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Wednesday, January 20, 2021

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for January 20, 2021

Jan 20, 2021

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2021 Lincoln Aviator Review | America's finest luxury crossover

The 2021 Lincoln Aviator is the right vehicle at the right time. It's a distinctly American take on the three-row luxury crossover segment, boasting big power and a splash of green on the side. It draws you in with its long, sleek exterior, then leav…

In the rearview: Joe Biden does a burnout in his 1967 Chevy Corvette with Jay Leno

Vice President Joe Biden's 1967 Chevrolet Corvette is lovely, and based on this video for "Jay Leno's Garage," he knows how to drive it.

Mercedes-Benz EQA 250 revealed with 188 horsepower and over 250 miles of range

Mercedes-Benz has revealed its second electric model, the EQA 250, edging out the soon-to-be-revealed EQS sedan . The EQA is a little crossover sibling to the EQC , and it's closely related to the gas-powered GLA-Class. That relationship is clear in th…

Porsche Taycan gets a new rear-drive model that's the most affordable by far

Well, that didn't take long. As we predicted just this morning when the image of a new, fourth variant of the Porsche Taycan was teased out, Porsche has announced that the EV is getting a rear-wheel-drive version that is considerably more affordable.…

BMW announces electric M car is coming this year

An electric BMW M car is coming this year. That's official news coming from the mouth of Markus Flasch, chairman of the board of BMW M. There's no official date for a reveal yet, so BMW has 11 months and some change to work with. The latest reports …

Electric Lincoln Corsair-E coming in 2026, report says

An electric Lincoln Corsair is on the way, Automotive News reports. It's currently scheduled to arrive in 2026 and will be built at the Oakville, Ontario, assembly plant. Automotive News' source for this information is AutoForecast Solutions LLC, an…

Ram 1500 TRX too tame for you? Hennessey cranks its Hemi V8 to 1,012 horsepower

Ram captured the top spot on the horsepower podium when it released the Hellcat-powered 1500 TRX in 2020. The truck's 702-horsepower output places it comfortably ahead of the Ford F-150 Raptor, at least for now , but American tuner Hennessey saw plent…

NHTSA finally passes law allowing replica car sales

Replica fans rejoice! After five years of red tape, a new rule handed down from the U.S. Department of Transportation will make it legal to sell turn-key replica cars in the United States. The final rule was signed by National Highway Traffic Safety …

2021 Hyundai Bayon is a subcompact crossover with an extroverted design

Hyundai is stretching the boundaries of its design language as it marches into new segments. It released a pair of dark sketches to preview a subcompact crossover named Bayon that it developed for the European market. Although the Bayon's full desig…

Nissan e-NV200 Winter Camper Concept can be a reality if you live in Europe

Once again, Europe is showing off its wealth of factory supported pop-top campers. This one comes from Nissan, and while it's technically a concept, it's mostly built using factory accessories. Yes, the Nissan e-NV200 Winter Camper Concept could be e…

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for January 19, 2021

Jan 19, 2021

Top Stories of the Day

2021 Ford F-150 Review | Newer than it looks, better than expected

The 2021 Ford F-150 is as reworked as you can get without going completely back to the drawing board. The fully boxed frame is carried over, and the engine lineup seems awfully familiar. It also doesn't look all that different despite some aerodynami…

Stellantis is official, hits the ground running with eyes on China

Carlos Tavares Stellantis, the carmaker forged from the merger of FCA and PSA, is "very confident" of delivering its planned $6.1 billion in synergies, including 80% within four years, its chief executive said on Tuesday. CEO Carlos Tavares…

Byron's 2003 Toyota Matrix Update | The good! The bad! The weird!

In December, I bought a 2003 Toyota Matrix XRS to keep as a highway-friendlier alternative to daily driving my 2011 Jeep Wrangler. While "daily driving" is a bit of a misnomer under the current circumstances (your Autoblog editorial team is working f…

Porsche previews the next addition to the Taycan range

Porsche released a dark preview image to announce that it's about to add a new model to the Taycan family. We don't know exactly what's in store yet, but there are several possibilities and a few options that we can rule out. Posted on various socia…

2021 Toyota Highlander Review | Better and now sportier

Over 230 vintage motorcycles destroyed in massive Austrian museum fire

More than 230 vintage motorcycles and at least a dozen classic cars and vans were destroyed when the Top Mountain Crosspoint Museum located in the Austrian Alps caught fire on January 18. Opened in 2016, the museum housed an impressive and diverse se…

Kingston Custom shows that the BMW R 18 motorcycle can wear kidney grilles, too

In 2020, BMW's motorcycle-building division began working with independent designers to prove that its R 18 is an ideal starting point for a one-off build. Roland Sands notably transformed the bike into a dragster created to go flat-out. Kingston Cus…

2021 Nissan Armada gets higher base price and new trim lines

The 2021 Nissan Armada full-size SUV got a refresh for the new model year, and although mild, it did bring some pleasant changes. It now has a big 12.3-inch infotainment screen and a 7-inch instrument display, a bit more power and torque, and standar…

Honda is developing the next HR-V specifically for the American market

Spy shots taken in Germany earlier in 2021 suggested that Honda's next Vezel, which is known as the HR-V here in the States, would arrive with a much sportier design. While a new model is indeed on its way with a fastback-like roof line, the company …

Junkyard Gem: 1987 Toyota Land Cruiser

When Toyota began selling the FJ60 wagon version of the Land Cruiser here in 1980, Colorado drivers rejoiced. Finally, a Land Cruiser built to mid-apocalyptic Warlord Grade™ standards of sturdiness but with luxurious-by-early-1980s-truck-standards pr…

