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Monday, December 9, 2019

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for December 9, 2019

Dec 09, 2019

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The McLaren 620R is revealed as a road-legal 570S GT4 race car

Perhaps you missed out on the limited-run McLaren Senna race car for the road. Those were all snapped up immediately, so it's understandable if you did. Don't fret, though, because McLaren just unveiled another road-legal race car that it plans to se…

Tesla Cybertruck looks like an alien spaceship on L.A.'s 405

Many criticized the Tesla Cybertruck for being closer to a prototype than to a production model , and time will tell how much of the design the company is able to keep. In the meantime, Tesla co-founder and CEO Elon Musk proved it's more realistic tha…

Tesla Model 3 on Autopilot slams into two parked cars, one a police cruiser

The driver of a Model 3 learned the limits of Tesla's Autopilot system after slamming into two parked cars in Connecticut. He told law enforcement officers he was checking on his dog on the rear bench. Posting on its official Facebook page , the Conn…

Elon Musk's defamation win may redraw the legal landscape for social media

Elon Musk's daring has left its mark on electric cars and rockets, and now experts say the entrepreneur may have reshaped U.S. defamation law with his willingness to defend at a high-stakes trial a lawsuit over an off-the-cuff tweet. The victory by …

2021 Hyundai Sonata N-Line Prototype Review | Sleek sedan gets some spunk

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — With the new 2020 Sonata , Hyundai "wanted to excite people who are looking for a sedan," says designer Haksoo Ha. That was the impetus behind the car's aggressively styled exterior, and also the car's new performance model, the So…

Alcantara's one-off BMW i8 Roadster LimeLight is aptly named

It's been the better part of a decade since BMW introduced the i brand to the world, and with it, unveiled the i8 and i3 concept cars (and the BMW Vision EfficientDynamics before that) . The production versions brought those concept looks to reality, …

Analysts warn Lincoln shouldn't follow Ford out of the sedan market

Lincoln looks set to mimic Ford's on-going shift away from sedans . The move makes sense on the surface, but analysts warn the luxury brand needs to keep some low-riding models in its portfolio. The company's current lineup includes two sedans, the M…

Climate change policies are going to be costly, says U.N.-backed report

LONDON — Tighter government climate regulations by 2025 could wipe up to $2.3 trillion off the value of companies in industries ranging from fossil fuel producers to agriculture and car makers, an investor group warned in a report. Rules aimed at lo…

Airbus and Aston Martin tease helicopter collaboration

Aston Martin is working on a new partnership in a different part of the transportation sector. This week, the British company known for its beautiful car designs announced a collaboration with Airbus Corporate Helicopters (ACH) that is set to launch …

2021 Mercedes-Benz GLA shown in design sketches ahead of this week's debut

Mercedes-Benz published a design sketch on its social media channels to preview the second-generation GLA crossover. The model is scheduled to make its debut online on December 11. The sketch picks up where the last batch of teaser images left off. …

Thursday, December 5, 2019

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

Dec 05, 2019

Top Stories of the Day

2020 Volvo V60 T8 Polestar Engineered First Drive Review | Fun for the faithful few

The Volvo V60 T8 Polestar Engineered has a lot going for it right out of the gate. First, Volvo styling is hard not to like, and its wagons are quite possibly the best examples of the automaker's current exterior design. Second, this is the T8, the p…

McLaren hybrid tech will create one of the quickest cars in the world

McLaren's entire range of models will be electrified by 2023, and hybrid technology will help the British firm build one of the quickest cars in the world. The company's chief executive outlined an unnamed upcoming model that will boast an organ-disp…

GM, LG Chem announce EV battery joint venture in Lordstown, Ohio

SEOUL/WASHINGTON — General Motors and South Korea's LG Chem said on Thursday they would invest up to $2.3 billion in by 2023 to set up an electric vehicle battery joint venture in Lordstown, Ohio. GM issued an announcement Thursday. An LG Chem spoke…

Ford tells dealers not to advertise Mustang Mach-E under MSRP

So far, the Ford Mustang Mach-E has already proved itself a success for the Dearborn automaker. After livestreaming the debut to 140,000 online watchers, the recording of the debut has been watched online more than 6.5 million times, and 1.6 million …

Cave diver testifies he felt 'branded a pedophile' by Elon Musk

LOS ANGELES — Elon Musk's defamation trial could be in the hands of jury by the end of Thursday after the billionaire and the diver who is suing him sparred over the meaning and impact of a "pedo guy" tweet at the heart of the case. British cave exp…

1997 Acura SLX gets 350 actual Acura horsepower for Radwood

For the Radwood Orange County, Calif., car show, a show themed around 1980s and 1990s cars, Acura is bringing a variety of its original models including a 1991 NSX and a 1986 Integra. The company is also bringing something obscure, a 1997 Acura SLX , …

Billionaire Lawrence Stroll reportedly seeks major stake in Aston Martin

LONDON — Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll, owner of Formula One team Racing Point, is preparing a bid for a major stake in Aston Martin, Autocar magazine reported , sending the carmaker's battered share price up nearly 15% on Thursday. The Britis…

You can still buy a million-dollar Nissan GT-R50 by Italdesign

Almost a year ago to the day, Nissan revealed the GT-R50 in its final production form , declaring the order books open for business. We have our first update from Nissan on how the super exclusive and rare GT-R is doing today. Turns out, you can still…

2020 Dodge Durango SRT Drivers' Notes | When excess is a good thing

Performance SUVs and crossovers from non-luxury brands are still in a nascent stage of development. Models like the Porsche Cayenne Turbo , BMW X5 M and others are on subsequent generations of their high-performance high-riding machines. Meanwhile, th…

Volkswagen T-Roc Cabriolet enters production at Osnabrück

The first units of Volkswagen's T-Roc Cabriolet began rolling down the line at the automaker's Osnabrück plant today. VW has already invested a "high double-digit million euro amount" to upgrade the facilities for the convertible crossover's producti…