Thursday, October 29, 2020

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for October 29, 2020

Oct 29, 2020

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Genesis GV70 crossover revealed with curvaceous styling and colorful cabins

The Hyundai Motor Group's Korean website let the very sleek and curvaceous cat out of the bag this evening as the all-new Genesis GV70 compact crossover was revealed in all its purple glory.  Though its face should certainly be familiar to anyone wh…

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2021 BMW 4 Series First Drive | A chassis for enthusiasts; a face for its mom

The 2021 4 Series is a ground-up redesign of BMW's long-running, two-door compact. While the days of it simply being referred to as a 3 Series coupe may be well behind it, the fundamentals of the formula have not changed. Everything from the chassis …

Chevrolet Performance builds an electric K5 Blazer to show off upcoming eCrate motor package

Last year, Chevrolet Performance gave us a glimpse at the future of electric conversions with its modular electric crate motors and E-10 concept truck . At the time, the company was vague about when we might actually see crate electric motors and batt…

Mitsuoka Buddy is a Toyota RAV4 with DNA from a 1980s Chevrolet truck

Mitsuoka, one of Japan's most eclectic tuners, can't resist the market's shift towards crossovers and SUVs. It alchemized the Toyota RAV4 into retro family hauler that borrows styling cues from 1980s Chevrolet trucks. Called Buddy, the Americanized …

Bugatti Bolide weighs less than a Subaru BRZ and has over nine times the power

Since rising from its ashes for the second time in 1998, Bugatti has specialized in creating cars that are as fast and powerful as they are luxurious. And yet, competition — where luxury is superfluous — is a big part of its DNA. It renewed ties with…

SSC Tuatara top speed record video generates controversy leading to statements from SSC, Dewetron

An internet controversy has been brewing around the SSC Tuatara's record-setting top speed run , and it's all to do with the video (which we've included further down in this story) of the supposed record run SSC released. The Tuatara went 331.15 mph i…

This '85 Jeep Cherokee has a manual, steel wheels and only 42,000 miles

Sometimes an old car will just make you shake your head and ask "how?" In this case, how did someone only put 42,000 miles on what is easily one of the most basic, lightly equipped Jeep Cherokees ever made? Currently for sale , it has the 2.5-liter fo…

2020 McLaren GT Suspension Deep Dive | A grand tour underneath

This is not the first Suspension Deep Dive I've written that featured a McLaren. The last one happened just over 10 years ago, if you can believe it, after a colleague and I had the chance to photograph an early naked rolling chassis of the MP4-12C b…

2021 Ford Edge gets a huge new infotainment screen

The 2021 Ford Edge is unchanged with one exception. And it's a fairly big one. The midsize crossover is getting a new 12-inch infotainment screen standard on every Edge model. It features the newest version of Ford's Sync infotainment operating syste…

2021 Honda Odyssey Review | The ultimate baby gadget

It's best to think of the 2021 Honda Odyssey as the ultimate piece of parenting gear rather than a car. From novel features like its "Magic" sliding second-row seats and available onboard vacuum to common-but-indispensable traits like remotely openin…