Best Shots: September 2019

Monday, September 30, 2019

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for September 30, 2019

Sep 30, 2019

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2020 Toyota Corolla Hybrid Second Drive | So close, so far

When the Toyota Corolla Hatchback was introduced , it didn't take long behind the wheel to know that it was an entirely different and better brand of Corolla. Actually, you didn't even have to drive it – its expressive, coherent styling told the story…

2020 Porsche Cayenne Review and Buying Guide | Now with more Coupe

The word "Sport" may be part of "SUV," and plenty of them claim to possess sporting credentials of some sort. Dynamic handling! 0- 60 in 5 seconds! That's all well and good, but few actually deliver a truly engaging driving experience that comes anyw…

These brand-new luxury cars are selling at a huge discount

You can score a huge discount on a brand-new luxury car or SUV this month if you know where to look. Here are the biggest discounts on premium vehicles in the United States in September.

Next-generation Toyota 86 and Subaru BRZ confirmed

Toyota and Subaru jointly announced today that they would be continuing and expanding their alliance. Toyota will be taking a larger stake in Subaru, bringing the total to 20%, and Subaru will respond in kind by buying shares equal to the value of th…

Some Ram truck buyer is about to get the 3 millionth Cummins diesel engine

Dodge made a Cummins-built turbodiesel engine available in one of its trucks for the first time during the 1989 model year. Over three decades and a name change later, the company announced it ordered the 3 millionth engine from Cummins, and it's abo…

Hyundai planning two pickup truck architectures?

In a recent interview with Australian outlet WhichCar , Hyundai Australia CEO John Kett told the publication that the coming pickup must satisfy the utilitarian needs of ute buyers down under — "ute" being what Aussies call pickups. "What's clear to u…

25 exotic cars seized from Equatorial Guinea vice president auctioned for $27 million

GENEVA — A collection of 25 supercars seized from Equatorial Guinea's vice president as part of a Swiss money-laundering probe fetched nearly $27 million (£22.18 million) at an auction held by Bonhams on Sunday. A 2014 white Lamborghini Veneno Roads…

Junkyard Gem: 1971 Chevrolet Impala Sport Sedan

General Motors sold close to a half-million Impalas for model year 1971, and production of this generation of full-sized Chevrolet continued through 1976. Well into the 1990s, these big rear-wheel-drive beasts were common sights on roads everywhere i…

2020 Chevrolet Blazer 2.0T priced at $33,995

The 2020 Chevrolet Blazer with the 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder that the automaker announced in July now has a price: $33,995 after destination for the 2LT, so sayeth Cars Direct , after seeing the order guide. Upgrading to the 3LT will cost $…

Mercedes-AMG GT 63 S 4-Door and Fiat 124 Spider Abarth | Autoblog Podcast #596

In this week's Autoblog Podcast , Editor-in-Chief Greg Migliore is joined by Senior Editor, Green, John Beltz Snyder and Associate Editor Joel Stocksdale. This week, they focus on the cars they're driving, starting with the hardcore, four-door Mercede…

Friday, September 27, 2019

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for September 27, 2019

Sep 27, 2019

Top Stories of the Day

Koenigsegg Regera sets new 0-249-0 mph record

A couple of years ago, Bugatti made headlines by setting a record time to accelerate from 0 to 249 mph (400 km/h) and then come to a complete stop . Then Koenigsegg used an Agera RS to break that record by a whopping 5.52 seconds . Now the company has …

2020 Dodge Charger pricing starts at $31,390

We've been talking about the 2020 Dodge Charger for three months , and it's finally time to start doing the math on trade-in values and loan payments. The 2020 Charger lineup starts with the SXT in rear-wheel-drive trim priced at $29,895, plus a $1,49…

We drove the Jeep Gladiator Rubicon on the Rubicon Trail

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — Driving a 2020 Jeep Gladiator Rubicon on the Rubicon Trail is a fitting thing to do, but not an easy thing to do. We're inching the Gladiator along the inward-sloping right side of a narrow passage with the left front tire …

