Wednesday, March 4, 2020

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for March 4, 2020

Mar 04, 2020

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The Koenigsegg Gemera has a floating, spinning camera on its dashboard

The Koenigsegg Gemera , a clean-sheet four-seat performance hybrid, debuted this week and instantly became one of the most stunning debuts of the year. But with all the hullabaloo about the two extra seats and the trick engine setup, most people overl…

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2021 Ford Bronco details emerge on what that seventh gear is for

Magna Powertrain, formerly known as transmission-maker Getrag, posted a spec sheet on its Getrag-Ford site that laid out a few specs on the 5/6/7MTI550 gearbox. The "5/6/7" indicates the number of potential gears. This is the same gearbox that Bozi T…

Aston Martin V12 Speedster is a $950,000 exotic dream that's wild as the wind

The roofless, windshield-less, ultra-rare, ultra-expensive supercar space is getting busy. We had the Ferrari Monza SP1 and SP2 ; then we got the McLaren Elva , and now the Aston Martin V12 Speedster is joining the ranks. McLaren will let you add a win…

Porsche working on a lightweight 911 Turbo

With the 2021 Porsche 911 Turbo S , Porsche copied the launch template it laid out for the Carrera, debuting the hotter S model first. The head of the carmaker's 911 product line, Dr. Frank-Steffen Walliser, explained the launch cadence to Auto Expres…

2021 Audi E-Tron GT spied looking just like the concept

Despite having seen the concept over a year ago in L.A., and even driving it , it's a bit surprising that this is the first time one of our spy photographers has caught a glimpse of the Audi E-Tron GT. Even though it has been a long wait, fans of the …

[VIDEO] Tesla unleashes Model 3 Track Mode V2 update, even Track Package parts

Tesla just dropped two performance-minded upgrades for the Model 3 Performance with the Performance Upgrade, one of them a software update, the other actual bolt-on performance parts. Owners will shortly have Track Mode V2 uploaded over-the-air to th…

2020 VW Atlas Cross Sport First Drive | More and less of a good thing

VANCOUVER, B.C. – You can never have too many SUVs, right? Certainly seems that way considering that more than half of new vehicle sales are going to them, and it's a trend that Volkswagen is seeing in its own lineup, where take-rate percentages are …

Ford Transit electric commercial vans coming to U.S. and Canada for 2022

In this age of Amazon, delivery to your door has become the biggest of businesses, and delivery by any means, from piece-workers' personal vehicles to USPS postal trucks to, someday, pizza robots — but most especially, delivery by cargo vans. Amazon …

Bugatti Chiron Pur Sport: born to speed (and drift) through the twisties

Bugatti made automotive history in 2019 when it built a long-tail variant of the Chiron that was still accelerating when it smashed through the 300-mph barrier . With the speed record broken and set, the French company wants to prove it also knows a t…

Car sales in China fall 80% in February on coronavirus epidemic

BEIJING — Passenger car retail sales in China, the world's biggest auto market, fell 80% in February because of the coronavirus epidemic, one of the country's industry associations said on Wednesday. The China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) said i…