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Friday, May 8, 2020

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for May 8, 2020

May 08, 2020

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2020 Honda Civic Si Coupe Interior Driveway Test

The compact coupe is nearly extinct, and one has to assume that the Honda Civic Coupe is just clawing for its future life somewhere in the depths of product planning. For now though, the 2020 Civic Si Coupe still exists, it's still a barrel of laughs…

Toyota strongly hints it will launch a Corolla hot hatch in America

Toyota alchemized the newest Yaris into a street-legal, 268-horsepower pocket rocket in order to homologate it in the World Rally Championship (WRC). It's not going to sell the model here, partly because our Yaris is completely different from the one…

The 1965 Ford Mustang could have looked a lot different

The 1965 Ford Mustang is unquestionably an automotive design icon, and nearly every generation of Mustang has some connection to that original car. Because it's such a universally-known vehicle, we were amazed to see all the different designs that we…

One day later, junior car thief bags his Lambo

Five-year-old Adrian Zamarripa made headlines when he boosted his parents' SUV and set out for California from his home in Utah. With $3 in his pocket, the young supercar fan was on a quest to buy a Lamborghini. His plan unraveled, however, when Utah…

2020 Porsche Macan Review & Buying Guide | The performance choice

When it comes to the world of small sport utility vehicles, nobody does sport better than Porsche. That's as it should be, as the 2020 Porsche Macan continues its reign as an exceedingly fun crossover in just about every performance guise. The Macan …

Tesla aims to restart Fremont plant today, report says, but there's a wrinkle

Tesla plans to reopen its sole U.S. car plant in Fremont, California, as soon as Friday, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing an email from the company to its staff. The move comes a day after California allowed manufacturers in the state to reopen …

2021 Kia Seltos Luggage Test | Big space for little dough

The 2021 Kia Seltos starts at $21,990, which is consistent with a growing number of crossovers that slot in between sub-compact models (Hyundai Kona, Kia Soul, etc ) and compact models (Honda CR-V , Toyota RAV4 , etc). The Mazda CX-30 would be another e…

UMC Zero XP is a Zero SR/F naked electric streetfighter from the future

Hugo Eccles is the industrial designer who co-founded Untitled Motorcycles, a company that redresses a range of two-wheeled machines in a pared-down, artful, classic aesthetic. All 34 bikes in the portfolio of past work on UMC's website look like the…

'Dirt 5' announced, promising even more variety than before

The mainline "Dirt" racing game series is back this fall with "Dirt 5." While the "Dirt Rally" spin-off series has focused on highly realistic and technical stage rally and rallycross events, the main "Dirt" games have combined a variety of off-road …

Musk says Tesla Roadster is delayed until after Cybertruck

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk said in a podcast interview released on Thursday that the company's planned Roadster sports car would take a backseat to the development of other vehicle models. Talking with stand-up comic Joe Rogan, the billionaire …

Thursday, May 7, 2020

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

May 07, 2020

Top Stories of the Day

2019 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited tips over in IIHS crash test

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety just tested the 2019 Jeep Wrangler , marking the group's first test of the latest generation JL Wrangler. It released a couple videos of the test online to depict what happened. The headline does most of the…

Chevrolet may end 2020 Corvette production after making about 2,700 units

The eighth-generation Chevrolet Corvette deserves a do-over. Its market launch was marred by a United Auto Workers (UAW) strike that paralyzed General Motors for 40 days in the fall of 2019 and a pandemic that forced the global economy to grind to a …

2021 Kia Stinger facelift caught in the wild in new spy photos

The 2021 Kia Stinger was caught testing on the roads of Germany this week sporting heavy camouflage to disguise the changes coming in its mid-cycle update. This prototype is wearing extensive exterior and interior disguise, hinting that both will r…

2020 Jeep Gladiator Mojave Suspension Flex Test

I've been eager to get my hands on a new 2020 Jeep Gladiator Mojave ever since it was first announced. The specs are right up my alley: A 1-inch front lift to level the truck and give it more front compression travel, softer rear springs to allow the…

VW explains why the new Golf GTI still has a stick and isn't a hybrid

Volkswagen's new Golf GTI should have been one of the stars of the canceled 2020 Geneva Motor Show . We couldn't check it out in person as planned, and we still haven't seen it in the metal, but we caught up with some of the engineers and designers wh…

Alfa Romeo Giulia, Stelvio Quadrifoglio get louder and — literally — greener

Alfa Romeo made several small improvements to the Quadrifoglio variants of the Giulia and the Stelvio as part of its 110th birthday celebrations. The changes make both models safer, more stylish, and quite a bit louder. Outside, the design tweaks ar…

Lamborghini turns the Huracán EVO into a tail-wagging rear-wheel-drive roadster

The latest evolution of the Lamborghini Huracán Evo loses its top and its front axle to deliver a wind-in-your-hair driving experience whether it's going forward or sideways. The company proudly explained the newest addition to its line-up relies on …

2020 Mercedes-Benz GLB-Class Interior Storage Driveway Test

The 2020 Mercedes-Benz GLB-Class is an impressive new entry in the rapidly growing subcompact luxury SUV segment. A big part of its appeal, literally, is how much interior space Mercedes was able to squeeze out of its exterior dimensions. A lot of th…

Frank Stephenson's BabyArk child seat mixes supercar/military tech with nature's forms

After capping a career at Mini, BMW, Ferrari, and Maserati with nine years at McLaren, Frank Stephenson retired from the English automaker in 2017 to open a design firm. The Frank Stephenson Design Consultancy obeys four dictates : A project needs to …

2020 Aston Martin DB11 tops this month's list of discounts

When we drove the Aston Martin DB11 for the first time , we said that it "stands out" and that "it delivers on the promise of Aston's potential for a successful second century." But we also said, "There must be a reason to buy the Aston beyond the fac…