AutoWeek Daily Drive — Wednesday, March 3, 2010

HOME   |   CAR NEWS   |   CAR REVIEWS   |   RACING   |   AUTOSHOWS   |   SUBSCRIBE   |   MARKETPLACE Wednesday, March 03, 2010                  Geneva auto show: Alfa Romeo Giulietta continues the Italian dream Casting a red glow in the middle of the Geneva auto show, the Alfa Romeo Giulietta marked 100 years of the iconic Italian brand in fitting fashion. The silky five-door hatch was revealed this week at the show and comes in five versions, topped by 235-hp variant. It goes on sale around the world (but unfortunately not in the United States) in May. The Giulietta is the spiritual successor to ...   Geneva auto show: Opel Flextreme GT/E shows panache, future design direction Opel revealed a handsome take based on the Chevrolet Volt's green technology this week at the Geneva auto show with the Flextreme GT/E concept. The large, sleek five-door car is capable of a top speed of 124 mph and uses the same extended-range powertrain as the Volt and its Opel sibling, the...   2010 GMC Terrain SLE-2, an AW Drivers Log EDITOR WES RAYNAL: I like the way this new small crossover drives in both Chevrolet and GMC forms, since they're basically identical. I also like the looks of the GMC Terrain, which I know some people don't. I think it looks chunky and tough, and I like that. I think it's a nice contrast to...   Ford tops GM in February sales, steers U.S. industry to 13 percent gain Ford Motor Co. led the U.S. industry to a 13 percent sales gain in February while topping General Motors in monthly sales for the first time in 12 years. Ford's 43 percent increase marked its fifth straight monthly advance in its home market. Total industry sales climbed by 91,381 vehicles...   Is Satan controlling your car? In this post-Tiger Woods media era, as Toyota shovels out equal piles of mea culpas and engineering fixes for possibly sticky gas pedals, NHTSA continues issuing safety recalls for all kinds of vehicles about which the general, hysterical news media seem to care not one bit. There are about 600 ... You May Have Missed...   U.S. F1 finished, sources say No one is answering the phone at U.S. F1's Charlotte, N.C., headquarters, and sources said that the fledgling Formula One operation is now dead once and for all.An AutoWeek source with close ties to several team employees said that a senior employee informed the remaining workforce on Tuesday...   Anderson responds to U.S. F1 shutdown Team co-founder Ken Anderson has responded to reports of the demise of U.S. F1 by claiming that the reports are exaggerated and said that he still thinks he has a chance of deferring entry into Formula One until 2011.Anderson made his comments to Autosport.com after it was confirmed that U.S. F1...   GM moves Nesbitt back to design group in management shake-up General Motors has made big changes to its top management structure, splitting apart its sales and marketing activities and naming new bosses for each discipline. The goal is to reduce layers of management under Mark Reuss, GM's president for North America.Among the key changes:-- Designer Bryan...   Geneva auto show: The new models But Wait There's More . . . . . . than just cars in Geneva. Foreign auto shows bring out the top-tier booth professionals, and we're more than happy to commit a few megabytes of space to bring them to you.Whether you want something fast and easy to handle for the summer (topless, perhaps?) or...   Geneva auto show: Lexus CT 200h will come to the United States The Lexus CT 200h is coming to America next year.The eye-catching luxury compact was revealed at the Geneva auto show on Tuesday, and a company executive told AutoWeek that the car will be sold in the United States. It's expected to draw new, younger customers to the brand and is considered more...   Townsend Bell to enter Indianapolis 500 with Sam Schmidt Motorsports Open-wheel veteran Townsend Bell, 34, will return to the Izod IndyCar Series this year when he competes in the Indianapolis 500. He will drive the No. 99 car fielded by Sam Schmidt Motorsports/Chip Ganassi Racing, the organization confirmed on Tuesday.Bell, the 2001 Indy Lights champion, will be...   Geneva auto show: Infiniti reveals M35 hybrid Pitching it as a "driver's hybrid," Infiniti revealed its first-ever production hybrid, based on the M35 sedan, on Tuesday at the Geneva auto show.The M35 hybrid uses a 3.5-liter V6 engine paired with an electric motor with a laminated lithium-ion battery pack. Shifting is done with a seven-speed... 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.