Thursday, April 9, 2020

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for April 9, 2020

Apr 09, 2020

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Koenigsegg Gemera and Jesko Absolut strut on the supercar maker's runway

The world seems like a pretty terrible place right now, but there are good things in it, like the two monster Koenigsegg supercars the company revealed a month ago. The Koenigsegg Gemera four-door supercar and the Jesko Absolut high-speed hypercar we…

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Automakers ready to get plants running again with coronavirus precautions

MILAN/DETROIT — Global automakers reeling from the coronavirus pandemic are accelerating efforts to restart factories from Wuhan to Maranello to Michigan, using safety protocols developed for China and U.S. ventilator production operations launched i…

[VIDEO] 'Race Motion' videos capture gnarliest jumps and hardest landings of off-road racing

Even if you're not a die-hard fan of off-road racing, you're probably a fan of seeing purpose-built machines being used at (and beyond) their design limitations, especially if that means bad-ass trucks flying off sweet, sweet jumps.  "Go into the wo…

General Patton's Dodge WC57 Command Car headed to auction

Indiana will see some excellent vintage metal on several auction blocks this summer. Mecum Auctions has the 1965 Pontiac GeeTO Tiger and 1963 Shelby Cobra that was a Ford demonstrator planned for in Indiana in late June. Two weeks before that, and as…

Pontiac Aztek rises from the ashes of infamy in Firebird Trans Am guise

What if the Pontiac Aztek , one of the most widely ridiculed vehicles ever built, was reimagined with a little flair from one of the former brand's more legendary cars? Well, it turns out that someone not only came up with that idea, but followed up …

2020 Volvo S60 Review & Buying Guide | Luxury, tech and efficiency with lots of style

Without a flagship luxury badge on its nose, the 2020 Volvo S60 is often overlooked among European luxury cars, but its luxury credentials make it worthy of serious consideration. While the S60 may not have the same cachet as Europe's better-recogniz…

Watch a 50-ton rotator truck pull a Ford Mustang Boss 302 out of a canyon

Going for a spirited drive on the Angeles Crest Highway is a blast, but the slightest error can send you, yours, and your prized possession into the landscape. That's how a Ford Mustang Boss 302 ended up about 400 feet below the road, and a video pub…

Vyrus unveils Alyen 988, 'essence of an artistic concept' from another world

At one point in time, Italian motorcycle shop Vyrus was home to the most powerful production motorcycle in the world, the 987 C3 4V . That bike was powered by a Ducati-sourced 1,198-cc supercharged V-twin engine that made a claimed 211 horsepower. Ten…

2020 Hyundai Sonata Safety Tech Driveway Test | Excellence in abundance

Hyundai offers one of the most comprehensive suites of standard driver assistance and safety tech features on the market, but just as importantly, those features are extremely well executed. Although I got to experience them far more during a road tr…

1986 Honda Accord AeroDeck is one sweet shooting brake, and it's for sale

Attention to Honda and longroof fans alike. And frankly, anyone who is into the rad era of automobiles. There is a 1986 Honda Accord AeroDeck for sale on Bring a Trailer right now, and it's very much rad.  For the uninitiated, the Accord AeroDeck is…