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Monday, March 9, 2020

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for March 9, 2020

Mar 09, 2020

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2021 Ford Bronco Sport shown completely undisguised in leaked photos

Photos of the 2021 Ford Bronco Sport — widely referred to as the "Baby Bronco" — have leaked, revealing the new Jeep Renegade competitor in all of its sheetmetal glory. These leaked photographs come our way courtesy of BroncoSportForum.com and appe…

How this father and son's new electric turbine could revolutionize electric cars

In the past two years, companies have promised electric motors producing far more torque density, measured in kilowatts per kilogram. Avid said its makes "one of the highest usable power and torque densities of any electric vehicle motor available o…

2022 Hyundai Kona N spied with big brakes, big wheels, big exhaust

What Albert Biermann wants, he gets. A couple of years ago, he reportedly wanted to make a Hyundai Kona N , and now one of our spy photographers has caught one testing in the snow. Though it's well-covered, it can't hide some obvious performance-orien…

Ford shows its dealers the sub-Ranger pickup it hopes will replace sedans

Ford is moving forward with its plan to release so-called white-space vehicles that fill the void left by cars like the Fiesta and the Focus. It recently showed one of these models, a sub-Ranger pickup truck, to its top dealers. While photography wa…

Possible 2021 Ford Bronco exterior paint palette leaks

The Bronco6G forum paid a visit to the Automotive Touchup website and came away with the color palette — or at least part of it — for the 2021 Ford Bronco. Automotive Touchup, in the process of advertising colors to repair that paint on a new Bronco,…

1970 Mustang Boss 302 racer and matching transport truck relive the glory days of Trans Am

It's hard to imagine you wouldn't have the coolest setup at pretty much any vintage racing event or car show if you showed up with this duo: a 1970 Ford Mustang Boss 302 Trans-Am racer replica and matching Ford C-800 cab-over transport truck. The thr…

2021 Honda Odyssey ages gracefully with midlife refresh

The 2021 Honda Odyssey is getting its midlife refresh and biggest update since it was totally redesigned for the 2018 model year . Honda says we'll receive more information and photos at the New York Auto Show, but the preview today is pretty comprehe…

BMW shelves iX3 electric crossover plans for America

The 2021 BMW iX3 is not coming to the U.S. right now. A new report from Automotive News stated as much, but the news was also tucked deep within the BMW i4 Concept press release from Geneva. We got in touch with BMW representatives in the U.S. to con…

[VIDEO] Take a closer look at the Bentley Bacalar with Top Gear

We haven't returned to the Golden Age of coachbuilding yet — meaning the the century-old, Roaring Twenties process of purchasing a rolling chassis from a manufacturer and delivering it to a design house for one-of-a-kind bodywork. Assuming such artis…

My Uber driver had an accident — What should I do now?

With more than a million Uber drivers on American roads every day, there are accidents involving Uber drivers pretty much every hour of every day. As such, it's a good idea to have a basic awareness of the legal and insurance issues that will affect …

Friday, March 6, 2020

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for March 6, 2020

Mar 06, 2020

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2021 Ford Bronco spied undisguised with roof off

The folks at Bronco6G have come to us once again with some big deal Bronco info. They shared a photo that an obviously nameless person took of the back side of what looks like a new Bronco either in a factory or in a Ford garage, and it's in close to…

Koenigsegg's Jesko Absolut can hit 330 mph, according to simulations

Chasing speed records is falling out of vogue. Bugatti announced it would stop trying to go faster after it broke the 300-mph barrier , and Koenigsegg presented the Jesko Absolut as the fastest series-produced car it will ever make. While it hasn't pu…

Used Ford Mustang Shelby GT350s are starting to get affordable

Used Ford Mustang Shelby GT350s are finally dropping into the $30,000-$40,000 range, folks. Of course, depreciation itself isn't news. Pretty much every car depreciates after it leaves the dealer lot. This is more of a public service announcement for…

