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Thursday, October 24, 2019

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for October 24, 2019

Oct 24, 2019

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2019 Porsche GT3 meets its family on a California road trip

OJAI, Calif. — California State Route 33 north of Ojai is a truly wonderful stretch of asphalt that crests a mountain range in Los Padres National Forest in Ventura County north of Los Angeles. Its miles of curving canyon roads contain plenty of shar…

Bollinger prices its B1 and B2 electric trucks

Bollinger Motors , which recently unveiled its electric B1 four-door sport utility truck and B2 pickup, has now attached a price tag to the pair of rugged EVs. They'll have an MSRP of $125,000. So what do you get for that price? They're both Class 3 …

Check out the Ford Super Duty lineup rolling into SEMA 2019

Ford has already showed us the Rangers and SUVs of its 2019 SEMA lineup , and today we get to see the Super Duty agenda. There are five Super Duty trucks in total, and their packaging/modifications range greatly. Various upgrades are coming to the 20…

This Nissan Leaf has 501 pound-feet of torque and AWD, previewing future Nissan EVs

The electric Nissan Ariya Concept made its big debut at the Tokyo Motor Show a couple of days ago, but the electric news spout from Nissan isn't done flowing yet. Behold: an all-wheel drive twin-motor Nissan Leaf . It has 304 horsepower and a stonking…

Rats can drive tiny cars, and they find it relaxing, scientists say

We now have an answer to the age-old question of whether rats can learn to drive a vehicle, and the result is a resounding yes. What's more, the vermin even seem to find the whole endeavor relaxing. Researchers at the University of Richmond in Virgi…

2020 Ducati Streetfighter V4 packs 208 hp in a 400-lb package

Over a thousand attendees wildly cheered as Ducati boss Claudio Domenicali unveiled the 2020 Streetfighter V4, a racing-inspired motorcycle that weighs less than a Chevrolet big-block engine yet packs more power than a Subaru BRZ . It's revving proof …

Ducati Panigale V2 joins revised V4, Multistrada and Diavel

RIMINI, Italy — Ducati doesn't just have customers; it has fans, followers, and worshippers. Your next-door neighbors might have bought a Toyota RAV4 because it's safe and it gets good fuel economy, or because they got a killer deal on it, but no on…

Lawsuit blames Tesla motorized door handles for death of driver stuck in burning car

Tesla is facing a wrongful death lawsuit in Broward Country, Florida, claiming that the motorized door handles on the Tesla Model S prevented the rescue of the driver of the car who died after a crash. Bloomberg initially reported the news. The cras…

Tesla posts surprise quarterly profit, sets deliveries record

Tesla posted a surprise quarterly profit on Wednesday, making good on Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk's promise, and said it was "highly confident" in exceeding its target of delivering more than 360,000 cars this year. Shares of the company shot …

TV reporter fired after climbing on cars live at auto show

TV news is no stranger to using stunts to attract eyeballs — think reporters struggling to do standups in roaring hurricanes and pouring rain — but this will make enthusiasts and automotive journalists cringe. It's a live segment that happened Sunda…

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for October 23, 2019

Oct 23, 2019

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2020 Ford Escape Review & Buying Guide | New and more carlike

The new 2020 Ford Escape takes a huge step forward in the competitive compact crossover market with a new platform, styling and powertrains. It's now being built on Ford's new modular architecture, and is the first vehicle riding on it to come to the…

Lexus LF-30 Electrified Concept announces the brand's entry in EVs

The star of the Lexus booth at the biennial Tokyo auto show is an extremely futuristic concept named LF-30 Electrified that previews the firm's cars could look like — and be powered by — in 2030. The LF-30 Electrified uses clever technology to take L…

Mazda MX-30 crossover is brand's first EV, with sporty, coupe-like looks

TOKYO — Mazda's first production full electric car has finally been revealed, and it's called the MX-30. And the name and shape point to it being a sporty, fun EV, though we're still waiting for more details. Starting with the name, the 30 designati…

All-new, all-hybrid Honda Fit hits the Tokyo Motor Show stage

The Honda Fit, that small-on-the-outside, big-on-the-inside car that has been bending perceptions of three-dimensional space since 2001, was revealed in its fourth generation guise Tuesday at the Tokyo Motor Show. Details were limited, beyond a pro…

Mitsubishi Mi-Tech turbine-PHEV buggy blows the doors off our dreams

TOKYO — For this year's Tokyo Motor Show , Mitsubishi went all out with the Mi-Tech concept. It's a tough-looking open off-roader with a wild hybrid powertrain. It's glorious, which makes it all the more sad it will likely never see the light of day. …

This restored 1968 Winnebago is beyond adorable

The stove is teal! The fridge is too, as are the drapes, the carpet, the dining benches and the Winnebago 'W' on the side. Everything about this 1968 Winnebogo F17 RV currently up for auction on Bring a Trailer makes you grin from ear to ear. It's ju…

Driving the Mercedes-Benz Vision EQS Concept in Japan

There is something eerie about driving concept cars. It's not that they're priceless one-offs, painstakingly created by a host of craftspeople. And it's not that they're champingly bridled, powered by a full battery array, yet only able to be driven …

[VIDEO] Michigan dealer turns a Jeep Gladiator into a Scrambler tribute

Motor1 discovered this gem buried on YouTube, a Jeep Gladiator made over into a tribute to the Jeep CJ-8 Scrambler. Built by Preferred Jeep in Grand Haven, Michigan — and still for sale at the time of writing — the Scrambler look-back just about nail…

Yamaha confirms it's out of the automotive industry

Don't expect Yamaha to introduce a head-turning concept car during the 2019 edition of the biennial Tokyo Motor Show. The Japanese giant went to the event to confirm its exit from the automotive industry. "Cars do not feature in our long-term plans …

Junkyard Gem: 1995 Lincoln Mark VIII

Except for a pause during the 1960s, the Lincoln Mark Series of personal luxury cars stayed in production from the 1956 through 1998 model years. These were big, swanky machines loaded with the latest in gadgetry and — other than the handful of 1984-…