Thursday, December 5, 2019

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for December 5, 2019

2020 Volvo V60 T8 Polestar Engineered First Drive Review | Fun for the faithful few, McLaren hybrid tech will create one of the quickest cars in the world, GM, LG Chem announce EV battery joint venture in Lordstown, Ohio and more...

Dec 05, 2019

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2020 Volvo V60 T8 Polestar Engineered First Drive Review | Fun for the faithful few

The Volvo V60 T8 Polestar Engineered has a lot going for it right out of the gate. First, Volvo styling is hard not to like, and its wagons are quite possibly the best examples of the automaker's current exterior design. Second, this is the T8, the p…

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McLaren hybrid tech will create one of the quickest cars in the world

McLaren's entire range of models will be electrified by 2023, and hybrid technology will help the British firm build one of the quickest cars in the world. The company's chief executive outlined an unnamed upcoming model that will boast an organ-disp…

GM, LG Chem announce EV battery joint venture in Lordstown, Ohio

SEOUL/WASHINGTON — General Motors and South Korea's LG Chem said on Thursday they would invest up to $2.3 billion in by 2023 to set up an electric vehicle battery joint venture in Lordstown, Ohio. GM issued an announcement Thursday. An LG Chem spoke…

Ford tells dealers not to advertise Mustang Mach-E under MSRP

So far, the Ford Mustang Mach-E has already proved itself a success for the Dearborn automaker. After livestreaming the debut to 140,000 online watchers, the recording of the debut has been watched online more than 6.5 million times, and 1.6 million …

Cave diver testifies he felt 'branded a pedophile' by Elon Musk

LOS ANGELES — Elon Musk's defamation trial could be in the hands of jury by the end of Thursday after the billionaire and the diver who is suing him sparred over the meaning and impact of a "pedo guy" tweet at the heart of the case. British cave exp…


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1997 Acura SLX gets 350 actual Acura horsepower for Radwood

For the Radwood Orange County, Calif., car show, a show themed around 1980s and 1990s cars, Acura is bringing a variety of its original models including a 1991 NSX and a 1986 Integra. The company is also bringing something obscure, a 1997 Acura SLX , …

Billionaire Lawrence Stroll reportedly seeks major stake in Aston Martin

LONDON — Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll, owner of Formula One team Racing Point, is preparing a bid for a major stake in Aston Martin, Autocar magazine reported , sending the carmaker's battered share price up nearly 15% on Thursday. The Britis…

You can still buy a million-dollar Nissan GT-R50 by Italdesign

Almost a year ago to the day, Nissan revealed the GT-R50 in its final production form , declaring the order books open for business. We have our first update from Nissan on how the super exclusive and rare GT-R is doing today. Turns out, you can still…

2020 Dodge Durango SRT Drivers' Notes | When excess is a good thing

Performance SUVs and crossovers from non-luxury brands are still in a nascent stage of development. Models like the Porsche Cayenne Turbo , BMW X5 M and others are on subsequent generations of their high-performance high-riding machines. Meanwhile, th…

Volkswagen T-Roc Cabriolet enters production at Osnabrück

The first units of Volkswagen's T-Roc Cabriolet began rolling down the line at the automaker's Osnabrück plant today. VW has already invested a "high double-digit million euro amount" to upgrade the facilities for the convertible crossover's producti…