AutoWeek Daily Drive — Tuesday, January 26, 2010

HOME   |   CAR NEWS   |   CAR REVIEWS   |   RACING   |   AUTOSHOWS   |   SUBSCRIBE   |   MARKETPLACE Tuesday, January 26, 2010                  Toyota's sports-car craze has reached the tiny iQ city car, with this concept at the Tokyo Auto Salon.... Performance, hybrids collide at Tokyo Auto Salon The world's other big January auto show, the 2010 Tokyo Auto Salon, opened its doors to tuner enthusiasts in mid-month with a record 402 exhibitors. The Auto Salon fuses numerous styles, but the overriding theme this year was hybrid cars, with customized Toyota Priuses and Honda Insights at every turn. Good old-fashioned engine tuning is alive and well in Japan, where even new sports cars...   Big Bad Ram: Dodge updates its heavy-duty pickup A year after the overhaul of the Ram 1500, Dodge stampedes into 2010 with updated heavy-duty 2500 and 3500 models that have increased capabilities, more ride comfort and new styling. Dodge also added a crew-cab model. Previously, a crew-cab body style wasn't available on the Ram, but with crew...   The 2009 Nissan Sentra 2.0 S, an AW Drivers Log SENIOR EDITOR FOR NEWS BOB GRITZINGER: As nondescript little crapboxes go, this one is redeemed only slightly by its somewhat spirited suspension. The car looks as dull and chopped up as a Saturn Ion from most angles. And while Nissan seems to have better control of its CVTs than most... You May Have Missed...   U.S. F1 confirms former Renault test driver José María López for 2010 The U.S. F1 team has signed former Renault test driver José María López as one of its drivers for this season.It's been expected that López, a 26-year-old Argentine, would be named to a U.S. F1 slot since November. He's dominated in his home country for the last several years, scoring three...   GM to build electric motors in-house General Motors will develop and build electric motors for a rear-wheel-drive hybrid to launch in 2013.GM claims to be the first major U.S. automaker to produce electric motors in-house and says it is investing $246 million in the project. A production facility in the United States will be announced ...   IndyCar announces course details for season opener in Brazil The Izod IndyCar Series announced the course design for the season-opening racing on March 14 in São Paulo, Brazil.The 2.6-mile, 11-turn circuit is in the north-central section of the city, called Anhembi. The São Paulo Indy 300 is 75 laps.The start/finish line and one of three long straightaways...   Ford to add 1,200 jobs at Chicago plant to build 2011 Explorer Ford plans to add 1,200 jobs when it begins making the Explorer sport-utility vehicle later this year in Chicago.The announcement is expected Tuesday morning at the plant. Plans to bring the Explorer from Louisville, Ky., to the underutilized Chicago plant have been known for nearly a year.Adding...   Carl-Peter Forster a candidate to lead Jaguar Land Rover Jaguar Land Rover is parting company with its chief executive, David Smith, potentially clearing the way for former Opel and BMW boss Carl-Peter Forster to take control.Forster has been linked with a senior role at Jaguar Land Rover for some months. Executives at Indian automaker Tata Motors, which ... 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.