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Tuesday, April 7, 2020

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for April 7, 2020

Apr 07, 2020

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2020 Audi RS6-R by ABT adds 100 horsepower and more visual flair

With 591 horsepower and a wider, meaner body, few people would call the 2020 Audi RS 6 station wagon understated. But for those few, ABT Sportsline has a solution in the RS6-R . The tuned-up wagon brings more bark with body updates, and more bite in m…

Polestar Precept's design influenced by technology and a bit of Volvo flair

Polestar's first two models, the 1 and the 2 , started life as Volvo concept cars. What's next? The answer, according to the company's design boss, is the Precept concept. It might not reach production as-is, but Autoblog learned it ushers in the desi…

Can't wait for the new Bronco? This 1992 example for sale on eBay comes close

With an endless parade of spy photos, it's starting to seem as if the new Ford Bronco is never going to get here. For those who have grown tired of waiting, this last-generation full-size Bronco up for auction right now on eBay might fit the bill. Su…

3,500 rental cars burn in 18-hour Florida airport fire

As reported by CNN and the Fort Myers News-Press , a fire in a grassy lot near the Southwest Florida International Airport consumed more than 3,500 parked rental vehicles last Friday, April 3. Nobody was injured, and the airport was undamaged, but the…

[VIDEO] Lordstown Endurance electric pickup mule undergoing testing

Lordstown Motors is doing all it can to stick to the rollout schedule for its battery-electric Endurance pickup. Last month, the startup invited a small group of media to its new production facility in Lordstown, Ohio, to poke around the truck's inte…

2020 Hyundai Sonata Infotainment Driveway Test Video | 'E aho laula'

As a wise man in a Pontiac commercial once said, "E aho laula." And indeed, when it comes to touchscreen interfaces, it's becoming increasingly obvious that "wider is better." Luxury brands were the first to offer the format and its benefits, which m…

2020 Ford F-150s, Rangers, Expeditions recalled for rollaway risk

Ford announced a safety-related recall that applies to 55,158 examples of the Ranger, the F-150, and the Expedition registered in the United States. The vehicles included in the campaign could roll away when parked. The company explained the clip th…

McLaren 765LT: How the limited-edition longtail got its $385,000 price

The McLaren 720S starts at $299,000 in the U.S. before the $2,500 destination charge that takes a buyer over the hump to $301,500. McLaren has announced the new, limited edition 765LT will start at $385,000 before destination and any other fees, a nu…

Nissan laying off 10,000 workers, Honda putting thousands more on leave

Nissan is laying off about 10,000 workers in the U.S. as its plants sit idle. These layoffs will largely affect folks who worked at plants in Tennessee and Mississippi, according to a report by Nikkei . As of now, Nissan has announced plant shutdown…

2020 Nissan Titan Pro-4X Second Drive | More Rebel than Rogue

The 2020 Nissan Titan Pro-4X takes the newly refreshed Titan full-sized pickup, adds some kit to give it some off-road grit, as well as a cosmetic treatment to give it a sporty look inside and out. It's not for everybody. Sales lag far behind the Det…

Monday, April 6, 2020

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

Apr 06, 2020

Top Stories of the Day

2020 Mini Cooper SE Drivers' Notes | Two editors, two cities, one electric car

The 2020 Mini Cooper SE is Mini's first electric car that it's actually selling widely to the public, rather than a quasi-experimental product a select few could lease. While in most respects, it looks like a plain Mini Hardtop or Cooper S, it instea…

Tesla engineers demonstrate coronavirus ventilator prototype

NEW YORK — Engineers at Tesla Inc showed a prototype for a ventilator on Sunday evening in a video published on the company's YouTube channel, as hospitals around the country overwhelmed by coronavirus patients face device shortages. The design for …

The prized golden 1965 Pontiac Hurst GeeTO Tiger is headed to auction

Once upon a time, a Pontiac advertising executive named Jim Wangers created a countrywide contest with this gorgeous 1965 Pontiac Hurst GTO serving as the grand prize. The contest was centered around "GeeTO Tiger," a song by musical artists The Tiger…

Porsche Macan spied, possibly a mule hiding a new platform

The Porsche Macan was given a nip and tuck update for the 2019 model year, but another more important update is likely on the way. Our spy photographers tell us they've spoken with some Porsche insiders about the Macan pictures above, and they've bee…

Rare 1963 Shelby Cobra 289 headed to Mecum Indy 2020 auction

One year after Ford and Shelby showcased a pearlescent yellow Cobra at the 1962 New York Auto Show, Ford needed demonstrator cars its dealers could use to sell what would become a legendary roadster. The automaker ordered a Guardsman Blue 1963 Cobra …

BMW says going electric isn't an excuse to ditch its twin-kidney grille

The widely-circulated belief that an electric powertrain doesn't need to be cooled is completely false. What's accurate is that an electric car doesn't always need a grille on its front end, but BMW told Autoblog that's not an excuse to move away fro…

Fisker Ocean goes prepper, teasing hardcore off-roader for 2021

Fisker Automotive's battery-electric Ocean crossover is a year away, with production scheduled for 2021. It's silly to think we won't hear any more about the Ocean until then, though. Eponymous honcho Henrik Fisker hit up Twitter to tease two version…

2020 Chevy Silverado Trail Boss Off-Road Review | A niche vehicle among niche vehicles

The hot trend in the pickup truck world is the off-road special. Since the introduction of the Raptor , most pickup trucks have sprouted more rugged variations with varying levels of off-road-ready equipment. One of the more mildly modified examples i…

[VIDEO] This is why the windshield-less McLaren Elva doesn't require goggles

Every Ultimate Series supercar McLaren makes has its own aerodynamic challenges. But while the P1's, Senna's, and Speedtail's aero missions were mainly focused on performance, the biggest aerodynamic challenge of the McLaren Elva was creating a "virt…

Junkyard Gem: 1978 Datsun B210

The introduction of the North American version of the third-generation Nissan Sunny couldn't have been timed better: just months after the global economic gut-punch of the 1973 Oil Crisis . This car, known as the Datsun B210 on these shores, was a fly…