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Chevrolet announces electric full-size pickup with 400-mile range

General Motors confirmed one of the 20 electric cars it plans to release by 2023 will be a full-size Chevrolet pickup. It quietly announced the model in the 179-page 2019 sustainability report it published this month. Chevrolet pledged its yet-unnam…

[VIDEO] We obsessively covered the 2021 Ford Bronco

It's always nice when something is worth the wait. The 2021 Ford Bronco was revealed this week, and besides simply doing our jobs by providing all the details to our faithful audience, we were genuinely inspired to dig up as much as we could about th…

That didn't take long: Chinese carmaker previews Ford Bronco-esque SUV

American motorists aren't the only ones who fell head over heels for the new Ford Bronco. Across the Pacific, China-based Wey announced an SUV called P01 that incorporates some of the off-roader's styling cues. Up front, the P01 is characterized by …

Fit Is Gone! Honda drops subcompact hatch in U.S.

The Honda Fit is quitting the U.S. market at the conclusion of the 2020 model year. Going forward, the Honda HR-V crossover (which is based on the same platform as the Fit) and the Honda Civic hatchback will be the entry-level offerings for the brand…

Honda Civic Si on hiatus for 2021, Coupe body style dropped entirely

There won't be a 2021 Honda Civic Si, Honda announced today. Those who want the sport-injected version of the Civic will have to wait for the redesigned 11th-gen that Honda confirmed will be on sale for the 2022 model year. Honda says the Si model is…

Manual-transmission Honda Accord dead for 2021

Honda confirmed Friday that the manual-transmission option will disappear entirely from the 2021 Accord sedan, marking the end of the bread-and-butter family sedan's decades-long dedication to the stick-shift. In fact, not only is the manual Accord…

New electric Kia spied, looks like the production version of the Imagine Concept

Last we heard, Kia had plans to bring forth a production version of the Kia Imagine Concept vehicle . These spy photos today suggest that the intel was good, and Kia is well on its way to transforming its concept into a production car. The shape and …

Goodwood Speedweek announced as official Revival and Festival of Speed replacement

Goodwood has canceled its traditional headliner events for 2020 due to the coronavirus, but the estate has just revealed plans for a Festival of Speed and Revival replacement. It's going to be called Goodwood Speedweek. The event will take place Oct…

2021 Chevrolet Blazer Review | How you like me now?

Once upon a time, the Chevy Blazer was a big, serious, truck-based answer to the Ford Bronco. It certainly isn't today. While the Bronco has been reborn and sticks to its original off-roading roots, the 2021 Chevrolet Blazer follows a completely diff…

VW trademarks electric versions of classic model names, including the Beetle

A few weeks ago, the folks at electric VW forum VW ID Talk discovered that the German automaker trademarked the name "e-Samba" with the European Union Intellectual Property office. That same forum has now found a few other names based on classic Volk…

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