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Friday, May 22, 2020

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

May 22, 2020

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2022 Honda Civic next generation spied in Type R form

Last year, we learned that Honda would be wrapping up production of the Honda Civic hatchback in the U.K. in 2021 , and production would move to North America for the next generation . This meant that we were probably only a couple of years away from a…

1954 VW Beetle hides a supercharged secret

Yes, you read that correctly, this 1954 Volkswagen Beetle is supercharged. And, while it is a hot-rodded Bug, it's a period-correct hot-rodded Bug. And it can be yours, as it's up for auction at BringATrailer.com . It retains the same 1.2-liter air-c…

What we'd buy in 1985 (if extremely rich and nutty): the Aston Martin Lagonda

The Barn Miami, a Florida specialty dealer in unique and exotic cars, has just listed this 9,000-mile, two-owner, 1985 Aston Martin Lagonda . Priced at $75,000, it seemingly represents not only a bargain (original list price was $150,000, or around $3…

Thwart your most resolute enemies in the armored, 789-hp Brabus Invicto

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. When life gives you determined, formidably armed enemies, invest in an armored Mercedes-Benz G-Class built by tuner Brabus to withstand grenade attacks, among other assaults. The company explained it develo…

2021 Ford Bronco spy shots confirm details from leaked images

With the 2021 Ford Bronco reveal and production delayed by a few months in the wake of the coronavirus crisis, we're still left hungry for morsels on the off-road SUV. Today's Bronco snack comes in the form of spy photos showing a minimally camouflag…

Win a McLaren GT and $20,000 cold hard cash

There are certain moments in life you remember forever. The first time you met your spouse, your first car, your first dog, and for me, the first time I ever tracked a McLaren. It was a sunny day at M1 Concourse in Pontiac, Michigan, and while the vi…

Michigan floods from breached dams consume Pontiac Fiero collection

"We've never had an event like this," Michigan's city manager Brad Kaye said in a Detroit News story. "What we're looking at is an event that is the equivalent of a 500-year flood." Kaye is referencing the catastrophic flood that occurred in central …

Triumph Scrambler 1200 Bond Edition is one assassinated out bike

The latest James Bond film, No Time to Die, was supposed to come out a month ago . I guarantee that I would've seen it at least twice by now, which means I definitely would've been able to add at least some insight about how cool or underutilized this…

2020 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio exhaust is just as good as you hoped

Alfa Romeos, especially the fast ones, are car enthusiast darlings. As such, you likely already know that the 2020 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio has a Ferrari-derived twin-turbo V6 making 505 horsepower and 443 pound-feet of torque. What you may no…

[VIDEO] 2020 Mercedes-Benz GLB 250 AMG Line Design Walkaround

We've gotten our hands on the 2020 Mercedes-Benz GLB crossover a couple of times now, and in each instance we've found new ways to appreciate it . Not only does it offer more space than the GLA with which it shares most of its fundamentals, but it als…

Thursday, May 21, 2020

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for May 21, 2020

May 21, 2020

Top Stories of the Day

2020 Honda Civic Type R First Drive | Better driving and better value

At three years old, the 2020 Honda Civic Type R is getting its first midcycle refresh. You'll recognize it by its body color grille accents, a bigger grille opening and a little less mesh over some of the fake vents . But it's the mechanical tweaks an…

Toyota Land Cruiser vs Lexus LX 570 Suspension Flex Test

There's no need to explain the Toyota Land Cruiser, one of Toyota's earliest successful products. The 2020 Toyota Land Cruiser Heritage Edition celebrates some 60 years of popularity of a vehicle that has survived the segment's "mall wagon" phase and…

What would you drive in 1965?

