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Wednesday, April 15, 2020

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for April 15, 2020

Apr 15, 2020

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2020 Jaguar I-Pace Suspension Deep Dive | All kinds of weird and wonderful

I've driven the Jaguar I-Pace a handful of times, and it always proves to be an enjoyable experience. In case you're not up to speed, this is Jaguar's dual-motor all-wheel drive all-electric SUV. It's quick, it looks cool in a running shoe sort of wa…

R-mageddon: VW hits the Nurburgring in undisguised Golf R, Tiguan R and Arteon R

The next-gen Volkswagen Golf R hasn't done a great job of hiding its secrets so far. That continues today with new spy shots of an uncamouflaged Golf R running around the Nürburgring. Last we saw the Mk 8 Golf R, it was being put through its paces i…

Speeders hit the gas as coronavirus empties the streets

NEW YORK — Empty roads in the United States and Europe are tempting drivers to go out and shift into high gear. From Los Angeles to New York, London and Berlin, coronavirus lockdowns have drained traffic from normally crowded roads. That has opened …

2021 Cadillac Escalade price increases take starting MSRP to $76,195 MSRP

As the 2021 Cadillac Escalade prepares behind-the-scenes for duty in front of real-life red carpets, more information on the brand new fifth-generation SUV bubbles to the surface. GM Authority got its hands on some MSRP figures, as has at least one o…

Mercedes-Benz EQE electric sedan caught on video

Mercedes has made it very clear that it has a high-end electric luxury sedan coming by the name of EQS. Not only have we seen the production car in spy shots a few times , we've even gone for a spin in the concept car . Less publicized has been its lit…

How an 18-cylinder engine and the Porsche 917 shaped the Bugatti Veyron

On the surface, Volkswagen's resurrection of Bugatti looks like one of the many chess-like moves made in its bold quest to expand its portfolio of brands during the late 1990s. In a way, it was; branching out into new segments motivated executives to…

Ford wants to trademark the term 'G.O.A.T. Modes'

Goats enjoy rich metaphorical lives. In English, for instance, one can eat like a goat, get beat like a goat, have their goat gotten, get sucked into a goat rodeo, own a Pontiac GTO, and climb like a goat — and those are merely some of the safe-for-w…

We found the current deals on tires so you don't have to

Like most of you, since I'm currently stuck inside for the time being, watching snowfall out my window well into spring, I've been daydreaming about past trips. A few years back I was on a dream outing. Former Autoblogger Alex Kierstein had just purc…

Cherry 1996 Chevy Impala SS with only 2,173 miles is big American sedan heaven

Here's a nice slice of history from GM: a 1996 Chevrolet Impala SS for sale on Bring a Trailer . This particular example only has a mere 2,173 miles on it, and up until February 2019, lived in the same owner's garage its entire life. These cars were r…

Wildfire-scorched Norman Timbs Special getting a second chance

The Woolsey Fire that ravaged California in 2018 was one of the most destructive natural disasters Los Angeles has ever dealt with. According to the L.A. Times , the wildfire claimed three lives, 97,000 acres, and 1,600 structures. Within the wreckage…

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for April 14, 2020

Apr 14, 2020

Top Stories of the Day

Next-gen Mazda6 reportedly getting RWD, straight-six it shares with Toyota

Last June, Japan's Best Car magazine laid out what we considered a whopper series of rumors about future Mazda developments. The mag said it had been speaking to a Toyota source on an unrelated matter, and found out that Mazda's work on a straight-si…

Somebody is selling a 2020 Chevrolet Corvette C8 for $160,000

A tag on the Cars.com for-sale listing of a particular white-over-red 2020 Chevrolet Corvette deems the price a "fair deal," but in reality, that would only be true on opposite day. Dozens of dealerships and owners are looking to make a quick buck an…

[VIDEO] C8 Chevy Corvette convertible could skip the 2020 model year

Having commenced production at the Bowling Green Assembly Plant at the beginning of February, the 2020 C8 Chevrolet Corvette was only going to get seven months of production out of its first year before the plant switched to the 2021 model. And then …

1986 BMW 325iX — never registered, with 315 miles — for sale at Koenigsegg dealer

SuperVettura, England's official Koenigsegg dealer, offers a wide selection of used supercars including a 1989 Ferrari F40, a 2016 Aston Martin Vulcan, and a 2008 Lamborghini Reventon. There's even a Spyker in its inventory. And yet, the car rivaling…

The electric Mini SE crushes its EPA range estimate in our real-world test

The range meter of my fully charged 2020 Mini Cooper SE reads 110 miles as I fasten my seatbelt, which is hardly a surprise because that number matches the official EPA-certified range of this all-new electric car. But then I turn on the climate cont…

Consumer Federation: We're driving far less, insurance refunds should be much bigger

DETROIT — Interstates and city streets are empty and cars are quarantined in their owners' garages, so consumer advocates argue that it only makes sense for auto insurance rates to reflect that. In the states of Washington and New York, the number o…

[VIDEO] Watch a Suzuki Swift go straight when the road doesn't, fly 209 feet into a church

In rural Poland, an unidentified motorist celebrated Easter by launching a third-generation Suzuki Swift off a roundabout and into a building owned by a church. The jump was captured by a security camera. Polish news site Remiza published the 20-sec…

Cadillac confirms 'Blackwing' name, manual gearboxes for pumped-up CT4-V, CT5-V

Cadillac officially confirmed Tuesday that the high-output variants of its new CT4-V and CT5-V sedans will be dubbed "Blackwing," sharing a nameplate with GM's stillborn twin-turbocharged V8. As an added bonus, company representatives said for certai…

2020 BMW M760i Interior Driveway Test | It doesn't get much better

Few back seats in the automotive world measure up to the experience one can find in a fully optioned 2020 BMW M760i . It comes with the territory of being a luxury flagship car. Anybody who spends $181,975 on a vehicle should expect nothing but excell…