Tuesday, October 15, 2019

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for October 15, 2019

2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350R first track drive | Sublime in Lime, Let the Chevy Corvette C8.R's 5.5-liter V8 serenade you as it laps Road America, Dodge could resurrect the ACR nameplate on a track-hungry Challenger and more...

Oct 15, 2019

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2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350R first track drive | Sublime in Lime

Few things in this world are better than the 5.2-liter flat-plane-crank V8 in the 2020 Ford Mustang GT350R. Yeah, that's right, literally. If you doubt it, you just haven't experienced revving it to the 8,250-rpm redline shifted through a six-speed m…

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Let the Chevy Corvette C8.R's 5.5-liter V8 serenade you as it laps Road America

The track-going version of Chevrolet's eighth-generation Corvette showed its face in October 2019. Now, video footage shot on Road Atlanta has revealed what it sounds like when it's going flat-out. The C8.R 's first public track run is a memorable on…

Dodge could resurrect the ACR nameplate on a track-hungry Challenger

Dodge will reportedly celebrate the Challenger's 50th birthday by introducing a track-focused variant of the coupe that will resurrect the American Club Racer (ACR) nameplate. It will arrive as a cocktail of the automaker's best race-bred parts, incl…

Ford Fusion-size crossover spied with lifted wagon looks

Last year, Ford made it clear that it was done with conventional car bodystyles and would instead focus on crossovers. But we haven't seen any signs of what would replace its classic sedan nameplates until now. One of our spy photographers caught For…

AM General's war-ready Gladiator could re-enlist Jeep in the U.S. Army

AM General and Jeep unearthed long-buried ties to turn the Gladiator into a light tactical vehicle for the United States Army. The two companies unveiled a concept named Gladiator Extreme Military-Grade Truck (XMT) during the Annual Meeting and Expos…


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2021 Genesis GV70 spied for the first time at the Nurburgring

The first Genesis crossover, the GV80 , has been seen a few times, both as a prototype in spy shots , and as a concept a few years ago . Now we get our first look at its smaller, upcoming sibling, the 2021 Genesis GV70. It shares a number of design cues…

2019 BMW M4 CS Drivers' Notes Review | For the BMW faithful

BMW felt it needed a 'tweener car in the M4 lineup as this generation closes in on its lifecycle. The M4 GTS served as the ultimate track car, while the M4 Competition was only slightly warmer than the regular M4. This M4 CS ended up being the car ma…

2020 Chrysler Pacifica Red S Edition demands plenty of green

Chrysler has added a Red S Edition package to the Pacifica range for the 2020 model year. The equipment group is available on the gasoline-powered and hybrid variants of the minivan, and the package punts Chrysler's family-hauler into luxury-car terr…

Lexus LC convertible possibly spied in production form

Following a concept reveal at the beginning of the year and confirmation of production a few months ago , we've finally got a glimpse of what may be the production Lexus LC convertible. The droptop was spied during a photo shoot in Los Angeles. It app…

Audi officially brings the A6 Allroad back to America for 2020

Audi's rugged A6 Allroad wagon will return to American shores in 2020 after a 15-year hiatus. The announcement ends months of rumors , black magic-laced tweets , and industry whisperings. The Allroad will join the 600-horsepower RS 6 Avant as the seco…