Monday, February 24, 2020

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Feb 24, 2020

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2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray First Drive | Clean slate with the C8

LAS VEGAS — Let's forget for a moment that there's ever been a Corvette. That there are no expectations for where the engine should be, the type of suspension used, the quality of the interior or the type of people who stereotypically buy one. It's w…

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2020 Corvette early prototypes were hidden under a Holden Maloo called 'Blackjack'

Chevrolet recently hosted media for first drives of the 2020 C8 Corvette . Among the novel discoveries related to the most important Corvette launch since the original Corvette, the Detroit Free Press dove into the lengths GM engineers went to in orde…

2021 Range Rover spied for the first time

Land Rover's luxurious Range Rover is due for an overhaul, and these shots are the first we've seen of the marquee British SUV in the wild.  If you need to squint a bit to tell this prototype apart from the Range Rover Sport that broke cover In Janu…

2021 Ford F-150 interior revealed in new spy photos

Not a week seems to go by lately without multiple Ford truck revelations, and the latest comes courtesy of a new set of spy photos depicting the 2021 Ford F-150's updated interior.  From these shots, we can see that the general shape of the dashboar…

VW planning ID electric cars with R performance designation, new battery tech

In December, Autocar reported that Volkswagen planned to use the GTX moniker on hot versions of the ID range, the same way GTI indicates spicier takes on the internal combustion range. The report indicated that there could be room above the GTX for e…


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Watch Chris Harris in the electric VW ID.R waste a McLaren 720S

The Volkswagen ID.R doesn't have much in common with a McLaren 720S, other than the fact that they are both performance-crazed cars. One gets its power from batteries, the other from gas. One uses electric motors, the other a twin-turbocharged 4.0-li…

Alfa Romeo is bringing something deliciously loud to Geneva

Alfa Romeo will risk running afoul of Switzerland's engine noise regulations by bringing something deliciously loud to the 2020 Geneva Motor Show. The preview video it posted on Twitter asks more questions than it answers. The seven-second flick ann…

Ford hopes you'll trade some privacy for discounted car insurance

Ford thinks it has a way to make car insurance more appealing: taking advantage of the data available from connected cars. It's teaming up with Nationwide to introduce its own take on usage-based insurance. If you have one of several 2020 Ford or Lin…

Pininfarina Battista Anniversario at Geneva will mark design house's 90 years

Pininfarina will celebrate its 90th anniversary by unveiling a commemorative version of the Battista at the 2020 Geneva Motor Show. The design house-turned-manufacturer released two images to preview its latest creation. Limited to five examples wor…

Junkyard Gem: 2002 Chrysler PT Cruiser Dream Cruiser Series 1

It has become fashionable to hate the PT Cruiser these days, but Chrysler really hit a home run with the idea of a retro-looking, Neon-based vehicle that — legally speaking — qualified as a light truck according to American regulations and thus didn'…