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Friday, June 26, 2020

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for June 26, 2020

Jun 26, 2020

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2021 Ford F-150 revealed: new tech, fresh interior and a class-leading powerful hybrid

The 2021 Ford F-150 has officially arrived, ushering in the 14th generation of America's bestselling pickup. This redesign integrates key elements of the previous-generation truck, including its extensive use of aluminum body panels, with new tech, s…

2021 Ford F-150 PowerBoost: What we know about the heavy-hitter hybrid

The 2021 Ford F-150 has been officially revealed to the world, and along with it, a first-ever hybrid model. Like Ford's turbocharged "EcoBoost" engines, this new hybrid system gets its own marketing tell-tale: "PowerBoost." Unlike the former, Ford…

The 2021 F-150 elevates Ford's bed game

The new 2021 Ford F-150 is ushering in a new era of pickup capability, but there's more to it than the introduction of the PowerBoost hybrid . While that new powertrain is certainly the truck's headlining element, the supporting electrical architectur…

Mazda seemingly confirms turbo Mazda3, plus reveal date

Yes, you read that right, Mazda seems to have confirmed that a 2021 Mazda3 turbo is on the way. The company replied to multiple tweets asking about such a car, including one from yours truly, with a teaser video and the phrase "Power comes to those w…

California to require zero-emissions heavy trucks

LOS ANGELES — California on Thursday approved a groundbreaking policy to wean its trucking sector off of diesel fuel by requiring manufacturers to sell a rising number of zero-emissions vehicles, starting in 2024. The mandate, passed unanimously by …

Cadillac Lyriq electric crossover reveal date announced

The Cadillac Lyriq will be the company's first fully electric car, and it was due to be shown back in April . Then the coronavirus pandemic happened and screwed everything up. But now we have a new reveal date for the Lyriq: August 6, 2020. The d…

2020 BMW 2 Series Gran Coupe Luggage Test | Not as 'gran' as promised

As we discovered with the M340i , BMW must be using a different measurement method than other manufacturers, because its cargo volume specs are not consistent with the amount of space actually available. Or, to be most accurate, other cars with the sa…

Jeep Grand Wagoneer PHEV rumored to do 30 miles on a charge

The Jeep Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer will eventually be here, establishing Jeep in a luxury stratum the same way the original Wagoneer did in 1963. The differences today are that the original Wagoneer took three years to develop, today's Wagoneer has…

2021 Subaru Ascent adds standard lane-centering, lane-keep assist, and adaptive headlights

The 2021 Subaru Ascent, the brand's three-row midsize SUV, adds lane-centering (which works in conjunction with the adaptive cruise control) and lane-keep assist to its standard-equipment list. Curve-adaptive headlights are newly standard on the base…

Kia's Intelligent Manual Transmission — here's how iMT and clutch-by-wire works

When Kia introduced the facelifted Rio for Europe a few weeks ago, the press release briefly touted a clutch-by-wire six-speed manual transmission that would improve gas mileage and reduce CO2 emissions. A new press release provides details on the In…

Thursday, June 25, 2020

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for June 25, 2020

Jun 25, 2020

Top Stories of the Day

Watch live | 2021 Ford F-150 debuts Thursday

Ford is set to unveil the 2021 F-150 to the public Thursday night, and you can watch the event live right here on Autoblog. The YouTube feed will go live Thursday, June 25 at 8:00 p.m. EDT. You will also be able to access the feed via Faceb…

2021 Ram TRX to be revealed this summer

The wait for the 2021 Ram TRX will soon be over, FCA confirmed Thursday with a social media teaser. The much-anticipated, Hellcat-powered Raptor slayer will be revealed this summer. It's not a mirage. https://t.co/CZSAFgLBZZ Ram TRX | Late Su…

Watch today's Lordstown Endurance electric pickup reveal here

Lordstown Motors Corp will show off its planned electric pickup truck at an event at noon EDT today as the startup seeks to begin producing vehicles at a former General Motors factory in northeast Ohio. Lordstown Motors, which hopes to start deliver…

