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Thursday, January 14, 2021

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for January 14, 2021

Jan 14, 2021

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2021 Ford Bronco standard and optional features and accessories list revealed

In 2020, Ford pledged to offer over 150 factory-developed or factory-authorized accessories for the 2021 Bronco. Not only will it keep its promise, it will go above and beyond by giving buyers a list of over 300 parts to choose from. It hasn't publis…

The Subaru Way Outback? New extra-rugged Wilderness version appears in spy photos

Last year, reports came out from The Drive and AutoGuide that Subaru would be adding some extra-rugged versions of its crossovers , including the Subaru Outback , and that they'd be getting the Wilderness name. Thanks to one of our spy photographers, w…

2021 Volkswagen Arteon First Drive | The niche within a niche

Volkswagen could easily give up on the Arteon in the United States. Only 3,602 sold in 2020. That's better than the short-lived Phaeton's best year (1,939 units in 2004) but just edging out the Phaeton is more of a diss than a success story. Countles…

2021 Audi e-Tron Sportback Luggage Test | More spacious than expected

Mercifully, Audi does not refer to the versions of its sedans and SUVs with aggressively raked rooflines as "coupes." Instead, they are "Sportbacks," in part to indicate they have a hatchback trunk in addition to that roofline. The Audi e-Tron electr…

Renault brings LeCar's spirit into the EV era with the 5 Prototype

Renault beat most of its rivals to the modern, mass-market electric car segment when it released a futuristic-looking hatchback named Zoe in 2012. After looking ahead, it's doing a 180 and exploring its past. It introduced a concept named 5 Prototype…

Alpine joins forces with Lotus to develop an electric sports car

Renault's performance-rooted Alpine division linked arms with Caterham to develop the current-generation A110, but it brought the project in-house after the partnership collapsed . It's again looking across the English Channel to design the model's re…

VW T7 prototype shows Multivan's lines in new spy photos

Spy photos from across the Atlantic are giving us a look at Volkswagen's T7 Multivan prototype. If you're feeling the drag of these January doldrums and looking for something to lift your spirits, might we present this plucky (and unobtainable) littl…

Drone company DJI reportedly working on self-driving technology

BEIJING/SHENZHEN, China — China's SZ DJI Technology, the world's largest drone maker, is building an engineering team to work on self-driving technologies, according to job posts and people familiar with the company's strategy. The Shenzhen-based co…

NHTSA asks Tesla to recall 159,000 cars over touchscreen failure

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has asked Tesla to recall 158,716 examples of the Model S and the Model X to fix or replace the touchscreen, which is also known as the media control unit (MCU). Government officials aren't c…

This 1977 Lincoln Continental Town Car is very green

Autoblog Green editor John Beltz Snyder asked me to come up with something for his side of the room, so I happily obliged. Team player and all. This may not be what he had in mind, but Mr. Snyder cannot deny that the car you see here is in fact extre…

Wednesday, January 13, 2021

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for January 13, 2021

Jan 13, 2021

Top Stories of the Day

Hyundai's next electric car, the 2022 Ioniq 5, is like the 1980s on wheels

Unveiled at the 2019 Frankfurt Motor Show, back when there was a Frankfurt show to introduce cars at, the retro-inspired Hyundai 45 concept is well on its way to becoming a production model. It will wear the Ioniq 5 nameplate when it lands in showroo…

Porsche celebrates 25 years of the Boxster with GTS-powered limited-edition model

Porsche is celebrating the 25th birthday of one of its most significant models: the original Boxster. Released in 1996, it played a significant role in saving the German company from a grim fate. Porsche is commemorating the anniversary by releasing …

2021 Ram 1500 TRX Back Seat Driveway Test | Jump that gorge with the kids!

The TRX is the newest and sexiest 2021 Ram 1500 . It's also the most powerful by a few hundred horsepower and its eye-popping suspension makes it capable of truly eye-popping things off road. As in both "off the paved road" as well as "we've jumped of…

Lucid looking to go public through SPAC in $15 billion deal

Electric vehicle maker Lucid Motors is in talks to go public through a merger with a special-purpose acquisition companies run by former Citigroup rainmaker Michael Klein, according to people familiar with the matter. A transaction could be valued a…

Cadillac Celestiq previewed as a flagship luxury electric car

Last year, our Autoblog Green editor, John Beltz Snyder, got a sneak peik of GM's upcoming electric car roll out. No photos were given, but he described them in great detail. Now we finally get our own peek at one of those cars, the Cadillac Celestiq…

GM may have teased a whole group of electric vehicles

During GM's big CES press conference, the automaker highlighted a number of its upcoming electric car-related projects from delivery vans to the upcoming flagship Cadillac Celestiq . In the middle of it all, a collection of mystery cars sat in the bac…

2021 Chrysler Pacifica First Drive | More features, better van

Ever since its introduction as a 2017 model, the Chrysler Pacifica has been one of our favorite minivans. It offers stylish looks inside and out, traditional minivan practicality, excellent infotainment and some of the most compelling powertrain opti…

Sorry, Sedona, but Kia is bringing the Carnival to America for 2022

Sedona, Arizona, will stop lending its name to Kia's entry in the minivan segment for the 2022 model year. NHTSA documents confirm that the company's next people-mover will receive the Carnival nameplate. Kia began using the Carnival name in 1998, w…

Mahindra cuts over half of its workforce in North America

CHENNAI/NEW DELHI/DETROIT — Indian automaker Mahindra & Mahindra has cut more than half of the workforce at its North American unit, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and an ongoing legal tussle. The…

Traffic congestion was way down nationwide in 2020, but L.A. was still the worst

Traffic in 2020 was significantly down compared to previous years. This comes as no surprise given the pandemic that was and still is plaguing the world, but now we have some hard numbers to back it up. TomTom measures traffic congestion in cities ev…