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Tuesday, March 24, 2020

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for March 24, 2020

Mar 24, 2020

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GM-Ventec coronavirus partnership aims to build 200,000 ventilators in Indiana

A Ventec employee works on final assembly of VOCSN ventilators at Ventec Life Systems, in Bothell, Washington. / Reuters DETROIT — General Motors and medical equipment maker Ventec are speeding up efforts under a partnership code-named "Proj…

Someone just paid $45,000 for this 1978 Ford Country Squire

For all the talk in the collector-car market of millennials and their Radwood rides, the oft-overlooked Generation X is still a force to be reckoned with. How else to explain this 1978 Ford Country Squire ringing the bell for $45,000 in its auction o…

Ford to make respirators, ventilators, face shields in coronavirus fight

Workers assemble medical face shields. Ford will lend its manufacturing might and design skills to help produce needed healthcare equipment for the fight against COVID-19 coronavirus, the company announced today. The automaker is working wi…

Listen to a twin-turbo 2020 Corvette built by Hennessey

Hennessey has built the first twin-turbo 2020 Chevy Corvette that we know of, and it's released a short video to let us listen to the fruits of its labor. To nobody's surprise, the turbocharged C8 sounds spectacular. In addition to the traditional me…

Elon Musk says Tesla bought ventilators in China for U.S. coronavirus patients

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Twitter that the California-based automaker bought hospital ventilators in China and shipped them to the United States. The purchase comes as governments across the globe, including here in the U.S., appeal to automakers a…

2020 Hyundai Sonata Review & Buying Guide | Not the typical family sedan

The 2020 Hyundai Sonata is the latest generation of the Korean automaker's staple family sedan. Long known as a value entry, the Sonata has grown into a competitive player in the midsize segment thanks to a decade of serious effort from Hyundai, whic…

FCA to make 1 million face masks a month for North America coronavirus fight

MILAN, Italy — Italian-U.S. car giant Fiat Chrysler has confirmed plans to produce a million face masks a month and said it will distribute them to emergency services in North America to help the fight against coronavirus. FCA, which is also trying …

2021 Audi RS3 spy photos show 5-cylinder prototypes in winter testing

The Audi RS3 will return for the new generation of the German subcompact. As these spy shots reveal, Audi is well into development of the turbocharged five-cylinder hatchback and sedan, so if you think the best Audis are those with an odd cylinder co…

The City Sleeps: A look at empty NYC streets amid the coronavirus pandemic

According to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, as of Sunday, March 22, nearly 2,000 New Yorkers have been hospitalized, and 114 have died. More than 15,000 have tested positive statewide. Some 9,000 of those are in New York City. In response, Cuomo announc…

Aston Martin confirms 3.0-liter turbocharged V6 for Valhalla

When the Aston Martin Valhalla hits the scene in 2022 (hopefully), it will be powered by an all-new 3.0-liter turbocharged V6 engine that will be fortified and electrified in a hybrid configuration that we don't yet know much about. Interestingly, As…

Monday, March 23, 2020

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for March 23, 2020

Mar 23, 2020

Top Stories of the Day

U.S. automakers are swinging into action for ventilators in coronavirus fight

A VOCSN multi-function ventilator, partially disassembled to show its inner electronics, is pictured at Ventec Life Systems in Bothell, Washington. GM will lend a hand, and its suppliers are already being called on to manufacture parts. / Reuter…

2021 Ford Bronco Sport trim levels and packages find their way online

About a week ago, Juggernaut Performance and BroncoSportForum secured photos of the 2021 Bronco and Bronco Sport crossover without camouflage . They're back with more, Juggernaut and the forum getting hold of screenshots from Ford's internal ordering …

Tesla reportedly removing paid-for features after used-car sales

Jalopnik has run a couple of interesting stories on the experiences a number of people have had after buying used Teslas. It started last month with a story on a man named Alec, who bought a used 2017 Tesla Model S from a used-car dealer last Decembe…

[VIDEO] Take this eerie video ride through coronavirus-emptied NYC streets

As the coronavirus pandemic forces states to crack down on gathering places and more and more companies shift to teleworking schedules, America's urban areas are becoming eerily quiet. Nothing illustrates this more clearly than a drive through an alm…

2020 Ram Power Wagon Review | What mud?

A 2020 Ram Power Wagon is not your typical heavy-duty pickup truck . All of them try to be the tough kid on the block, but the Power Wagon goes even further. Just the name, Power Wagon, is synonymous with a tenacious, brash, and mean attitude. "Let'…

The BoatCar is part Ford, part Sea Ray, 100% awesome, and for sale

There are thousands of used boats listed on eBay, but only one of them features power steering and a new set of tires. Meet the BoatCar, an unusual creation that exists at the intersection of vans and cabin cruisers. The process of dropping a 24-foo…

2021 Audi A3 sedan coming this year in three bodystyles

The fourth-generation Audi A3 Sportback hatch debuted earlier this month, and Audi doesn't plan to waste time getting the trunked version here, according to Car and Driver , which adds that the sedan likely shows in late 2020 as a 2021 model. The curr…

2020 Easter Jeep Safari canceled due to coronavirus shutdown

The organizers of the annual Easter Jeep Safari event in Moab, Utah, announced last week that the event has been called off in the wake of hotel and campground closures ordered in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus. The Southeast Utah Heal…

Swiss rider on Harley-Davidson LiveWire sets electric motorcycle distance record

Harley-Davidson's electric LiveWire offers about 100 miles of riding range, so it's not as well suited to long road trips as its gasoline-powered siblings , but that doesn't mean it can't go the distance. Swiss rider Michel von Tell proved that by set…

Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon get trim levels reworked again

GM Authority reports that GM has fiddled with trim packages on the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon for the 2021 model year, eliminating the base trims on both pickups and implementing small price changes. When the new model year goes on sale, the C…