AutoWeek Daily Drive — Thursday, February 25, 2010

HOME   |   CAR NEWS   |   CAR REVIEWS   |   RACING   |   AUTOSHOWS   |   SUBSCRIBE   |   MARKETPLACE Thursday, February 25, 2010                  The 2011 Porsche Cayenne S hybrid will be revealed at the Geneva auto show.... Geneva auto show: 2011 Porsche Cayenne range revealed, fire-breathing hybrid on tap The Porsche Cayenne is credited with expanding the breadth and scope of the brand, bringing some of the company's legendary sports-car genes to family-hauling utility vehicles. And the Cayenne is again leading the charge for Porsche, this time in an effort to cement its green credentials. The redone 2011 Cayenne range will break cover in March at the Geneva auto show, and the spotlight model...   2010 Honda Accord Crosstour EX-L, an AW Drivers Log SENIOR EDITOR FOR NEWS BOB GRITZINGER: When you trade in and out of so many vehicles as we do here at AutoWeek--not that I mind; the breadth of knowledge is highly valuable--it is surprisingly pleasant to spend nearly two weeks in the same car. It really gives you a chance to get to...   2011 Ford Super Duty: Pickup has more pickup and more mpg Ford will tout its redesigned 2011 Super Duty pickup as the “most capable, fuel-efficient” heavy-duty truck on the market in a national advertising campaign that launches in April. The Super Duty, which goes on sale that same month, offers Ford's all-new, 6.7-liter Power Stroke V8...   GM's top battery executive for the Volt to join California startup General Motors's top executive in charge of developing batteries for the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid is leaving to take a position with an unnamed startup battery company in California. Denise Gray, 46, global director of rechargeable energy storage systems, will step down March 5 after more... You May Have Missed...   General Motors will wind down the Hummer brand after sale collapses General Motors will wind down its Hummer brand after a proposed sale to China's Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machines Co. Ltd. fell through.Tengzhong “was unable to complete the acquisition,” GM said Wednesday in a statement. The Chinese company failed to win government approval...   Penske's Briscoe leads day one of IndyCar test Team Penske is still fast in different colors in the Izod IndyCar Series.A day after confirming that Philip Morris tobacco brand Marlboro--and its famous red and white livery--was no longer involved with the team after 20 seasons, Roger Penske's three drivers occupied three of the four fastest...   NASCAR notebook: Patrick ready for third Nationwide start Part III of "Danica Mania, NASCAR-style" debuts this weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, where Danica Patrick is scheduled for her third consecutive Nationwide Series start on Saturday afternoon. If the trend holds, the limited-schedule NASCAR racer will get far more than her fair share of...   Meadow Brook concours changes name The Meadow Brook Concours d'Elegance is changing its name this year and will be known as the Concours d'Elegance of America at Meadow Brook.The vintage-car event is held annually in suburban Detroit on the grounds of the Meadow Brook estate, located on the campus of Oakland University. The estate...   FIA official to visit U.S. F1 on Wednesday The FIA's Formula One race director and technical-department head, Charlie Whiting, is believed to be visiting U.S. F1's facility in Charlotte, N.C., on Wednesday to sift through various rumors and reports to determine the team's state of development.Sources said Whiting flew to the United States...   IndyCar: Hamilton to race for Luczo Dragon Luczo Dragon Racing, fresh off its merger with De Ferran Motorsports, will run a second car for veteran driver Davey Hamilton, 47, in three races during the 2010 Izod IndyCar Series.Hamilton, who joins 2009 IndyCar Rookie of the Year Raphael Matos, is scheduled to enter the Indianapolis 500, the...   Oliver Gavin will race a Corvette in the FIA GT1 World Championship Stalwart Chevrolet factory driver Oliver Gavin will race a Corvette in the new FIA GT1 World Championship this season. The Briton, a four-time American Le Mans Series class champion, will drive a Corvette C6.R for Mad Croc Racing, an amalgam of the Selleslagh and DKR FIA GT teams, in the seven GT1...   Westbrook to race for Aston Martin Richard Westbrook, one of the stars of the recent Rolex 24 at Daytona, will race a factory-backed Aston Martin in Europe this year. The former Porsche factory driver, who finished third at Daytona in the best of the Level 5 Motorsports Riley-BMWs, signed to drive for the British JMW Aston team in... 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.