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Friday, June 5, 2020

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for June 5, 2020

Jun 05, 2020

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Mercedes and F1 drivers rally around Lewis Hamilton's rage at George Floyd's death

Six-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton joined the worldwide chorus of voices condemning the death of George Floyd this week, saying he was "overcome with rage" at the brutality. And his employers at Mercedes say they back him 100 percent.…

Bubba Wallace encouraged other NASCAR drivers to speak up about George Floyd's death

Bubba Wallace is now embracing his platform as a NASCAR driver for positive change and is pushing his fellow competitors to do the same. Wallace, the only full-time black driver in any of NASCAR's top three series, detailed his decision this week to…

What would you drive in 2005?

To this point in our series of what would you drive in 19X5 , our editors' choices have largely been hypothetical. Even if we were old enough to drive in the era in question (or even born), we didn't have the money to buy something new and/or not terr…

Used-car sales surge in bargain-conscious coronavirus economy

A worker walks through the vehicles stored in the lots at the Cox Automotive Inc. Manheim Pittsburgh vehicle auctioning location in Cranberry Township, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) NAPERVILLE, Ill. — At the height of the coronavirus…

2020 Cadillac CT4-V First Drive | The Cadillac of compact Cadillacs

With the launch of the 2020 Cadillac CT4, GM is pushing back into the smallest luxury sedan segment that in recent years has almost exclusively featured entries from Germany. We're pleased to see it return, and importantly, that it definitely came ba…

2021 Ford Bronco Badlands reportedly rides on steelies

A couple of weeks ago, spy shooters sent us a whole roll of shots featuring the 2021 Ford Bronco Sport . The obvious gotcha was seeing three grille designs on the camouflaged prototypes, as that gave proof to an April rumor about different front fasci…

Next-generation BMW X1 spied with aggressive nose

The BMW X1 , the brand's entry-level crossover, is nearly half a decade old at this point , so it's not a surprise that there are new-generation models out testing. One of our spy photographers caught this example in relatively thin camouflage for a co…

2021 Mercedes-Benz GLS-Class Luggage Test | High-speed hauling

This is the biggest Mercedes-Benz money can buy. Wait, that's totally wrong. There's definitely a bus or big rig or Unimog out there. So, let's go with biggest civilian-grade Mercedes you can buy at a regular dealer. Cool? Alrighty. Where was I? Lug…

Oldsmobile sure was a crazy hodge-podge of cars

We've been doing an awful lot of recollection recently (gee, I wonder why) and for whatever reason, we keep stumbling back to Oldsmobile. Our What Would You Drive in 19-blank-5 series has a lot to do with that, especially the kitsch-tastic brochure p…

Subaru Crosstrek gets an injection of Baja racer DNA from Crawford Performance

Subaru's idea of updating the Crosstrek is dropping a bigger, 2.5-liter flat-four engine in the engine bay. American tuner Crawford Performance has other plans for the city-friendly crossover. It turned the model into an off-roader enhanced with a li…

Thursday, June 4, 2020

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for June 4, 2020

Jun 04, 2020

Top Stories of the Day

2021 Toyota GR Supra Review & Buying Guide | Even more to love this year

Ignore the noise about where the engine and most of the parts come from — BMW. Never mind the comparisons to the last Supra, which was born in a different era and carried a much higher relative price. The 2021 Toyota GR Supra is a phenomenal sports c…

2021 Ford Bronco gets official July 2020 reveal date

The 2021 Ford Bronco has a new, official reveal date: July 2020. And yes, "July" is as specific as Ford is being right now. We'll likely know a more specific date as next month approaches. Originally, Ford was going to show off the Bronco in mid Marc…

2020 Toyota Sequoia Interior Storage Driveway Test

Welcome to the interior of the 2020 Toyota Sequoia TRD Pro, Toyota's largest SUV in its lineup. We're in the fancy off-road-ready TRD Pro (new for 2020 ), but that doesn't make a difference when it comes to the Sequoia's interior storage solutions. …

Toyota updates Tacoma-sized Hilux with rugged new look, 2.8-liter turbodiesel

Toyota updated its popular Hilux pickup with a new look, a more car-like interior, and a more powerful engine. The changes reflect the fact that, even overseas, motorists are increasingly buying trucks as daily drivers. In the United States, the Hil…

Autonomous vehicles will prevent only a third of car crashes, IIHS study says

DETROIT — A new study says that while autonomous vehicle technology has great promise to reduce crashes, it may not be able to prevent all mishaps caused by human error. Auto safety experts say humans cause about 94% of U.S. crashes, but the Insuran…

2020 Lexus RX Infotainment Driveway Test + Video

When you drive cars from the same brand enough, you start to instinctively know how to accomplish tasks. It's like seeing the emblem on the steering wheel automatically reprograms your brain. For instance, a three-pointed star = gear shift is the sta…

McLaren V6 plug-in hybrid delayed to 2021

In the middle of May, the McLaren Group began the hunt for up to $335 million to endure the downturn caused by the coronavirus, with the conglomerate ready to put every sacred asset on the block for collateral. A few days later, McLaren CEO Mike Flew…

Exposed carbon fiber 2017 Lamborghini Centenario Roadster up for sale

Carbon fiber is used in just about every supercar on the market today, but it remains a special sight to see a vehicle built entirely out of the strong-but-light weave. Lamborghini has been practicing this art form for years, and one of the best exam…

Germany will require all gas stations to provide electric car charging

FRANKFURT — Germany said it will mandate all petrol stations to offer electric car charging as part of a sweeping 130 billion euro ($146.26 billion) economic recovery plan, boosting electric vehicle demand that has been hampered by consumer concerns …

[VIDEO] Box truck drops box, box jumps back into truck — twice

This is a story of a box truck and its bouncing baby box. An automatic transporation-focused Twitter bot named @tw_kotsujiko run by @90ntyan posted an amusing video this week of a storage box falling out of a moving truck and bouncing back into the t…