Best Shots

Tuesday, March 3, 2020

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

Mar 03, 2020

Top Stories of the Day

Koenigsegg Gemera hybrid has 1,700-hp, and you can bring all your friends

The rumor was right. Koenigsegg has just unveiled the Gemera, an all-new member to the family that sports four seats, two scissor doors, and a massively powerful hybrid powertrain that still allows for pure electric driving. In the same breath, Koeni…

2021 Porsche 911 Turbo S revealed as the quickest and most powerful yet

Porsche isn't letting the rampant coronavirus ruin its surprise. The new 911 Turbo S that had been scheduled to break cover at the now-canceled 2020 Geneva Motor Show has made its debut online with a generous 60-horsepower bump over its celebrated pr…

Alfa Romeo's Giulia Quadrifoglio gets the GTA treatment

Alfa Romeo will celebrate 110 years of building some of the world's most emotional driving machines with a brand-new Giulia Quadrifoglio GTA. GTA, which stands for "Gran Turismo Alleggerita," is a throwback to the 1965 Giulia Sprint GT, which first g…

2020 Audi S4 First Drive | Sport sedan refreshed and relevant

BORREGO SPRINGS, Calif. — That the most significant changes to the 2020 Audi A4 lineup, which includes the A4, A4 Allroad and S4, are its revised sheetmetal and a new infotainment system should tell us something: We're likely halfway through the life…

Hyundai says the Prophecy concept illustrates the ultimate automotive form

Hyundai is on a quest to extract complexity from its design department in order to make its cars purer and more minimalist. It introduced a concept named Prophecy to illustrate the direction it will take future electric models in. The company calls …

Bentley Mulliner Bacalar is so bespoke, it's a whole different car

Bentley talks a lot about "bespoke" — the customized elements done at the hands of its Mulliner division — but the newly unveiled Bentley Mulliner Bacalar takes the idea to a new level. This isn't just a unique paint color or a special upholstery fab…

BMW i4 Concept First Look | Golden grilles

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Our brave new world of digital debuts and virtual press conferences makes the spread of automotive news instant and effortless. But there's no substitute for laying eyes on fresh sheetmetal in the flesh. Thanks to a rare case…

2021 Mercedes-Benz E-Class refresh brings All-Terrain and PHEV models to America

The 2021 Mercedes-Benz E-Class is getting a thorough styling update for the new model year, plus a few other detail changes. The V6 is gone, America is finally getting the All-Terrain wagon, and there's a plug-in hybrid sedan on the way. Unsurprisin…

Mansory Bentley Continental GT V8 Convertible is gaudy and green to the max

Mansory is all about excess, and if the Geneva Motor Show were going on, all visitors to its booth would likely need eye protection upon entering. Take this Mansory Bentley Continental GT V8 Convertible for an example. The exterior paint may be matte…

The Mansory Venatus is a widebody Lamborghini Urus that could scar your retinas

Nothing says, "I am a person of exquisite taste with an appreciation for subtlety " quite like the purchase of a Lamborghini Urus, but there are some in the world for whom that is not enough, people who need just a little bit more if they're to be pro…

Monday, March 2, 2020

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

Mar 02, 2020

Top Stories of the Day

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…