Friday, October 25, 2019

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for October 25, 2019

2019 Tokyo Motor Show Mega Photo Gallery | EVs and kei cars rule, All-new Volkswagen Golf is an evolution outside, revolution inside, Watch speeding driver, on course to hit family with stroller, get T-boned at last second and more...

Oct 25, 2019

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2019 Tokyo Motor Show Mega Photo Gallery | EVs and kei cars rule

TOKYO — The 2019 Tokyo Motor Show was once again held at the Tokyo Big Sight convention center, but most of the sights inside were quite small. Most automakers were revealing production and concept cars smaller than the average Honda Civic. Electric …

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All-new Volkswagen Golf is an evolution outside, revolution inside

This is the all-new, eighth-generation Volkswagen Golf, and while its world premiere would have received undivided attention in the past, the Golf must now share its fame. That's because VW almost simultaneously launched the ID.3, the electric car of…

Watch speeding driver, on course to hit family with stroller, get T-boned at last second

A family trying to cross a busy intersection with their baby in a stroller at night may have the stars to thank after a drunk driver who looked certain to plow into them after blowing through a red light was T-boned at the last second by an oncoming …

Sen. Schumer proposes $462 billion national car swap — gas for electric

WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is moving Democrats' climate talk to where the rubber meets the road, proposing a $462 billion trade-in program to get millions of Americans out of climate-damaging gas vehicles and into electric or h…

[VIDEO] Jaguar unveils Vision Gran Turismo electric race car for 'Gran Turismo Sport'

We've driven some hot Jaguars, one of our favorites being the deliciously fast, all-electric I-Pace. Unfortunately, that car costs around $70,000 to start. Too rich for your blood? Jaguar has designed an all-electric race car specifically for PlaySta…


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2019 Tokyo Motor Show Editors' Picks

This year's Tokyo Motor Show was full of interesting vehicles, but one car ran away with our best-in-show award.

Woman, 81, was trapped in a partially submerged VW Golf for hours

An 81-year-old woman spent hours in the water early Thursday at the Higel Marine Park near Venice, Fla., and it wasn't some re-creation of her teenage night swimming years. She was trapped in her partially submerged Volkswagen Golf before a passing k…

Ford teases Mustang-inspired EV crossover ahead of Nov. 17 debut

The steady drumbeat of hype for Ford 's forthcoming Mustang -inspired battery-electric crossover continues, with the Dearborn automaker releasing a new teaser video and darkened sketch that give us arguably our best look yet at what will be Ford's firs…

Tesla overtakes GM as most valuable U.S. automaker — and short sellers get burned

Tesla shares soared 17% on Thursday after the electric carmaker surprised Wall Street by delivering on Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk's promise of a profit in the third quarter, even as doubts remained about its long-term prospects. Trading at $2…

Subaru WRX STI EJ20 Final Edition a Japan-only goodbye

Just before Subaru stopped selling the WRX STI in the UK and Continental Europe, the automaker released 150 examples of a WRX STI Final Edition for the UK . Now that the Japanese-market WRX STI is about to give up its 2.0-liter EJ20 flat-four engine, …