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Tuesday, November 5, 2019

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for November 5, 2019

Nov 05, 2019

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2020 Polestar 1 First Drive | A car to desire, a brand to watch

SAN FRANCISCO — The Polestar 1 is a 619-horsepower grand touring coupe. It goes further on a charge than any other plug-in hybrid and got 45 mpg in not-exactly leisurely driving. It blitzes corners like a metaphor and is comfortable enough to drive y…

Shelby brings Dragon Snake GT500, Super Snake F-150 truck to SEMA

Perhaps you read about the 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500's 0-60 mph time of 3.3 seconds last week and thought, that's slow. Fear not, Shelby American is here, and it's bringing an even quicker GT500 to SEMA this year. Shelby says it decided to make …

Cause determined in Jessi Combs' fatal speed record crash

Jessi Combs' fatal high-speed crash was caused by "a mechanical failure of the front wheel, most likely caused from striking an object on the desert," according to the Harney County Sheriff's Office in Oregon. This information comes to us two months …

Ringbrothers 1969 Chevy Camaro 'Valkyrja' ready to take SEMA to Belgium

A Belgian shopper commissioned Ringbrothers to build the Valkyrja, perhaps after seeing the restomodder's work on other Camaros like the 510-hp Razor from 2008 or the 1,000-hp G-Code in 2016. Wegner Motorsports serves up the meat on the dish, in the …

Aston Martin reveals new AMB 001 motorcycle, its first

Aston Martin has taken the wraps off a limited-edition lightweight racing bike called the AMB 001, its first-ever motorcycle, at EICMA in Milan, revealing a sculpted, vaguely retrofuturistic melding of form and function that is the first offering fro…

Ford Bronco R prototype previews production model with race-ready Baja tribute

Take a look at this lovely surprise Ford gave us today. It's called the Ford Bronco R race prototype , and it's meant to give us a preview of what we can look forward to in the production Bronco coming next spring . The Bronco R seen here is built on…

Nissan Frontier 600-hp desert-runner, 370Z with 750 hp lead assault on SEMA

Nissan is attending SEMA this year with some seriously impressive sheetmetal in tow. While the lineup may be relatively small, it's full of quality. All the major vehicle categories are being met. In total, Nissan has a sports car, a couple off-road …

2020 Nissan 370Z 50th Anniversary Drivers' Notes Review | It's complicated

The 2020 Nissan 370Z 50th Anniversary Edition is a last-gasp effort at making the old 370Z as relevant as it can be today. Mechanically, the special edition is the same as a 370Z in Sport trim. That means it has the limited-slip differential, upgrade…

Porsche 718 Boxster T and Cayman T come to America for 2020

We knew it was only a matter of time before the Porsche 718 Boxster T and 718 Cayman T would show up on American shores. When we drove the pair in Europe , we called them "the best until what's next" and highlighted them as true performance versions o…

Kia Futuron autonomous, electric concept has scales and UFO design

Although the Kia Futuron Concept is styled and literally named to suggest a prospective automobile, it checks all the market trend boxes of right now. It's styled like a crossover coupe. It has all-wheel drive. It's electric. And it is said to have L…

Monday, November 4, 2019

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for November 4, 2019

Nov 04, 2019

Top Stories of the Day

2020 Audi R8 Coupe and Spyder First Drive | V10 > turbo

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — It's usually a bad sign: Rocking out of Los Padres National Forest in the updated 2020 Audi R8, I spot two California Highway Patrol cars lying in wait on Highway 33, one of the fantasy driving roads the state is known for. Bu…

2020 Mini John Cooper Works GP is priced from $45,750

Mini hasn't even given us all the details for the upcoming John Cooper Works GP, but it already has a price. Set to debut at this month's L.A. Auto Show, the GP will start at $45,750. The last GP-badged Mini sold for $39,950, so this mid-$40,000 pri…

2020 Subaru Legacy Luggage Test | Who needs an SUV?

As previewed in our recent 2020 Subaru Legacy review , the redesigned midsize sedan has a very large trunk. Whereas you have to creatively Tetris bags into the back of various pricier SUVs , you can pretty much just carelessly chuck them into the Legac…

VW brings lifted Atlas concepts and GLI to SEMA

Volkswagen is coming to SEMA this year, and the German company is bringing the most American builds it can manage. Lifted SUVs can be found all over Las Vegas during the convention, and you'll be able to see a few of them at the Volkswagen booth, too…

Roger Penske buys Indianapolis Motor Speedway and IndyCar

Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the IndyCar Series have been sold to Penske Entertainment Corp. in a stunning Monday announcement that relinquishes control of the iconic speedway from the Hulman family after 74 years. Tony Hulman bought the dilapida…

Germany to boost EV subsidies as first Volkswagen ID.3s roll off the line

BERLIN — Germany plans to increase by half the grants available to buyers of electric cars over the next five years, according to a government document seen by Reuters, the latest in a series of measures to speed the adoption of low-emissions vehicle…

Indian capital banishes half its cars to curb hazardous air pollution

NEW DELHI — Authorities in India's capital New Delhi banished from the roads cars with number plates ending in an odd number on Monday in a bid to cut hazardous air pollution shrouding the city. The U.S. Embassy air quality index, which measures the…

2020 Dodge Challenger Drag Pak will debut at SEMA

Mopar fans have countless reasons to get hyped about the 2019 SEMA show. Speedkore is bringing a twin-turbocharged, all-wheel-drive Dodge Charger Hellcat Widebody , Mopar is bringing a done-up 1968 Dodge D200 "Lowliner," Ram is bringing a diesel 1500 …

Hamilton clinches 6th F1 title as Bottas wins U.S. Grand Prix

AUSTIN, Texas — Lewis Hamilton secured his sixth Formula One championship with a second-place finish Sunday at the U.S. Grand Prix, a race won by his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas. The British driver now ranks second in F1 history behind German …

Runaway dog sled leads police on chase in Montana

It's a scenario they don't cover in the police academy: four dogs pulling an unmanned sled down a divided boulevard as wet snow flies, blowing through red lights and unresponsive to officers' attempts to get them to stop. The incident is captured on…