Bollinger unveils two electric prototypes designed for the great outdoors

Michigan-based Bollinger Motors introduced a pair of electric off-roaders named B1 and B2, respectively. Years in the making , these close-to-production prototypes preview the start-up's first two series-produced models, while shedding light on what t…

Honda adds sound to 2020 Accord Hybrid's electric mode

The Honda Accord Hybrid goes largely unchanged as it transitions into the 2020 model year, but the starting price increases by $150 to $26,400, including destination. The most notable addition is a new feature called the Acoustic Vehicle Alert System…

2020 Ford F-Series Super Duty yanks out and moves the goalposts on towing

Ford set up a new big-bore artillery piece in the never-ending pickup truck war-of-increments at the Texas State Fair, aiming a Super Duty-sized shell at rival truck makers. The 2020 F-Series Super Duty , announced earlier this year, adds a new engine…

2020 Chevy Silverado revives Rally and Midnight Editions

This year's Texas State Fair has had a lot of truck news, including output and towing numbers for the new Ford Super Duty , a refreshed Nissan Titan and special editions of Ram's trucks . Not one to be left out, Chevy has news, too. The 2020 Chevy Silv…

2020 Ram 1500 and heavy-duty trucks get Night and Black Edition packages

Ram traveled to the Texas State Fair to introduce a pair of pickups you might not be able to see in the dark. The murdered-out trucks are called Black Edition and Night Edition, respectively. The Black Edition is based on the range-topping Limited v…

2020 Toyota 4Runner Venture Edition ready to Sherpa for the camp cookout

With a truck plant in San Antonio, Toyota has home-field interest in introducing new products at the Texas State Fair. Last year the automaker debuted cosmetic makeovers known as the 4Runner Nightshade Edition and SX versions of the Tundra and Tacoma…

Land Rover working on tech that turns the Defender into a remote-controlled car

Land Rover is turning the 2020 Defender into a life-sized remote-controlled car. It's working on technology that will let owners step outside of the SUV and drive it remotely at low speeds. The yet-unnamed feature is being developed for offroading, …

Thursday, September 26, 2019

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for September 26, 2019

Sep 26, 2019

Top Stories of the Day

2019 Subaru WRX STI S209 First Drive Review | The exotic Subie

It's not often that you drive a Subaru that's rarer than most Ferraris or Lamborghinis. And in its own modest way, the 2019 Subaru STI S209 is as special as such limited-edition offerings from highfalutin' brands. The S209 is Subaru's rally-wrapped …

400-horsepower Audi RS Q3 keeps the straight-five engine alive

Not this time, downsizing. The Audi RS Q3 is proudly bucking the industry's shift towards smaller engines. It enters its second generation with an evolution of the five-cylinder engine that powered its predecessor , and it's joined by a swoopier model…

2020 Ford Expedition King Ranch: We rustle up some photos and details

Ford has released the first images of the resuscitated King Ranch edition of its hot-selling Expedition full-size SUV that we told you about a month ago for the 2020 model. There's also word that the Platinum trim has been upgraded with new leather m…

Next-gen Ford F-150 Raptor appears to be getting a coil-spring rear suspension

The current 2019 Ford F-150 Raptor has quite a few suspension changes compared with the regular truck, but it looks like the next-generation will differ even more. One of our spy photographers caught a Raptor prototype driving around with carefully c…

2020 BMW 840i Gran Coupe First Drive | Style and substance

ALGARVE, Portugal – You love driving, but your kids are growing and the idea of a crossover or a three-box sedan is just so boring. The crush of reality is real, but so is the call of the open road – which begs the question: is there a four-seater th…

Chevy Impala — here's what's in store for its final year

Chevrolet will retire the Impala nameplate after the 2020 model year, production is scheduled to end early in the calendar year, and odds are the venerated name is not coming back unless it resurfaces on a crossover. The sedan is going out with a ban…

