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Speaking to Roadshow, a Toyota spokesperson revealed the two features will not be available at the Sienna’s launch due to a supplier issue. “Availability is to be determined,” the spokesperson added. See all 19 photos As Roadshow reports, Toyota still plans to begin shipping Siennas to dealerships by the end of the year. The fridge and vacuum should eventually make their way to the minivan, but the exact timing remains unclear. We’ve reached out to Toyota for comment and have yet to hear back. The Odyssey was the first minivan to offer a built-in vacuum cleaner when it arrived for the 2014 model year. Now, the feature has spread to the Chrysler Pacifica. Toyota had planned to make the vacuum standard on the Sienna Limited, and the refrigerator standard on the top-ti...

We’ve been waiting years for Mazda to bring back its rotary engine, and now, it’s finally happening—albeit not in a sports car such as a revived RX-7 as we hoped. Instead, in an expected move, the first modern Mazda to get a rotary engine is the MX-30 electric crossover. In it, the smooth-running engine will act as a range extender (basically, a fuel-fed generator to extend the MX-30’s driving range between charging stations). This head-rotating information comes directly from Mazda President and CEO Akira Marumoto. In the video below, Marumoto confirms that automaker will bring out early copies of the rotary assisted model next year. Expect the final MX-30 EV to hit Japan in 2022. Mazda introduced its first production rotary engine in 1967, having licensed Wankel technol...

The 2021 Honda Ridgeline receives a testosterone makeover, morphing from a friendly-looking pickup truck to one that exudes more ruggedness and capability. This is step one of Honda’s new light truck strategy of beefing up—and talking up—the capabilities of its utility vehicles in a world eschewing passenger cars at a rapid pace. Look for the brand’s SUVs to follow suit, too. Honda has not kept up with the trends. Today, light trucks account for 70 percent of new-vehicle sales in the United States. Light trucks, however, account for just 53 percent of Honda’s sales mix. The Japanese automaker still relies heavily on cars, especially those of its Civic and Accord model lines. The redesigned 2021 Ridgeline, which goes on sale early next year, kicks off the br...

While Ram has yet to announce a smaller pickup for the United States (although a rebirth of the Dakota has been long-rumored), the brand is moving forward with a new generation of its 700 compact pickup, which it sells in places such as Mexico. Why 700 and not 750 (exactly half of 1500)? We’re sure Ram has its reasons. Name aside, we wouldn’t mind seeing something like the little Ram 700 in the U.S. Based on the Fiat Strada (another trucklet you’ve probably never heard of), the 700 is only 176 inches long and 69 inches wide, making it two inches shorter and one inch narrower than a BMW 2 Series Gran Coupe. Ram will sell the 700 in three trims, too: SLT, Bighorn, and Laramie. SLT trimmed trucks will come in either a single or double cab body styles, while the Bighorn and L...

Learning to drive may be the biggest rite of passage for any young person, but it’s looking especially memorable for Ken Block’s daughter Lia. After receiving a drop-top Fox Body Mustang for her 14th birthday, she was brought by her father to Utah Motorsports Campus for a day of drifting in the ‘Stang. Earlier this year, Lia Block made donuts look easy in a 355-hp Gymkhana Ford Escort, and that was less than a week after she learned to drive stick. So, this latest adventure must have seemed like a relative walk in the park for the teenager. Because it’s sometimes hard to learn from your parent, Block enlisted Formula Drift Champion Vaughn Gittin Jr. to ride shotgun and show her the tricks of the trade. In the middle of the lesson, a coolant leak threatened to r...

The four special editions are the Carhartt Special Edition, Midnight Edition, Z71 Sport Edition, and Z71 Chrome Sport Edition. Seeing these in the wild isn’t too far off; the Carhartt starts production in fall 2020, while the remaining trio is on track to hit dealers in late 2020. See all 18 photos See all 18 photos Chevrolet Silverado HD Carhartt Special Edition The positive response to the Silverado HD Carhartt concept from the 2016 SEMA Show inspired the two Detroit-based companies—Carhartt was founded in 1889 and is known for durable and rugged work apparel, and Chevy, well, you know—to bring a collaboration to production. It starts out as a Silverado 2500 HD LTZ Crew Cab paired with the Z71 Off-Road Package, which includes tuned Rancho shocks, hill-descent control...

Once upon a time, when the Chevy Corvette still located its engine in its nose, it offered an appealing in-between performance trim. The C7 Corvette Grand Sport brought wider fender flares, suspension upgrades, and other performance goodies—essentially marrying the format of the more powerful Z06 with the entry-level Corvette Stingray’s LT1 V-8 engine. But according to a report from GM Authority, the C8 Corvette will skip the Grand Sport version altogether. Sources from within GM apparently told GM Authority that the blank space between the “base” Corvette (as if you could consider the entry-level C8’s spicy performance “basic”) and the expected Z06 model will instead be filled by the E-Ray hybrid. The long-expected E-Ray is anticipated to use the C...

Rivian has a lot on its plate right now, partnering with Ford on a Lincoln-badged electric SUV and preparing its own R1S SUV and R1T pickup truck to enter production late this year. In its free time, seemingly, the upstart electric carmaker has plans to build 100,000 delivery vans for Amazon. From what we can tell in a newly released video, the first Rivian-built van has finally been delivered, and there is a ton of neat features you might not expect to find find on a delivery vehicle. There are a host a new safety features included with the van, too. A 360-degree view camera, various driver assistance aids, and a strengthened driver’s side door all make the van a more safe place for delivery drivers while giving them a better idea of what’s around the van. There are also brigh...

Honda’s CR-V is a staple of one of the most popular vehicle segments in America, the 1997 original having helped start the compact crossover craze back in the late 1990s alongside the Toyota RAV4. It’s familiar, even a little boring—a practical conveyance that might as well be wearing slacks and a dress shirt buttoned all the way up. Well, except for that one time in 1998 . . . when the CR-V really let it all hang out with a one-off convertible model. That’s right, there was a Honda CR-V convertible. It’s not the craziest thing to conceive—at least not at the time. Remember, Toyota was gearing up to sell a two-door, convertible RAV4 around then. The CR-V was a bit weirder, being as it was built from a first-generation four-door CR-V. Only one appears to have be...