Wednesday, January 6, 2021

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for January 6, 2021

Jan 06, 2021

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Cars we're most looking forward to driving in 2021

Huzzah, it's 2021! Everything's totally better now, right? No, not in the slightest, but at least there are some new cars we can all look forward to. Without the traditional auto show circuit, new car reveals were more scattered throughout 2020, and…

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2022 Honda Civic Hatchback emerges in new spy photos

The five-door variant of the new Honda Civic was caught by a spy photographer in Europe this week, giving us a good idea of what to expect from the new hatchback.  Honda revealed the design of the production 2021 Civic sedan back in November, stayin…

2020 sales wrap-up: The good and the bad of an ugly year

Automakers are awakening from their holiday slumbers with full-year sales data for 2020. It goes without saying that the coronavirus pandemic had a massive impact on global auto sales last year, but just about every player in the market reported impr…

Honda and Acura electric crossovers will be built by General Motors

General Motors will partially offset the cost of developing electric technology by manufacturing battery-powered cars for Honda and Acura, according to an unverified report. Ultium battery technology is at the center of the deal. Without citing sour…

Here's your chance to buy Carroll Shelby's personal Dodge Omni GLHS

Carroll Shelby's personal 1965 427 Cobra could fetch over $2 million when it crosses the auction block in January 2021. Collectors who want to own one of Shelby's former cars without venturing into seven-digit territory will have the opportunity to b…

Kia unveils new logo and slogan, sets Guinness World Record for fireworks

Kia introduced its new logo by bringing out the fireworks — literally. It unveiled the design by setting a Guinness World Record in the skies above Incheon, South Korea, and it also revealed its new global brand slogan. Every member of the Kia range…

2021 Nissan Kicks First Drive | Adding value and attitude

The Nissan Kicks is one of Nissan's better ideas of the past few years. It's a lightweight, super-spacious and efficient crossover that's priced to fly off lots. Nissan's 2021 refresh addresses a few of our biggest quibbles, and it doesn't mess up wh…

This 1956 Packard pickup conversion imagines a progenitor to today's luxury trucks

Packard never built a pickup truck — if they had, maybe they'd be in business today — but that didn't dissuade the enterprising folks at Speedwell Garage in Parkton, Maryland. The result is this custom-bodied conversion created from a 1956 Packard Pa…

Mazda MX-30 coming to the U.S. in electric and rotary forms

Ever since Mazda revealed its first electric car, the MX-30 , and especially after it it announced there would be a range-extended version using a rotary engine , we've had one question: will it come to America? And as you probably noticed in the headl…

Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon spied testing with half doors, coming for 2021

Update: A commenter found that an option for half doors is listed in the 2021 Jeep Wrangler configurator already. It's a $3,995 option on four-door Unlimited models and a $2,350 option for two-door Wranglers. Jeep doesn't provide any official photos …