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Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Drives

2020 Honda CR-V Hybrid Gets More Power, More Torque, More Grip

If you want a more powerful Honda CR-V, get the Hybrid. Also, if you want better mileage, more USB ports and wireless charging for your cellphone, get the CR-V Hybrid. In fact, whatever you want from this class of crossover, you might find that what you want is the 2020 Honda CR-V Hybrid.

Car Life

These 10 Traffic Maps Show How Much Coronavirus Has Affected Everything

If there is a silver lining to all this coronavirus madness, consider something as lowly as traffic, or the lack thereof. With so many people working from home, cities across America woke up to an amazing sight: no traffic!

Industry News

Lawrence Stroll Ups His Aston Martin Stake to 25% as Stock Plummets

Taking advantage of plummeting stock prices, billionaire investor Lawrence Stroll is upping his $656 million investment in Aston Martin, the company said. The stock at one point was down to less than $3 a share in the last week, prompting Stroll to rework his early February deal from a 16.7% stake to a 25% stake at about $2.75 a share.

Drives

2020 Subaru Outback: Not Cool, but Very Useful

Is the 2020 Subaru Outback cool? Not really. Is it fast? No. But is it good looking? Nah, it's actually sort of nerdy looking. Would I buy one? Yes, because of what it can do. And the public feels that way, too.

Autoweek Talks: Light

Making a Big German Sedan Light: The First A8 Introduced Us to the Audi Space Frame

We take aluminum body components in cars for granted today, along with a whole range of other materials scarcely seen in vehicles just a couple of decades ago. But when it comes to aluminum, there were just a couple of automakers that played a role in making the material mainstream in car production today. And their first models could not be more different.

Racing

NASCAR Statement: All Race Events through May 3 Postponed

NASCAR had previously postponed just the races at Atlanta Motor Speedway last weekend and those at Homestead-Miami Speedway this weekend but were left with no choice but to postpone the next five events after that, too.

Racing

NHRA Suspends All Operations for 30 Days Amid CDC Recommendations

The NHRA, which postponed its Gatornationals event at Gainesville, Florida, this past weekend, officially canceled the DENSO Spark Plugs Four-Wide Nationals scheduled for April 3-5 at The Strip in Las Vegas.