The Ultimate Toyota Off-Road SUV Suspension Flex Test

As I sit down to write this, it's dawning on me that I have owned all three of these vehicles at one point or another. The Toyota 4Runner TRD Off-Road is the one that currently shades my driveway. You've seen it before. Twice. But I actually brought…

Eagle Lightweight GT meticulous Jaguar restomod is 'the best an E-Type can be'

England claims so many boutique, specialist car companies doing such sensational work that if an artist were to draw a national muse for Britannia, she would hold a scepter in one hand and a gear shift in the other. Next up in the island's crowded sh…

1999 Honda Prelude Type SH Retro First Drive | Torque-vectoring pioneer

Autoblog wasn't around for the literal first drive review, but as they say, it's better late than never. Take a trip down memory lane in our latest retro first drive. "Designed to be an aggressive sports coupe with superior handling, the Prelude i…

J.D. Power 2020 Initial Quality Study puts Dodge and Kia in first place

For the first time ever, an American automaker is ranked at the top of J.D. Power's yearly Initial Quality Study as Dodge tied with Kia for the top spot. Kia landed in first from second place last year — though it's Kia's sixth consecutive year as th…

The Bentley Mulsanne exits the stage as production ends

Bentley is done with the Mulsanne. The one you're looking at here is the penultimate car to come out of the factory in Crewe, Cheshire, England. Apparently, the owner of the last one is rather secretive and wants to keep their car under wraps. That b…

2020 Lotus Evora GT Road Test | Don't forget about Lotus

Slipping into the leather, carbon fiber-backed seats and turning on the engine is an event in the 2020 Lotus Evora GT. Stick the stubby, unmarked key in the ignition, turn two notches; press a button on the remote; push the clutch in, and hold the "E…

Tesla project Roadrunner calls for expanded battery plant in Fremont

Tesla is currently working on a project dubbed Roadrunner to build a new battery research and manufacturing facility. That's not surprising , but its location may be. According to documents from the Fremont, California, city government, Tesla filed pa…

Wednesday, June 24, 2020

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

Jun 24, 2020

Top Stories of the Day

2021 Ford F-150 teased ahead of Thursday's official unveiling

Ford released an official teaser of the 2021 F-150 pickup on Facebook Monday, giving us perhaps the cleanest look we've gotten of the Blue Oval's new half-ton moneymaker. "Clear your schedules," the post says. "You're going to want to see the revea…

Jessi Combs officially recognized by Guinness as the fastest woman on earth

Jessi Combs is officially the world's fastest woman . Guinness World Records posthumously awarded Combs the title after she was clocked at 522.783 miles per hour before the crash that took her life in August 2019. After her death, Combs' family stated…

2021 VW Arteon unveiled with sharper design, improved interior

Volkswagen updated the Arteon, its halo model in the United States, with a sharper-looking front end and a significantly improved interior packed with more tech. It also expanded the range with a wagon named Shooting Brake, though it quickly confirme…

2021 Genesis G70 pulls some camo back, reveals G80 and G90 design cues

The Genesis G70 may still feel like a new car, but a big refresh is going to drop anytime now. One of our spy photographers just gave us an up-close and fairly detailed look at what this update will consist of visually. Those new lights are lifted s…

Here's the 2021 Audi S3 making its visual debut on the Nurburgring

The 2021 Audi A3 has already been revealed. You can see it inside and outside in detail via o ur reveal post from a few months ago . But maybe it's the S3 that you're after. Previous sets of spy photos have shown the S3 in hatchback form running about …

2021 Kia Sedona's new look revealed as Korean-market Carnival

Last week, Kia showed teaser sketches of the next-generation Carnival , which we'll get as the 2021 Kia Sedona. Now the company has released actual photos of the minivan with the Carnival nameplate. No other information about powertrains or features h…

NHTSA investigates Tesla touchscreen failures

WASHINGTON — The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said Tuesday it had opened an investigation into 63,000 Tesla Model S cars after reports of media-control unit failures that led to the loss of the use of touchscreens. The…

