What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for April 24, 2020

Apr 24, 2020

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McLaren P1 GTR-18 by Lanzante takes its inspiration from the F1

The McLaren P1 GTR is already one of the most exclusive hypercars ever built (McLaren made only 58 of them), and now Lanzante is making it even more special. The storied British racing company has decided it's going to convert six P1 GTRs into what i…

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UAW warns automakers: Restarting U.S. plants is 'too soon and too risky'

WASHINGTON/WARREN, Mich. — The head of the United Auto Workers union on Thursday said it was "too soon and too risky" to reopen auto plants and Michigan's economy in early May, citing insufficient scientific data and coronavirus testing to assure wor…

The Quail joins the Pebble Beach Concours, cancels for this August

Another of the major Monterey Car Week events has announced it's canceling this year's festivities. The latest is The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering , which is a show and road rally that precedes the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance (also canceled ) ea…

[VIDEO] Porsche Syberia RS rally car is what you make when you need a Hummer that's fast

Some history: The Porsche 911's first-ever race was the 1965 Monte Carlo rally, entered because Porsche's PR man at the time wanted to show how much the future icon could do. A year later, Porsche began selling an optional rally kit for the 911 that …

2020 Porsche Cayenne Coupe Luggage Test | How much cargo space is lost?

There are typically two practical drawbacks to a sport utility "coupe." One is reduced backseat space and comfort resulting from a lowered roof and usually a lowered seat bottom to counteract the lowered roof. As noted in the video walk-around of the…

Hertz amasses $17B in debt, lays off 10,000 as car rental demand vanishes

NEW YORK — Hertz Global Holdings Inc is working with debt restructuring advisers to explore options for shoring up its finances after the coronavirus pandemic killed demand for car rentals, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday. The Ester…

2020 Honda CR-V Infotainment Driveway Test Video | The sore spot

The 2020 Honda CR-V is an all-star; a thoughtfully designed and well-rounded compact crossover that checks off virtually every box families might have. There are no shortage of reasons why Honda manages to sell so many every year, and it actually get…

Listen to the 2020 BMW X5 M Competition's savage 617-horsepower V8

The new 2020 BMW X5 M Competition takes BMW's X5 M crossover to a new level of madness with 617 horsepower and 553 pound-feet of torque. That comes thanks to its 4.4-liter twin-turbo V8 that's even more potent than the non-Competition X5 M that makes…

2020 BMW X5 M Competition Interior Driveway Test | Maximum luxury and maximum M

BMW M crossovers bring legitimate on-track performance to the table, but we all know the racetrack isn't where the vast majority of these 'utes will be found. Instead, we'll see them in rush hour traffic, where a comfy seat and bejeweled, luxurious i…

Buy this KITT replica and relive your childhood fantasies

Let's get one thing straight right off the bat: This isn't a perfect KITT replica. The original KITT used in the Knight Rider TV series was based on a 1982 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am. The one you see above, which is currently for sale at auction site …

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What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for April 22, 2020

Apr 22, 2020

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Earth Day 2020: Our favorite fun green cars in different, admittedly arbitrary categories

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2020 Porsche Taycan 4S First Drive | Forget 203 miles. We easily got 300

SANTA ANA, Calif. – I must admit that I was a bit nervous when I began my EV test loop in the 2020 Porsche Taycan 4S, the ink barely dry on its EPA range rating of 203 miles . I'd run this very same test some two months ago in a 2020 Porsche Taycan Tu…

Earth Day 2020: Looking forward to a cleaner, happier post-commuting world

This was the view on a recent 8 a.m. westbound crossing of the 520 floating bridge on Lake Washington in Seattle. Typically at 8 a.m., 7,000 vehicles would be on this bridge at once, and it normally carries 78,000 cars a day. Also in the photo: Impro…

Range Rover Evoque P300e and Land Rover Discovery Sport P300e PHEVs debut

After launching 48-volt mild hybrid versions of the Land Rover Discovery Sport and Range Rover Evoque last year , the iconic English off-road automaker goes all-in with the Discovery Sport P300e PHEV and Evoque P300e PHEV. Both share the Premium Trans…

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This wild rendering is a Koenigsegg-supervised student's design thesis

Imagined renderings without paths toward production typically don't make the cut here at Autoblog, but a sharp-looking exception to that rule has arrived courtesy of RAW Design House . The digital concept car was created as part of a graduation thesis…

Tesla now claims a 2.3-second 0-60 for the Model S Performance

Enthusiasts have been modding their cars for more performance basically since the dawn of the automobile's inception. For most of the history of four-wheeled vehicles, the only ways to cut a few tenths of a second off a 0-60 time involved some time w…

Hyundai Kona N sheds baggy camo, shows off beefy exhaust tips

The high-performance Hyundai Kona N has been spied in the wild yet again, this time with more form-fitting camouflage that gives us a better hint at what to expect from the Korean automaker's latest N model.  When we last saw "Kona the Destroyer ," i…

Refreshed Mercedes-AMG E63 caught on track in lighter camo

The revised Mercedes-AMG E63 sedan has been spotted wearing only minimal front-end camouflage as the unveiling of the high-performance variant inches ever closer.  While this prototype isn't completely undisguised, the scant covering on the nose lea…

The tire industry pushes back against evidence of plastic pollution

SINGAPORE — A growing body of scientific research linking tire wear to microplastic pollution, as well as increasing scrutiny from lawmakers in the European Union (EU), has led the $180 billion-a-year tire industry to fight back. The companies have …

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