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Thursday, August 27, 2020

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

Aug 27, 2020

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2020 Jack Roush Edition Mustang First Drive | All sizzle, no snake

PLYMOUTH, Mich. — "Jack Roush Edition Mustang" may be a bit of a mouthful, especially considering it doesn't really tell you much, but rest assured, this supercharged 2020 Ford Mustang GT with a Shelby GT500-topping 775 horsepower is every bit as nut…

2021 Kia Stinger engine details revealed, and it's getting more power

Powertrain details on the updated Kia Stinger are out, and the theme is more power. We got to see the revised looks a couple of weeks ago , but the information out of Korea today completes the picture of what the Stinger will soon look like. Kia is a…

Ford's gamer-designed race car looks ready for Le Mans in 2060

The 647-horsepower GT is no longer the flagship of the Ford lineup; at least not in the video game world. The company introduced a virtual race car named Team Fordzilla P1 that explores what a track-bred hypercar could look like in a few decades. It'…

2021 Porsche 718 Boxster has the classic Porsche sound

The 2021 Porsche 718 Boxster GTS 4.0 and its hardtop twin the Cayman represent a return of the naturally aspirated flat-six engine to the 718 line beyond the very limited edition GT4 and Spyder variants . It gains power compared with the previous four…

Watch cars park themselves at Ford, Bosch, Bedrock garage in Detroit

DETROIT — So after the coronavirus threat has passed, you head downtown for a baseball game. You get to the parking garage, and using an app on your phone, you link your SUV to the garage's computers and sensors, and the SUV finds a spot on the fourt…

Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo launch delayed

Porsche will launch a more spacious variant of its Taycan electric car later than planned, citing strong demand for the initial model in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. The Cross Turismo version of the vehicle will debut in early 2021 instead…

Ford is open to selling the Baja-ready Bronco R racer to customers

Ford previewed the 2021 Bronco by entering a purpose-built, high-performance prototype in the 2019 edition of the Baja 1000. The super-SUV is scheduled to race in the 2020 event, again backed by the Blue Oval's official team, and one of the company's…

As Tesla talks about going smaller, Honda's first all-electric car is already there

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan — Many automakers are betting on sedans and SUVs in the switch to electric cars. And Tesla is only now realizing that it needs a cheaper, smaller hatchback for overseas markets. But Honda already has that car, deciding smaller is be…

Mercedes-AMG SL Roadster teased as it begins public road testing

We've seen spy photos of the next-generation Mercedes-AMG SL Roadster recently, but now Mercedes has seen fit to release its own images. The photos come as Mercedes announces the car is beginning testing on public roads. There isn't much else Mercede…

Lister Stealth debuts as a reworked Jaguar F-Pace SVR with 195-mph top speed

The Lister Jaguar F-Pace is here, and according to Lister, it's "Britain's fastest and most powerful SUV." Top speed is 195 mph. Bentley might like a word about this claim, as it considers the Bentayga Speed to be the fastest SUV in the world. Howeve…

Wednesday, August 26, 2020

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for August 26, 2020

Aug 26, 2020

Top Stories of the Day

Porsche unveils updated 2021 Panamera with new looks, more punch

Porsche has pulled the sheet off the 2021 Panamera, giving us details on its updated styling, some engine upgrades and even a couple of tweaks to the model hierarchy. The highlight of the '21 Panamera is an overhauled V8 engine. Porsche says it mad…

2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E First Edition was sold out, but not anymore

Turns out the 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E First Edition isn't as "sold out" as we were initially led to believe . Ford has decided to re-open the books for the limited edition first year model, but it's not doing it in a normal fashion. Instead of allo…

2021 Mazda CX-5 gains new infotainment, cheaper entry for the Turbo

Mazda has updated the 2021 Mazda CX-5 with a couple notable changes in the new model year. It's the brand's best seller by a longshot, and we think buyers of the 2021 car will like what Mazda has done. The infotainment system is new this year, as Ma…

2021 Ford Bronco gets estimated package pricing in buyer survey

Ford has begun sending certain 2021 Bronco reservation holders what the automaker describes as "an advance ordering survey to help us understand consumer demand for certain features on the new Bronco." The responses will help Ford product planners un…

Porsche 911 GT3 RS looks like a race car in new spy photos

The Porsche 911 GT3 RS represents the most hardcore, track-focused naturally aspirated version of the sports car available. The newest version, spotted for the first time in these spy photos, looks like it might be the most outrageous yet. At least i…

[VIDEO] GM offers first official 2022 Chevy Bolt EUV glimpse in teaser

The GM rollout of the next generation of electric cars is underway. We saw a lot of what's to come back in March at the automaker's EV Day at its Warren, Michigan, design center. Cameras were forbidden, but among the vehicles we saw were the updated …

2020 Audi S7 Road Test | Sportback fans sign up here

The 2020 Audi S7 is a German technological tour de force. Its taillights and headlights greet the owner with a welcoming light show upon pressing the unlock button. Electric, soft-close doors whir shut luxuriously. An array of three impressive HD scr…

Lucid Air battery capacity, cargo volume revealed

After Lucid Motors recently told us it had downsized the Air electric luxury sedan's long-rang battery from 130 kilowatt-hours to an undisclosed capacity, and still managed to get a projected range of 517 miles from it, we were impressed. Today, Luci…

Hyundai Kona and Kona N sharpen their teeth with shark-inspired look

The Hyundai Kona is but a couple of years old, and there's already an update on the way. The South Korean automaker teased the redesigned faces for the standard Kona and the spunky Kona N, revealing that the subcompact crossover is about to get provo…

2020 Volvo S60 T8 Long-Term Update | 10,000-mile checkup

It's been about seven months since we took delivery of our 2020 Volvo S60 T8 long-term tester. At the start, all of us here at Autoblog were taking turns in the luxurious and quick Swedish sedan. Since the coronavirus pandemic hit, that's changed dra…