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Wednesday, October 7, 2020

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

Oct 07, 2020

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2021 Ford Bronco Overland Concept shows how you can customize your Bronco

Right from the reveal, it's been clear that the 2021 Ford Bronco was designed with not just off-roading in mind, but customization. The company hinted at it with some of its concept variants shown for the reveal. Now the company has a slightly more r…

Zombie cars roundup: Dodge has sold 3 new Vipers this year

GMC Hummer EV will be unveiled during the World Series and 'The Voice'

A big-time vehicle reveal deserves a prime-time multi-platform debut. At least, that seems to be the opinion of the folks tasked with reintroducing the American public on October 20 to the Hummer nameplate, this time affixed to pickups and SUVs that …

2021 Polestar 2 gets EPA electric car range rating of 233 miles

The EPA has rated the 2021 Polestar 2 electric sedan at 233 miles of total range, falling shy of the basic Tesla Model 3 (250 miles) and slotting in on the lower end of small EVs on the market today. At 181 inches long, the Polestar 2 is on the com…

2021 Volvo XC40 Recharge gets 208-mile EPA range rating

Volvo hasn't yet announced an on-sale date for the electric XC40 Recharge , but the official EPA range and efficiency numbers just popped up on the government website. With a full charge, the EPA estimates 208 miles of range. When Volvo revealed the e…

Everything we know about the 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E

One of the most eagerly anticipated new cars for this model year is the 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E, an all-electric four-door crossover with styling inspired by the Mustang. The name has admittedly cheesed off car fans, especially those of Ford's legen…

Mercedes-Benz details over half a dozen EVs as it ditches the stick-shift

Mercedes-Benz is fully embracing electric technology. Speaking during an annual strategy meeting, its top executives announced plans to release over half a dozen battery-powered models during the 2020s, including some assigned to sub-brands Mercedes-…

Revealed: Aston Martin shows first V12 Speedster prototype

The V12 Speedster — Aston Martin's "living show car " — has moved from the realm of dreams (and digital renderings) to the physical world. Here it is in the metal. In the composite? A bit of both, we'd reckon, but we can say this for certain: it's def…

2022 Jeep Grand Wagoneer spy photos reveal production bodywork

Unless this swirly black and white camouflage is hiding something truly unexpected, we regret to inform you that the upcoming Jeep Grand Wagoneer will not have any wood paneling gracing its flanks. Sad. With that letdown out of the way, this new set …

Italian coachbuilder wraps a modern-day Citroën van in a retro skin

Italian coachbuilder Caselani resurrected an obscure, often-forgotten model from Citroën's past to offer van buyers an additional retro-styled option. Called Type HG, it's based on the current-generation Citroën Jumpy. One of the French carmaker's b…

Tuesday, October 6, 2020

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

Oct 06, 2020

Top Stories of the Day

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…