Friday, January 15, 2021

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

Jan 15, 2021

Top Stories of the Day

Kia previews its upcoming electric lineup, from agile to fun to elegant

During a presentation about Kia's rebranding, from its new logo to dealer design, the company also provided a peek at the electric vehicles coming in the near future. A total of nine models were shown, from normal consumer cars to specialty vehicles …

Coach Door Everything! This low-volume Lincoln Continental needs to inspire future Lincolns

One of the stranger vehicles that came through the press fleets last year was the 2020 Lincoln Continental Coach Door Edition . And it was strange for a wide array of reasons. It's an extremely limited-production model; Lincoln only built 150 examples…

GM reportedly working on a Corvette-branded electric crossover

Corvette may be going plural. General Motors is working on a strategy to build at least one new electric vehicle inspired by its Corvette sports car, potentially expanding the brand from a single performance model into a family of vehicles, people f…

Ford F-150 Raptor is getting its V8 back, spy video confirms with obvious V8 sound

It looks like the reports and rumors were true: Ford is putting a V8 back in the Raptor. One of our spy shooters just caught video of a Ford F-150 Raptor test truck motoring around, and the sound emanating from the truck is unmistakably originating f…

Toyota introduces 938-hp Le Mans-bound GR010 Hybrid hypercar

Toyota introduced the GR010 Hybrid hypercar it will enter in the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). New from the ground up, the gasoline-electric racer will spawn a street-legal variant in the near future. What you see in the gallery above…

Ford design video teases Bronco pickup

Ford teased a conceptual design sketch of a new Bronco pickup Wednesday in a video detailing some of the processes that brought the exterior and interior of the revived 4x4 nameplate to life. The pickup design, spotted by Bronco6g.com , shows up brief…

2021 Mercedes-Benz GLC-Class Review | Aging gracefully

It seems like compact luxury SUVs are multiplying like rabbits, with new choices constantly popping up with various new takes on the segment. With this constant churn, one might think that the Mercedes GLC-Class is starting to show its age and be les…

The Aston Martin DB11 leads this month's list of discounts

For the fourth time in the last year, an Aston Martin out-discounts all other automakers by offering the largest monetary savings off the retail price of an automobile in America. This time, though, the discount isn't on the aging (though still beaut…

Production Nissan 400Z patent renderings unearthed

It's always disappointing when a beautiful concept gets watered down for the production version. However, with the seventh-generation Nissan Z, tentatively called the 400Z, that appears not to be the case. Images discovered in a patent filing show th…

Redesigned 2021 Honda Ridgeline gets standard AWD and higher price

The 2021 Honda Ridgeline is distinguished by its substantially redesigned nose. It has a taller hood and more squared-off grille that makes it look more truck-like than before. But it has more changes than just styling, such as some new and revised f…

Thursday, January 14, 2021

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for January 14, 2021

Jan 14, 2021

Top Stories of the Day

2021 Ford Bronco standard and optional features and accessories list revealed

In 2020, Ford pledged to offer over 150 factory-developed or factory-authorized accessories for the 2021 Bronco. Not only will it keep its promise, it will go above and beyond by giving buyers a list of over 300 parts to choose from. It hasn't publis…

The Subaru Way Outback? New extra-rugged Wilderness version appears in spy photos

Last year, reports came out from The Drive and AutoGuide that Subaru would be adding some extra-rugged versions of its crossovers , including the Subaru Outback , and that they'd be getting the Wilderness name. Thanks to one of our spy photographers, w…

2021 Volkswagen Arteon First Drive | The niche within a niche

Volkswagen could easily give up on the Arteon in the United States. Only 3,602 sold in 2020. That's better than the short-lived Phaeton's best year (1,939 units in 2004) but just edging out the Phaeton is more of a diss than a success story. Countles…

2021 Audi e-Tron Sportback Luggage Test | More spacious than expected

Mercifully, Audi does not refer to the versions of its sedans and SUVs with aggressively raked rooflines as "coupes." Instead, they are "Sportbacks," in part to indicate they have a hatchback trunk in addition to that roofline. The Audi e-Tron electr…

Renault brings LeCar's spirit into the EV era with the 5 Prototype

Renault beat most of its rivals to the modern, mass-market electric car segment when it released a futuristic-looking hatchback named Zoe in 2012. After looking ahead, it's doing a 180 and exploring its past. It introduced a concept named 5 Prototype…

Alpine joins forces with Lotus to develop an electric sports car

Renault's performance-rooted Alpine division linked arms with Caterham to develop the current-generation A110, but it brought the project in-house after the partnership collapsed . It's again looking across the English Channel to design the model's re…

VW T7 prototype shows Multivan's lines in new spy photos

Spy photos from across the Atlantic are giving us a look at Volkswagen's T7 Multivan prototype. If you're feeling the drag of these January doldrums and looking for something to lift your spirits, might we present this plucky (and unobtainable) littl…

Drone company DJI reportedly working on self-driving technology

BEIJING/SHENZHEN, China — China's SZ DJI Technology, the world's largest drone maker, is building an engineering team to work on self-driving technologies, according to job posts and people familiar with the company's strategy. The Shenzhen-based co…

NHTSA asks Tesla to recall 159,000 cars over touchscreen failure

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has asked Tesla to recall 158,716 examples of the Model S and the Model X to fix or replace the touchscreen, which is also known as the media control unit (MCU). Government officials aren't c…

This 1977 Lincoln Continental Town Car is very green

Autoblog Green editor John Beltz Snyder asked me to come up with something for his side of the room, so I happily obliged. Team player and all. This may not be what he had in mind, but Mr. Snyder cannot deny that the car you see here is in fact extre…