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Tuesday, October 6, 2020

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

Oct 06, 2020

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A brand-new Tesla Model Y's glass roof flew off on the highway

Panoramic glass roof panels are not supposed to fly off on the highway. You'd think that'd go without saying, but unfortunately, one recent Tesla buyer experienced exactly that almost unbelievable scenario shortly after taking delivery of a brand-new…

2021 Nissan Rogue Review | Finally worth a look again

The 2021 Nissan Rogue is finally a competitive entry in this bustling crossover segment. While the last one sold well and made a good first impression, the more you drove it, the more disappointing it became. That's no longer the case for 2021, as th…

Vintage Electric E-Bikes offer big power and retro style without the sweat or spandex

Portland is the only city in the continental United States with a volcano within its city limits. It's called Mount Tabor, and although technically a mere "extinct volcanic vent," walking or hiking up to the top of its roughly 440 feet is still a dec…

McLaren says new hybrid sports car is in final testing, gives us our best look yet

McLaren has announced that it's working on the final testing stages of its upcoming hybrid sports car . Unfortunately, it didn't tell us anything we hadn't heard before. But the company did release a couple of photos of a lightly camouflaged test car …

Lexus LX J201 concept is part SUV, part 550-horsepower rally car

Lexus transformed the LX, its biggest SUV, into a supercharged off-roader that sends chills down the Ford F-150 Raptor's spine. Although it's only a concept, it will attempt to tame the desert during the 2020 Rebelle Rally. Based on the venerable To…

2021 Ram 1500 Limited Longhorn 10th Anniversary Edition revealed with southwestern flair

Ram has made pickups as a standalone brand for about 10 years now, and the company is celebrating this milestone with a special edition truck. It's called the 2021 Ram 1500 Limited Longhorn 10th Anniversary Edition. Being the "Limited" trim , it's st…

Ford developed a new torture test for its hybrid F-150

Ford wants you to know that its Hybrid PowerBoost F-150 is just as tough as its standard non-hybrid versions of the truck. We'd expect nothing less, but Ford just released a five-minute video detailing all of the various torture tests it subjects the…

VW, Jeep and Cadillac top list of most-tattooed car brands

Most car enthusiasts own at least one piece of gear with their favorite brand's logo on it. It can be a T-shirt, a pen, a hat, or a garage sign, for example. It takes a much greater degree of dedication to get a car-themed tattoo, and a study suggest…

Mansory makes the Porsche Cayenne Coupe visually and acoustically louder

German tuner Mansory doesn't dabble in subtlety, and it did not make an exception for the third-generation Porsche Cayenne . It detailed a tuning program that makes the SUV quicker, louder, and more flamboyant. After entering Mansory's workshop, the …

Jaguar XE axed from U.S. market: And then there was one sedan

The Jaguar XE sedan will no longer be offered in the U.S. market starting with the 2021 model year, the company announced Tuesday, shifting the balance of its lineup in favor of ever-more-popular crossover models. With the discontinuation of Jaguar's…

Monday, October 5, 2020

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for October 5, 2020

Oct 05, 2020

Top Stories of the Day

2021 Nissan Rogue First Drive | It's good now!

"Why do so many people buy the Nissan Rogue?" It's something we ponder and lament every time we see it on a top 10 list of best-selling cars. We're not alone. Perhaps it's because its styling, size and interior quality made a good first impression at…

Got a car that will fit a Chevy small block? EV West will make it easy to drop in a Tesla motor instead

As electric cars become more common, so too is the idea of doing an electric motor swap into a previously internal-combustion car. High-end shops and hobbyists have been at the forefront , but other companies are working on making the process easier. …

Mitsubishi i-MiEV reportedly reaches the end of the road this year

It looks like the Mitsubishi i-MiEV is completely out of juice. News outlet Nikkei reports that Mitsubishi will completely end production of its tiny electric car this year. While the i-MiEV had been discontinued in the U.S. for a few years already , …

Roll like bad, bad LeRoy Brown in this '74 custom Continental

In the 1973 number one hit single, "Bad, Bad LeRoy Brown," Jim Croce sings about a gentleman from the South Side of Chicago who has "a custom Continental and an Eldorado, too." The Eldorado presumably was unremarkable factory fare, but we have to bel…

'Sylvan Rock' by Aston Martin could be your home for $7.7 million

Aston Martin is known for some of the most gorgeous automotive designs ever produced, but occasionally it lends that expertise to other items. Sylvan Rock, a 55-acre luxury residential resort to be constructed in New York's Hudson Valley in partnersh…

This 1974 BMW 2002 Turbo is gorgeous, rare and can be yours

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2021 Subaru Crosstrek driven, and EV performance kings | Autoblog Podcast #647

In this week's Autoblog Podcast , Editor-in-Chief Greg Migliore is joined by Consumer Editor Jeremy Korzeniewski . They kick things off by talking about Jeremy's recent drive in the new 2021 Subaru Crosstrek . They compare the BMW X1, BMW X2 and Mini Co…

Tesla CEO Musk suggests India entry in 2021

BENGALURU — Tesla Inc chief executive Elon Musk indicated on Friday that the U.S. electric carmaker will make a foray into India in 2021. "Next year for sure," Musk said on Twitter in reply to a post with a photograph of a T-shirt with the message: …

Lia Block will learn to drift in a Vanilla Ice-flavored Mustang

Be prepared to add Ken Block's daughter, Lia, to the list of people you'd like to be. After all, what can be better than getting driving lessons from the Hoonigan himself? Well, as it turns out, Block himself found a way to top that by building his d…

This incredibly '90s Dodge Ram video shows roots of the luxury pickup truck

To paraphrase the Talking Heads, you may find yourself behind the wheel of a Ram 1500 Limited with a 12-inch touchscreen and sumptuous leather, and you may ask yourself, "How did we get here?" Well, some of that credit goes to that loaded Ram's pred…