Tuesday, October 29, 2019

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for October 29, 2019

2020 Ford Shelby GT500 First Drive Review | Bring on the C8, Next-gen BMW M3, M4 delayed until 2021, but grille leaks for Halloween, Kia teases next-gen K5 in South Korea, foreshadows our Optima and more...

Oct 29, 2019

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2020 Ford Shelby GT500 First Drive Review | Bring on the C8

LAS VEGAS — The 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 has a lot riding on it, literally and figuratively. In the literal sense, it's got nearly 4,200 hulking pounds of mass on its tires, the majority of which is over its front wheels. This is hardly a recip…

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Next-gen BMW M3, M4 delayed until 2021, but grille leaks for Halloween

While in South Africa for the BMW M Festival at the Kyalami circuit, BMW M boss Markus Flasch told Australian outlet CarSales that the next-gen M3 and M4 won't go into production until late 2020. Market launch won't happen until early 2021, including…

Kia teases next-gen K5 in South Korea, foreshadows our Optima

Now that the redesigned Hyundai Sonata is down the road burning gas, Kia's loading the next-generation Optima into the chute. The automaker teased the South Korean-market K5 — our Optima — on Facebook, revealing a sedan that will bring a new attitude…

Mercedes-Benz EQS electric flagship interior spied

The Mercedes-Benz EQS electric sedan has been spied once again . There isn't much to report on the exterior, but our spy photographer managed to get shots of the interior, giving us our first glimpse inside. While the center stack is covered up, we c…

Mazda creates reproduction parts program for North American MX-5 Miata

In 2017 Mazda announced a restoration program for the MX-5 Miata in Japan. The good news was that owners of Miatas that looked like they'd been thoroughly enjoyed for decades could get their convertibles returned to as-new condition. The bad news is …


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GM cuts earnings forecast, says strike cost it $3 billion in lost profit

DETROIT — General Motors on Tuesday slashed its earnings forecast for 2019, saying that a 40-day U.S. labor strike by the United Auto Workers union that brought virtually all of its North American operations to a standstill would cost it around $3 bi…

2020 Toyota Supra GT4 details announced, makes 429 horsepower

The 2020 Toyota Supra GT4 race car was introduced earlier this year at the Geneva Motor Show , and saw its first race at the 24 Hours of Nürburgring . But only now has Toyota provided key mechanical details about the car. And the big news is that the S…

Hyundai HDC-6 Neptune hydrogen truck looks like it's from RoboCop's Detroit

The Hyundai HDC-6 Neptune semi-truck has been revealed, previewing a possible future of hydrogen fuel-cell commercial trucks. Despite being a preview of the future, Hyundai says it looked to the past for design cues, specifically the 1930s with strea…

Alpine A110S First Drive | Faster and stiffer, but better?

In the markets in which it sells, the Alpine A110 's success as a viable Porsche 718 Cayman alternative is thanks to its defiantly French refusal to engage on equal terms. By increasing power, grip and suspension stiffness, however, the new A110S play…

Factory Five developing new supercar with 755-hp LS V12

Factory Five has produced its mid-engined GTM supercar for more than 10 years, that car using C5 Chevrolet Corvette internals wrapped in a steel tube frame chassis and original composite bodywork. The Massachusetts-based company is working on a repla…