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Friday, November 15, 2019

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for November 15, 2019

Nov 15, 2019

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Ford Mustang Mach-E web page coughs up trove of secrets

Someone in web development at Ford goofed. A digital safe-cracker at MachEForum.com tinkered with potential URLs for Ford's Mustang Mach-E site, and struck it rich. Our experience was that the link returns a 404 error in some browsers, but not in oth…

2020 Nissan Titan First Drive | Better but still mid-pack

With sales of about 25,000 so far this year, the second-generation Nissan Titan is the worst-selling full-size pickup in America. And it's in last place by a large margin. How large? Well, lets put it this way, Nissan sells fewer Titans than Ford F-1…

Not every Rolls-Royce Cullinan Black Badge comes in black

SPARTANBURG, S.C. — When Rolls-Royce recently unveiled the Cullinan Black Badge , the released press photos were of a very black car in a very black environment. But that did not match the car that was actually shown to the press. Quite the opposite, …

Tesla applies to trademark 'Cybertruck' and 'CYBRTRK'

Three gravitational waves rippled through the Tesla cosmos on November 6. The first was CEO Elon Musk issuing a tweet to tell the world, "Cybertruck unveil on Nov 21 in LA near SpaceX rocket factory." Jonathon Drake discovered the other two, trademar…

Electric BMW i4 sedan reportedly coming in 2021 with 530 horsepower

BMW's answer to the Tesla Model 3 will arrive in the early 2020s, likely wearing the i4 nameplate. Previewed by the polarizing i Vision Dynamics concept (pictured), it will be an electric-only sedan packed with forward-thinking tech features, and bui…

2020 Dodge Challenger R/T Scat Pack Widebody Drivers' Notes | Widebody for everybody

The 2020 Dodge Challenger R/T Scat Pack Widebody is another Challenger dart thrown against the wall by Dodge. It takes the desirable Widebody package we've seen on Hellcats and applies it to the naturally aspirated Scat Pack with the 6.4-liter V8. Th…

The C7 Chevrolet Corvette era ended with this black Z06

The end of the C7-generation Chevrolet Corvette era ended not with a bang, not with a whimper, but with a tweet. Chevy posted a picture on the little blue bird platform yesterday showing the last-ever C7 to be hoisted down the line at Bowling Green. …

The Aspark Owl electric hypercar has 1,985 hp and a $3.3 million price tag

In 2017, Japanese electric hypercar maker Aspark showed the world its Owl concept at the Frankfurt Motor Show . Six months after that, Aspark showed a prototype Owl covering the 0-to-60-mph sprint in less than 2 seconds. Six months later, a more refin…

This custom Indian Scout Bobber is called the Hasty Flaming Buffalo

Indian Motorcycle has announced the winner of its Custom Scout Bobber contest, which it opened to both amateur and professional builders in the Benelux region of Europe. Dutch designer Luuc Muis earned first place by turning the Scout Bobber into a o…

'Ford v Ferrari' Movie Review | the 1966 Le Mans drama on the big screen

Cops might do well to position their speed traps near movie theaters wherever the new film "Ford v Ferrari" is opening on Friday. They might fund their whole year's budget busting speeders peeling out of the parking lots. This infectious and engross…

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Thursday, November 14, 2019

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for November 14, 2019

Nov 14, 2019

Top Stories of the Day

Ferrari Roma: More details and new photos from every angle

We got a preview of the new Ferrari Roma yesterday afternoon, but now the official reveal is over and all the details are out. The British outlet Autocar was at the event in Italy, where it managed to learn a bit more about the coupe. We also have ad…

Ford Mustang Mach-E name confirmed for electric crossover ahead of Sunday reveal

Ford has been teasing its upcoming, Mustang-inspired electric crossover, and we've even been seeing camouflaged prototypes (like the one pictured above ) testing on the roads Autobloggers use to commute to our Detroit-area office. Now, ahead of its re…

2020 Audi S8 reveals itself discreetly with 571-horsepower V8, low-key design

Audi expanded the fourth-generation A8 range with a performance-oriented model that wears the S8 nameplate. The sedan offers motorists a generous serving of power in a discreet-looking package. The S8 needs to fly under the radar, so stylists refrai…