Well, this was inevitable. After kicking things off with what we'd drive in 1985 and then combing through the morass of automotive choices in 1975 , our time machine has arrived in a true automotive golden era. Some would even consider it THE golden e…

Nissan's first production GT-R 50 roars down a track for the first time

Nissan and Italdesign teamed up for the first time when they unveiled the GT-R 50 in 2018. Nearly two years later, the limited-edition coupe has entered pre-production and it's undergoing shakedown testing in Italy. Images showing the coupe giving i…

2020 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid pricing announced

Hyundai has published full pricing information for the 2020 Sonata Hybrid . On sale now, the sedan is available in three trim levels, and it's scheduled to reach showrooms across the United States in June. The lineup includes an entry-level, efficien…

C8 Chevy Corvette coupe production resumes May 26, convertible on July 20

Recent rumors surrounding the 2020 Chevrolet Corvette have wondered whether GM will build more units of the current model year when the Bowling Green Assembly Plant returns to work, or switch to the 2021 model year and leave 2020 as one of the rarest…

Ex-Green Beret arrested in Ghosn's escape has lived a life of danger

This Dec. 30, 2019, image from security camera video shows Michael L. Taylor, center, and George-Antoine Zayek at passport control at Istanbul Airport in Turkey. Taylor, a former Green Beret, and his son, Peter Taylor, 27, were arrested Wednesday in …

Tesla Model 3 loses its glass roof in convertible conversion you can buy

Perhaps you're one of the (surely many) folks who look out their Tesla Model 3 glass roofs and want more. You don't just want to see the sky above; you want to feel it, too. Well, look no further, as Newport Convertible Engineering has the Tesla Mode…

GMC teases Hummer EV's removable roof panels

Today was supposed to be the day that GM took the wraps off its GMC Hummer EV. We were told as much during the Super Bowl commercial , but GM revised it to an undecided future date , citing the coronavirus as the reason. Instead of the big reveal, we h…

Kia design boss hints at an electric version of the Stinger

We return to the much-scrutinized Kia Stinger , the critically acclaimed but slow-selling performance sedan whose future is the subject of intense speculation . Thanks to an interview in Top Gear with the head of Kia design, Karim Habib, we now have no…

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for May 20, 2020

May 20, 2020

Top Stories of the Day

2021 Acura TLX to revive Type S, get turbocharged V6

The 2021 Acura TLX will revive the sporty Type S model after a 10-year moratorium, and this time around, it's getting a turbocharged V6, further setting it apart from other sedans in the Honda corporate family. Acura says the new TLX will draw heav…

Harbor Freight recalls over 1.7 million jack stands that can suddenly collapse

Harbor Freight is recalling over 1.7 million Pittsburgh-branded jack stands that can suddenly collapse due to a manufacturing flaw. It warned its customers that they need to stop using the defective stands immediately. The recall campaign includes t…

Ford Bronco Sport grilles shown side-by-side in new spy shots

The 2021 Ford Bronco Sport's formal unveiling should be imminent, but the Blue Oval is still keeping its prototypes all buttoned up. These new spy photos give us our clearest look yet at the Baby Bronco's front-end treatments. We can clearly see tw…

2020 Lamborghini Urus Luggage Test | Loading the bull

A Lamborghini was recently at my house, which is sort of like the queen dropping in. And though I assiduously avoided carrying anything that could spill, splash, smudge or muss , one aspect of the 2020 Lamborghini Urus we wanted to check was just how …

BMW allows you to change the level of artificial engine noise now

The 2020 BMW M235i Gran Coupe has fake engine noise pumped into the cabin. Pretty much every new BMW does at this point. Customers want a loud, sweet sounding engine at full throttle and a silent cabin on the highway. Those goals run counter to each …

2021 Kia K5 name confirmed in fuel economy listing

We've already seen Kia's new midsize family sedan , but details about it are still being fleshed out, including what it will finally be named. Based on a listing at the EPA's FuelEconomy.gov website , it seems the sedan will officially be known as the …

2021 Lexus IS makeover will reportedly include V8 model

Come next year, things may get interesting for the Lexus IS, a car that currently is not the first to jump to mind when one thinks of compact, rear-wheel-drive sports sedans. The IS is rumored to be getting a major makeover for 2021 , the most notable…

