What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for February 13, 2020

Feb 13, 2020

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Latest IIHS Top Safety Pick and Top Safety Pick+ awards: Here's the list of winners

Automakers love to trumpet the accolades from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, but the agency keeps making its best grades harder to achieve. For 2020, it is raising the bar again, requiring a better score in the passenger-side small-overl…

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1988 Italdesign Aztec is bizarre in all kinds of ways, street legal and for sale

We've featured split-cockpit concept cars for sale on our site before , but nothing has been quite as insane as this 1988 Italdesign Aztec that's up for auction on BringATrailer.com right now. It's one of a handful of production versions of the Giugia…

Dodge Viper-based 2010 Alfa Romeo TZ3 Stradale Zagato rarity could be yours

It has been a decade since it was launched, but the 2010 Alfa Romeo TZ3 Stradale Zagato is just as bizarre and beautiful as the day it was revealed. It's what you get when you have Italian design house Zagato give a Dodge Viper an Alfa Romeo body. An…

2021 Ford F-150 flashes its grilles in new spy shots

A new Ford F-150 is scheduled to arrive at some point this year, and while the prototypes were buzzing about like flies in 2019 , our spy shooters haven't seen many new developments since the new year. That changed today, as we now have photos of the …

Jeep Gladiator spied in Sand Runner configuration

We learned this week that some of the new-car exuberance has dimmed a bit for the Jeep Gladiator, which is now being offered with up to $9,000 in incentives to offset the high prices that have meant lackluster sales. Jeep also seems eager to diversif…

Next-generation VW Golf R spotted undisguised in the snow

The next-generation Volkswagen Golf R has been spotted undergoing winter testing without a coat, giving us a detailed look at what to expect from the range-topping hot hatch.  A few cues here expose this prototype for what it is. We can start in the…

Volkswagen ID.4 spy shots show a nearly production-ready electric crossover

An official debut of the Volkswagen ID.4 is, according to the internet rumormill, coming in April at the New York Auto Show . If true, that means VW's electrified crossover, which is destined for sales here in the United States, ought to be very close…

Kia teases handsome 2021 Sorento interior with design sketches

True, we've seen the fourth-gen, 2021 Kia Sorento uncovered on a commercial shoot, answering the biggest question we had about one of Kia's bestsellers. On top of that, an Instagram post revealed a couple of low-res interior shots. Kia's carried on w…

What should the Volkswagen ID.Buzz be called when it reaches production?

Volkswagen's electric car offensive will include a production version of the ID.Buzz concept unveiled at the 2017 Detroit Auto Show. The heritage-laced van is nearing production, but one key aspect is still missing: its name. Johan de Nysschen, Volk…

Lexus ES 300h gets optional side-view cameras and monitors in Europe

In select European markets, Lexus is expanding the availability of one of its newest and most futuristic features. Starting in March, 2020, the ES 300h will have an option for digital side-view cameras and monitors.   Lexus first introduced its side…

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What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for February 12, 2020

Feb 12, 2020

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2020 Ford Explorer ST Drivers' Notes Review | A new age of ST

Ford may have started the transition of its ST sub brand with the Edge ST , but the 2020 Ford Explorer ST completes that transition from spunky hot hatches to performance crossovers. The 2019 model year was the last for the Fiesta ST , so we bid adieu …

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Hyundai 45 EV production hatchback spied for the first time

Last fall, Hyundai celebrated the 45th anniversary of its original concept car with another concept, the Hyundai 45 EV. It blended the angular Giugiaro-penned lines of that Pony Coupe concept with the company's early Pony hatchback production car . Th…

Aston Martin Vantage Roadster goes fast, and so does its roof

Two years after the hardtop Aston Martin Vantage redefined the Vantage nameplate yet again, the coupe has dropped its top. Below the shoulder the Vantage Roadster holds true to nearly everything that compelled us to label the coupe "a significant mil…

Refreshed 2021 Hyundai Elantra GT, also known as i30, coming to Geneva

The current-generation Hyundai Elantra GT hatchback only arrived in the U.S. for the 2018 model year, but it seems Hyundai has seen fit to give it a refresh. The company released a teaser image of the updated car in i30 form, the name it carries in E…

Man killed in Tesla crash had complained about Autopilot

DETROIT — An Apple engineer who died when his Tesla Model X hit a concrete barrier on a Silicon Valley freeway had complained before his death that the SUV's Autopilot system would malfunction in the area where the crash happened. The complaints wer…

Watch the 2020 Technology of the Year presentation to Kia

CHICAGO — Kia's Blind Spot System won the 2020 Autoblog Technology of the Year Award . Watch the presentation at the 2020 Chicago Auto Show as Editor-in-Chief Greg Migliore hands the trophy to Kia Corporate Communications Director James Bell, followed…

Genesis topples Lexus in its first J.D. Power dependability survey

J.D. Power is out with its annual U.S. Vehicle Dependability Study for 2020, which looks at problems experienced by owners of three-year-old vehicles. The big takeaways are continued improvement in overall vehicle dependability, with the brands Genes…

Chinese Grand Prix postponed by F1 organizers due to coronavirus

LONDON — Formula One organizers on Wednesday postponed the Chinese Grand Prix that was due to be staged in Shanghai in April, the latest sporting event impacted by the fast-spreading viral infection in the country. More than 1,100 people have been k…

Nissan files civil suit against Ghosn, seeking $91 million in damages

TOKYO — Nissan filed a civil suit Wednesday seeking 10 billion yen ($91 million) in damages from the Japanese automaker's former Chairman Carlos Ghosn. Nissan filed the case in Yokohama District Court to recoup some of the monetary damages suffered,…

2016 Mazda CX-5 recalled to address failing DRLs

Mazda announced Tuesday that it will recall more than 35,000 examples of the 2016 CX-5 crossover to address an issue that may lead to deterioration or failure of its LED daytime running lights.  In affected models, the gasket used to seal the wiring…

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