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Mercedes and F1 drivers rally around Lewis Hamilton's rage at George Floyd's death

Six-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton joined the worldwide chorus of voices condemning the death of George Floyd this week, saying he was "overcome with rage" at the brutality. And his employers at Mercedes say they back him 100 percent.…

Bubba Wallace encouraged other NASCAR drivers to speak up about George Floyd's death

Bubba Wallace is now embracing his platform as a NASCAR driver for positive change and is pushing his fellow competitors to do the same. Wallace, the only full-time black driver in any of NASCAR's top three series, detailed his decision this week to…

What would you drive in 2005?

To this point in our series of what would you drive in 19X5 , our editors' choices have largely been hypothetical. Even if we were old enough to drive in the era in question (or even born), we didn't have the money to buy something new and/or not terr…

Used-car sales surge in bargain-conscious coronavirus economy

A worker walks through the vehicles stored in the lots at the Cox Automotive Inc. Manheim Pittsburgh vehicle auctioning location in Cranberry Township, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) NAPERVILLE, Ill. — At the height of the coronavirus…

2020 Cadillac CT4-V First Drive | The Cadillac of compact Cadillacs

With the launch of the 2020 Cadillac CT4, GM is pushing back into the smallest luxury sedan segment that in recent years has almost exclusively featured entries from Germany. We're pleased to see it return, and importantly, that it definitely came ba…

2021 Ford Bronco Badlands reportedly rides on steelies

A couple of weeks ago, spy shooters sent us a whole roll of shots featuring the 2021 Ford Bronco Sport . The obvious gotcha was seeing three grille designs on the camouflaged prototypes, as that gave proof to an April rumor about different front fasci…

Next-generation BMW X1 spied with aggressive nose

The BMW X1 , the brand's entry-level crossover, is nearly half a decade old at this point , so it's not a surprise that there are new-generation models out testing. One of our spy photographers caught this example in relatively thin camouflage for a co…

2021 Mercedes-Benz GLS-Class Luggage Test | High-speed hauling

This is the biggest Mercedes-Benz money can buy. Wait, that's totally wrong. There's definitely a bus or big rig or Unimog out there. So, let's go with biggest civilian-grade Mercedes you can buy at a regular dealer. Cool? Alrighty. Where was I? Lug…

Oldsmobile sure was a crazy hodge-podge of cars

We've been doing an awful lot of recollection recently (gee, I wonder why) and for whatever reason, we keep stumbling back to Oldsmobile. Our What Would You Drive in 19-blank-5 series has a lot to do with that, especially the kitsch-tastic brochure p…

Subaru Crosstrek gets an injection of Baja racer DNA from Crawford Performance

Subaru's idea of updating the Crosstrek is dropping a bigger, 2.5-liter flat-four engine in the engine bay. American tuner Crawford Performance has other plans for the city-friendly crossover. It turned the model into an off-roader enhanced with a li…

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What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for June 5, 2020

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