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Monday, September 28, 2020

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for September 28, 2020

Sep 28, 2020

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2021 Audi E-Tron Sportback First Drive | Full-time Audi; part-time EV ambassador

Audi's post-Dieselgate electrification push gains a second prong for 2021 in the form of the E-Tron Sportback. If you couldn't tell from the name alone, the Audi E-Tron Sportback expands the company's new electric crossover into the sporty, slope-bac…

2021 Subaru Crosstrek Review | The best buy in its segment

Few vehicles define a segment quite as clearly as the 2021 Subaru Crosstrek. Before it came along nine years and one generation ago, there really weren't any subcompact crossovers. Today, competitors like the Honda HR-V, Hyundai Kona and Jeep Renegad…

[VIDEO] A Lucid Air prototype ran the quarter mile in 9.245 seconds

A prototype for a high-performance tri-motor version of the Lucid Air electric sedan recorded a blazing 9.245-second quarter-mile, and to dissuade doubters, the event was captured on video. Staving off would-be detractors in this case is probably a g…

Yenko/SC Camaro gets 1,050 horsepower, is limited to 50 units for 2021

Specialty Vehicle Engineering (SVE) again proved aftermarket tuners are on the front lines of the horsepower war by announcing a 1,050-horsepower Chevrolet Camaro. Called Yenko/SC, it's limited to 50 units nationwide. Each Yenko/SC starts as a 1SS o…

2021 Ram TRX will get new FCA 'Know & Go' app to educate owners about their truck

FCA has developed a new app called "Know & Go," and it's debuting with the 2021 Ram TRX . The purpose of the app is to help owners get more acquainted with and learn about their vehicle without having to dig through the owner's manual. Instead, t…

Honda SUV E:Concept is a glimpse at an upcoming production model

Honda traveled to the 2020 edition of the Beijing Auto Show to introduce a design study named SUV E:Concept. Electric and connected, it's a preview of an upcoming production model that's being developed for China. Details about the concept are spect…

1967 VW 'Samba' Microbus Retro First Drive | Summer of Love

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — "It's so cute!" a woman yelled from her bike as we passed her through an intersection, the 1967 Volkswagen Type 2 Samba's air-cooled engine working as hard as it could to maintain a knackering 40-ish mph. I couldn't help but agree …

Rimac helps Hyundai build an electric, 810-horsepower hot hatch

Hyundai introduced the RM20e, its fifth mid-engined rear-wheel drive prototype. Developed jointly with Rimac, it's a massively powerful electric hot hatch built largely to test technologies that could reach production in the 2020s. Don't be fooled b…

One-of-a-kind Ferrari Omologata took over two years to complete

Ferrari has introduced the Omologata, a client-commissioned one-off based on the 812 Superfast. It's a heritage-laced tribute to the firm's historic race cars, but its designers chose not to venture too far into retro territory. Finished in Rosso Ma…

2021 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo X factors into the trim lineup

Jeep is bringing back the fourth-generation Grand Cherokee for the 2021 model year. While there are no major changes to report, the lineup loses some variants and gains a value-packed trim level named Laredo X. 2021 marks the end of the Upland, Alti…

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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