2020 Honda CR-V vs 2020 Toyota RAV4 Luggage Test | Family-mobile cargo smackdown!

For those waiting oh-so-patiently last Friday for the week's luggage test , I must apologize. It never came. Alas, there was a reason, and it was to take advantage this week of having two competitor crossovers in back-to-back weeks. And they're not ju…

Seattle-area Toyota dealer closes after worker tests positive for coronavirus

The coronavirus that delivers the illness known as COVID-19 is affecting all parts of the automotive industry. For Toyota specifically, the outbreak has caused concern about the manufacturing and supply chain in Japan, and it's also put a spotlight o…

Pickup trucks ranked by their likelihood to pass 200,000 miles

These are the pickup trucks that are the most likely to reach 200,000 miles. The top three trucks all come from Japan.

Ford Focus, Fiesta owners with faulty transmission get new compensation deal

Owners of Ford Fiesta and Focus models with the company's problematic PowerShift automatic transmission will be eligible for vehicle buybacks and for cash compensation, according to a new settlement. As reported by the Detroit Free Press , depending o…

David Brown's newest Mini Remastered is a tribute to James Bond's Lotus Esprit

England-based David Brown Automotive introduced a one-off version of its restomodded Mini Remastered built as a tribute to the Lotus Esprit Turbo driven by James Bond. It's a unique, unabashedly British creation that shares very few parts with the ci…

Aston Martin developing TT hybrid V6 to replace AMG-sourced V8

We knew that Aston Martin is working on a twin-turbo 3.0-liter V6 hybrid that will fit into the forthcoming mid-engined Valhalla (pictured) and Vanquish sports cars . Car and Driver spoke to Aston Martin boss Andy Palmer, who explained that the engine…

2020 Indian Motorcycle Scout Bobber Sixty lets you murder out for less

Indian Motorcycle's newest model, unveiled Thursday, is the 2020 Scout Bobber Sixty, a stripped-down, more lightweight and less expensive version of its popular Scout Bobber. The biggest differences from the Scout Bobber are a smaller engine — 999 c…

Thursday, March 5, 2020

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for March 5, 2020

Mar 05, 2020

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2020 Geneva Motor Show Mega Photo Gallery | The auto show that wasn't

The 2020 Geneva Motor Show didn't take place in Geneva this year. Instead, it played on computer screens across the world. Most of the car companies that would have debuted cars at the show decided to host livestream reveals of their own. That means …

2021 Genesis G80 takes its luxury credentials upmarket

This far sharper, third-generation 2021 Genesis G80 midsized sedan could be the one to break through the luxury glass ceiling. The G80 was already a handsome four-door with responsive handling and noteworthy luxury touches. Design-wise, in joining th…

2020 Honda CR-V Touring Review | Road-tripping Honda's jack of all trades

Over the past two decades, the Honda CR-V has embodied Honda's reputation for building durable, comfortable and user-friendly family cars that don't require a ton of unscheduled attention (aside from a brief hiccup with transmission reliability). As …

2021 Mercedes-AMG GLE 63 S First Drive | Behold, the 603-horsepower spa

LOS ANGELES – When the Mercedes-Benz ML55 AMG debuted at the turn of the century, it seemed like an anomaly. The hot-rodded SUV raised the question, what was it for? Its sport suspension limited its on-road comfort, and for outright speed it made mor…

Cadillac Celestiq, Lyriq, Hummer, other future GM electric cars: Here's everything we saw at 'EV Day'

WARREN, Mich. — Today, General Motors held an "EV Day" event at its Warren, Michigan, campus to present its new "Ultium" battery technology , modular electric vehicle architecture and soon-to-come electric vehicles . Unfortunately, we were forbidden fr…

Electric Jaguar XJ spied testing at high speed on frozen roads

The image gallery above represents our best look yet of the soon-to-be-reborn Jaguar XJ. Unlike the sedan's first 50 or so years, this one is electric, which makes sense considering the original mission statement for Jag's flagship people hauler was …

'The Batman' will introduce a new, hot rod Batmobile

We've gotten our first look at the new Batmobile today care of "The Batman" director Matt Reeves, who shared the latest incarnation of the iconic comic and movie car on Twitter in a series of polished promotional photos showing off a muscular, retro-…

