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Thursday, November 14, 2019

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for November 14, 2019

Nov 14, 2019

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Ferrari Roma: More details and new photos from every angle

We got a preview of the new Ferrari Roma yesterday afternoon, but now the official reveal is over and all the details are out. The British outlet Autocar was at the event in Italy, where it managed to learn a bit more about the coupe. We also have ad…

Ford Mustang Mach-E name confirmed for electric crossover ahead of Sunday reveal

Ford has been teasing its upcoming, Mustang-inspired electric crossover, and we've even been seeing camouflaged prototypes (like the one pictured above ) testing on the roads Autobloggers use to commute to our Detroit-area office. Now, ahead of its re…

2020 Audi S8 reveals itself discreetly with 571-horsepower V8, low-key design

Audi expanded the fourth-generation A8 range with a performance-oriented model that wears the S8 nameplate. The sedan offers motorists a generous serving of power in a discreet-looking package. The S8 needs to fly under the radar, so stylists refrai…

2021 Toyota Camry AWD vs. midsize all-wheel-drive sedans | How they compare on paper

Just as crossovers have become the dominant body style in the car market, the all-wheel drive they frequently feature has become more popular. In fact, all-wheel drive is so popular that automakers are increasingly putting it in traditional cars . The…

2020 Buick Encore GX pricing makes it a better bargain than the smaller Encore

In April, Buick revealed the Encore GX at Auto Shanghai. At the time, we thought there was a chance the slightly larger GX would supplant the Encore in the U.S. By August, we learned that wouldn't happen, the Encore GX slotting into the lineup betwee…

[VIDEO] SCG Boot preps for Baja 1000 and battle with Ford Bronco R prototype

In less than a week, the Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus (SCG) Boot will roar away from the starting line at the Baja 1000. The homemade homage to the original Hurst Baja Boot has already surmounted its first, literal obstacles during 1,000 miles of tes…

Fiat Chrysler dumped 40,000 unordered vehicles on dealers

In a move that echoes recent history, Fiat Chrysler has been making more cars and trucks than dealers in the U.S. are willing to accept, with Bloomberg reporting that at one point the automaker had built up a glut of around 40,000 unordered vehicles.…

Mazda CX-30 crossover will have its U.S. debut at L.A. Auto Show

After debuting at the Geneva Motor Show earlier this year, the Mazda CX-30 is ready to relocate to the U.S., and is now preparing to meet its future compatriots at the LA Auto Show. The small crossover — whose name is a workaround due to the Chinese-…

2020 BMW X6 First Drive | From outcast to trailblazer

Since the BMW X6 was launched, naysayers have denounced the genre-bending design as impractical and even pointless. Dubbed a "Sports Activity Coupe," the X6 threw out the checklist of what makes a good utility vehicle and instead aimed to provide a s…

Hyundai Santa Cruz compact pickup confirmed

The Hyundai Santa Cruz compact pickup was confirmed for production today, perhaps in an effort to get ahead of next week's L.A. Auto Show news wave. Hyundai also announced its first truck for the North American market will be built, starting in 2021,…

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Wednesday, November 13, 2019

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

Nov 13, 2019

Top Stories of the Day

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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