AutoWeek Daily Drive — Friday, December 4, 2009

HOME   |   CAR NEWS   |   CAR REVIEWS   |   RACING   |   AUTOSHOWS   |   SUBSCRIBE   |   MARKETPLACE Friday, December 04, 2009                  Paychecks from Ferrari and his Citroën WRC team will have Kimi Räikkönen's salary next year topping $30... Räikkönen will race in WRC After weeks of speculation, the news is official: Kimi Räikkönen, the 2007 Formula One world champion, will join the Citroën Junior Team for 12 of 13 rounds on the World Rally Championship next year. The Finn will skip Rally New Zealand, the only event the Citroën Junior Team will not contest next year. The Citroën Junior Team--until now run only as a "customer" team--will reinforce its ties...   As the GM world turns: Docherty, Reuss, Lutz get new assignments Mark Reuss and Susan Docherty just got handed the keys to the General Motors kingdom. Reuss was named president of GM North America. He was vice president of engineering and before that was in charge of GM's Holden in Australia in 2008. Reporting to Reuss will be Docherty. Most recently...   The 2009 BMW X5 xDrive35d, an AW Drivers Log EDITOR WES RAYNAL: I've always liked the facelift BMW gave the X5 a while back. I think it is one of the better-looking utes on the market. Though it still drives like a big heavy truck, dynamically the BMW is head and shoulders above most any other ute on the market. The BMW's ride is...   General Motors buys Suzuki's stake in Canadian assembly plant General Motors and Suzuki Motor Corp. are ending their CAMI joint assembly operation in Canada, with Suzuki selling its 50 percent stake to GM in a move that severs another tie between the partners. Neither company disclosed the timing or pricing of the sale, which was announced Friday.... You May Have Missed...   Los Angeles auto show: Bigger, lighter 2010 Hyundai Tucson arrives The U.S.-spec 2010 Hyundai Tucson made its first public appearance at the Los Angeles auto show. The European-designed and engineered Tucson is 3.3 inches longer and one inch wider than its predecessor, but it comes in 61 pounds lighter with the increased use of high-strength steel.Powering the...   FIA finally confirms Sauber for 2010 F1 entry The FIA finally confirmed on Thursday that it has awarded Sauber the 13th entry for the 2010 Formula One World Championship, taking the slot vacated by Toyota.The news comes more than four weeks after Toyota announced its withdrawal, but just a few days after BMW confirmed that the team had been...   Mitsubishi plans ‘Colt-successor' for the United States around 2012 Mitsubishi plans to bring a global small car to the United States sometime around 2012. It would be the successor to the Colt small car currently sold in Europe and Asia.The new car would be all-new, and the name has not been decided yet, a spokesman said, referring to it as the “Colt-...   Formula One rookie test concludes at Jerez The three-day Formula One “rookie” test at Jerez in Spain concluded on Thursday, with Daniel Ricciardo topping the times for Red Bull Racing. The young Australian is the British Formula Three champion and looks well-placed to land a role as Red Bull’s reserve driver next season.... 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.