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Thursday, March 19, 2020

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for March 19, 2020

Mar 19, 2020

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GM suspends all new orders for 2020 Chevrolet Corvette

General Motors is shutting down all new orders for the 2020 Chevrolet Corvette , effective immediately, citing heavy demand and limited supply following the production shutdown caused by the United Auto Workers strike last fall. The news was revealed …

Tesla reduces staffing, 'very well could still be making cars' despite coronavirus lockdown

According to an Alameda County spokesperson, Tesla is reducing staffing levels at its manufacturing plant in Fremont, Calif., but perhaps not to the levels necessary to comply with the San Francisco Bay area's regional lockdown order. "They told us…

Coronavirus leads Toyota, Nissan and Hyundai to join North American plant closures

Following the closure of car factories by Ford, GM, FCA and Honda , another group of automakers is shutting down plants in the face of the COVID-19 coronavirus threat. Toyota, Nissan and Hyundai have all announced they will be closing production facil…

GM, Ford are in talks to build medical ventilators for coronavirus fight

WASHINGTON — General Motors and Ford said on Wednesday they were in talks with White House officials about how they could support production of medical equipment like ventilators that may be needed to combat the coronavirus outbreak. GM Chief Execut…

Tesla's Elon Musk offers to make ventilators in coronavirus battle

Hundreds of Elon Musk's Twitter followers welcomed on Thursday an offer by Tesla's chief executive to make ventilators for coronavirus sufferers "if," he said, there is a shortage, after the United States appealed for donations of respirator masks. …

All 2019-2020 Volvos to be recalled over automatic emergency braking failure

Volvo is recalling 121,605 vehicles because the automatic emergency braking (AEB) system might not work as intended. Here are the affected models: 2019-20 S60 , V60 , V60 Cross Country , S90 L , V90 , V90 Cross Country , XC40 , XC60 , XC90 . You may be thin…

2021 Hyundai Elantra vs. compact sedans | How they compare on paper

Despite the rising popularity of crossovers, the sedan market remains packed and fiercely competitive. It looks like it will stay that way with the introduction of the strikingly redesigned 2021 Hyundai Elantra . And since Hyundai was kind enough to p…

Autoblog's favorite spring cleaning accessories

It's been a long time coming, but spring is finally here. This is always a great time of year to do a deep clean of your house, car, or even your digital life, and with the coronavirus pandemic still gripping the world, it's more important than ever …

What would you drive from Seattle to New York?

Yesterday on Twitter, I posed a car question to the world. You know, because what else do we have to do? Your flight from Seattle to New York has been cancelled. You must now drive. You may also take any car ever. What's your choice? …

How an old AE86 schooled me in Toyota's hidden sense of fun

SILVERSTONE, England – Not so long ago the Toyota range seemed like a sea of beige. Then came the 86 . Sure, Toyota was chasing Le Mans glory, there was World Rally Championship heritage and Lexus was doing some cool stuff, but the 86 is where things …

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for March 18, 2020

Mar 18, 2020

Top Stories of the Day

Tesla is not an 'essential business,' must heed coronavirus lockdown, sheriff says

Tesla Inc cannot continue to operate its main U.S. vehicle plant normally as it plans to, as its San Francisco Bay Area home began a three-week lockdown on Tuesday to slow the spread of coronavirus, a county sheriff's office spokesman said. Tesla's …

2021 Hyundai Elantra revealed, all-new with coupe-like styling and a hybrid

Hyundai unveiled the 2021 Elantra sedan via a live YouTube stream late Tuesday night, showing off its new coupe-like proportions and confirming an available hybrid powertrain. The Korean automaker hopes that by committing to the small sedan segment,…

2020 Toyota GR Supra Suspension Deep Dive

The new 2020 Toyota Supra is amazing, and by now its bold styling has begun to grow on me. It helps that the first one I drove proved to be an absolute blast on a tight and technical circuit, and this yellow example I've got now shows it to be a plea…

This 'tattooed' Lexus UX is the first of its kind, and we love it

Lexus commissioned the first "tattooed" car ever, and it's chosen the UX as the tattoo artist's canvas. Art cars and special projects catch our eye sometimes, but this particular project is one of the most intriguing works of art on a car we've seen …

Koenigsegg Gemera designer reveals what the car could have looked like

The Koenigsegg Gemera has a design that will influence automotive shapes for years to come. Packaging a 1,700-horsepower hybrid powertrain within a beautiful two-door coupe while maintaining four functional seats for adults is wizardry. Just ask Buga…

2020 Ram 1500 Laramie Southwest Edition is a true-blue Texas truck

American pickup builders love celebrating the Southwest, and Ram is taking its latest stab at the "Texans love trucks" trope with the 2020 Ram 1500 Laramie Southwest Edition. This is essentially an appearance and popular equipment package. Outside,…

Alfaholics built an Alfa Romeo 105 Series entirely out of carbon fiber

Alfaholics has restored numerous 105 Series cars before. And Alfaholics has used carbon fiber parts before. But this is the first time Alfaholics has built a 105 Series with a body made entirely out of carbon fiber. The United Kingdom-based builder a…

New BMW 4 Series spy photos reveal more production grille

BMW's upcoming 4 Series replacement has been spied yet again, this time wearing less front-end camo, and revealing just how low the bottom of that new chipmunk grille truly goes. Just in case the past few BMW product announcements haven't quite sun…

Lotus Esprit spied wearing mismatched Evora bodywork

The sorta funky looking Lotus Evora you see above isn't really an Evora at all. In fact, it's a mule for an upcoming new Lotus in the spirit of the Esprit, which, rumor has it , will be introduced in the first half of 2021. It may even be called the E…

Detroit automakers, UAW agree to curb production to contain coronavirus

The Detroit Three automakers and United Auto Workers agreed on Tuesday to curtail production at U.S. factories and limit the number of workers on the job at one time to prevent the spread of the coronavirus among roughly 150,000 factory employees. T…