2021 Toyota Camry AWD vs. midsize all-wheel-drive sedans | How they compare on paper

Just as crossovers have become the dominant body style in the car market, the all-wheel drive they frequently feature has become more popular. In fact, all-wheel drive is so popular that automakers are increasingly putting it in traditional cars . The…

2020 Buick Encore GX pricing makes it a better bargain than the smaller Encore

In April, Buick revealed the Encore GX at Auto Shanghai. At the time, we thought there was a chance the slightly larger GX would supplant the Encore in the U.S. By August, we learned that wouldn't happen, the Encore GX slotting into the lineup betwee…

[VIDEO] SCG Boot preps for Baja 1000 and battle with Ford Bronco R prototype

In less than a week, the Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus (SCG) Boot will roar away from the starting line at the Baja 1000. The homemade homage to the original Hurst Baja Boot has already surmounted its first, literal obstacles during 1,000 miles of tes…

Fiat Chrysler dumped 40,000 unordered vehicles on dealers

In a move that echoes recent history, Fiat Chrysler has been making more cars and trucks than dealers in the U.S. are willing to accept, with Bloomberg reporting that at one point the automaker had built up a glut of around 40,000 unordered vehicles.…

Mazda CX-30 crossover will have its U.S. debut at L.A. Auto Show

After debuting at the Geneva Motor Show earlier this year, the Mazda CX-30 is ready to relocate to the U.S., and is now preparing to meet its future compatriots at the LA Auto Show. The small crossover — whose name is a workaround due to the Chinese-…

2020 BMW X6 First Drive | From outcast to trailblazer

Since the BMW X6 was launched, naysayers have denounced the genre-bending design as impractical and even pointless. Dubbed a "Sports Activity Coupe," the X6 threw out the checklist of what makes a good utility vehicle and instead aimed to provide a s…

Hyundai Santa Cruz compact pickup confirmed

The Hyundai Santa Cruz compact pickup was confirmed for production today, perhaps in an effort to get ahead of next week's L.A. Auto Show news wave. Hyundai also announced its first truck for the North American market will be built, starting in 2021,…

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Wednesday, November 13, 2019

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for November 13, 2019

Nov 13, 2019

Top Stories of the Day

McLaren Elva is the next Ultimate Series model, with 800 horsepower

McLaren's latest Ultimate Series hypercar has been revealed, and its name is Elva. The McLaren Elva is an open roadster named and themed after the open race cars built by founder Bruce McLaren and the Elva sports car company in the 1960s. This new ca…

Toyota blesses Camry and Avalon with AWD

The best line in Toyota's press release announcing the availability of all-wheel drive for the Camry and Avalon: "The company appreciates the loyalty, patience and perseverance of all those customers and dealers who sent letters, emails, comments and…

2020 Porsche 911 Ultimate Road Trip: From the Autobahn to Tail of the Dragon

It's dreadfully unfair, really. I'm not a Porsche Guy. The brand's engineering around an imperfect layout has always seemed stubborn, its cars have grown bigger and heavier, and in sunny Los Angeles where I live, 911's don't exactly turn heads in a s…

GM design boss predicts cars will soon roll on 26-inch wheels

As cars get bigger, so do the wheels that they ride on. This trend will continue in the coming years, according to General Motors, and we'll eventually reach a point where 20-inch alloys (which are twice as big as the steelies on an original Mini) wi…

2020 Mazda CX-5 adds torque to the turbo engine, gets more expensive

The 2020 Mazda CX-5 is getting a little more desirable in the new model year. It's also slightly more expensive. Most of the benefits are realized with the 2.5-liter turbocharged four-cylinder. This engine gets a small boost in torque, going from 31…

Ford's main rivals aren't worried about the born-again Bronco

The much-anticipated next-generation Ford Bronco is scheduled to break cover in the spring of 2020. Expected to arrive as a rugged, body-on-frame SUV, it will take Ford into a segment of the new car market that's in the midst of an unexpected renaiss…

Hyundai is bringing a plug-in hybrid compact crossover to L.A.

