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Wednesday, February 24, 2021

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for February 24, 2021

Feb 24, 2021

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IIHS gives 90 models its Top Safety Pick award in one fell swoop

Although the Audi A7 and the Toyota Sienna are positioned on completely different ends of the automotive spectrum, they overlap in one important area: both earned a Top Safety Pick+ award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). They'r…

Hyundai to replace battery packs in all Kona EVs in $900 million recall

SEOUL — Hyundai Motor Co will replace battery systems in some 82,000 electric vehicles globally due to fire risks — a costly $900 million recall that lays bare the thorny issue of how car and battery makers split the bill when problems arise. The re…

2021 Chevy Corvette Interior Driveway Test | Selling the supercar feel

The Chevy Corvette C8 is just an awesome machine. It's a rocket with its rippling, nearly 500-horsepower V8. The chassis is beautifully balanced and communicative. Its mid-engine wouldn't look out of place next to a Ferrari or Lamborghini. And of cou…

2022 Kia Carnival makes American debut with VIP seating, loads of tech

There aren't many secrets left to be told about the 2022 Kia Carnival. It debuted for the South Korean market in August last year , and additional details have continued to trickle out since then . Nevertheless, Kia is giving the minivan its American d…

2022 Kia Carnival vs the other minivans | How they compare on paper

The 2022 Kia Carnival has finally made its American debut , officially displacing the Sedona. Even though Kia won't call it a minivan (you won't find a single reference to it being a "van" or "minivan" in the press release) the Carnival is totally and…

2022 Hyundai Ioniq 5 spied in classy black paint

The Hyundai Ioniq 5 electric hatchback was only just unveiled last night , and already Hyundai is driving around test cars completely undisguised. And while our spy photographer's shots don't reveal any special details, they do give us a look at the c…

How the Ioniq 5 compares to the Mustang Mach-E, Nissan Ariya and VW ID.4

There has been a gigantic gap , in both size and price, between electric cars in this country. Choices like the Chevy Bolt EV and Hyundai Kona Electric are reasonably affordable, but they're small and their interior sparse for the money. Above them — …

2021 Buick Envision First Drive | A successful sequel

The 2021 Buick Envision inaugurates the second generation of what GM's premium division hopes will become the staple of its all-crossover lineup. The original Envision, while reasonably competent, suffered from ungainly styling and struggled to separ…

2021 Ford Explorer gets the upscale King Ranch treatment

Ford is bringing the Western-themed King Ranch treatment to the hot-selling Explorer for the first time. Created by popular demand, the Explorer King Ranch gains numerous trim-specific upscale accents inside and out. As has typically been the case, …

Minnesota nICE meets Lord Coldemort in epic battle of snowplow names

You surely haven't been enjoying this winter's weather, but a lot of you liked our feature awhile back about Scotland's delightful tradition of letting schoolchildren name its snowplows and "gritters" (sanding trucks). State officials in Minnesota mu…

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for February 23, 2021

Feb 23, 2021

Top Stories of the Day

2022 Mercedes-Benz C-Class revealed with four-cylinder power and S-Class-inspired interior

The 2022 Mercedes-Benz C-Class is here, and it certainly shouldn't surprise anyone on the outside with looks closely based on its bigger siblings. But the familiar body hides a bigger car with a new four-cylinder-only engine range and S-Class inspire…

Hyundai Ioniq 5 revealed with long range, strong performance, concept car looks

When the Hyundai 45 concept car was revealed two years ago, we were impressed by the sleek, creased sheetmetal and airy interior. But we figured that whatever production car came of the design would receive major styling changes to make it work. We w…

Rolls-Royce Phantom Tempus Collection is inspired by the infinite universe

Rolls-Royce, like NASA , is exploring what's far beyond the stratosphere. It introduced a limited-edition version of the Phantom , its flagship, called the Tempus Collection and inspired by time, astronomical phenomena, and the infinite reaches of the …

Cherokee Nation calls on Jeep to stop using its name

In a written statement responding to an inquiry by Car and Driver , the principal chief of the Cherokee Nation is calling on Jeep to stop using the name Cherokee on vehicles. "I'm sure this comes from a place that is well-intended, but it does not h…

Forbidden fruit: Cupra Formentor VZ5 borrows Audi's turbo 5-cylinder engine

The standard forbidden fruit-style post you'll see here is typically about some gorgeous wagon or sports car that's limited to European consumption only. It's the rare day that a crossover or SUV makes the cut as being interesting enough to want it i…

2021 Polestar 2 Luggage Test | Bringing the notchback back

The Polestar 2 has an unusual body style: a notchback sedan that's been slightly lifted. Someone probably calls it a crossover because marketing, but whatever the body style in total is, Polestar Part Deux has a trunk covered by a liftback that encom…

Nissan Patrol Nismo spotted during commercial filming

A Nismo edition of the Nissan Patrol, what we in the U.S. know as the Armada, has been spotted. The SUV was captured without any camouflage during what looked to be an official commercial shoot in the Middle East, just as the production was wrapping …

Ford previews the next addition to its Western-themed King Ranch lineup

Ford buyers will soon have another Western-themed King Ranch-branded model to choose from. The company released a short preview video to announce the next addition to the range will make its debut on February 24. Posted on Twitter, the six-second te…

Gordon Murray unveils the 725-horsepower track-built T.50s Niki Lauda

Formula One legend Niki Lauda would have been 72 years old if he were alive today. Though he died in 2019, we think he would have heartily approved of the new Gordon Murray T.50s, which will also be called the Niki Lauda as an homage. That's because…

Harley-Davidson Pan America 1250 ventures well off the beaten path

Harley-Davidson is known for lots of things — big V-twin engines dripping in chrome, heavyweight touring motorcycles, leather — but they definitely aren't known for diving into completely new market segments. The brand-new Pan America 1250 challenges…