AutoWeek Daily Drive — Thursday, March 4, 2010

HOME   |   CAR NEWS   |   CAR REVIEWS   |   RACING   |   AUTOSHOWS   |   SUBSCRIBE   |   MARKETPLACE Thursday, March 04, 2010                  Some owners of repaired Toyotas say the problem with unintended acceleration still exists. A Toyota Camry is... NHTSA studies unintended-acceleration complaints in 'repaired' Toyotas U.S. regulators are investigating 10 recent cases in which owners of recalled Toyota vehicles say they brought their cars in for repair and yet still experienced unintended acceleration. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has started contacting consumers about these complaints “to make sure Toyota is doing everything possible to make its vehicles safe,” agency chief ...   Engineers wring 30 mpg on the highway from the 2011 Ford Mustang V6 First Ford got us excited by making some major engine upgrades to the Mustang for 2011--a 305-hp, 3.7-liter V6 and a 412-hp, 5.0-liter V8. Now it's wooing us with fuel economy, too. Ford says the V6-powered Mustang has been certified by the EPA to deliver 30-31 mpg on the highway (depending on...   Getting schooled at the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Experience You don't need snow or ice to enjoy the thrills of sliding an all-wheel-drive car sideways, as evidenced by a day at the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Experience at Infineon Raceway. The class, operated by the instructors of the Jim Russell USA Racing Drivers School, involves time on coned-lined...   2010 Acura RDX Tech, an AW Drivers Log ART DIRECTOR KEN ROSS: Acura has put together a nice package on this small SUV. While I am not a fan of the overall looks of the vehicle--the large front chrome piece does nothing for me--I appreciate how well it handles. There is no way I would have thought this was an I4. It is...   Indian driver Chandhok joins Senna at new HRT Formula One team The new HRT Formula One team confirmed that Karun Chandhok will make his debut in the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, alongside Bruno Senna. The two were teammates in the iSport GP2 Series team two years ago. Chandhok becomes the second Indian driver to reach the top level of the sport after...   Villeneuve disappointed by rejection of Stefan GP's bid to join 2010 F1 grid Jacques Villeneuve had not yet signed a contract with Stefan GP, but he was poised to do so after sitting in the car in Cologne, Germany, on Monday. However, the former CART and Formula One champion's chance of being on the F1 grid in Bahrain disappeared on Tuesday night when the FIA published...   Piquet to rejoin Eddie Sharp Racing for some ARCA events Just a day after Nelson Piquet Jr. was notably absent from the entry list for this weekend's Camping World Truck Series race in Atlanta, he announced that he will rejoin Eddie Sharp Racing for several forthcoming ARCA Racing Series events. The former Formula One driver competed for the team in... You May Have Missed...   GM's Lutz to retire May 1 General Motors Vice Chairman Bob Lutz plans to retire from the automaker effective May 1, according to a statement released by GM on Wednesday.Lutz, 78, had been serving as a senior adviser to GM Chairman and CEO Ed Whitacre after shelving retirement plans to take charge of the automaker's...   Atlantic Championship cancels 2010 season Less than a week after issuing a press release titled "Atlantic Grid for Sebring Season-Opener Filling Up Fast," the series canceled the 2010 season, and many in the industry suspect that the 36-year-old championship may be gone for good.The series's statement said: "Due to the downturn in the...   U.S. F1, Stefan GP left off of 2010 Formula One entry list U.S. F1 is, as expected, not on the 2010 Formula One entry list, and it has not been replaced by Stefan GP--despite the availability of the Toyota chassis to the Serbian team. In the face of strong pressure from F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone to allow Stefan onto the grid this year, new FIA president ...   Geneva auto show: High-performance Porsche hybrid tops AW award winners The easy part of an international auto show is getting around to see the new cars and concepts (although at the end of the day, our feet are telling us otherwise.) But the hard part can be sorting out all the hardware to determine the winners of the AutoWeek awards.But the talking, cajoling and...   Campos Meta becomes HRT F1 The former Campos Meta Formula One team is to announce its plans in Murcia, Spain, on Thursday after confirming a name change to HRT F1.Reports in Spain on Tuesday night said that the team would be called Hispania Racing--based on an ancient name for Spain/Portugal and a company owned by team boss... CLICK HERE TO UNSUBSCRIBE from the AutoWeek Daily Drive E-mail or to sign up for other AutoWeek e-mail products. 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