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Monday, February 17, 2020

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

Feb 17, 2020

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2021 Kia Sorento officially revealed with crisp new duds

Following an unofficial reveal in spy shots , the 2021 Kia Sorento crossover has just been shown officially by the automaker. The company released images of its chiseled exterior and rugged but upscale interior. On the outside, the Sorento picks up m…

Ford tells dealers the Bronco is weeks away from its global debut

Ford allegedly confirmed it will step out of the auto show circuit to introduce the long-awaited 2021 Bronco. The off-roader will make its debut during a standalone event scheduled for March, about a month before its smaller sibling — which is tentat…

Toyota planning hot hatch for the American market

The 268-horsepower Toyota GR Yaris joined the list of forbidden fruits we can't get in the United States when it made its global debut at the 2020 Tokyo Auto Salon. The online petition to bring the car here didn't change the company's mind, but produ…

These cars barely lose any value in their first year of ownership

All cars start depreciating as soon as you drive them off the lot. But some cars lose value much more rapidly than others. Here are the vehicles that retain the most value after one year of ownership.

2019 Subaru Forester Long-Term Update | A (mostly) trouble-free 12,000 miles

Our long-term 2019 Subaru Forester has been a real workhorse in our fleet from the time we took delivery late last year. We've managed to rack up over 12,000 miles in the first five months — it's been east and west of Michigan so far, but nowhere fur…

Tesla Model S range estimate upped to 390 miles, Model X to 351 miles

A few weeks ago on the Q4 2019 earnings call , Tesla CEO Elon Musk asked another company exec if the Model S' range was around 380 miles before returning to the call to declare, "We're rapidly approaching a 400-mile range for Model S." The company has…

2021 Kia Seltos First Drive | The Soul-ful CUV

To understand the 2021 Kia Seltos, you first have to consider its soul, the Kia Soul . Between the fun-and-funky styling and the compact, practical body style with tons of cargo room, the car that has defied traditional segment labels for a decade (an…

2021 Porsche 718 GTS 4.0 First Drive Review | Speed meets sauve

ESTORIL, Portugal — Estoril's front straight is over half a mile long, and by the start/finish line the 2021 Porsche 718 Cayman GTS 4.0 is begging for fifth gear. At 7,800 rpm, its rev limiter interrupts the howl of its 4.0-liter flat-six. At 145 mph…

GM kills Holden

In 2016, GM ceased local manufacturing in Australia. Two months ago, after dismal sales in 2019, GM announced it would kill the Opel-based Holden Commodore and Astra to focus on Holden-badged trucks and SUVs. And now, Australians are forced to confro…

Tesla ordered by German court to stop clearing trees for Gigafactory

BERLIN — A German court on Sunday ordered Tesla to stop clearing forest land near the capital Berlin to build its first European car and battery factory, a victory for local environmental activists. The U.S. electric carmaker announced plans last No…

Friday, February 14, 2020

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for February 14, 2020

Feb 14, 2020

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The next 992 Porsche 911 GTS spied in spectacular green paint

At this point, we've seen a whole lot of different 992 generation Porsche 911s. However, we're still missing all the extra spicy versions. One of those is the 911 GTS, which, to keep the metaphor rolling, is a medium spice level Porsche 911. Porsche …

The $5M track-focused Pagani Imola isn't supposed to be elegant

The Pagani Imola , a track-focused version of the Pagani Huayra, first broke cover in September, 2019, at an event, but official information was nowhere to be found. It took a few months, but today, Pagani released the first batch of real images and g…

This nearly new 1990 Nissan 300ZX Twin-Turbo is going up for auction

The current Nissan 370Z has been on life support for a while now, but interest in classic Z cars remains strong. Witness the mind-bending price recently achieved for a pristine 1971 240Z that sold last month on Bring a Trailer. After the first-genera…

Rimac will help Kia turn the Imagine concept into a high-performance flagship

The segment-bending Imagine concept Kia unveiled at the 2019 Geneva auto show will spawn a high-performance flagship in 2021. Rimac, which Kia and Hyundai jointly invested in , will help bring it to the market. "This car will have a significant effec…

2020 Volvo V60 Cross Country Luggage Test | Why yes, a wagon can hold more

As scheduling would have it, the 2020 Volvo V60 Cross Country ended up overlapping for a day with the 2020 Mercedes-Benz GLC 300 that was previously featured here on Luggage Test Friday. It provided a perfect opportunity to test a common perception a…

Hyundai Prophecy concept for Geneva foretells company's next design language

The star of Hyundai's display at the 2020 Geneva Motor Show will be a stylish electric concept named Prophecy. The swoopy, low-slung sedan will preview the direction the firm's design language will take in the coming years. While the Prophecy remain…

Volvo Trucks VNR Electric First Drive Review | Hauling goods goes green

Climbing up into the big rig and settling in behind its massive steering wheel dials up childhood fantasies fueled by Hollywood. Just for a moment it's the 1970s and we're hauling a load of Coors from Texarkana to Atlanta. A black Trans Am running bl…

Kanye West's Russian ATVs invade Chicago to deliver new shoe to kids

Welcome to 2020, where famous musicians make shoes and deliver them to kids with giant Russian off-road vehicles. Yes, you read all that correctly. As you can see in the photo above, posted to Twitter by Kanye West's shoe brand's official account , gi…

2020 Chicago Auto Show and more | Autoblog Podcast #614

In this week's Autoblog Podcast , Editor-in-Chief Greg Migliore is joined by News Editor Joel Stocksdale and Road Test Editor Zac Palmer. The big event they're discussing this week is the 2020 Chicago Auto Show. They run down the big reveals and inter…

[VIDEO] Czinger preparing 21C hybrid hypercar for Geneva debut

Kevin Czinger — with a silent C — has spent the past 11 years that we know of trying out various automotive concepts in Southern California. The Yale Law School graduate who built hot rods as a youth in Cleveland co-founded Coda Automotive in 2009, w…