Wednesday, September 18, 2019

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for September 18, 2019

2020 Honda CR-V Hybrid introduced for the United States, 2019 Goodwood Revival photo galleries | The races and faces of Goodwood, We race a 2019 Subaru WRX STI up the Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb and more...

Sep 18, 2019

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2020 Honda CR-V Hybrid introduced for the United States

The Honda CR-V Hybrid debuted in Europe earlier this year. It's our turn now, with Honda bringing its two-motor hybrid powertrain to the 2020 CR-V crossover built in the United States. The electrified CR-V will be the third Honda hybrid in the U.S. a…

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2019 Goodwood Revival photo galleries | The races and faces of Goodwood

CHICHESTER, England — We brought you photos of the Goodwood Revival parking lot and the paddock , but those were just the appetizers. Now, it's time for the racing. Vintage motorsports is what this event is all about, and the photos tell a story that …

We race a 2019 Subaru WRX STI up the Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb

SHELSLEY WALSH, U.K. — Keep your foot down, I tell myself. Easier said than done in a 2019 Subaru WRX STI on the narrow and treacherous Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb. Right away, there's a very hairy fast left sweeper the STI takes in third gear, leading…

2019 Ford Ranger and F-150 get a little lift direct from Ford Performance

Ford may not be offering the Ranger Raptor here, but the company has just announced some offroad upgrade goodies for the regular Ranger, and even the regular F-150. Ford Performance will now offer a suspension leveling kit for the four-wheel-drive 20…

Land Rover Defender configurator up with detailed pricing, LOTS of accessories

The Land Rover Defender configurator is live , ready to eat up the better part of an afternoon with a surfeit of options. The newest kid on the expedition block takes its place at the top of the Land Rover lineup, with $12,100 between prices for the D…


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2020 Honda Accord starts at $24,800, unchanged but for price increases

The tenth-generation Honda Accord arrived on station for the 2018 model year, so the only changes for the sedan going into 2020 are slight price increases. The entry-level LX with the 1.5-liter turbo starts at $23,870, or $24,800 after the mandatory …

When Big Brother meets Repo Man: How DRN scans billions of license plates

For $20, a Digital Recognition Network (DRN) customer can look up any license plate in the United States. If there is a match, the program will show the last time one of the company's cameras captured the plate, including a photo and information abou…

Flexible EV technology will allow Porsche to quickly expand its model range

Porsche confirmed it will leverage the relatively high flexibility of electric powertrains to offer many different variants of battery-powered cars like the Taycan . Some markets will receive entry-level models, for example, while others will have acc…

The Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid is dead in the water

Following the 2019 model year, the Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid will no longer exist, Green Car Reports reports and a source from Chevy has confirmed to Autoblog. The news comes less than a year after the Volt PHEV , a technology relative of the Malibu hyb…

Tractor-trailer overturns, spreads 44,000 pounds of Nutella on I-94

The Detroit Free Press reports that a tractor-trailer headed west out of Ontario ran into misadventure on I-94 in Indiana Monday night, just west of the Michigan state line. Driver Chuhar Singh told Indiana State Police a vehicle in front of him slam…