Monday, November 23, 2009

AutoWeek Daily Drive — Monday, November 23, 2009

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Monday, November 23, 2009                 
The 2011 Cadillac CTS coupe...
Two-door Cadillacs have always had a special place in the hearts of enthusiasts of means, reinforcing the brand as a purveyor of personal luxury and performance. Now comes the latest in the lineage: the 2011 CTS coupe, which will be joined by a high-powered V-Series model. The first official photos of the car in production trim were released on Monday ahead of its showing at the Los Angeles...

  Lexus has a plan to head off speculators when its limited-edition LFA sports car goes on sale in January 2011. The company will offer only two-year leases for the $375,000 two-seater, said Brian Smith, vice president of sales and dealer development for Lexus division. Lexus will hang on to the...

  Twenty teams of Lexus specialists will hit the road on Jan. 13--the start of a month-long process to prep dealership personnel on how to create buzz for the redesigned 2010 GX 460 mid-sized SUV. Though the GX has been on the market since September 2002, managers at Toyota Motor Corp.'s luxury...

  BMW will offer four-cylinder diesel engines in North America as it seeks to improve fuel efficiency and match the performance of its current six-cylinder gasoline engines. BMW is considering diesels in a range of models, including its 1 series, 3 series and 5 series sedans and possibly the X3...

  Mercedes Grand Prix bosses Norbert Haug and Nick Fry have done little to end speculation about Michael Schumacher's prospects of returning to Formula One in 2010. Fellow team boss Ross Brawn tried recently to stop such suggestions by claiming that the German did not want a full-time comeback....

  In the least-surprising announcement of the Formula One silly season, Mercedes finally confirmed that Nico Rosberg will drive for the renamed Brawn GP team in 2010. The news came exactly a week after the company announced its plans to take over Brawn and enter F1 under its own name, but...

  Acura will return to the American Le Mans Series in 2010, following months of speculation and rumors that the Honda-owned company would not continue its sports-car program. After becoming the top points-scoring Acura team for each of the past three seasons and earning the brand's first LMP1...


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  Jimmie Johnson took fifth place at the Ford 400 to secure his record-setting fourth consecutive Sprint Cup on Sunday night at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Denny Hamlin led the final 56 laps to win the race.Johnson's victory broke a tie with Cale Yarborough, the only other driver with three consecutive ...

  Desert racing's young ace Andy McMillin won his second Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 on Saturday in front of an estimated crowd of more than 250,000 in Baja California, Mexico.McMillin etched his name in the record books as one of the race's few repeat winners. He shared time with this father, Scott, who...

  Denny Hamlin had no problem with the one-lap penalty NASCAR imposed on him for spinning Brad Keselowski during Saturday night's season-ending Ford Nationwide Series 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. In fact, Hamlin expected a two-lap penalty for doing what almost everyone in the Nationwide garage...





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