AutoWeek Daily Drive — Friday, April 16, 2010

HOME   |   CAR NEWS   |   CAR REVIEWS   |   RACING   |   AUTOSHOWS   |   SUBSCRIBE   |   MARKETPLACE Friday, April 16, 2010                  Racers Danny Sullivan and Michael Andretti signed autographs for fans after being honored on the Long Beach... Sullivan, Andretti honored in Long Beach The day before practice started for this year's Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, the city honored two of the greatest drivers ever to take to the streets, Michael Andretti and Danny Sullivan. The two got their own stars in the city's Motorsports Walk of Fame, a venue somewhat similar to the Hollywood Walk of Fame several miles up the freeway but concentrating on great drivers who made a name in...   2010 Mazda CX-9 Touring, an AW Drivers Log EDITOR WES RAYNAL: The CX-9 and its smaller CX-7 brother are two of my favorite utes, and at $35,000, this is more than a competitive price, especially with all the stuff it has on it. The car moves along well with the V6's 273 hp and 270 lb-ft of torque. Compared with other midsize utes, ...   F1: Hamilton on top for McLaren in China Lewis Hamilton topped the times in practice for the McLaren Formula One team on an eventful Friday at the Shanghai circuit. The morning session saw a dramatic crash for Toro Rosso's Sebastien Buemi. The Italian team was running a new front upright design for the first time and under heavy...   2011 Hyundai Sonata, AW takes another look at the swoopy sedan It starts low in the front quarter panels and sweeps back, creasing the doors and culminating at the top of the taillights before breaking around onto the trunk lid. With a simple, dramatic styling line on the sides of the 2011 Sonata, Hyundai is defining a new identity for itself in the midsize-...   Celebrate 40 years of Nissan's Z car with our special Web-zine It's the 40th anniversary of Nissan's iconic Z car. You can join the celebration with a special-edition Web-zine created by the editors of AutoWeek. A great historical compilation from the AW archives, this special issue will take you from the Fairlady to the latest 370Z, with the... You May Have Missed...   NASCAR: The blades are back--but will they be big spoilers in Texas? The return of NASCAR's traditional bladelike rear spoiler gets its first real test when Sprint Cup teams run 500 miles on Sunday afternoon at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth. The Cup race caps the 1.5-mile track's three-race weekend that also includes a 150-mile ARCA race on Friday night and a...   Lola won't seek Formula One entry in 2011 Race-car manufacturer Lola said on Thursday that it will not pursue an entry application for Formula One in 2011. Lola was expected to make a pitch for the slot--which became available after the U.S. F1 team failed in its effort to make the grid this year--and had invested time and money previously ...   Hood-ornament quiz--the answers Were you able to separate the Cadillac from the Packard in our hood-ornaments challenge in the April 5 issue of AutoWeek? We wanted to know whether you could identify eight classic cars solely by their hood ornaments. Here's the place to confirm your car-knowledge prowess, or to recalibrate your...   2011 Honda CR-Z first drive: We couldn't wait, so we drove one in Japan Honda must be happy with itself right now. The recently released CR-Z hybrid sports-eco car has racked up 10 times the sales Honda was expecting, with 10,000 cars being snapped up at dealerships across Japan. With Honda's Formula One retirement, as well as its halting development on the next-... 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.