 250 GTO to come off the line is up for sale] Nov 14, 2016 09:00 am | feedback@highgearmedia.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran) [1962 Ferrari 250 GTO bearing chassis number 3387 - Image via Talacrest]The Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] 250 GTO isn’t the rarest Prancing Horse around, though it does tend to fetch the highest bids whenever one comes up for sale. Just 39 of the homologation specials were built between 1962 and 1964, and one of them, chassis number 3387, the second example to come off the line, is now up for sale. The car is listed at... [comments] | [read more] [Like Second Ferrari 250 GTO to come off the line is up for sale on Facebook] [Google Plus One Button] [share on Twitter] [BMW M2: Motor Authority's Best Car to Buy 2017] Nov 14, 2016 08:28 am | feedback@highgearmedia.com (Joel Feder) [2016 BMW M2 Coupe]Each year, Motor Authority drives the quickest, fastest, and most luxurious vehicles on the planet to tell you which are the best. This year we had a bumper crop of amazing new machines. The Acura NSX is back, and so is the Audi R8--and we're finally driving the rally-tastic Ford Focus RS. Which one's the best one for your garage and your wallet?... [comments] | [read more] [Like BMW M2: Motor Authority's Best Car to Buy 2017 on Facebook] [Google Plus One Button] [share on Twitter] [VW admits Audi transmission distorts emissions during tests] Nov 14, 2016 07:30 am | feedback@highgearmedia.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran) [2017 Audi Allroad]On November 6, German media first reported that certain automatic transmissions used in gasoline- and diesel-powered Audi cars had software that could determine whether the car was being tested by regulators and then switch to a more economical shift program in order to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The Volkswagen Group has since confirmed that... [comments] | [read more] [Like VW admits Audi transmission distorts emissions during tests on Facebook] [Google Plus One Button] [share on Twitter] [Mercedes-Maybach S650 Cabriolet teased ahead of LA auto show] Nov 14, 2016 06:00 am | feedback@highgearmedia.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran) [Mercedes-Maybach S650 Cabriolet teased ahead of 2016 Los Angeles auto show]The next model from the Mercedes-Maybach sub-brand has been confirmed as an ultra-luxurious version of the S-Class Cabriolet. The car will make its world debut November 16 at the 2016 Los Angeles auto show, finished in a distinct red hue that’s not unlike the color used on Maybach’s 6 concept unveiled during the 2016 Monterey Car Week... [comments] | [read more] [Like Mercedes-Maybach S650 Cabriolet teased ahead of LA auto show on Facebook] [Google Plus One Button] [share on Twitter] [2016 Formula One title fight down to final race with Hamilton win in Brazil] Nov 14, 2016 03:00 am | feedback@highgearmedia.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran) [Mercedes AMG’s Lewis Hamilton at the 2016 Formula One Brazilian Grand Prix]The winner of the 2016 Formula One World Championship will go down to the wire after Mercedes AMG’s Lewis Hamilton took victory on Sunday in the penultimate round, the Brazilian Grand Prix at Autódromo José Carlos Pace. The title fight is between Hamilton and his Mercedes AMG teammate Nico Rosberg, who finished second in the... 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