AutoWeek Daily Drive — Tuesday, November 17, 2009

HOME   |   CAR NEWS   |   CAR REVIEWS   |   RACING   |   AUTOSHOWS   |   SUBSCRIBE   |   MARKETPLACE Tuesday, November 17, 2009                  The Fiat Doblo... Chrysler to fight Ford compact van with Fiat Doblo Chrysler Group's new Ram brand will sell a version of the new Fiat Doblo compact van in the United States. The Fiat-sourced Ram van will go up against Ford Motor Co.'s Transit Connect, which Ford started selling in the U.S. in July. Chrysler is separating the Ram pickup range from the Dodge brand and adding Ram-badged vans. The Doblo will join a large Fiat-based van to be sold in ...   Former Toyota ace Timo Glock signs with Manor GP for 2010 F1 season Former Toyota driver Timo Glock has signed to lead the Manor GP team in its first Formula One season in 2010. Former Champ Car racer and GP2 champion Glock has impressed over his two years with Toyota, regularly getting into the points, although he often showed a disappointing qualifying pace...   Chevrolet plays the name game with paint color for the upcoming Volt We know the Chevrolet Volt is going to be green, but what color will it be? Chevy is staging a contest to officially name the color of the Volt, and it's down to three finalists: EV-ergreen, environMINT and Viridian Joule. Two of the names were submitted by California residents, and one came...   Daimler plans to offer a pilot Smart car rental program in Texas With Smart's U.S. sales continuing to drop dramatically, Daimler AG is launching a pilot program in Austin, Texas, for short-term rental of the micro car. The program, called car2go, would allow registered users to pick up an available Smart, use it for as long as needed, and return it to... You May Have Missed...   GM will launch sale across all brands this week General Motors will launch a big incentive program on each of its four brands starting Nov. 18. Chevrolet will go with the “Red Tag Sale,” Buick-GMC with the “Holiday Event” and Cadillac with the “Season's Best” sale. Details about the incentives were not...   RV executive dies of cancer Wade F. B. Thompson, one the founders of Thor Industries, a top manufacturer of recreational vehicles, died on Nov. 12 after a 14-year fight with cancer. He was 69.Thompson founded Thor in 1980 with Peter Orthwein by acquiring Airstream. The new company went public in 1984 and has been consistently ...   Race classes set for 2010 Monterey Historics Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca announced Monday the classes for the 2010 Monterey Historic Automobile Races.The event will be Aug. 12-15. The featured classes will be Formula One 1966-1983, Trans-Am 1966-1972, Stock Cars with drum brakes 1966-75 and a Bugatti Grand Prix. The deadline for submissions is...   2010 Lotus Evora to start at $74,675 The 2010 Lotus Evora will start at $74,675 when it arrives in the United States in the first part of next year.The exotic mid-engine 2+2 sports car is powered by a 3.5-liter V6 rated at 276 hp and 258 lb-ft of torque. It rips from 0 to 60 mph in 4.9 seconds and tops out at 162 mph.It’s also... CLICK HERE TO UNSUBSCRIBE from the AutoWeek Daily Drive E-mail or to sign up for other AutoWeek e-mail products. IMPORTANT: Please add AutoWeek.com to your E-mail Address Book to ensure you will continue to receive our newsletters. Please DO NOT reply to this e-mail. You will not receive a reply if you use this e-mail address. Crain Communications, 1155 Gratiot Ave. Detroit, MI 48207.