Wednesday, November 13, 2019

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McLaren Elva is the next Ultimate Series model, with 800 horsepower, Toyota blesses Camry and Avalon with AWD, 2020 Porsche 911 Ultimate Road Trip: From the Autobahn to Tail of the Dragon and more...

Nov 13, 2019

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McLaren Elva is the next Ultimate Series model, with 800 horsepower

McLaren's latest Ultimate Series hypercar has been revealed, and its name is Elva. The McLaren Elva is an open roadster named and themed after the open race cars built by founder Bruce McLaren and the Elva sports car company in the 1960s. This new ca…

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Toyota blesses Camry and Avalon with AWD

The best line in Toyota's press release announcing the availability of all-wheel drive for the Camry and Avalon: "The company appreciates the loyalty, patience and perseverance of all those customers and dealers who sent letters, emails, comments and…

2020 Porsche 911 Ultimate Road Trip: From the Autobahn to Tail of the Dragon

It's dreadfully unfair, really. I'm not a Porsche Guy. The brand's engineering around an imperfect layout has always seemed stubborn, its cars have grown bigger and heavier, and in sunny Los Angeles where I live, 911's don't exactly turn heads in a s…

GM design boss predicts cars will soon roll on 26-inch wheels

As cars get bigger, so do the wheels that they ride on. This trend will continue in the coming years, according to General Motors, and we'll eventually reach a point where 20-inch alloys (which are twice as big as the steelies on an original Mini) wi…

2020 Mazda CX-5 adds torque to the turbo engine, gets more expensive

The 2020 Mazda CX-5 is getting a little more desirable in the new model year. It's also slightly more expensive. Most of the benefits are realized with the 2.5-liter turbocharged four-cylinder. This engine gets a small boost in torque, going from 31…


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Ford's main rivals aren't worried about the born-again Bronco

The much-anticipated next-generation Ford Bronco is scheduled to break cover in the spring of 2020. Expected to arrive as a rugged, body-on-frame SUV, it will take Ford into a segment of the new car market that's in the midst of an unexpected renaiss…

Hyundai is bringing a plug-in hybrid compact crossover to L.A.

The star of Hyundai's display at the 2019 Los Angeles Auto Show will be a hybrid concept car developed with a major emphasis on design. Dark teaser images give us an early look at the model. The model's design remains shrouded in darkness, but what …

[VIDEO] 2020 Land Rover Defender gets filthy and flies in 'No Time to Die'

The James Bond movie "Spectre" might have been a so-so cinematic effort, but it had its high points. One of them was the snowy alpine chase scene through Austria involving a Range Rover Sport SVR and two brutish Land Rover Defender SVXs that each cam…

Original Land Rover launched in 1948 hits the road and mud again

Maurice Wilks, chief designer at English automaker Rover Company, settled on the idea for the Land Rover in 1947. A year later, the Amsterdam Auto Show introduced the world to three pre-production Land Rover prototypes, the triple ancestors of what w…

2020 Fiat 500X Sport expands lineup and color palette

Fiat trotted out the new and improved 500X at the 2018 LA Auto Show. This year the Italian carmaker follows up at Automobility LA with the new 500X Sport trim intended to bestow a "youthful, sporty appearance" on the 500X lineup. That starts with the…

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