Porsche's brightest minds clash over whether the sacred 911 should go hybrid

The emblematic Porsche 911 hasn't adopted electrification yet in spite of the endless rumors claiming it would. The current-generation model (pictured) was developed with zero-emissions powertrains in mind, and prototypes are being tested around the …

Why Jaguar Land Rover's Havn ride-hailing service sounds nicer than Uber or Lyft

Havn is a new app-based ride-hailing service that has launched in London, and promises a more upscale experience than Uber, Lyft, or the city's characteristic black cabs. Havn is backed financially by Jaguar Land Rover, and it exclusively uses Jaguar…

Roland Gumpert Nathalie is a methanol fuel-cell supercar because why not

Roland Gumpert launched his Apollo more than 10 years ago, eventually losing his fearsome coupe to insolvency and Consolidated Ideal TeamVentures . Gumpert, however, was working on more models, one of them called the Explosion , shown in Geneva in 2014…

Wednesday, March 4, 2020

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for March 4, 2020

Mar 04, 2020

Top Stories of the Day

The Koenigsegg Gemera has a floating, spinning camera on its dashboard

The Koenigsegg Gemera , a clean-sheet four-seat performance hybrid, debuted this week and instantly became one of the most stunning debuts of the year. But with all the hullabaloo about the two extra seats and the trick engine setup, most people overl…

2021 Ford Bronco details emerge on what that seventh gear is for

Magna Powertrain, formerly known as transmission-maker Getrag, posted a spec sheet on its Getrag-Ford site that laid out a few specs on the 5/6/7MTI550 gearbox. The "5/6/7" indicates the number of potential gears. This is the same gearbox that Bozi T…

Aston Martin V12 Speedster is a $950,000 exotic dream that's wild as the wind

The roofless, windshield-less, ultra-rare, ultra-expensive supercar space is getting busy. We had the Ferrari Monza SP1 and SP2 ; then we got the McLaren Elva , and now the Aston Martin V12 Speedster is joining the ranks. McLaren will let you add a win…

Porsche working on a lightweight 911 Turbo

With the 2021 Porsche 911 Turbo S , Porsche copied the launch template it laid out for the Carrera, debuting the hotter S model first. The head of the carmaker's 911 product line, Dr. Frank-Steffen Walliser, explained the launch cadence to Auto Expres…

2021 Audi E-Tron GT spied looking just like the concept

Despite having seen the concept over a year ago in L.A., and even driving it , it's a bit surprising that this is the first time one of our spy photographers has caught a glimpse of the Audi E-Tron GT. Even though it has been a long wait, fans of the …

[VIDEO] Tesla unleashes Model 3 Track Mode V2 update, even Track Package parts

Tesla just dropped two performance-minded upgrades for the Model 3 Performance with the Performance Upgrade, one of them a software update, the other actual bolt-on performance parts. Owners will shortly have Track Mode V2 uploaded over-the-air to th…

2020 VW Atlas Cross Sport First Drive | More and less of a good thing

VANCOUVER, B.C. – You can never have too many SUVs, right? Certainly seems that way considering that more than half of new vehicle sales are going to them, and it's a trend that Volkswagen is seeing in its own lineup, where take-rate percentages are …

Ford Transit electric commercial vans coming to U.S. and Canada for 2022

In this age of Amazon, delivery to your door has become the biggest of businesses, and delivery by any means, from piece-workers' personal vehicles to USPS postal trucks to, someday, pizza robots — but most especially, delivery by cargo vans. Amazon …

Bugatti Chiron Pur Sport: born to speed (and drift) through the twisties

Bugatti made automotive history in 2019 when it built a long-tail variant of the Chiron that was still accelerating when it smashed through the 300-mph barrier . With the speed record broken and set, the French company wants to prove it also knows a t…

Car sales in China fall 80% in February on coronavirus epidemic

BEIJING — Passenger car retail sales in China, the world's biggest auto market, fell 80% in February because of the coronavirus epidemic, one of the country's industry associations said on Wednesday. The China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) said i…