AutoWeek Daily Drive — Tuesday, March 16, 2010

HOME   |   CAR NEWS   |   CAR REVIEWS   |   RACING   |   AUTOSHOWS   |   SUBSCRIBE   |   MARKETPLACE Tuesday, March 16, 2010                  The V8-powered 2011 Ford Mustang GT gets 26 mpg in highway driving.... Redesigned Ford Mustang scores high mpg for V8 Completing the fuel-economy story for the redesigned 2011 Mustang, Ford said on Tuesday that the V8-powered pony car is rated at 26 mpg on the highway and 17 mpg in city driving. That compares with a 16 mpg/24 mpg city/highway rating for the 2010 Mustang. The highway rating was achieved with the six-speed manual transmission. Opting for the six-speed automatic trims the highway rating to 25...   The 2010 Mercedes-Benz E550 coupe, an AW Drivers Log ASSOCIATE EDITOR JONATHAN WONG: I have to say, this is a great looking coupe. It's sleek and really stands out when rolling down the road. My disappointment, as with most Mercedes two-doors, is that this car is set up to be a cruiser and less of a sporty and entertaining partner. It seems ...   Doomed Saturns, Hummers make assembly-line curtain calls Two doomed General Motors brands--Saturn and Hummer--are getting their last hurrahs on the assembly line. GM assembled 1,037 Saturn Outlooks last month after not making any Saturns since October. “We are building out a few Saturns to utilize existing material,” GM spokeswoman Kim...   Japan hopes to make EV recharging technology the global standard Japan's automakers aim to cement their lead in electric vehicles by making Japanese recharging technology the global standard and bringing it to the United States. A coalition of manufacturers, including Nissan and Toyota, is teaming with Japan's biggest electric company and the government to... You May Have Missed...   Audi reveals revised R15 TDI prototype racer Audi has released photos of its new R15 TDI LMP1 racing prototype that will begin testing at Sebring International Raceway on March 22.The new design, dubbed internally the “R15 plus,” stems from aerodynamic rule changes mandated by Le Mans organizer Automobile Club do l'Ouest, as well...   ALMS adds another biofuel for 2010 competition The American Le Mans Series is adding another biofuel for its lineup of green race cars, and an advanced fuel employing isobutanol and ethanol will debut in a Mazda entry on Saturday in the season opener at Sebring.Developed by British Petroleum and DuPont, the new fuel has a higher octane and...   Toyota: Runaway Prius accounts ‘inconsistent' with testing Toyota is challenging the accounts of a motorist whose Prius sped out of control last week in San Diego, calling his reports of the incident “inconsistent” with the initial findings of the company.Toyota released the results after two days of testing on a 2008 Prius hybrid that sped out ...   Ferrari relieved by Bahrain win For Ferrari Formula One team principal Stefano Domenicali, the team's one-two finish in Bahrain came as a huge relief after a terrible 2009 season.It was the team's worst year since the start of the Michael Schumacher/Jean Todt era in 1996, and inevitably the downturn caused people to question... 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.