Autos

There’s a whole lot we don’t know about Hyundai’s upcoming Ioniq 5, and the Korean company’s teaser for the new electric vehicle doesn’t lend much in the way of new or exciting info. What’s its driving range? How much will it cost? Will there be an N version (a pipe dream)? All these questions and more remain unanswered. Heck, we don’t even know what the thing will look like. The only real tidbit this video reveals is that the Ioniq 5 is due to break cover early in 2021. You can watch the 30-second teaser video below, but be forewarned, there isn’t much there. Instead of teasing anything about the car, we get a load of snappy catchphrases. This includes: “Extra power for life”, “[e]xtra time for you”, and “[e]xtr...

On a macro level, the Maseratis are mostly the same—there are no radical redesigns or powertrain changes to speak of. Instead, Maserati made minor tweaks inside and out to ensure the cars were all recognizable as a part of the brand’s current family tree. To that end, every vehicle in the Maserati lineup gets a new front grille with vertical slats designed to look like a tuning fork. The grille itself will be available in chrome on GranLusso trims or black on GranSport trims. See all 29 photos Out back, the Levante, Quattroporte, and Ghibli also receive redesigned taillights. Though not matchy matchy as the trio’s shared grille design, the taillights on all three Maseratis feature a similar sort of “boomerang design” to their lighting elements. The new tails will be...

The Mazda MX-5 Miata sees a modest bump to its base price for the 2021 model year. At $27,775, the entry-level Miata Sport costs $250 more than last year. Those extra bucks net buyers standard Apple CarPlay and Android Auto compatibility on the model’s carryover 7.0-inch touchscreen infotainment system. Previously, Mazda limited Android Auto and Apple CarPlay to higher-end Miata Club and Grand Touring trims.  While the Miata Sport remains a soft top-only affair, the Club and Grand Touring continue to offer retractable-hardtop RF versions in addition to their standard soft-top iterations. Going RF adds $2,755 to the $31,235 and $32,715 starting sums for the RF and Grand Touring. Like last year, stepping up to the mid-level Club trim adds kit such as a Bose premium sound syst...

Like the revised 2020 Nissan Titan pickup, the updated 2021 Nissan Armada sees its 5.6-liter V-8 engine’s power swell from 390 horses to 400. Torque, too, grows from 394 lb-ft to 413. Despite sharing its engine with Nissan’s full-size truck, the 2021 Armada full-size SUV does not adopt the Titan’s nine-speed automatic transmission. Instead, it maintains the same seven-speed unit as before. Nevertheless, it seems the Titan’s transmission is due to find a home in the Armada in the coming years. “The development timing didn’t work out to add the nine-speed to the [2021] Armada,” Nissan product planner, Brent Hagan, shared during a recent call with multiple media outlets, including MotorTrend.  While Hagan noted that Nissan “[doesn’t] ...

British sports cars don’t come more iconic than 1960s MGs, Triumphs, and the like, cars from an era freewheeling and carefree enough to support a hazily positive view of the breed. These classics’ fun-loving nature was in lockstep with the ’60s Baby Boomer explosion of self-expression and protest. Never mind the fact that, as were British sports cars before and since, 1960s-era models were finicky, leaky, and diabolically unreliable. But one ’60s British sports car rose above the rest to become a legend: The Jaguar E-Type, a stunningly gorgeous symbol of speed and lust. Sixty years on from the E-Type’s 1961 debut, Jaguar is honoring its luminary with a special-edition F-Type coupe and convertible. See all 11 photos The Jaguar F-Type Heritage 60 special edition...

See all 17 photos Perhaps bigger news is that this will be the first Super Cruise application to support significant towing, at least next to the upcoming GMC Hummer. Details were not provided as to what specific engineering enhancements were required to allow incorporation of this technology, but it undoubtedly involves tapping into the stability-control system’s trailer-sway mitigation circuitry, plus sensors that detect trailer length for blind-spot monitoring. This will be especially crucial if, as expected, the system incorporates assisted, computer-executed lane changing as the version in the 2021 Escalade does. As to why the application is coming to the pickup trucks ahead of the recently renewed full-size 2021 GMC Yukon and Yukon XL, which continue to sell with an extremely r...

When two of the most influential brands in automotive history—MotorTrend and Top Gear—join forces on a car show, what could go wrong? Who Is Crazy Enough to take on Top Gear America? See all 9 photos We couldn’t ask just anyone to take up the American mantle of the most iconic car show in history. There have been many copycats and tributes over the years, but they all pale in comparison to that most venerable of trios: Jeremy Clarkson, James May, and Richard Hammond. But this ain’t that! Sure, we’re calling it Top Gear America, and it’s a trio of hosts, and it’s about cars. But what made the original show great wasn’t the formula, it was the rapport and comradery of the hosts. The three lucky enthusiasts we’ve chosen have all of that in s...