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Wednesday, November 6, 2019

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for November 6, 2019

Nov 06, 2019

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This Dodge Challenger was stolen, used in police chases and recovered all in the week before its SEMA debut

Most of the drama in a SEMA build is in getting the car ready in time for the big show. That was all Quintin Bros Auto and Performance was expecting when they built a supercharged Dodge Challenger Scat Pack with custom carbon fiber body parts, afterm…

Toyota floods SEMA with a slew of Supra concepts

You can be sure that the halls of the Las Vegas Convention Center will be full of Toyota Supra models past and present as the wave of 2019 SEMA Show attendees descends upon Sin City. A good portion of those will be factory-backed concepts and racers,…

Ringbrothers reveal their 1969 Ford Mustang Mach 1 Unkl

Hunting the wild horse it loves most for custom builds, Ringbrothers included a Ford Mustang build in its SEMA showcase this year. This is the first Mach 1 Ringbrothers has ever turned its attention to among a number of builds going back to 2003. Thi…

Ford Webasto Lithium Mustang EV — 3 interesting facts we learned

Electrification took on a much bigger role at this year's SEMA show than we expected , and one car that demonstrates this is the Lithium Mustang EV from Ford and Webasto . Though somewhat subtle on the outside, the skin covers an electric powertrain ma…

This classic Ford Bronco has a modern GT500 engine and a manual

There are many layers to this one, but the most important is that the seemingly humble 1968 Ford Bronco you see here has a Ford Performance 5.2-liter supercharged V8. You know, the engine that's just been dropped into the 2020 Shelby GT500 . It also h…

Rugged Ridge deep-woods Gladiator leads SEMA Jeep trio of truck heroes

The Jeep Gladiator's been on sale for months, so we're still in the top of the first inning when it comes to accessories for what should become the market's most heavily accessorized lifestyle pickup. Rugged Ridge keeps the river of wares at the high…

Speedkore AWD twin-turbo Carbon Charger, best birthday gift ever

The backstory the Speedkore Performance AWD twin-turbo Carbon Charger teased a couple of weeks ago might be cooler than the car itself. Alan Palermo commissioned the carbon-fiber-bodied Dodge Demon Speedkore brought to SEMA last year, the one that su…

Harley-Davidson Pan America and Bronx coming in late 2020

There's still a lot we don't know about the Harley-Davidson Pan America adventure touring motorcycle and the Bronx streetfighter. But there are a few new details that have us eager to get the full scoop. First, we now know the duo will officially lau…

Hellwig 'Attainable Adventure' Ford Ranger likely still spendy, but cool as hell

Overlanding fever has opened up opportunities for mild-mannered brands that have lived off-road for decades to finally get some spotlight. Hellwig Products, a 73-year-old, family-run company that makes towing, hauling and performance suspension produ…

2020 Dodge Challenger Drag Pak comes solely with supercharged power

The Dodge Challenger Drag Pak has returned for 2020, five years after the last one arrived , and two years after it began development. And while in many ways it looks like past Drag Paks, there are a number of tweaks that should make this the fastest …

Tuesday, November 5, 2019

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

Nov 05, 2019

Top Stories of the Day

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…