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Tuesday, April 28, 2020

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for April 28, 2020

Apr 28, 2020

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2021 Ford Bronco and Bronco Sport to offer three grille designs

Ford Authority credits "sources familiar with the project" for new tidings about the 2021 Ford Bronco. It's said that at launch, Ford will offer three grille designs to alter the personality of the SUV, which FA refers to as "Modern," "Classic" and "…

2020 Porsche Cayenne Coupe Turbo S E-Hybrid Performance & Exhaust Test

For those who measure the value of a car by the number of words in its name, well, this 2020 Porsche Cayenne Coupe Turbo S E-Hybrid with Lightweight Sport Package in Black couldn't possibly score higher. And for those who measure the value of a car b…

2020 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid First Drive | Same style, only greener

The opportune time to launch a hybrid would be when the economy is strong and gas is expensive. That would not be today. Yet, here comes the 2020 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid that costs thousands more than the gas-only version and offers 50-plus mpg. Oh, an…

2021 Porsche 911 picks up new features, including some options from the Turbo S

Following the reveal of the 2021 Porsche 911 Turbo S , Porsche has announced that this year's 911 Carrera models will get a variety of new options, including several from that uber 911. The new options run the gamut from convenience items to styling. …

GM, Ford and Fiat Chrysler set target date for restarting production

The parking lot stands empty at Fiat Chrysler's sprawling Belvidere, Ill., assembly plant. / Getty Images General Motors, Ford and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles are targeting May 18 to resume some production at their U.S. factories after shuttin…

Lexus LS mid-cycle refresh to restore V8-powered LS 600h hybrid?

When Lexus launched the fifth-generation LS at the end of 2017, the Japanese luxury maker predicted its once-brand-defining sedan would sell 12,000 units per year in the U.S., a threshold the model hadn't reached since 2010. The LS managed 9,301 tran…

Tesla's Musk nears record $750 million options payday

OAKLAND, Calif. — Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk is on the cusp of a roughly $750 million payday as the electric carmaker's stock recovers from a slump caused by the coronavirus, which led the company to close its factories and furlough workers. Sh…

Patent office gives Nikola a small victory in $2B lawsuit over Tesla Semi

When it comes to Class 8 trucks, it's Nikola vs. Tesla on the road and in the courtroom. Nikola unveiled a rendering of its Nikola One truck on Twitter on May 9, 2016, and showed a prototype in December of that year. In November 2017, Tesla revealed …

Oregon strip club offers drive-thru dancing and carry-out 'Food 2 Go-Go'

PORTLAND, Ore. — An Oregon strip club forced into the takeout-dining business in the age of the coronavirus has returned to its burlesque roots by offering delivery and drive-through services featuring exotic dancers - a concept the owner has promote…

A 'Back to the Future' two-pack is up for auction on Bring a Trailer

A pair of vehicles that add up to a time warp straight back to 1985 are up for auction on Bring a Trailer. "All that's missing is a dung-filled Ford and a flying train," our own James Riswick quipped when he laid eyes on these two seemingly period-pe…

Monday, April 27, 2020

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for April 27, 2020

Apr 27, 2020

Top Stories of the Day

BMW 2 Series next generation unexpectedly appears camo-free on Instagram

Spy shots published on Instagram have seemingly revealed the second-generation BMW 2 Series well ahead of schedule. The images show the car's front and rear ends with absolutely no camouflage. This is one of the rare instances where we see a new car…

BMW X8 M rumored to be a PHEV, possibly the first electrified M car

Trademark documents posted online a couple weeks ago revealed to us that the BMW X8 M could be on the horizon. Today, a report from Car claims the X8 M will be a PHEV. The report doesn't cite anybody within BMW specifically, so we do have our doubts…

The Suzuki Jimny is even more awesome with these retro graphics

We already were pretty smitten by the Suzuki Jimny , the pint-sized 4x4 that, sadly, U.S. buyers can only look on from afar . It manages to remind us of its ancestors, the Suzuki Samari and Sidekick (small and basic 4x4s for which collectors and off-ro…

Chevrolet Colorado with 700-horsepower Cadillac ATS-V engine for sale

In the 2010s, the truck-tuning world gradually moved away from go-fast mini-trucks as it shifted towards rigs with sky-high ground clearance and fat tires. North Carolina-based tuner Mallett Performance bucked that trend by bringing a highly modified…

2020 Honda CR-V Interior Storage Driveway Test | Muy bins

If there's one thing Honda is exceptionally good at, it's packaging. That includes managing to squeeze as much interior space from an exterior footprint as possible, and then from that, as much interior storage space as possible. Cupholders, bins, cu…

2020 Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class Review & Buying Guide | Class leader, style leader

The all-new 2020 Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class is a class leader in the fittingly small subcompact luxury car segment. In its basic form, it provides all the refinement, comfort, performance and style of larger Mercedes in a small, affordable package. The …

2020 Dodge Charger R/T and Scat Pack get Daytona Edition Packages

Dodge announced the Charger SRT Hellcat Widebody Daytona 50th Anniversary Edition late last year, limited to 501 examples, one of which has already gone to that big NASCAR infield in the sky. For the rest of the Daytona fandom, Mopar Insiders says Do…

Lotus working on a more spacious daily driver with a kinder price

Lotus has another sports car in the works, with a reveal planned for later this year or early next. It could be the second piece of the puzzle former Lotus CEO Jean-Marc Gales spoke of to Automotive News in 2018, saying parent company Geely "has appr…

SCG 007 hypercar to swap twin-turbo V6 for twin-turbo V8

Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus began the long tease to its SCG 007 LMP1 hypercar with a set of sketches in June 2018 that clearly incorporated cues from the SCG 003. Refining that original sketch for 18 months produced a longer, smoother design with po…

Sneaky secrets rideshare drivers use to make ends meet

Uber and Lyft drivers have long employed a number of secret strategies to help make ends meat. They are a group of workers who have seen a lot of pay cuts over the years, and every time, it seems like they come up with a whole new slew of strategies …