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Oct 26, 2020

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Ferrari Roma First Drive | Not every Ferrari has to shout

I would never call the Ferrari Roma a "retro" sports car. To do so would downplay and deny the forward-looking aspect of its design and 612-horsepower performance. Yet the Roma does summon Ferrari ghosts, the ones that haunt the more-traditional bran…

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2021 Genesis G80 First Drive | A dashing debutant comes into its own

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Genesis has garnered the attention of the automotive industry, from observers and enthusiasts like ourselves, to that of its competition. The stunted brand rollout may have raised questions at first, but the cars we've driven — esp…

Sportier Subaru Forester gets 175-hp turbo four, suspension tweaks in Japan

Subaru has finally put a turbocharged flat-four under the hood of the fifth-generation Forester. Called Sport, the model is exclusively available in its home country of Japan — for the time being, at least. Power for the Sport model comes from a 1.8…

Rallies, ski jump and Le Mans: Audi celebrates 40 years of Quattro

Audi's heritage is rooted in front-wheel drive. DKW, one of the companies that merged to form Audi, began sending power to the front axle in 1931. It took an unplanned encounter with a little-known Volkswagen off-roader to make Audi an all-wheel-driv…

2021 Toyota Venza earns IIHS Top Safety Pick award

In addition to a stylish design and hybrid fuel economy, the 2021 Toyota Venza can now brag about its safety ratings. The IIHS has awarded the crossover its second-highest Top Safety Pick rating for its all-around superb safety scores. The only thing…

2021 Ford Bronco: How we'd spec it

The configurator for the 2021 Ford Bronco is now live, so fans of the SUV can now create and price their own ideal build. Count us among those fans, which naturally meant that productivity at Autoblog HQ slowed to a crawl as several editors worked up…

Ram 1500 TRX fuel economy figures are out — and economy isn't the right word

Ram published many statistics when it introduced the 1500 TRX, but one part of the puzzle was missing: fuel economy. It finally released those figures, and they confirm that supercar-like power brings supercar-like thirst. Driven with a light right …

Tesla 'full self-driving' comes under fire: 'This is actively misleading people'

DETROIT — Earlier this week, Tesla sent out its "full self-driving" software to a small group of owners who will test it on public roads. But buried on its website is a disclaimer that the $8,000 system doesn't make the vehicles autonomous and driver…

This Mod Top 1969 Plymouth Barracuda has real flower power

This 1969 Plymouth Barracuda, currently up for auction on Hemmings.com , is not only notable for its fantastically restored condition but even more so because it has one of the most unusual options of the late '60s/early '70s: a Mod Top vinyl top with…

Junkyard Gem: 1987 Ford Escort GL Station Wagon

Station wagons began their fall out of favor among car-buying Americans as the decade of the 1980s went on, with trucks and minivans shoving aside the Country Squires , Kingswood Estates , and Crestwoods that once roamed American highways in huge numbe…