Wednesday, January 27, 2010

AutoWeek Daily Drive — Wednesday, January 27, 2010

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Wednesday, January 27, 2010                 
The redesigned Infiniti M sedan has more power, more luxury and more fun....
Infiniti's goal for the latest M series was to boost its image, in terms of both styling and performance. Our early drives of engineering prototypes indicated that the longer, lower, wider exterior styling changes definitely impart a sleeker, more elegantly muscular appearance that looks especially good when viewed rolling down the road. The new looks also feature an aero-slippery Cd of 0.27....

  Toyota Motor Corp. has suspended sales of eight models as its assembly plants wait for redesigned replacements for faulty accelerator pedal mechanisms. The sales halt will be followed by a production shutdown next week at five North American plants, Toyota said late Tuesday. The factories...

  If there's one thing four-wheelers love it's figuring out how to get unstuck. It allows them to pull out the high-lift jack, the winches, pullies and come-alongs and try to figure out an extraction system. Such has been the problem for scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory who control the...

  Ferrari fans in the United States have likely already set their alarm clocks. For the rest of us, being among the first to see Ferrari's Formula One car for the 2010 season involves a predawn wakeup call, or staying up late on the West Coast. Ferrari will unveil its new car in Maranello, Italy,...


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  Hooray! Mark one in the win column for the little guy, the fighter, the entrepreneur and the car enthusiast! Woo-hoo! With news that Victor Mueller, owner of Dutch supercar company Spyker, has been successful in his bid to win Saab, he shows that tenacity, passion and smarts go a long way in this...

  General Motors' Saab division won't end up on the postbankruptcy scrap heap with Pontiac and Saturn. Just as Saab's death appeared imminent, the Swedish automaker was scooped up on Tuesday by Dutch supercar-maker Spyker Cars in a $74 million deal that has been in works for months.The deal is...

  SENIOR WEB REPORTER GREG MIGLIORE: What a riot of a little car. You get the horsepower and torque of a midsize sedan in a three-door hatch that's a lithe 3,200 pounds--nice. It's a fun, diminutive car, but it doesn't drive too small; it's not like the Honda Fit, where you can find your nerves...

  New life has been breathed into Saab with the pending sale to Dutch carmaker Spyker Cars and its CEO, Victor Muller.Now comes the hard part--reviving Saab.Whether you're a longtime fanatic or just a casual friend, you might have some ideas about what Saab should be going forward. And we happen to...

  La Dolce Vita, the second big Italian-car event of the Big Monterey Weekend, will not return for 2010.First, some background: La Dolce Vita came about when Concorso Italiano, the longtime favorite of Italian-car lovers at Monterey, moved from the Black Horse Golf Club to an airport north of...

  Honda will show the next-generation Odyssey minivan in concept guise at the Chicago auto show on Feb. 10.More details are expected to be released closer to the show.Honda’s statement said: “The next-generation Odyssey will further enhance its hallmark qualities of innovation, quality,...

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