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Friday, February 21, 2020

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for February 21, 2020

Feb 21, 2020

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Toyota Supra, Tesla Model 3 make Consumer Reports top 10 best cars list

Consumer Reports is out with its top 10 picks for best cars of the year , with increased emphasis for 2020 on safety technologies and its rankings based for the first time on price point rather than segment categories. Models from Asian brands cleaned…

2020 Toyota Corolla Hybrid Drivers' Notes | A Prius alternative

The 2020 Toyota Corolla Hybrid marks the first time we've seen a hybrid powertrain in a Corolla in the U.S. It uses the same hardware as the Prius , consisting of a 1.8-liter four-cylinder and single electric motor that combine for 121 horsepower. So …

Updated 2020 Honda Civic Type R sees minor price increase

Pricing is out for the 2020 Honda Civic Type R , and it has crept up a bit from last year. The new base price is $37,950, which is an increase of $695. Considering the amount of additional features and updates made to the Type R, that's a fairly reaso…

Mercedes' fascinating trick steering system is legal in F1 for one year only

Formula One has a long history of novel engineering tricks, all of them in the pursuit of faster lap times and an edge over the competition. The F1 YouTube channel even put together a super informative video not too long ago detailing teams' innovati…

Spied: 2021 VW Tiguan R shows off its lines in new photos

The compact Volkswagen Tiguan crossover is getting the "R" treatment, and new spy photos from an arctic winter testing session show this new performance prototype in all of its production-ready glory. Like most hot VWs, the Tiguan R is conservative…

Volvo S90, V90 and V90 Cross Country get hint of a refresh

As flagship entries in two unloved segments — sedans and wagons — the Volvo S90, V90 and V90 Cross Country seem more about perception and possibility than massive sales plays. The three entries sold about 40,000 units total in Europe last year — but …

Hot Wheels RC Tesla Cybertruck comes with a broken-glass sticker

At last, the Tesla Cybertruck has realized the form it was always destined to take. Three months after the debut of the polarizing electric pickup, Mattel's Hot Wheels announced two different Cybertruck toys this week, both of which can be remotely c…

[VIDEO] Glickenhaus SCG 004C gets its first track shakedown in Italy

It can be hard to keep track of the various Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus vehicles on the way because we read about them for years before seeing them. No matter, when they do show, they are welcome sights. The SCG 004C , hardcore racer that's successor…

Czinger releases full specs on 21C hybrid hypercar

A week ago, LA-based Czinger teased its 21C hypercar with a video and a promise of "dominating performance." Now that all the specs are out before the coupe's reveal at the Geneva Motor Show, on paper at least, it appears "dominating" was the correct…

Junkyard Gem: 1974 Mercedes-Benz 450SEL

The first car that Mercedes-Benz formally named the S-Class was the stately W116 , built for the 1973 through 1980 model years. Until the mighty 450SEL 6.9 came on the scene for 1975, the king of the W116 sedans was the 450SEL, boasting a sophisticate…

Thursday, February 20, 2020

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

Feb 20, 2020

Top Stories of the Day

2021 Ford F-150 spied mostly uncovered with unique new grille

We'd wager Ford must be getting pretty close to unveiling the 2021 edition of its best-selling F-150 pickup truck. Just last week we saw spy photos of a prototype testing out in public , and now this week another mule has been spotted wearing signific…

2021 Honda Civic Type R Limited Edition is lighter and brighter

The Type R is the ultimate Civic from a performance standpoint, and now Honda has created an ultimate version of the ultimate Civic: the 2021 Honda Civic Type R Limited Edition. It's an uninspired name for an eye-popping limited-edition car, only 600…

These are the 10 coolest movie Porsches of all time

One-of-four carbon fiber-bodied Dodge Challenger Demon listed for sale

Exclusivity often comes at a high price; in this case, it's $169,995. That's how much Texas exotic car dealer BJ Motors is asking for one of the four carbon fiber-bodied Dodge Challenger Demons built by Speedkore. Many enthusiasts would balk at the …

New spy photos reveal electric Mercedes-Benz EQA and EQB with minimal camo

The upcoming Mercedes-Benz EQA and EQB all-electric crossovers were caught testing in the snow with minimal camouflage this week as Daimler's luxury brand inches ever closer to launching its next round of small EVs. The EQA and EQB are based on the…

2020 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 3500XD Crew Van Drivers' Notes | The battle van

The 2020 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter comes in a nearly uncountable number of variants. Whatever your needs are, there's probably a configuration that'll do the job. We happened to spend a week in a 3500XD Crew Van with a high roof and 144-inch wheelbase. …

Bugatti Chiron Sport Edition Noire Sportive marks the production halfway point

For Bugatti, possibly only for Bugatti, a 1,479-horsepower coupe with a quad-turbocharged 8.0-liter W16 is just the starting point. Bugatti unveiled the Chiron in 2016 with the intent of building 500 examples, and four years later, 250 units and nume…

Out with the clay, in with the VR: Bugatti's design studio is all digital

Bugatti recently unveiled three limited-edition, multi-million-dollar Chiron derivatives in less than a year, a Herculean task for such a small company. Achim Anscheidt, the head of the firm's design department, told Autoblog maintaining this pace wo…

Bentley Continental GT Mulliner Convertible turns thread into bling

Bentley spent 18 months developing the technique for its double diamond stitching, which uses 712 stitches to sew a diamond pattern inside a larger diamond pattern. Created for the new-generation Continental GT, the English automaker said in December…

Awesomely '80s time-capsule Dodge Daytona Turbo selling today on Bring a Trailer

From the humble K-car, Chrysler in the 1980s was able to spin out all manner of variants, including some fairly credible (for the time) performance machines. One of the most ambitious was the Dodge Daytona Turbo, and a rarely seen example in near-new…