Category Archives: Motor Authority

Round four of the 2022 Formula One World Championship takes us to historic Imola in Italy this weekend, where a special race, the Made in Italy and Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, is being held. This will be the third year in a row that Imola, officially the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari, hosts anContinue reading “2022 F1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix preview: Sprint race qualifying returns”

A collection of 1992 Formula One champion Nigel Mansell’s cars is headed to auction. They’ll be part of RM Sotheby’s 2022 Monaco sale, scheduled for May 14. The highlights are two of Mansell’s F1 cars, including the Ferrari 640 he drove during the 1989 season. The 640 debuted the semi-automatic gearbox that later became theContinue reading “Nigel Mansell collection heading to auction, including two F1 cars”

The Ford Mustang is once again the world’s best-selling sports coupe, the automaker announced last week in a press release. That claim is based on Ford analysis of 2021 registration data from S&P Global Mobility. This is the seventh year in a row that the Mustang has claimed the best-selling sports coupe title. However, FordContinue reading “Ford Mustang is world’s best-selling sports coupe for seventh year in a row”

How automakers create cars is being inverted and it’s all due to physics. We got insight into today’s vehicle design by sitting down with Nissan’s Senior Vice President of Global Design, Alfonso Albaisa, at the 2022 New York auto show. The designer also gave us some hints at the future, including a possible electric pickupContinue reading “Nissan design boss: Car design has become inverted, Nissan thinking about electric pickup”

Lincoln has a handful of electric vehicles in the works and has previewed design details bound for them with the Star concept. The first of the new EVs is expected to be an Aviator-like SUV due around 2024. BMW has a redesigned 7-Series headed to showrooms later this year, including in electric guise. While theContinue reading “Lincoln EV concept, BMW i7 M70, Land Rover Defender SVX: Car News Headlines”

Formula One driver Carlos Sainz seems to have impressed Ferrari enough after his 2021 debut season with the squad, as his contract, which was due to expire this year, has been extended through 2024. Ferrari and Sainz announced the agreement on Thursday, prior to the start of preparations for this weekend’s special Emilia Romagna GrandContinue reading “Carlos Sainz’s F1 contract with Ferrari extended through 2024”

Mullen is an electric vehicle startup based in California that has largely flown under the radar but has been making a lot of noise in recent months. For example, the company revealed the Five crossover last November at the 2021 Los Angeles Auto Show. The Tesla Model Y rival is due in 2024 with aContinue reading “Mullen announces US battery plant, Dragonfly sports car”

McLaren Automotive, the supercar division of McLaren Group, has been without a CEO since last October, when Mike Flewitt, who had led the company since 2013, stepped down. McLaren Group is on the search for a new CEO for its supercar division and Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter, reported on Tuesday that MichaelContinue reading “McLaren may be considering former exec at Ferrari and Porsche for CEO of supercar arm”

Land Rover has just started deliveries of the Defender equipped with a V-8 but there’s a more hardcore V-8 option still in the works. Yes, the latest Defender is expected to have at least two V-8 grades, the regular one already on sale, plus a more capable version possibly wearing an SVX badge and targetingContinue reading “2024 Land Rover Defender SVX spy shots and video: Hardcore V-8 off-roader spotted”

A redesigned 2023 BMW 7-Series goes on sale late this year but not every grade will be available at the market launch. The first grades to arrive will be the 740i and 760i xDrive mild-hybrids and i7 xDrive60 electric sedan. Buyers willing to wait a bit longer can look forward to new range-toppers in theContinue reading “BMW 7-Series to spawn more powerful M760e plug-in hybrid and i7 M70 electric versions”