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Monday, June 15, 2020

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

Jun 15, 2020

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Pandemic car buying: Consumer strategies for the age of COVID-19 and beyond

To buy a car, you need money. To have money, you need a job, unless you're cruising on investments. So for many of the 40 million unemployed Americans — only the most recent, crushing count — happy talk about buying a car is bound to chafe. But whi…

Police officer rescues family after father drives off San Diego cliff into ocean

A man who was reportedly suicidal and his two young daughters were rescued by a police officer who improvised a way to be lowered down to the ocean after the father drove his pickup truck off a seaside cliff. All three were transported to a hospital …

2021 Nissan Rogue revealed: Fresh styling, lots of safety features

The 2021 Nissan Rogue is finally here, replacing the version that has been around since the 2015 model with minor updates . The new model is completely redesigned inside and out, and it boasts a large array of standard safety features. From the outsi…

2021 Nissan Rogue vs compact crossover rivals: How they compare on paper

Nissan has finally revealed the 2021 Rogue , which means we have basic specs for the upcoming redesigned crossover. This clean-sheet overhaul should breathe new life into a compact crossover that once challenged the segment leaders for sales superiori…

Replacement Harbor Freight jack stand reportedly fails on first use

Last month, Harbor Freight issued a recall for 1.7 million Pittsburgh-branded three-ton and six-ton jacks stands over a manufacturing flaw. Due to worn stamping machinery, the jack stand's ratchet teeth might not be deep enough to hold the lifting ex…

2020 Mercedes-Benz GLB Buying Guide | Hip to be square

It might be easy to dismiss the 2020 Mercedes-Benz GLB as yet another box-checking effort by Mercedes, but as the SUV and crossover segments get carved into thinner and thinner slices, it's offerings like the GLB that remind us why customers want hig…

Infiniti will reinvent its models, tech and design language as part of reboot

Infiniti raised more than a few eyebrows when it announced plans to follow a strategy it described as Nissan-Plus . Although this term suggests the brand's image will be dangerously watered down, its chief executive stressed its flag will remain firml…

At last: 2021 Ford Bronco jumps out of the bucking chute July 9

Ford's Instagram channel posted a photo, a date, and three words on Saturday: "07/09/20. The Wild Returns." It's been nearly five years since we found out about the steed's resuscitation in a proposed labor agreement with the United Auto Workers unio…

2020 BMW M2 CS allocation to the U.S. rumored around 400 units

When BMW revealed the 2020 M2 CS — for Coupe Sport — before last year's L.A. Auto Show, we wrote at the time, "BMW initially said it would allocate 500 examples to the U.S., but later backed off and said it couldn't confirm an exact number." Thanks t…

Internal Nissan emails reportedly corroborate Ghosn's claim of a setup

An internal email trail reportedly supports former boss Carlos Ghosn 's claim that Nissan orchestrated his ouster. The leaked emails have been corroborated by sources familiar with their contents, Bloomberg reports . Emails going back to February 201…

Friday, June 12, 2020

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for June 12, 2020

Jun 12, 2020

Top Stories of the Day

NASCAR's Confederate flag ban — now comes the hard part

This Confederate flag at the Daytona 500 was even being flown over the American flag. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack) NASCAR's decision to ban the Confederate flag from its races and venues grabbed headlines and stars like a…

Our pledge: Autoblog stands with the Black community and for equality

Words matter in these troubled times. Silence is complicity. As our society quakes with injustice and racism, it's incumbent on all of us to speak out. At Autoblog, we pledge to be a part of the solution. At its best, the auto industry embraces diver…

2021 Lexus IS shows its rear end, gets a new unveiling date

Lexus was set to introduce the next-generation IS on June 9, but it postponed the event to respect "the recent global situation," meaning worldwide protests in the wake of George Floyd's death in police custody. Now Lexus has rescheduled the unveilin…

2021 Nissan Rogue teased ahead of reveal next Monday

The leaks were accurate. Nissan just teased the 2021 Nissan Rogue in its most revealing photo yet, and the crossover looks just like the one that was shown in some blurry photos a couple months ago. We can make out the details better in this new pho…

Fiat Chrysler wins trade case against Mahindra over Jeep look-alike Roxor

Fiat Chrysler has won a cease-and-desist victory against Indian conglomerate Mahindra to stop imports of the Roxor off-road vehicle. Bloomberg reports that the United States International Trade Commission upheld a judge's earlier findings, with some …

2021 Porsche 911 Turbo S First Drive | Turbo by name, turbo by nature

NEWBURY, England — There are Porsches with turbocharged gasoline engines not badged as such, while electric ones now carry the famous script despite lacking an internal-combustion engine of any sort. There is, thankfully, no such confusion with the n…

2021 Porsche Cayenne GTS and GTS Coupe revealed during would-be Detroit Auto Show week

This week would've been the week of the 2020 Detroit Auto Show . Alas, 2020 had other plans, and the biggest car reveal so far this week was the updated 2021 Subaru Crosstrek . Today the 2021 Porsche Cayenne GTS and 2021 Porsche Cayenne GTS Coupe join …

Mustang owners file lawsuit over six-speed manual transmission

Automotive News reports that a lawsuit filed in California last year goes after Ford for alleged defects in the six-speed manual transmission found in 2011MY to 2019MY Mustangs. Starting with the 2011 model year, the Mustang switched to a Getrag MT82…

2021 Jaguar XF Sportbrake and XF sedan spied in camo with updates incoming

The Jaguar XF and XF Sportbrake are both due for a mid-cycle refresh in the near future, and one of our spy photographers just caught both of them running around in suits of camouflage. Being car journalists, our eyes instantly latched onto the wagon…

2020 EarthCruiser FX and EXP off-road RVs add double-cab accommodations

Bend, Oregon's EarthCruiser — not to be confused with Colorado-based EarthRoamer — produces two overland adventure RVs that get top billing: The 2020 EarthCruiser FX and EXP , both based on the Fuso FE160G Class 4 medium truck chassis. Sold in two-doo…