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Monday, March 15, 2021

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

Mar 15, 2021

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Shelby Super Snake Speedster limited edition is an 825-hp hair dryer

Las Vegas-based tuner Shelby added a two-seater model called Speedster to the Super Snake range for 2021. Based on the convertible, it's a limited-edition pony car with a power output that lands deep in supercar territory. Shelby designed the Speeds…

Kia EV6 electric car revealed with curvy sheetmetal

The Kia EV6 electric car has finally been revealed. It's the first Kia to use the E-GMP platform , like the Hyundai Ioniq 5 . It looks dramatically different from that car, though we have yet to know if the specifications will differ much. While the I…

2022 Audi RS E-Tron GT First Drive Review | The halo EV arrives

CALABASAS, Calif. — The 2022 Audi E-Tron GT doesn't go on sale in the United States until sometime this summer, but last week we got the chance to drive a German-spec RS E-Tron GT version out of Ingolstadt's pre-production fleet (pictured above). Aud…

2021 Lincoln Nautilus First Drive Review | Middle child gets modest attention

In Lincoln's current all-SUV family, the mid-sized Nautilus occupies what might be thought of as the middle-child position: a vague middle ground where it's overshadowed by its higher-wattage siblings. The Navigator is the style-setting headline act,…

Toyota electric SUV, its first global EV, is bound for Shanghai show

After spending years largely resisting full electrification, Toyota will travel to the 2021 edition of the Shanghai auto show to preview its first mainstream EV. The crossover will make its global debut as a close-to-production concept. Toyota has d…

Tesla adds Elon Musk official title 'Technoking' in regulatory filing

Tesla Inc added "Technoking of Tesla" to billionaire Chief Executive Elon Musk's list of official titles on Monday in a formal regulatory filing that also named finance chief Zachary Kirkhorn "Master of Coin." The electric-car maker did not elaborat…

Woman arrested in San Francisco assault on Uber driver over mask

SAN FRANCISCO — A woman was arrested Thursday on suspicion of pepper-spraying an Uber driver in San Francisco who was coughed at and insulted after he demanded a passenger wear a mask, police announced. Malaysia King, 24, was arrested in Las Vegas o…

2021 Nissan Rogue adds 1.5L turbo three-cylinder engine option

The 2021 Nissan Rogue is adding a new engine option to its lineup. Car and Driver initially reported the news after finding the new engine listed on the EPA's FuelEconomy.gov website. Details are still sparse, but we know it's a 1.5-liter turbocharg…

2021 Porsche Taycan base model gets its official EPA ratings

Official EPA range figures are out for the 2021 Porsche Taycan. We're not talking about the Turbo or the 4S here — range figures for those models are already available. This news blast concerns the base (rear-drive-only) Taycan, which is simply calle…

If you want to buy a Toyota GR Super Sport hypercar, you'll have to answer some questions first

The much anticipated Le Mans Hypercar class is set to kick off later this year, and that means road-going versions of the prototype race cars will soon be upon us. As per LMH homologation rules, carmakers must build a minimum of 20 street-legal versi…

Friday, March 12, 2021

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for March 12, 2021

Mar 12, 2021

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Ford F-150 electric pickup in production bodywork caught in spy photos

Ford is hard at work getting its all-electric F-150 ready for prime time. As we see in this latest round of spy photos, Ford has grafted the updated 2021 F-150 body onto its new electric prototype and is now putting it through its paces. From a dis…

Ford Maverick compact pickup spied in most revealing look yet

Here's the best look yet (by a long shot) at the upcoming Ford Maverick compact pickup. One of our spy shooters captured two pre-production trucks running around near Ford HQ with very little camouflage compared to previous shots . The one truck has …

Next-generation Toyota Tundra caught testing with coil springs in spy photos

The next-generation Toyota Tundra has been spotted on the road before, but today's spy photos show us something truly new and different, thanks to some timely snaps of the new pickup's undercarriage that very clearly show that this prototype is ridin…

2021 Porsche Taycan base model gets its official EPA ratings

The Alpha Wolf EV pickup: Is there room for one more electric truck?

Startup EV-maker Alpha has added the Wolf EV pickup to its nascent lineup of electric vehicles, which already includes the vaguely retro Ace EV coupe and the off-road-ified Jax EV CUV coupe . The Alpha Wolf electric pickup is available in single-moto…

2021 BMW Alpina XB7 First Drive Review | Tasteful titan

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — It takes a car-minded person, or even someone well-versed in BMW, to really notice an Alpina in passing. The Bavarian tuner, which trades solely in BMW, doesn't plaster its performance-enhanced cars with carbon fiber or overwrought…

The Toyota RAV4 5D Adventure Mountain Rescue was built for disasters

Toyota has released rainy images of a concept it calls the RAV4 5D Adventure, a crossover decked out for mountain rescue operations. It was supposed to be displayed at the Tokyo Auto Salon in January, but since that event was COVID-cancelled, it will…

Joey Ruiter's Consumer Car is hyper-minimalist and for sale

While the Tesla Cybertruck grabbed attention for its minimalist, cyberpunk design, it was far from the first or the most extreme to adopt the aesthetic. Years before, industrial designer Joey Ruiter created a series of one-off vehicles reduced down t…

Watch the 1960s Jeep Wagoneer commercial that helped launch a legend

We've now seen the reborn Jeep Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer , which represent the long-awaited return of a classic nameplate. But what we haven't yet seen are any commercials for the new SUVs. How will Jeep introduce the big SUV to the American public?…

[VIDEO] Dashcam catches BMW 5 Series in rural deer stampede

As if we needed another reminder to keep our eyes on the road, a herd of deer demonstrates just how much havoc can be wreaked in a split second. Leaping ungulates recently darted right in front of, over, and on top of an innocent BMW 5 Series merrily…