Monday, October 7, 2019

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for October 7, 2019

2020 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel fuel economy numbers are right in the zone, Aston Martin reveals the open-air Vantage Roadster, 2019 Porsche Macan S Second Drive | Impressions of a sports car and more...

Oct 07, 2019

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2020 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel fuel economy numbers are right in the zone

Every new truck spec gets it own awards show nowadays. In this next envelope we have EPA fuel economy ratings for the 2020 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel — drumroll, please: 22 miles per gallon in the city, 32 mpg highway, 26 mpg combined for the 4x2 trim; 21 mp…

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Aston Martin reveals the open-air Vantage Roadster

Aston Martin has tweeted the first official image of its Vantage Roadster in prototype form, following a promise made earlier this year to unveil a convertible version by year's end of the all-new coupe that was unveiled almost two years ago. As is c…

2019 Porsche Macan S Second Drive | Impressions of a sports car

The 2019 Porsche Macan represents an update of the German luxury brand's bestseller. The changes go beyond a simple facelift, with Porsche tweaking chassis tuning, adding new wheels and better tires, improving brake feel and upgrading technology. In …

2020 Chevrolet Corvette does a sound check around Thunderhill West

Road & Track has been deep into parsing data gathered for its annual Performance Car of the Year extravaganza. During testing at Thunderhill West, the mag included a pre-production 2020 Chevrolet Corvette among the luminaries. Guest judge Matt Fa…

Dodge designer on yellow plastic splitter guards: 'I wish they would take them off'

About a year ago, Dodge began placing yellow strips of plastic on the leading edge of Charger and Challenger front splitters to prevent damage during transport from plant to dealer. Dodge embossed "To Be Removed By Dealer" into the plastic, but those…


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Harley LiveWire's bid to rev up a new generation is problematic from the get-go

CHICAGO — Harley-Davidson is betting on electric motorcycles to attract the next generation of younger and more environmentally conscious riders to reverse declining U.S. sales. But as Harley ships its first "LiveWire" bikes — priced at $29,799 — to…

Junkyard Gem: 1980 AMC Concord DL 2-Door Sedan

The American Motors Corporation story doesn't have much of a happy ending; the company started out as the merger of Nash-Kelvinator and Hudson, acquired Jeep, had a good run of sales during the 1960s and into the early 1970s, then entered into a grad…

Tire dust is a major source of microplastics in coastal waters

By now you're probably aware that the world is inundated by microplastics — defined as plastic particles that measure smaller than 5 millimeters — with the tiny bits showing up everywhere, including the world's lakes , oceans , tap water and even in fi…

Who's liable for a Tesla Summon fender bender? Lawyers weigh in

Tesla owners summoning their driverless cars in parking lots are likely liable for crashes, lawyers said after a series of internet videos showed problems with cars running new Smart Summon software. If the accidents pile up, though, Tesla itself is…