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Tuesday, July 7, 2020

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

Jul 07, 2020

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2021 BMW M3 and M4 grilles spied on road-going prototypes

Now that BMW has let the media get its hands on early prototypes of the upcoming 2021 M3 and M4, its development engineers have removed quite a bit of camouflage from its road-test prototypes. The result is, well, pretty much what we expected. Whil…

Lexus LS sedan will be quieter, more comfortable and smarter

Lexus made numerous updates to the LS in a bid to turn it into an even more comfortable cruiser. Unveiled online, the redesigned model gains a quieter cabin, new driving aids, and a handful of minor styling tweaks. Engineers turned their attention t…

2021 Kia K5 starts at $25,455, just $100 more than outgoing Optima

The 2021 Kia K5 continues this year's trend of carmakers placing minimal premium on a brand new or heavily revised model. Cars Direct got a look at an early order guide showing that Kia's new midsize sedan will start at $23,490 before a $965 destinat…

2020 Mercedes-AMG CLA 45 is a turbo four-cylinder with character

There isn't a better sounding new car in America with a four-cylinder engine than this 2020 Mercedes-AMG CLA 45. Maybe the CLA 45 S if it were sold here, but it's not. To be completely honest, the video above hardly does this car's exhaust justice. Y…

Rolls-Royce Wraith Kryptos Collection is a car with a secret

Rolls-Royce has unveiled yet another special-edition vehicle, this one being a version of the Wraith . It's called the Wraith Kryptos Collection, and it's a bit more intriguing than most. That intrigue comes from the secrets it's holding within. Thi…

Ultra-rare 1967 L88 could become the most expensive Chevrolet Corvette sold at auction

Chevrolet made only 20 examples of the Corvette with the high-performance, track-ready L88 package in 1967. What's presented as the best example left could become the most expensive Corvette ever sold at an auction. In Corvette-speak, L88 correspond…

Chevrolet Corvette will earn additional stripes in 2021

Chevrolet is beginning to announce the changes it will make to the eighth-generation Corvette for the 2021 model year. It published an enigmatic preview video on its official Facebook page that seemingly announces buyers will have several new racing …

Mercedes-Benz expands Designo Manufaktur to E- and S-Classes and AMG GT

In 2010, Mercedes-Benz Canada turned the Designo trim into a specialized division greatly expanding the personalization options for the E-Class, S-Class, CL-Class, SL-Class, SLS AMG, M-Class, and G-Class. Mercedes USA took longer to open up its store…

Homebrew Audi Allroad overlander is actually an A4 NoRoad

Automotive scribe types are known not just for their adoration of station wagons (me included), but their cult-like respect for a brown station wagon (I'm flexible here). Since we're starting with a brown, 2015 Audi Allroad, we're already in the mone…

[VIDEO] Alaskans celebrate the 4th of July by jumping cars off a cliff

In Glacier View, Alaska, the sun sets at about 11:30 this time of year, and rises again at around 4:30. With daytime fireworks displays being rather dull, its denizens have sought out alternative means of celebrating Independence Day. Their solution …

Monday, July 6, 2020

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for July 6, 2020

Jul 06, 2020

Top Stories of the Day

Ford announces Bronco will be a brand, not just an SUV

We knew there would be a new Bronco. In fact, we knew it was even going to have a little brother. What we didn't know was that "Bronco" would be its own comprehensive sub-brand. Obviously, it consists of the vehicles themselves, confirmed to be th…

Join a Ford historian for a quick tour of the Bronco archives

With Ford officially confirming that Bronco will be an entire sub-brand, much the way Prius developed into one for Toyota, the Blue Oval is doubling down on the legacy of its iconic nameplate. To accompany Monday's announcement, Ford has been trumpet…

Mazda Mexico debuts Mazda3 Turbo before official U.S. reveal

We should have been keeping an eye on our neighbors to the south, who did us the favor of showing off the turbocharged 2021 Mazda3 last week. The automaker teased the reveal for the U.S. market to happen on July 8. It's reasonable to expect slight ch…

Ford Ranger Raptor could soon be hopping dunes alongside F-150 in America

Ford chose not to sell the Ranger Raptor (pictured) in the United States because it decided American motorists seeking a quick truck riding on a Baja-ready suspension can take home an F-150. It has changed its mind, according to a recent report, and …

Trump claims NASCAR noose was 'hoax,' demands Bubba Wallace apologize

WASHINGTON — After a weekend spent stoking division , President Donald Trump on Monday went after NASCAR's only Black driver and criticized its decision to ban the Confederate flag at its races and venues. Exploiting racial tensions, Trump wrongly ac…

Ford GT/109 Competition Roadster Prototype headed to auction

Legends are most often made of years — or decades — of learning, practice, trials, and errors. Many, many errors. Before the Ford GT40 earned its place in the automotive hall of heroes, Ford's Total Performance program had been busy building GT proto…

Mercedes-Benz expands Designo Manufaktur to E- and S-Classes and AMG GT

[VIDEO] Mysterious ducktailed Porsche 911 spotted at the 'Ring

The puzzling ducktailed Porsche 911 Turbo prototype has been spotted at the Nürburgring, but this time Automotive Mike .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }

> did us the favor of capturing video. It was first spotted in November of last year , then in March this year doing winter testing, b…

Tesla now sells red satin shorts that mock short-sellers

Say what you want about Elon Musk's controversial opinions and actions, there's no arguing that the man has a keen sense of humor. After surpassing Toyota as the world's most valuable automaker , Tesla — surely at Musk's behest — has taken time to pok…

Junkyard Gem: 1973 Chevrolet Vega with V8 Swap

The Chevrolet Vega plot follows a trajectory very similar to that of some other 1960s-1980s GM machines that seemed like serious engineering breakthroughs at first but then caused many headaches for the company, e.g., the Chevrolet Corvair , Chevrolet…