Toyota Yaris dead in the U.S. after 2020

The outlet Tire Meets Road spotted a leaked document from Toyota on Reddit, sent to the automaker's dealers and general managers in the Southwest region. According to the memo from Toyota's western comms manager, "The Yaris sedan and Yaris Hatchback …

2021 Porsche 718 Cayman and Boxster GT4, Spyder, GTS 4.0 gain optional 7-speed PDK

The biggest piece of news that sports car fans will be eager to hear about the 2021 Porsche 718 Boxster and Cayman models is that the enthusiast-grade GT4, Spyder and GTS 4.0 models will be offered with an optional seven-speed PDK dual-clutch transmi…

[VIDEO] $295K boat plus $110K in trucks equals $405K of flotsam in Indiana lake

Every boater has had bad days at the lake. The best — by which we mean, least damaging — outcome is when the badness involves just the boat. Still we've seen plenty of days go sour at the launch, some shiny tow vehicle losing purchase on the ramp and…

Tuesday, June 23, 2020

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for June 23, 2020

Jun 23, 2020

Top Stories of the Day

Tesla Cybertruck is at the Petersen Museum, and we photographed it from every angle

Like most Tesla products pre-release, the Cybertruck is shrouded in an air of mystery. Nobody's really seen it anywhere except for the reveal event. There have been some videos of Elon Musk driving it around, and a "Jay Leno's Garage" episode aired, …

Get a closer look at the 830-horsepower Lamborghini SCV12 track car

Lamborghini has just released a set of photos and video of its upcoming SCV12 hypercar, giving us a clearer look. The track-only machine does look similarly sized to the Aventador, but it apparently doesn't share much with the road car. The closest …

Here are a few of our automotive guilty pleasures

It goes without saying, but I'll say it anyway. The world is full of cars, and just about as many of them are bad as are good. It's pretty easy to pick which fall into each category after giving them a thorough walkaround and, more important, driving…

[VIDEO] Watch sparks fly from motorcycle wedged into minivan by hit-and-run driver

Nearly all of us accept the fact that accidents happen and are an unfortunate byproduct of millions of vehicles driven by fallible men and women all around the world. Sadly, another unfortunate human trait sometimes takes over after such an accident,…

Apple CarPlay gets an update, plus, replace your car key with your iPhone

Apple announced a slew of new features and updates at its 2020 Worldwide Developer Conference today, many of them directly related to the automotive world. To start, Apple CarPlay is getting an update. There's no new user interface, but users can p…

Want a wagon? This clean 2004 Volvo V70R is calling your name

The guy that lived below me in my college apartment owned a Volvo V70R. I'd walk by it every time I left, admiring the perfect black paint and sporty five-spoke wheels. It was an unspoken rule that we'd park next to each other behind our house every …

Man wronged in past by police saves officer from burning car

Daylan McLee (AP) There was a boom, then the house shook. Daylan McLee thought for a minute it might have been a small earthquake until a relative came running inside to say there had been a car crash involving a police cruiser outside the a…

2020 Acura RDX Luggage Test | In no way a 'compact' SUV

The 2020 Acura RDX is considered a compact luxury SUV, but there's actually very little that's compact about it. When lined up against its competitors , you can see that it enjoys a clear dimensional advantage. In fact, the RDX is pretty close to the …

2021 Jaguar I-Pace updates include better infotainment, faster charging

Jaguar grabbed an armful of features from the JLR corporate store to improve the 2021 I-Pace, including bits from Land Rover and more technology from the brand's Formula E campaign. Restrained exterior mods start with Atlas Grey tips on the grille me…

1984 VW Rabbit GTI Retro First Drive | Looks like a toaster; cooks like one too

When Volkswagen introduced the GTI to the United States, it was an oasis for enthusiasts caught in a desert of post-emissions malaise. As American manufacturers scrambled to add power back to their pony and sports car nameplates, VW introduced a pra…