2020 Woodward Dream Cruise is probably canceled

Though the official website hasn't changed yet, the odds of this year's Woodward Dream Cruise happening are looking grim. According to the Detroit Free Press , both the Birmingham and Huntington Woods city councils in Michigan have voted unanimously a…

Every new Volvo model is now electronically limited to 112 mph

Volvo is keeping one of its more controversial promises by installing an electronic speed limiter in all of its cars regardless of drivetrain type, horsepower, body style, or target market. It also announced a feature named Care Key that lets owners …

F1 supplier Mulholland steps into building entire cars with 480-hp two-seater

Mulholland Group, a British company that manufactures composite parts for cars that race in Formula One and the World Rally Championship (WRC), is brazenly taking its first steps as an automaker. It unveiled a coupe called Legend 480 that, in its own…

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for May 19, 2020

May 19, 2020

Top Stories of the Day

2021 Genesis G80 priced far below its luxury sedan competitors

The 2021 Genesis G80 is a stunning luxury sedan, far outpacing the looks of the outgoing G80 , and now we have pricing to go along with all the other details learned at the launch. A base G80 will start at $48,725 after tacking on the $1,025 destinati…

RV rental bookings skyrocket by 650% ahead of summer travel season

As states began locking down to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, RV tourism companies took the same punishment as the rest of the travel industry, only rescuing a bit of business by renting to governments , utilities and healthcare workers…

Buy this one-off 428 four-speed '67 Ford Country Squire

What is the late-'60s car guy to do when you really want a muscle car but family needs demand a station wagon? For one Ford enthusiast in Ohio, the answer was to order a 1967 Country Squire, upfitted with the 428-cubic-inch 4-bbl V8, a four-speed flo…

Porsche explains why the 911 will receive much bigger engines in 2026

Porsche recently spent millions of dollars downsizing its range of engines, yet new regulations scheduled to come into effect across Europe in 2026 will force it to upsize once again. One of the company's top engineers predicted the next round of eng…

Watch as U.S. auto industry springs back to life after lockdown

WARREN, Michigan — The Detroit Three automakers and their suppliers began restarting assembly lines on Monday after a two-month coronavirus lockdown in a slow revival of a sector that employs nearly 1 million people in the United States. On a chilly…

2020 Honda Civic Type R has a surprisingly quiet exhaust

Of all the sporty compact cars out there, the 2020 Honda Civic Type R would seem to be the one that would have the most obnoxious exhaust note. It has oodles of scoops and vents, a towering rear wing and fat fender flares. And yet, as we discovered i…

[VIDEO] 2021 Toyota Supra dyno run reveals more power and torque than advertised

In June last year, two Toyota Supras ended up on dynos courtesy of a Motor Trend run in Southern California and a Car and Driver tilt in Michigan. Both Supras put down more power at the wheels than Toyota rated them at the crank. This took no one by …

BMW Alpina XB7 debuts as the closest thing you can get to an X7 M

Transporting seven (or, optionally, six) people in a serious hurry is the mission of the first Alpina version of the BMW X7. The 2021 BMW Alpina XB7, as it's known, is the first Alpina SUV sold in the United States (an Alpina version of the X3 is ava…

2020 Porsche 911 Carrera 4 Road Test | AWD for all-year smiles

There is always going to be a better Porsche 911 . Yet, that fact is hard to care about when in the driver's seat of any variant on the performance ladder, because every single one of them is enchanting to drive. This time, it's the 2020 Porsche 911 C…

Raptor-powered Ford Ranger Thunder is ready to rumble in Europe

Ford Europe announced today the launch of the Ford Ranger Thunder, a limited-edition variant of the popular midsize pickup truck. Scheduled to release strictly in Europe, the Thunder will feature distinct visual accents and a power upgrade and will b…