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Tuesday, February 4, 2020

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for February 4, 2020

Feb 04, 2020

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2020 Audi S6, S7 and S8 First Drive | Getting the family together

I've been deposited in the dank, redwood-dominant Santa Cruz mountains in Northern California to sample a trio of vehicles occupying the coveted middle child/Goldilocks position in Audi's performance-oriented lineup. The 2020 Audi S6, Audi S7 and Aud…

2021 Kia Sorento caught completely undisguised at a commercial shoot

Remember when Kia just sold cheap warranties wrapped in sheetmetal? After looking over these fresh spy photos of the 2021 Sorento crossover, we'd forgive you for saying no, as those days are clearly well behind the Korean automaker. Not even a week…

Hyundai Santa Cruz pickup caught testing in Lapland

Those who have been waiting (perhaps not-so) patiently for concrete signs of Hyundai's Santa Cruz reaching production, today is your day. The long-promised compact Korean pickup has been spotted in the wild. Hyundai first caught our attention back …

EV exuberance: Tesla tops $900 in Tuesday trading

TOKYO/SEOUL — Shares of Tesla surged 15% on Tuesday to hit the $900 mark, extending a stunning rally that has more than doubled the company's market value since the start of the year as more investors bet on Chief Executive Elon Musk's vision. The l…

UK plans to ban new internal-combustion cars by 2035 at latest

A ban on the sale of new gasoline, diesel, and even hybrid cars could go into effect in the UK as soon as 2035, under a new proposal by Prime Minister Boris Johnson. That deadline is five years earlier than previously planned. The announcement came a…

Ford Motor Company job listing mentions '2023 Mustang S650'

A job listing by the Ford Motor Company might have leaked the next-generation Mustang's launch year. As spotted by a forum user on Mustang 6G , the post mentions a "Ford 2023 Mustang S650 vehicle program" and says the car launches in 2022. Roughly …

First production 2020 Chevy Corvette rolls off the line in Kentucky

Production for the 2020 Chevrolet Corvette is officially underway. Chevy marked the occasion with a tweet (how else?) from the assembly plant in Bowling Green, Ky. Regular production for the 2020 #Corvette #Stingray coupe began today at GM's Bowli…

2020 GMC Acadia AT4 Review | A soft-roader in steel-toed boots

For carmakers today, the perfect lineup would be focused almost entirely on trucks and crossovers, favoring profitability at the expense of diversity. Just look at FCA's Ram and Jeep showrooms. In the General Motors portfolio, that brand is GMC, with…

2020 Infiniti QX80 refreshes its cabin, adds tech and safety features

After performing a nip-tuck on the Infiniti QX80's sheetmetal for the 2018 model year, designers have massaged the QX80's interior for 2020. The driver's cluster keeps the analog gauges but loses the previous, low-res digital information screen. A ne…

How to offset your carbon footprint | Behind the Wheel S02 // E06

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…

Monday, February 3, 2020

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for February 3, 2020

Feb 03, 2020

Top Stories of the Day

2020 Porsche Taycan crushes its EPA range in our exclusive test

A nondescript white van rolls up beside my blue 2020 Porsche Taycan Turbo as I sit at a red light on the Pacific Coast Highway near Huntington Beach, Calif. The driver rolls down his window, gives a hearty thumbs up, and makes it clear via additional…

Hyundai introduces 3-year/36,000-mile free maintenance program for all 2020 vehicles

Hyundai used the Super Bowl spotlight to show off its "Smaht Pahk" feature on the 2020 Hyundai Sonata , but there was one other commercial that ran before the game even started. This one highlighted Hyundai's new complimentary maintenance program, goo…

Jeep's Groundhog Day Super Bowl commercial stars Bill Murray

Watch Jeep's Groundhog Day Super Bowl LIV commercial, starring Bill Murray as Phil Connors.

Hellcat-powered Dodge Durango teased in 'Fast and Furious' companion spot

"Hellcat all the things" has become a bit of a meme, and it appears Dodge is either in on the joke, non-ironically committed to the concept, or maybe a little bit of both. What makes us say that? Well, this commercial FCA has introduced to coincide w…

2021 Kia Seltos officially costs $23,110; trim features detailed

Kia has broadcast the Seltos' arrival in a Super Bowl commercial , but the South Korean automaker has done its usual stealth reveal of pricing, quietly uploading trims and MSRPs to the build site . Turns out the prices leaked to Motor1 last month are a…

Chevy strips carbon fiber aero package from 2020 Corvette orders

Chevrolet put three ground effects kits on the options sheet for the 2020 Corvette. Two of them are late availability , meaning they still can't be ordered: RPO Code 5V8 in a black hue called Carbon Flash for $3,850, and RPO 5VJ, in body color, for $6…

2021 GMC Canyon trims overhauled, SL and SLT disappear

Until this year, the GMC Canyon has offered six trims in two drivetrains: SL, a base model simply called Canyon, SLE, All Terrain, SLT, and Denali, with all but the SL available in either 2WD or 4WD. GM Authority credits "dealer sources" for news tha…

Performance artist creates virtual traffic jams with 99 smartphones

Simon Weckert, at times, carries 99 smartphones with him, and none are for personal phone calls. Or texts, or emails, tweets, or photography. All 99 devices spend their battery capacities on Google Maps and Google Maps only. Weckert is a Berlin-based…

Men who are jerks and who break traffic laws prefer high-status cars, study says

If you drive an expensive luxury car, this might make you squirm: A new study out of Finland finds not only that drivers of expensive cars are more likely to break traffic laws, but they're more likely to be self-absorbed jerks — and overwhelmingly m…

Huge golden eagle gets wedged in engine compartment of box truck

A massive golden eagle is spending the weekend at a wildlife rehabilitation facility in southwestern Oregon and appeared to be in fine health after colliding with a box truck and getting stuck. The eagle, an adult female weighing 7.8 pounds, arrived…