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Friday, December 27, 2019

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for December 27, 2019

Dec 27, 2019

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2020 Nissan Rogue Review and Buying Guide | The value play

The 2020 Nissan Rogue is a compact crossover that checks many of the boxes folks are looking to fill in this segment. It has slick styling, a spacious interior and up-to-date tech. This generation of Rogue may be getting old in model years (six years…

The first 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 is an homage to the 1968 Green Hornet

The first 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 rolled off the assembly line in October this year, and it's a special one. Purchased for charity at a Barrett-Jackson auction by Craig Jackson (the Barrett-Jackson chairman and CEO), it's painted in a bespoke …

Turkey unveils first fully homemade car in $3.7 billion bet on electric

ISTANBUL — Turkey unveiled its first fully domestically-produced car on Friday, saying it aimed to eventually produce up to 175,000 a year of the electric vehicle in a project expected to cost 22 billion lira ($3.7 billion) over 13 years. The projec…

Volkswagen will put one million EVs on the road sooner than expected

Volkswagen's electric car offensive is moving faster than expected. The group announced it will sell its millionth battery-powered model in 2023, which is two years earlier than it originally planned. The numbers are mind-boggling. In the coming yea…

Junkyard Gem: 2005 Mitsubishi Lancer Ralliart Sedan

Ever since I pined for a new Starion while I was driving a beige Toyota sedan in high school, I've had a great affection for sporty Mitsubishis. That means that I keep my eyes open for such cars while making my appointed junkyard rounds , especially t…

Tesla set to begin deliveries of China-made Model 3 cars on December 30

BEIJING/SHANGHAI — U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla will begin delivering Model 3 vehicles built at its Shanghai factory on Monday, a company representative told Reuters. Construction of its first plant outside the United States began in January an…

2 former UAW presidents drove corrupt spending, report alleges

The New York Times is out with its own deep-dive into the graft and influence peddling that is at the heart of an ongoing federal investigation into a scandal at the United Auto Workers union. And it uncovers a litany of eye-popping details, includin…

Volkswagen ID.3 reportedly suffering software problems

Reports earlier this year spoke of delays with the Mk8 Volkswagen Golf over software issues, Automotive News saying the bugs were serious enough to change the hatchback's launch and production schedule. A new report in Germany's Manager Magazin (tran…

[VIDEO] Bisimoto Porsche 935 K3V is an electric restomod

Bisi Ezerioha was born and raised in Nigeria, went to university in California, has spent 20 years drag racing, and worked in pharmaceutical research before turning to automotive tuning with Bisimoto. His shop's creations combine just as many threads…

Nissan orders drastic spending cuts to stem profit slide and 'conserve every yen,' say sources

BEIJING — Japan's Nissan Motor Co has told its managers to slash non-essential spending as the automaker grapples with slumping car sales and tumbling profits, three company sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The penny-pinching drive…

Tuesday, December 24, 2019

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for December 24, 2019

Dec 24, 2019

Top Stories of the Day

The Dodge Challenger 1320 is rarer than the vaunted Demon

Dodge stopped making the 840-horsepower Challenger Demon after the 2018 model year, and it filled the gap the coupe left in its range with a slightly tamer variant called 1320 . While it wasn't a limited-edition model, production figures released rece…

2020 Ram 1500 Review & Buying Guide | The class home run

The 2020 Ram 1500 is a home run, plain and simple. From the humble Tradesman to the opulent Limited and every flavor in-between, this thoughtfully designed and well-executed truck impresses like none other. It possesses the capability expected of a h…

Stanford builds an electric, autonomous DeLorean that drifts like a pro

Researchers at Stanford University built an electric, autonomous DeLorean DMC-12 and taught it how to drift like a pro. They're burning rubber through a slalom course at the Thunderhill Raceway Park in California to learn more about how autonomous ca…

Sixteen Power's 2,200-hp V16 marine engine ready for automotive use

When Michigan-based Sixteen Power unveiled a V16 crate engine for boats at the 2019 SEMA show , hot-rodders immediately wondered what it would take to stuff it in a car. The company took notice, made a few small tweaks to its 16-cylinder, and transfor…

[VIDEO] Hennessey Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk takes a Christmas tree home at 181 mph

Aerodynamics what? Hennessey likes strapping Christmas trees to cars and then seeing how fast they'll go. Awesome, it makes for some great entertainment. The tuner company used a Dodge Challenger Hellcat Widebody for its first run a couple years ago ,…

Ford could include a 400-hp Focus RS hybrid in its electrification push

Ford will leverage the benefits of hybrid technology to make the next-generation Focus RS quicker than its predecessor while staying on the good side of emissions regulations, according to a recent report in British magazine Car . The gasoline-electri…

Ford's Breadcrumbs feature helps off-roaders find their way home

Ford's software engineers drew inspiration from a 207-year old German fairy tale to create a feature named Breadcrumbs that helps adventurers find their way home far off the beaten path. The Ranger inaugurates this function in the United States, but …

Junkyard Gems: 15 Greatest American Wrecks

Here are 15 of our the most interesting American cars and trucks from our long-running Junkyard Gems series by resident expert Murliee Martin.

[VIDEO] Top Gear magazine climbs all over the McLaren Elva

Top Gear deputy editor Jack Rix took a camera crew to McLaren's Technology Center for a closer look at the Elva roadster. Not only did Rix provide his usual, thorough once-over and explanation of design features, but thanks to the magic of moving pic…

This WRX STI S209 is the rarest (and most expensive) Subaru ever | Behind the Wheel S01 // E08

Behind the Wheel is a video series that shows you a bit of what it's like to work at Autoblog. The Editors and Video Producers will show you the cars we have in our fleet, and you'll get a behind the scenes look at some of the personalities that help…