Thursday, January 23, 2020

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for January 23, 2020

Jan 23, 2020

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Suspension Deep Dive | Toyota 4Runner TRD Off-Road with KDSS

The 2020 Toyota 4Runner represents the 11th year of a fifth-generation design that debuted as a 2010 model. So it's not new, but that also doesn't stop it from being more successful than ever. Sales have been on the rise every year since, with a nota…

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Chevrolet reportedly cutting 2020 Corvette production by 20%

The effects of the six-week-long United Auto Workers (UAW) strike against General Motors will linger for many months. Louisville Chevrolet salesman Mike Davenport has learned the company has slashed the number of eighth-generation Corvettes it will a…

2020 Roush F-150 5.11 Tactical Edition accepts the mission

Roush Performance teamed with tactical and emergency clothing and gear supplier 5.11 Tactical on a 2020 Ford F-150 pickup. Introduced during the firearms-themed SHOT Week in Las Vegas and called the 2020 Roush F-150 5.11 Tactical Edition, it's the la…

You can buy this gorgeous one-off Aston Martin Jet 2 Bertone shooting brake

It was the last project built by Italian coachbuilder Bertone before it went bust, a one-off project designed and commissioned by the man who drove a 1954 Aston Martin DB2/4 around the world in 80 days, and now's your chance to buy it alongside the f…

Mercedes halves EV production target due to battery shortage

FRANKFURT — Daimler has been forced to reduce production targets for its Mercedes-Benz EQC electric car from about 60,000 to 30,000 this year, due to a supply shortage of battery cells from LG Chem, Manager Magazin said on Thursday. Daimler wanted t…


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2020 Cadillac XT6 Review & Buying Guide | Sneaking in through the back

The 2020 Cadillac XT6 is arriving late to the party, literally decades after some of its rivals. It's a new, three-row luxury crossover that serves as a much-needed, more-modern and less ostentatious family hauler than the Escalade (which is getting …

Mercedes-Benz E-Class getting tech, visual updates for 2021

Mercedes-Benz is preparing to give the fifth-generation E-Class a mid-cycle update that will include visual tweaks, more advanced driver assistance features, and new hybrid technology. The face-lifted sedan could make its public debut during the 2020…

Fun eBay finds for the average cost of a new car in America

The average new car in America costs more than $35,000. But here are some fun and interesting used options for someone who is looking for something with more personality for that price.

New Subaru concept crossover EV shown in walkaround video

Subaru held a technology briefing this week in Tokyo where it announced ambitious sustainability goals, but nearly lost amid the discussion of converting its fleet over to electricity was the unveiling of what appears to be an early concept version o…

This 1991 VW Golf Country Syncro is the raddest thing ever

Do you somehow you need it explained why this 1991 Volkswagen Golf Country Syncro 4x4 in TEAL(!!!) up for auction on Bring a Trailer is probably the best thing ever? OK fine. Well then, see that giant, almost comical lift? That's from the factory al…