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Monday, January 20, 2020

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for January 20, 2020

Jan 20, 2020

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2020 Mercedes-Benz E 450 Wagon Review | The connoisseur's choice

Buying a station wagon in the United States is an exceedingly niche thing to do – especially if that wagon isn't a Subaru Outback. The numbers are bleak : JD Power says that wagons made up just 1.4% of overall vehicle sales in 2018, the vast majority …

First production C8 Chevy Corvette brings $3 million at Barrett-Jackson

Auctioning off the first production model of a new performance car for charity has become accepted practice, so it's not too surprising that the first saleable 2020 C8 Chevrolet Corvette would cross the auction block, and do so at the Barrett-Jackson…

[VIDEO] Redesigned 2020 Mahindar Roxor is here for $16,999

Roxor has been duking it out with Fiat Chrysler over intellectual property issues tracing their roots back to 2009. The short story is that FCA believed the Mahindra Roxor too closely resembled the Jeep CJ-7. After a lengthy spell in court, last Nove…

Hybrid tech to headline Land Rover Discovery's mid-cycle update

Land Rover is preparing to give the Discovery a mid-cycle update that puts a strong emphasis on fuel efficiency. The family-friendly off-roader will allegedly break cover by the end of 2020 with hybrid technology under the hood. According to British…

Subaru plans to sell only electric cars by the middle of the 2030s

Nipping infinite rumors in the bud, Subaru confirmed the Outback , the Forester , the BRZ , the WRX STI , and every other car it makes will go electric or disappear by the middle of the 2030s. The Japanese automaker announced it plans to kick gasoline-po…

2020 Chevrolet Blazer receives a smattering of changes

The big change for the 2020 Chevrolet Blazer is the addition of the 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder with 230 horsepower and 258 pound-feet of torque. It comes standard on the middle 2LT and 3LT trims. GM Authority has outlined a host of further …

General Motors has tried to cast Hummer in a greener light before

Rumors claim General Motors will resurrect the Hummer name on an electric pickup truck by 2022, and GM allegedly will preview the model with an ad starring basketball star LeBron James during the 2020 Super Bowl. If accurate, the move would represent…

Lexus designers create lunar transport concepts

NASA is working to put human back on the moon by 2024, the idea being to use it as a way station for the eventual colonization of Mars. Since those humans won't want to moonwalk everywhere, they'll need new transportation — the battery-electric Lunar…

Laffite G-Tec X-Road is the second coming of the Zarooq SandRacer

At the 2015 Abu Dhabi Formula 1 Grand Prix, an outfit called Zarooq Motors introduced the SandRacer 500GT , a high-speed dune runner with a 300-horsepower, 3.5-liter V6 mounted in the middle. The SandRacer was meant to be a limited edition that formed…

Toyota to move Tacoma assembly to Mexico as part of massive North American production shift

Toyota announced Friday it will move production of its mid-size Tacoma pickup from the United States to Mexico as it adjusts production strategies around North America to better consolidate vehicles built on shared architecture. This move will make …

Friday, January 17, 2020

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for January 17, 2020

Jan 17, 2020

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2021 GMC Yukon will pull a 180 thanks to a Hurricane Turn feature

GMC isn't a hip, young startup, but its engineers are out to prove it's possible to teach an old dog new tricks. The next-generation Yukon will offer adventurers seeking a quick turn-around a "Hurricane Turn" feature that functions a lot like Rivian'…

Lee Iacocca's very first Dodge Viper RT/10 nets $285,500 at auction

The first 1992 Dodge Viper RT/10 to roll down the assembly line , which was snapped up by Chrysler chief Lee Iacocca, yesterday hammered at the Bonhams auction in Arizona for $285,500, more than double the pre-sale estimate. According to a history of…

Dodge's divisive splitter guards are now pink and might become black

There is an infinite amount of real problems out there in the world, but for some reason, one of the most dividing issues in the car community relates to a piece of protective plastic on cars. Yes, splitter guards. Since the plastic parts were introd…

Mazda CX-5 diesels get discounts up to $10,000 off MSRP

When Mazda positioned its long-awaited and oft-delayed CX-5 diesel crossover as the "premium" option in the CX-5 trim structure, we were skeptical. After driving one last fall with a $42,045 sticker price, our eyebrows furrowed even deeper. Today, to…

NHTSA could investigate 500,000 Teslas for unintended acceleration

WASHINGTON — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said Friday it will review a petition asking the agency to formally investigate 500,000 Tesla vehicles over sudden unintended acceleration reports. The petition covers 2012 thro…

2021 Kia Seltos prices possibly leaked

An anonymous tipster sent Motor1 a list of MSRPs for all six trims of the 2021 Kia Seltos. We can't know if the prices are all correct, but Motor1 seems to have solid underground connections into Kia's back rooms lately, and if nothing else, the numb…

2020 Kia Telluride and Hyundai Palisade will see price increases

New year, new MSRP. CarsDirect got hold of a "recent pricing guide" and discovered Hyundai and Kia chanted that mantra over the Palisade and the Telluride, respectively. The Palisade has been on sale since June of last year, and already received a $5…

Michael Bloomberg would require all new cars to be EVs by 2035

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg would push for all new cars to be electric by 2035 and new buildings to produce zero carbon emissions by 2025 as part of clean energy plans he released this week. Bloomberg's l…

Audi competitively prices plug-in hybrid variants of Q5, A8

Audi has released pricing information for the plug-in hybrid, TFSI e-badged versions of the Q5 and the A8 it's adding to its range for the 2020 model year. They'll be joined by a gasoline-electric A7 in the coming months. The Q5 , Audi's best-selling…

Critical catalytic converter metal shortages send prices soaring

A long-term supply deficit has led prices of the metal, used mainly in catalytic converters to curb harmful emissions, to double over the last year. In the futures market, prices indicate buyers fear a lack of ready supply. Before this rally began, p…