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Feb 24, 2021

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IIHS gives 90 models its Top Safety Pick award in one fell swoop

Although the Audi A7 and the Toyota Sienna are positioned on completely different ends of the automotive spectrum, they overlap in one important area: both earned a Top Safety Pick+ award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). They'r…

Hyundai to replace battery packs in all Kona EVs in $900 million recall

SEOUL — Hyundai Motor Co will replace battery systems in some 82,000 electric vehicles globally due to fire risks — a costly $900 million recall that lays bare the thorny issue of how car and battery makers split the bill when problems arise. The re…

2021 Chevy Corvette Interior Driveway Test | Selling the supercar feel

The Chevy Corvette C8 is just an awesome machine. It's a rocket with its rippling, nearly 500-horsepower V8. The chassis is beautifully balanced and communicative. Its mid-engine wouldn't look out of place next to a Ferrari or Lamborghini. And of cou…

2022 Kia Carnival makes American debut with VIP seating, loads of tech

There aren't many secrets left to be told about the 2022 Kia Carnival. It debuted for the South Korean market in August last year , and additional details have continued to trickle out since then . Nevertheless, Kia is giving the minivan its American d…

2022 Kia Carnival vs the other minivans | How they compare on paper

The 2022 Kia Carnival has finally made its American debut , officially displacing the Sedona. Even though Kia won't call it a minivan (you won't find a single reference to it being a "van" or "minivan" in the press release) the Carnival is totally and…

2022 Hyundai Ioniq 5 spied in classy black paint

The Hyundai Ioniq 5 electric hatchback was only just unveiled last night , and already Hyundai is driving around test cars completely undisguised. And while our spy photographer's shots don't reveal any special details, they do give us a look at the c…

How the Ioniq 5 compares to the Mustang Mach-E, Nissan Ariya and VW ID.4

There has been a gigantic gap , in both size and price, between electric cars in this country. Choices like the Chevy Bolt EV and Hyundai Kona Electric are reasonably affordable, but they're small and their interior sparse for the money. Above them — …

2021 Buick Envision First Drive | A successful sequel

The 2021 Buick Envision inaugurates the second generation of what GM's premium division hopes will become the staple of its all-crossover lineup. The original Envision, while reasonably competent, suffered from ungainly styling and struggled to separ…

2021 Ford Explorer gets the upscale King Ranch treatment

Ford is bringing the Western-themed King Ranch treatment to the hot-selling Explorer for the first time. Created by popular demand, the Explorer King Ranch gains numerous trim-specific upscale accents inside and out. As has typically been the case, …

Minnesota nICE meets Lord Coldemort in epic battle of snowplow names

You surely haven't been enjoying this winter's weather, but a lot of you liked our feature awhile back about Scotland's delightful tradition of letting schoolchildren name its snowplows and "gritters" (sanding trucks). State officials in Minnesota mu…

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What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for February 24, 2021

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