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Tuesday, January 19, 2021

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for January 19, 2021

Jan 19, 2021

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2021 Ford F-150 Review | Newer than it looks, better than expected

The 2021 Ford F-150 is as reworked as you can get without going completely back to the drawing board. The fully boxed frame is carried over, and the engine lineup seems awfully familiar. It also doesn't look all that different despite some aerodynami…

Stellantis is official, hits the ground running with eyes on China

Carlos Tavares Stellantis, the carmaker forged from the merger of FCA and PSA, is "very confident" of delivering its planned $6.1 billion in synergies, including 80% within four years, its chief executive said on Tuesday. CEO Carlos Tavares…

Byron's 2003 Toyota Matrix Update | The good! The bad! The weird!

In December, I bought a 2003 Toyota Matrix XRS to keep as a highway-friendlier alternative to daily driving my 2011 Jeep Wrangler. While "daily driving" is a bit of a misnomer under the current circumstances (your Autoblog editorial team is working f…

Porsche previews the next addition to the Taycan range

Porsche released a dark preview image to announce that it's about to add a new model to the Taycan family. We don't know exactly what's in store yet, but there are several possibilities and a few options that we can rule out. Posted on various socia…

2021 Toyota Highlander Review | Better and now sportier

Over 230 vintage motorcycles destroyed in massive Austrian museum fire

More than 230 vintage motorcycles and at least a dozen classic cars and vans were destroyed when the Top Mountain Crosspoint Museum located in the Austrian Alps caught fire on January 18. Opened in 2016, the museum housed an impressive and diverse se…

Kingston Custom shows that the BMW R 18 motorcycle can wear kidney grilles, too

In 2020, BMW's motorcycle-building division began working with independent designers to prove that its R 18 is an ideal starting point for a one-off build. Roland Sands notably transformed the bike into a dragster created to go flat-out. Kingston Cus…

2021 Nissan Armada gets higher base price and new trim lines

The 2021 Nissan Armada full-size SUV got a refresh for the new model year, and although mild, it did bring some pleasant changes. It now has a big 12.3-inch infotainment screen and a 7-inch instrument display, a bit more power and torque, and standar…

Honda is developing the next HR-V specifically for the American market

Spy shots taken in Germany earlier in 2021 suggested that Honda's next Vezel, which is known as the HR-V here in the States, would arrive with a much sportier design. While a new model is indeed on its way with a fastback-like roof line, the company …

Junkyard Gem: 1987 Toyota Land Cruiser

When Toyota began selling the FJ60 wagon version of the Land Cruiser here in 1980, Colorado drivers rejoiced. Finally, a Land Cruiser built to mid-apocalyptic Warlord Grade™ standards of sturdiness but with luxurious-by-early-1980s-truck-standards pr…

Friday, January 15, 2021

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for January 15, 2021

Jan 15, 2021

Top Stories of the Day

Kia previews its upcoming electric lineup, from agile to fun to elegant

During a presentation about Kia's rebranding, from its new logo to dealer design, the company also provided a peek at the electric vehicles coming in the near future. A total of nine models were shown, from normal consumer cars to specialty vehicles …

Coach Door Everything! This low-volume Lincoln Continental needs to inspire future Lincolns

One of the stranger vehicles that came through the press fleets last year was the 2020 Lincoln Continental Coach Door Edition . And it was strange for a wide array of reasons. It's an extremely limited-production model; Lincoln only built 150 examples…

GM reportedly working on a Corvette-branded electric crossover

Corvette may be going plural. General Motors is working on a strategy to build at least one new electric vehicle inspired by its Corvette sports car, potentially expanding the brand from a single performance model into a family of vehicles, people f…

Ford F-150 Raptor is getting its V8 back, spy video confirms with obvious V8 sound

It looks like the reports and rumors were true: Ford is putting a V8 back in the Raptor. One of our spy shooters just caught video of a Ford F-150 Raptor test truck motoring around, and the sound emanating from the truck is unmistakably originating f…

Toyota introduces 938-hp Le Mans-bound GR010 Hybrid hypercar

Toyota introduced the GR010 Hybrid hypercar it will enter in the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). New from the ground up, the gasoline-electric racer will spawn a street-legal variant in the near future. What you see in the gallery above…

Ford design video teases Bronco pickup

Ford teased a conceptual design sketch of a new Bronco pickup Wednesday in a video detailing some of the processes that brought the exterior and interior of the revived 4x4 nameplate to life. The pickup design, spotted by Bronco6g.com , shows up brief…

2021 Mercedes-Benz GLC-Class Review | Aging gracefully

It seems like compact luxury SUVs are multiplying like rabbits, with new choices constantly popping up with various new takes on the segment. With this constant churn, one might think that the Mercedes GLC-Class is starting to show its age and be les…

The Aston Martin DB11 leads this month's list of discounts

For the fourth time in the last year, an Aston Martin out-discounts all other automakers by offering the largest monetary savings off the retail price of an automobile in America. This time, though, the discount isn't on the aging (though still beaut…

Production Nissan 400Z patent renderings unearthed

It's always disappointing when a beautiful concept gets watered down for the production version. However, with the seventh-generation Nissan Z, tentatively called the 400Z, that appears not to be the case. Images discovered in a patent filing show th…

Redesigned 2021 Honda Ridgeline gets standard AWD and higher price

The 2021 Honda Ridgeline is distinguished by its substantially redesigned nose. It has a taller hood and more squared-off grille that makes it look more truck-like than before. But it has more changes than just styling, such as some new and revised f…