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Friday, March 6, 2020

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for March 6, 2020

Mar 06, 2020

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2021 Ford Bronco spied undisguised with roof off

The folks at Bronco6G have come to us once again with some big deal Bronco info. They shared a photo that an obviously nameless person took of the back side of what looks like a new Bronco either in a factory or in a Ford garage, and it's in close to…

Koenigsegg's Jesko Absolut can hit 330 mph, according to simulations

Chasing speed records is falling out of vogue. Bugatti announced it would stop trying to go faster after it broke the 300-mph barrier , and Koenigsegg presented the Jesko Absolut as the fastest series-produced car it will ever make. While it hasn't pu…

Used Ford Mustang Shelby GT350s are starting to get affordable

Used Ford Mustang Shelby GT350s are finally dropping into the $30,000-$40,000 range, folks. Of course, depreciation itself isn't news. Pretty much every car depreciates after it leaves the dealer lot. This is more of a public service announcement for…

2020 Honda CR-V vs 2020 Toyota RAV4 Luggage Test | Family-mobile cargo smackdown!

For those waiting oh-so-patiently last Friday for the week's luggage test , I must apologize. It never came. Alas, there was a reason, and it was to take advantage this week of having two competitor crossovers in back-to-back weeks. And they're not ju…

Seattle-area Toyota dealer closes after worker tests positive for coronavirus

The coronavirus that delivers the illness known as COVID-19 is affecting all parts of the automotive industry. For Toyota specifically, the outbreak has caused concern about the manufacturing and supply chain in Japan, and it's also put a spotlight o…

Pickup trucks ranked by their likelihood to pass 200,000 miles

These are the pickup trucks that are the most likely to reach 200,000 miles. The top three trucks all come from Japan.

Ford Focus, Fiesta owners with faulty transmission get new compensation deal

Owners of Ford Fiesta and Focus models with the company's problematic PowerShift automatic transmission will be eligible for vehicle buybacks and for cash compensation, according to a new settlement. As reported by the Detroit Free Press , depending o…

David Brown's newest Mini Remastered is a tribute to James Bond's Lotus Esprit

England-based David Brown Automotive introduced a one-off version of its restomodded Mini Remastered built as a tribute to the Lotus Esprit Turbo driven by James Bond. It's a unique, unabashedly British creation that shares very few parts with the ci…

Aston Martin developing TT hybrid V6 to replace AMG-sourced V8

We knew that Aston Martin is working on a twin-turbo 3.0-liter V6 hybrid that will fit into the forthcoming mid-engined Valhalla (pictured) and Vanquish sports cars . Car and Driver spoke to Aston Martin boss Andy Palmer, who explained that the engine…

2020 Indian Motorcycle Scout Bobber Sixty lets you murder out for less

Indian Motorcycle's newest model, unveiled Thursday, is the 2020 Scout Bobber Sixty, a stripped-down, more lightweight and less expensive version of its popular Scout Bobber. The biggest differences from the Scout Bobber are a smaller engine — 999 c…

Thursday, March 5, 2020

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for March 5, 2020

Mar 05, 2020

Top Stories of the Day

2020 Geneva Motor Show Mega Photo Gallery | The auto show that wasn't

The 2020 Geneva Motor Show didn't take place in Geneva this year. Instead, it played on computer screens across the world. Most of the car companies that would have debuted cars at the show decided to host livestream reveals of their own. That means …

2021 Genesis G80 takes its luxury credentials upmarket

This far sharper, third-generation 2021 Genesis G80 midsized sedan could be the one to break through the luxury glass ceiling. The G80 was already a handsome four-door with responsive handling and noteworthy luxury touches. Design-wise, in joining th…

2020 Honda CR-V Touring Review | Road-tripping Honda's jack of all trades

Over the past two decades, the Honda CR-V has embodied Honda's reputation for building durable, comfortable and user-friendly family cars that don't require a ton of unscheduled attention (aside from a brief hiccup with transmission reliability). As …

2021 Mercedes-AMG GLE 63 S First Drive | Behold, the 603-horsepower spa

LOS ANGELES – When the Mercedes-Benz ML55 AMG debuted at the turn of the century, it seemed like an anomaly. The hot-rodded SUV raised the question, what was it for? Its sport suspension limited its on-road comfort, and for outright speed it made mor…

Cadillac Celestiq, Lyriq, Hummer, other future GM electric cars: Here's everything we saw at 'EV Day'

WARREN, Mich. — Today, General Motors held an "EV Day" event at its Warren, Michigan, campus to present its new "Ultium" battery technology , modular electric vehicle architecture and soon-to-come electric vehicles . Unfortunately, we were forbidden fr…

Electric Jaguar XJ spied testing at high speed on frozen roads

The image gallery above represents our best look yet of the soon-to-be-reborn Jaguar XJ. Unlike the sedan's first 50 or so years, this one is electric, which makes sense considering the original mission statement for Jag's flagship people hauler was …

'The Batman' will introduce a new, hot rod Batmobile

We've gotten our first look at the new Batmobile today care of "The Batman" director Matt Reeves, who shared the latest incarnation of the iconic comic and movie car on Twitter in a series of polished promotional photos showing off a muscular, retro-…

Porsche's brightest minds clash over whether the sacred 911 should go hybrid

The emblematic Porsche 911 hasn't adopted electrification yet in spite of the endless rumors claiming it would. The current-generation model (pictured) was developed with zero-emissions powertrains in mind, and prototypes are being tested around the …

Why Jaguar Land Rover's Havn ride-hailing service sounds nicer than Uber or Lyft

Havn is a new app-based ride-hailing service that has launched in London, and promises a more upscale experience than Uber, Lyft, or the city's characteristic black cabs. Havn is backed financially by Jaguar Land Rover, and it exclusively uses Jaguar…

Roland Gumpert Nathalie is a methanol fuel-cell supercar because why not

Roland Gumpert launched his Apollo more than 10 years ago, eventually losing his fearsome coupe to insolvency and Consolidated Ideal TeamVentures . Gumpert, however, was working on more models, one of them called the Explosion , shown in Geneva in 2014…