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Friday, September 25, 2020

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for September 25, 2020

Sep 25, 2020

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Infiniti QX60 Monograph previews a handsome next-gen three-row crossover

Infiniti has pulled the sheet off its QX60 Monograph — a styling exercise meant to preview the forthcoming production replacement for its three-row crossover. Infiniti insists that while this is not the production QX60 replacement, it is close enough…

2020 Mercedes AMG G 63 Driveway Test | Expensive options

A 2020 Mercedes-AMG G 63 starts at $157,445 with the $995 destination fee included. We recently had a tester with a sticker price that came to a whopping $182,545. Sure, it's an expensive SUV, and when you're starting north of $150,000, hundreds matt…

BMW X8 spy photos reveal a low roof, traditional hatchback

There have been a few reports this year that a BMW X8 is in the works — a more stylized version of the X7 flagship crossover. Now one of our spy photographers seems to have finally caught the rumored crossover on camera. It's certainly about the same…

[VIDEO] Watch a Tesla Model S Plaid prototype lap Laguna Seca in 1:30.3 seconds

It's one thing to read that a car, in this case the 1,100-horsepower tri-motor Tesla Model S Plaid , is fast. It's quite another to see visual evidence in the form of an in-camera video of the tartan-Tesla lapping Laguna Seca in 1:30.3 seconds. Now, t…

2021 Kia Sorento Review | Still going its own way

The Kia Sorento has always gone its own way. We'll spare you a history lesson, but in short, Kia's midsize crossover has never fit neatly into a same-sized competitive set. That continues for the all-new, fourth-generation 2021 Kia Sorento. It's stil…

Two limos used by President John F. Kennedy are going up for auction

Two Lincoln limousines last used by President John F. Kennedy are being auctioned by Bonhams in New York. As reported by fordauthority.com , the cars are part of The American Presidential Experience sale. Neither Lincoln is the infamous open converti…

Ford Bronco paint: Here's one way to spot a First Edition

Ford's sold-out Bronco First Edition is limited to 7,000 units nationwide . Telling it apart from one of the other variants will be relatively easy, because reservation holders will have the opportunity to order a trim-specific color. Posting on Twit…

England's Allard rises from 62-year slumber to make continuation cars

Known for winning hundreds of races in America, the England-based Allard Motor Company has been revived by its founder's family to build continuation cars. It's about to sell its first new model in over 62 years. Allard was primarily active between …

2020 Audi A6 Allroad First Drive | Return of the Wagon

If you ask Audi, 2020 is the year of the wagon. The A6 Allroad returns to the United States after a two-generation hiatus, carrying the 591-horsepower RS 6 Avant in its wake . The A6's two long-roof options will provide crossover-averse luxury buyers …

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Thursday, September 24, 2020

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for September 24, 2020

Sep 24, 2020

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Join the Autoblog AMA today at noon ET | Bring your Bronco, Tesla, ID.4 and any other questions

We've done a few "Ask Me Anything" (AMA) sessions on Reddit in the past , but now we're hosting our own, live, right here on Autoblog. We'd love to get in touch directly with our core readers and users. We'll be live right here , for an hour beginnin…

2021 Acura TLX First Drive | The mojo is returning

Buildup for the 2021 Acura TLX started more than a year ago when Acura released the stunning Type S Concept . It was long, low, wide and graced with gorgeous rear-drive proportions. Plus, it was slathered in some of the best blue paint we've ever seen…

2021 Toyota Venza Review | The fancy RAV4 Hybrid

The 2021 Toyota Venza is a new, hybrid-only crossover that doesn't share much of anything with its predecessor save for the name. It does, however, share an awful lot with the RAV4 Hybrid , including its powertrain and underlying platform. However, th…

Why the Volkswagen ID.4 is a Very Big Deal

Why aren't Americans buying more electric cars? There are myriad answers, but one is certainly the current, Titanic-sized gap that exists between cars like the Chevrolet Bolt and Hyundai Kona Electric , and then ritzier choices like the Tesla Model S …

California to ban sale of new gasoline-powered passenger vehicles in 2035

WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES — California will ban the sale of new gasoline powered passenger cars and trucks starting in 2035 in a dramatic move to shift to electric vehicles and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Governor Gavin Newsom said on Wednesday. "…

BMW M's first electric car will be a sportier version of the i4

BMW M put an end to years of rumors by announcing it's developing its first electric car. Based on the upcoming i4, the sedan will pack a serious punch, but it won't give the recently-unveiled M3 a run for its money. "Next year, we will launch the f…

2021 BMW M3 caught out in the real world in new spy photos

Itching to see what the 2021 BMW M3 looks like in the real world? You're in luck. Yes, the 2021 BMW M3 and M4 have already been formally revealed , but things often get lost in translation between a photo booth and real life. Fortunately, our spies in…

General Motors designers sketch the GMC pickups of the future

It's been a busy few years for GMC's team of stylists. They penned a new look for the Yukon and the Yukon XL , and they gave the Sierra 1500 a nip-and-tuck that we'll discover in the coming months. Overhauling these hugely significant models hasn't st…

2021 Rolls-Royce Ghost has a fascinating new part to make it one of the most comfortable cars in the world

One of the neat things about Rolls-Royce is the extraordinary lengths the company will go to for maximum comfort. It's like how supercar builders will look for every little advantage to make their cars a tenth of a second faster. On the 2021 Rolls-Ro…

Audi R8 Green Hell commemorates victories at the Nürburgring

Audi has announced a new, limited-run R8 model dubbed "Green Hell" to commemorate its success on a little piece of country road in Germany called the Nürburgring. Perhaps you've heard of it? While 'Ring fever has subsided over the past decade or so,…