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Wednesday, November 13, 2019

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for November 13, 2019

Nov 13, 2019

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McLaren Elva is the next Ultimate Series model, with 800 horsepower

McLaren's latest Ultimate Series hypercar has been revealed, and its name is Elva. The McLaren Elva is an open roadster named and themed after the open race cars built by founder Bruce McLaren and the Elva sports car company in the 1960s. This new ca…

Toyota blesses Camry and Avalon with AWD

The best line in Toyota's press release announcing the availability of all-wheel drive for the Camry and Avalon: "The company appreciates the loyalty, patience and perseverance of all those customers and dealers who sent letters, emails, comments and…

2020 Porsche 911 Ultimate Road Trip: From the Autobahn to Tail of the Dragon

It's dreadfully unfair, really. I'm not a Porsche Guy. The brand's engineering around an imperfect layout has always seemed stubborn, its cars have grown bigger and heavier, and in sunny Los Angeles where I live, 911's don't exactly turn heads in a s…

GM design boss predicts cars will soon roll on 26-inch wheels

As cars get bigger, so do the wheels that they ride on. This trend will continue in the coming years, according to General Motors, and we'll eventually reach a point where 20-inch alloys (which are twice as big as the steelies on an original Mini) wi…

2020 Mazda CX-5 adds torque to the turbo engine, gets more expensive

The 2020 Mazda CX-5 is getting a little more desirable in the new model year. It's also slightly more expensive. Most of the benefits are realized with the 2.5-liter turbocharged four-cylinder. This engine gets a small boost in torque, going from 31…

Ford's main rivals aren't worried about the born-again Bronco

The much-anticipated next-generation Ford Bronco is scheduled to break cover in the spring of 2020. Expected to arrive as a rugged, body-on-frame SUV, it will take Ford into a segment of the new car market that's in the midst of an unexpected renaiss…

Hyundai is bringing a plug-in hybrid compact crossover to L.A.

The star of Hyundai's display at the 2019 Los Angeles Auto Show will be a hybrid concept car developed with a major emphasis on design. Dark teaser images give us an early look at the model. The model's design remains shrouded in darkness, but what …

[VIDEO] 2020 Land Rover Defender gets filthy and flies in 'No Time to Die'

The James Bond movie "Spectre" might have been a so-so cinematic effort, but it had its high points. One of them was the snowy alpine chase scene through Austria involving a Range Rover Sport SVR and two brutish Land Rover Defender SVXs that each cam…

Original Land Rover launched in 1948 hits the road and mud again

Maurice Wilks, chief designer at English automaker Rover Company, settled on the idea for the Land Rover in 1947. A year later, the Amsterdam Auto Show introduced the world to three pre-production Land Rover prototypes, the triple ancestors of what w…

2020 Fiat 500X Sport expands lineup and color palette

Fiat trotted out the new and improved 500X at the 2018 LA Auto Show. This year the Italian carmaker follows up at Automobility LA with the new 500X Sport trim intended to bestow a "youthful, sporty appearance" on the 500X lineup. That starts with the…

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Tuesday, November 12, 2019

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for November 12, 2019

Nov 12, 2019

Top Stories of the Day

2021 Kia Optima revealed in K5 form for South Korea

Less than a week after teaser drawings were released , the 2021 Kia Optima midsize sedan has been revealed in the form of the South Korean-market K5. The overall design matches the renderings closely, giving the car a more aggressive look, but it is s…

Jeep Gladiator Rubicon gets its first factory price hike

When the JL Jeep Wrangler went on sale in early 2018, Jeep made a couple of price corrections — both in the upward direction — as it realized just how hot a property it had. First came a $750 increase across-the-board, $500 in the price and $250 in t…

2020 Jeep Wrangler EcoDiesel First Drive Review | You asked for it ...

UPDATE: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that the Wrangler EcoDiesel's fuel tank is larger than the gasoline-powered Wrangler's tank when in fact it is smaller. This has been corrected. The story continues below. ZION NATIONAL PAR…

Official Chevrolet Corvette interior sketch includes Z06 badge

This is another one of those "We don't know what this is so we're leaving this here," posts. We have the gang at Roadshow to thank for this sketch of a C8 Chevrolet Corvette interior. They got hold of the image when it came "Buried in a slew of sketc…

2020 C8 Corvette build allocation is for sale on eBay for $110,000

Here's a jolt to start your day in case the coffee just ain't doing it: eBay seller "estate-sales-deals" has listed a 15-day auction for a 2020 C8 Chevrolet Corvette allocation for a Buy It Now price of $110,000. That's just the beginning of the jolt…

Fiat Chrysler patent shows a turbocharged inline-six engine

The rumor that Fiat Chrysler is developing an inline six-cylinder surfaced on Allpar more than a year ago. In a follow-up report in December last year, Allpar tapped its sources to add more information, like the codename "Tornado" and the plan for th…

Maserati ends GranTurismo production with one-off Zèda model

MODENA, Italy — Maserati celebrated the end of the GranTurismo 's 12-year production run by building a one-off example called Zèda, which is the name of the letter Z in the Modenese dialect. The Italian firm unveiled the milestone car in the historic…

Volvo S90 sedan spied out in the open sporting a light refresh

The Volvo S90 is the Swedish automaker's largest sedan, and the redesigned model has been on sale for a few years now. That means it's time for a refresh. One of our spy shooters managed to snap a few photos of an S90 sitting alone in a parking lot w…

These are the cars that depreciate the least in 5 years

According to a recent study by iSeeCars.com, the average vehicle loses half of its value after five years of ownership. These cars and trucks depreciate much less.

Junkyard Gem: 2001 Honda Insight with manual transmission

The original Honda Insight was the very first hybrid-electric production car available in North American (beating out the Prius by nearly a year), and nothing could touch it for fuel economy and aerodynamic efficiency. Featuring aluminum construction…