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2021 Toyota GR Supra First Drive | More power is good — who knew?

Welcome to 2020, where once again, the Toyota Supra is back. We hailed its return last year when we slid behind the wheel of the first new Supra sold here in the 21st century, and Toyota has gone and changed things up just one year later. Now, there …

2020 Nissan Frontier First Drive | A glimpse of the future, and it's good

The 2020 Nissan Frontier marks the last in a particularly lengthy pickup truck generation that dates all the way back to the 2005 model year. Next year we'll get a completely redesigned model , but before that happens, Nissan is giving the old truck o…

2020 Acura NSX Suspension Deep Dive

The Acura NSX has been a special car as long as I've been in the business. The first one came out in 1990, the same year I started my career in automotive engineering. I vividly remember driving one briefly back then when we brought one in for benchm…

Subaru's new, more powerful Crosstrek is nearly as efficient as the existing model

Subaru quietly confirmed the Crosstrek will receive a bigger, more powerful 2.5-liter flat-four engine for the 2021 model year. It hasn't released technical details yet, and it kept its silence when Autoblog reached out for more information, but fuel…

Ford Puma ST spied uncovered at Nurburgring

The Ford Puma ST was just recently teased by the Blue Oval, but now the car is making an unofficial debut thanks to one of our spy photographers. The hot subcompact crossover was out testing at the Nürburgring with no camouflage, bearing its blue pai…

Hyundai wants to use UV light to disinfect automobile interiors

Ultraviolet light's ability to kill viruses has moved this technology to the forefront of the fight against the coronavirus. Now the Hyundai Motor Group says it is exploring the idea of using UV light to disinfect automobile interiors, turning the hu…

Maserati dedicates MC20 prototype to Stirling Moss

Maserati is paying tribute to Stirling Moss, the British race car driver who died on April 12 , by wrapping one of its MC20 test mules in commemorative camouflage. The mid-engined sports car is due out in September 2020. It's a fitting homage, becaus…

BMW M4 Gran Coupe finally coming with next-gen 4 Series

Before the year is out, the long awaited next-generation BMW M3 and M4 will debut, bringing new tech and a new bodystyle: Autocar has info on an M4 Gran Coupe. In 2014, M GmbH sales chief Jörg Bartels told Cars Guide in Australia , "It was definitely …

Kia developing 800-volt charging technology for its future electric cars

Porsche-grade technology will trickle down to the Kia range during the 2020s. The South Korean company is planning to launch no less than 11 electric cars globally by 2025, and it confirmed some will come with an 800-volt charging system that promise…

Uber driver escapes abduction at knifepoint by jumping out of her car at 60 mph

A Nashville-based Uber driver survived a terrifying attempted kidnapping last week, according to a report from News Channel 5 . The passenger in the back seat allegedly pulled a knife on the driver, 26-year-old Carolina Vargas, but she escaped by jump…

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What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for May 13, 2020

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