The star of Hyundai's display at the 2019 Los Angeles Auto Show will be a hybrid concept car developed with a major emphasis on design. Dark teaser images give us an early look at the model. The model's design remains shrouded in darkness, but what …

[VIDEO] 2020 Land Rover Defender gets filthy and flies in 'No Time to Die'

The James Bond movie "Spectre" might have been a so-so cinematic effort, but it had its high points. One of them was the snowy alpine chase scene through Austria involving a Range Rover Sport SVR and two brutish Land Rover Defender SVXs that each cam…

Original Land Rover launched in 1948 hits the road and mud again

Maurice Wilks, chief designer at English automaker Rover Company, settled on the idea for the Land Rover in 1947. A year later, the Amsterdam Auto Show introduced the world to three pre-production Land Rover prototypes, the triple ancestors of what w…

2020 Fiat 500X Sport expands lineup and color palette

Fiat trotted out the new and improved 500X at the 2018 LA Auto Show. This year the Italian carmaker follows up at Automobility LA with the new 500X Sport trim intended to bestow a "youthful, sporty appearance" on the 500X lineup. That starts with the…

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Tuesday, November 12, 2019

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for November 12, 2019

Nov 12, 2019

Top Stories of the Day

2021 Kia Optima revealed in K5 form for South Korea

Less than a week after teaser drawings were released , the 2021 Kia Optima midsize sedan has been revealed in the form of the South Korean-market K5. The overall design matches the renderings closely, giving the car a more aggressive look, but it is s…

Jeep Gladiator Rubicon gets its first factory price hike

When the JL Jeep Wrangler went on sale in early 2018, Jeep made a couple of price corrections — both in the upward direction — as it realized just how hot a property it had. First came a $750 increase across-the-board, $500 in the price and $250 in t…

2020 Jeep Wrangler EcoDiesel First Drive Review | You asked for it ...

UPDATE: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that the Wrangler EcoDiesel's fuel tank is larger than the gasoline-powered Wrangler's tank when in fact it is smaller. This has been corrected. The story continues below. ZION NATIONAL PAR…

Official Chevrolet Corvette interior sketch includes Z06 badge

This is another one of those "We don't know what this is so we're leaving this here," posts. We have the gang at Roadshow to thank for this sketch of a C8 Chevrolet Corvette interior. They got hold of the image when it came "Buried in a slew of sketc…

2020 C8 Corvette build allocation is for sale on eBay for $110,000

Here's a jolt to start your day in case the coffee just ain't doing it: eBay seller "estate-sales-deals" has listed a 15-day auction for a 2020 C8 Chevrolet Corvette allocation for a Buy It Now price of $110,000. That's just the beginning of the jolt…

Fiat Chrysler patent shows a turbocharged inline-six engine

The rumor that Fiat Chrysler is developing an inline six-cylinder surfaced on Allpar more than a year ago. In a follow-up report in December last year, Allpar tapped its sources to add more information, like the codename "Tornado" and the plan for th…

Maserati ends GranTurismo production with one-off Zèda model

MODENA, Italy — Maserati celebrated the end of the GranTurismo 's 12-year production run by building a one-off example called Zèda, which is the name of the letter Z in the Modenese dialect. The Italian firm unveiled the milestone car in the historic…

Volvo S90 sedan spied out in the open sporting a light refresh

The Volvo S90 is the Swedish automaker's largest sedan, and the redesigned model has been on sale for a few years now. That means it's time for a refresh. One of our spy shooters managed to snap a few photos of an S90 sitting alone in a parking lot w…

These are the cars that depreciate the least in 5 years

According to a recent study by iSeeCars.com, the average vehicle loses half of its value after five years of ownership. These cars and trucks depreciate much less.

Junkyard Gem: 2001 Honda Insight with manual transmission

The original Honda Insight was the very first hybrid-electric production car available in North American (beating out the Prius by nearly a year), and nothing could touch it for fuel economy and aerodynamic efficiency. Featuring aluminum construction…