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Monday, March 2, 2020

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for March 2, 2020

Mar 02, 2020

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How to drive the 2020 Corvette C8 for $300

The National Corvette Museum (NCM) isn't just getting one C8 Corvette , or two, or three. The NCM Motorsports Park currently has seven mid-engined Corvettes on order, and they're already built waiting to ship to Bowling Green, Kentucky, where the muse…

Audi E-Tron S and E-Tron Sportback S add a motor, bursts of 496 hp

Audi is next out of the Volkswagen Group gate with hot versions of its battery-electric rides. The Ingolstadt automaker announced S versions of the E-Tron and E-Tron Sportback, which add power and performance by adding a third motor to the drivetrain…

[VIDEO] See the Fisker Ocean electric crossover on video for the first time

We've already seen the Fisker Ocean crossover in the flesh at its global debut at CES 2020 , but, as always, that was just the beginning of its story. Fisker had planned on bringing its new electric car to the Geneva Motor Show, but, sadly, the entire…

2020 Audi Q7 First Drive | Still too small?

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — Point the 2020 Audi Q7's octagonal maw up California's Route 243 and the three-row luxury ute's stoic body control, just-right gear selection and right-now power delivery define an SUV that's at once a respectable driving tool,…

2020 Lincoln Navigator gets a price bump as sales stay strong

The Lincoln Navigator is still doing the business on dealer lots, and as sales climb, so do the prices. CarsDirect reports the flagship SUV's MSRP has gone up again as of February, a letter to dealers explaining that the bump "continues to keep the L…

Volvo dealers say C40 compact electric crossover, big XC100 coming

Two long-lived rumors about Volvo products step closer to tangible reality. A new Volvo product to slot in under the XC40 has been rumored for at least 14 years, when Volvo tuner Heico Sportive built an XC30 in 2006 using a C30 hatchback. Come 2011, …

2020 Mazda3 gets five-star overall rating from NHTSA

Mazda is adding another figurative piece of silverware for its heralded Mazda3 , this time in the form of a five-star overall rating from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The designation applies to both the hatchback and four-door s…

KNine Racing cross-breeds a Ford F-150 Raptor and a UTV

Irish outfit KNine Racing saw the hole between a UTV and the Ford F-150 Raptor and decided to fill it. As The Drive tells it , the result is called Mini Raptor, which places a sealed cabin, convenience features, and Raptor-like bodywork on top of a Ca…

Japan sends official to Lebanon over fugitive Carlos Ghosn

BEIRUT — Japan's deputy justice minister met top officials in Lebanon on Monday over the case of Nissan's fugitive ex-boss, Carlos Ghosn, who fled to his home country late last year while on bail in Japan and awaiting trial. Ghosn was arrested in la…

Junkyard Gem: 1984 Ford LTD Sedan

Ford extracted an amazing amount of value from its rear-wheel-drive Fox platform , which stayed in production from the 1978 model year through 2005 (if you consider the SN95 Mustang to be a true Fox, as I do), and we don't have space here to list ever…

Friday, February 28, 2020

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for February 28, 2020

Feb 28, 2020

Top Stories of the Day

2019 Hennessey Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk HPE1000 First Drive | Sounds like war, goes like hell

LOS ANGELES — To get our hands on Hennessey's 1,000-horsepower Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk HPE1000, we agree to meet Vinny Russo in an alley across the street from the practice facility of the Los Angeles Clippers. Noon sharp. We hear the Hellcat-…

2020 Geneva Motor Show canceled over coronavirus fears

Swiss authorities have indirectly canceled the 2020 edition of the Geneva International Motor Show by banning all public and private gatherings attended by over 1,000 people. The decision is a response to the deadly, highly contagious coronavirus tha…

Hyundai halts work at SUV factory after autoworker tests positive for coronavirus

SEOUL — Hyundai Motor shut down a factory in South Korea on Friday after a worker tested positive for the new coronavirus, disrupting production of popular models such as Palisade sport utility vehicle. Shares of the automaker ended down more than 5…

Porsche Ice Experience in Finland — doing crazy things in high-dollar Porsches

LEVI, Finland — Utter darkness. It is around 6 p.m. in the Arctic Circle and blowing fat tufts of snow. The LED headlamps on the Porsche Carrera 4S barely pierce the icy path, a steeply pitched logging road. Yet I'm full-blast on the gas, eyes strain…

2020 Hyundai Venue SEL Drivers' Notes | Little, with lots to like (depending who you ask)

Road Test Editor Zac Palmer: This car is small. Remarkably small. The Hyundai Kona is a tiny car, but this Venue is five inches shorter, and it shows right away. I parked it next to a new Honda Civic , and the Civic dwarfed this crossover. That may sa…

Lowered widebody 2020 Corvette C8 is just a matter of time

Production of the mid-engined Chevrolet Corvette C8 only started on February 3, but dreamers have been imagining customizations, mods and hacks since the day it was introduced in 2019 . Aside from adding wheels and spoilers, body kits are always some …

[VIDEO] Aston Martin Bulldog gets another chance to wedge its way past 200 mph

Tell us if this sounds familiar: In the mid-1970s, Aston Martin decided it wanted to prove its engineering prowess by building a car that would hit 200 miles per hour, so company designer William Towns penned the Bulldog DP K9 concept ; in 1980, Aston…

Hybrid Ferrari prototype suggests another electrified model besides SF90

Even though its first hybrid, the LaFerrari, was launched several years ago , Ferrari is still new to the hybrid game. That's why the Ferrari SF90 Stradale plug-in hybrid was such a big deal. Well, that and the fact it's the company's most powerful ca…

The Chevrolet Impala through the years: 1958–2020

The Chevrolet Impala has officially been discontinued for the third time. Take a walk with us down memory lane as we explore the model's history.

[VIDEO] SnoShark is one of the most popular ice scrapers on the market so we tested it

If you're anything like us, you probably put just about no thought at all into buying an ice scraper. After all, most are basically the same. They've got a scraper on one end and a brush on the other. Might as well just pick one up at the checkout li…