2020 Nissan Titan: V8 or die

For the 2020 model year, the Nissan Titan has evolved while maintaining its core characteristics. The full-size pickup debuts a new "Powerful Warrior" exterior design and offers an upgraded V8 engine that now makes 400 horsepower. For the first time,…

2020 BMW X1 xDrive25e brings plug-in power to the subcompact crossover

Following the reveal of the redesigned 2020 BMW X1 , the company has announced that the model will be getting a plug-in hybrid variant with the designation xDrive25e. It hasn't been announced for the U.S., yet, but it would probably be easy to add to …

Watch and listen as Hyundai completes first Veloster N ETCR test

After Hyundai introduced its first electric race car at the Frankfurt Motor Show, the South Korean carmaker just concluded the first two-day test of the battery electric Veloster N ETCR at the Hungaroring circuit. The track already features in the Wo…

[VIDEO] All-electric Genovation GXE breaks its own speed record

The Genovation GXE — the initialism standing for Genovation Extreme Electric — is a C7 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport that turned in its small block V8 for a big block battery pack. The latest specs we got on the coupe at this year's Consumer Electro…

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for September 24, 2019

Sep 24, 2019

Top Stories of the Day

2019 Ford Ranger Long-Termer Update | Boost is very good

When it comes to compact pickup trucks, engines are pretty ho-hum. They're underpowered four-cylinder engines or perfectly average V6s. Our long-term 2019 Ford Ranger's turbo engine is different. It can actually elicit some enjoyment. That turbochar…

Toyota wants to make the next-generation 86 better than the Supra

The Supra is positioned above the 86 in the Toyota hierarchy, and it's correspondingly more expensive, so fans expect it to be a better all-around car. It is, by most accounts, but the man in charge of developing both wants to shift the balance when …

VW's top officers charged in Germany over diesel scandal

CEO Herbert Diess introduces the VW ID.3 at the Frankfurt Motor Show. / Associated Press BERLIN — German prosecutors said Tuesday they have charged Volkswagen's current chief executive and chairman as well as its former CEO with market manip…

A Mazda Miata with a Hellcat V8 exists, and it can be yours

Mazda Miatas with V8 swaps aren't unusual. Kits are available to drop in LS V8s from GM , and some even let you drop in an old Ford 5.0-liter V8. But a Miata with a Hellcat V8 is something special, and this one can be yours. As Automobile spotted , it …

Jaguar calls a hot-rodded I-Pace a when, not an if

Jaguar showed the world what a high-performance I-Pace might look like when it unveiled the racing-ready eTrophy (pictured) in 2017. Though it's built exclusively for track use, the hot-rodded EV is teaching the British firm's Special Vehicles Operat…

Mercedes-Benz joins Audi on the sidelines of the EV range race

Mercedes-Benz plans to release at least 10 electric cars by 2022. They'll each slot into different segments of the market, including some dominated by rivals like Tesla, but none will boast a jaw-dropping amount of driving range. The German firm is i…

Mercedes-AMG's 416-hp turbo four will power bigger, rear-drive cars

Tires ran for cover when Mercedes-AMG announced plans to power its latest round of hot-rodded compacts with a turbocharged, 2.0-liter four-cylinder tuned to make up to 416 horsepower. The company's previous turbo four powered only smaller, front-whee…

Honda launches lighter and more powerful 2020 Africa Twin models

Honda brought the legendary Africa Twin nameplate back to the U.S. lineup for the 2016 model year, and four years later, the adventure bike is evolving. The 2020 model year marks a shift from CRF1000L to CRF1100L, which indicates a revised bigger eng…

Elon Musk allegedly pushed SolarCity deal despite major cash crunch

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk urged investors to approve the 2016 purchase of SolarCity at a big premium to its market value despite knowing the solar installer faced a cash crunch and publicly stating he had recused himself from involvement in the…

Junkyard Gem: 1979 Datsun 210

Nissan spent the 1970s making good money in North America by selling rear-wheel-drive, Datsun-badged economy cars based on the Nissan Sunny , with the super-stingy Datsun B210 arriving just in time for the 1973 oil crisis . The B210's successor, sold i…