Tuesday, March 30, 2010

AutoWeek Daily Drive — Tuesday, March 30, 2010

HOME   |   CAR NEWS   |   CAR REVIEWS   |   RACING   |   AUTOSHOWS   |   SUBSCRIBE   |   MARKETPLACE
Tuesday, March 30, 2010                 
The Mullin Automotive Museum celebrates all things French--especially cars....
The French supposedly have a word for everything, but we couldn't muster any in English let alone the remnants of high school language lab upon first entering the new Mullin Automotive Museum in Oxnard, Calif., just west of Los Angeles. All we could do was grin giddily at the sparkling array of Bugattis, Voisins, Delages, Delahayes and other unique examples of French automotive masterpieces...

  EDITOR WES RAYNAL: This was a great vacation vehicle. It's a good-looking little ute and drives well and was a handy size for the various vacation activities we did. There is something to be said for having a ton of cargo room when on vacation. That said, I find this car overpriced, and I ...

  It doesn't look like large luxury SUVs are going away just yet: Infiniti will take the wraps off an all-new QX56 on Wednesday at the New York auto show. The new eight-passenger QX moves onto its own platform, shares no sheetmetal with the current model and will be built in Japan. This is in...


You May Have Missed...

  Denny Hamlin had the Goody's 500 signed, sealed and almost delivered at Martinsville Speedway until a risky late-race pit gamble briefly took it away. Not to worry. The supremely confident Toyota driver took advantage of a wild and eventful two-lap overtime to charge from fourth for his...

  John Force won for the 128th time in his storied career on Monday afternoon by defeating daughter Ashley Force Hood, Ron Capps and Matt Hagan at the rain-delayed inaugural NHRA 4-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway.“This is a little taste of history, and it’s great to be a part of it,” ...

  We've been clamoring for the European Ford Focus, and the Blue Oval finally acquiesced. But no matter how hard we beg, the most sinister Focus in the world isn't coming to the United States.But that doesn't stop us from drooling all over the RS500, which broke cover on Monday, packing 345 hp and...

  Lexus is celebrating its entry in the 24 Hours of Nürburgring in May with a special-edition LFA package featuring even more power and improved aerodynamics. Aimed at the most intense of track enthusiasts, the Nürburgring pack boosts output by 10 horses to 562 hp for the mid-mounted, 4.8-liter V10....

  Texas tuner Hennessey Performance is taking a page out of the playbook of Carroll Shelby--drop a huge American V8 into a lightweight British chassis. The result is the Hennessey Venom GT, which melds high-performance Chevrolet Corvette and Lotus technology into a furious supercar.Borrowing from the ...

  Mazda Motor Corp. on Monday took another step toward independent product development, agreeing to lease hybrid drivetrain technology from Toyota Motor Corp. instead of longtime U.S. partner Ford Motor Co.The deal gives Mazda access to the electric powertrain system used in the third-generation...

  Ford has reached an agreement to sell its Swedish brand Volvo to Chinese carmaker Geely for about $1.8 billion in a multinational sale expected to close in the third quarter of this year.The pending agreement was announced on Sunday morning, and Ford will continue to supply powertrains, stamping...

Click Here

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. 
 

No comments:

Post a Comment