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2020 Honda Civic Type R First Drive | Better driving and better value

At three years old, the 2020 Honda Civic Type R is getting its first midcycle refresh. You'll recognize it by its body color grille accents, a bigger grille opening and a little less mesh over some of the fake vents . But it's the mechanical tweaks an…

Toyota Land Cruiser vs Lexus LX 570 Suspension Flex Test

There's no need to explain the Toyota Land Cruiser, one of Toyota's earliest successful products. The 2020 Toyota Land Cruiser Heritage Edition celebrates some 60 years of popularity of a vehicle that has survived the segment's "mall wagon" phase and…

What would you drive in 1965?

Well, this was inevitable. After kicking things off with what we'd drive in 1985 and then combing through the morass of automotive choices in 1975 , our time machine has arrived in a true automotive golden era. Some would even consider it THE golden e…

Nissan's first production GT-R 50 roars down a track for the first time

Nissan and Italdesign teamed up for the first time when they unveiled the GT-R 50 in 2018. Nearly two years later, the limited-edition coupe has entered pre-production and it's undergoing shakedown testing in Italy. Images showing the coupe giving i…

2020 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid pricing announced

Hyundai has published full pricing information for the 2020 Sonata Hybrid . On sale now, the sedan is available in three trim levels, and it's scheduled to reach showrooms across the United States in June. The lineup includes an entry-level, efficien…

C8 Chevy Corvette coupe production resumes May 26, convertible on July 20

Recent rumors surrounding the 2020 Chevrolet Corvette have wondered whether GM will build more units of the current model year when the Bowling Green Assembly Plant returns to work, or switch to the 2021 model year and leave 2020 as one of the rarest…

Ex-Green Beret arrested in Ghosn's escape has lived a life of danger

This Dec. 30, 2019, image from security camera video shows Michael L. Taylor, center, and George-Antoine Zayek at passport control at Istanbul Airport in Turkey. Taylor, a former Green Beret, and his son, Peter Taylor, 27, were arrested Wednesday in …

Tesla Model 3 loses its glass roof in convertible conversion you can buy

Perhaps you're one of the (surely many) folks who look out their Tesla Model 3 glass roofs and want more. You don't just want to see the sky above; you want to feel it, too. Well, look no further, as Newport Convertible Engineering has the Tesla Mode…

GMC teases Hummer EV's removable roof panels

Today was supposed to be the day that GM took the wraps off its GMC Hummer EV. We were told as much during the Super Bowl commercial , but GM revised it to an undecided future date , citing the coronavirus as the reason. Instead of the big reveal, we h…

Kia design boss hints at an electric version of the Stinger

We return to the much-scrutinized Kia Stinger , the critically acclaimed but slow-selling performance sedan whose future is the subject of intense speculation . Thanks to an interview in Top Gear with the head of Kia design, Karim Habib, we now have no…

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What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for May 21, 2020

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