Friday, May 14, 2010

AutoWeek Daily Drive — Friday, May 14, 2010

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The Maserati GranTurismo Convertible is powered by a Ferrari-derived 4.7-liter V8 that makes 433 hp....
WITH VIDEO -- Have you ever seen the hit TV show "Entourage?" It's about a promising young actor and his group of friends wandering the labyrinth of fortune and fame known as Hollywood. So what, you say? Hey, the kids have a Maserati! Maserati North America loaned the show a 2010 GranTurismo Convertible for the season, usurping the Aston Martin the little troubadours used to pilot,...

  EDITOR WES RAYNAL: I have to say this car was a pleasant surprise. I figured it'd be fast, have a great exhaust note and attract some attention. What surprised me was the ride--it's far more compliant and comfortable than I thought it would be around Detroit. For cruising and profiling, this ...

  The Rally America Series rolls on this weekend without one of its biggest stars. Travis Pastrana is doing an event in Australia and will pass on the Oregon Trail Rally. That means series leaders Antoine L'Estage and co-driver Nathalie Richard will try to pad their lead over four-time champ...

  Clay Dean glanced at his BlackBerry. He had a meeting in less than an hour with Ed Welburn, presumably to talk about important design things at General Motors. But before the boss of GM’s advanced design studio had to dash off to meet with his boss, he gave us a few minutes to talk about...


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  Fernando Alonso topped both Formula One practice sessions on Thursday in Monaco, but the field was packed tightly at the front, and given that fuel loads are an unknown, it is impossible to say at this point who will set the pace in qualifying.Ferrari ace Alonso beat Red Bull Racing’s...

  An undisclosed medical situation will keep Brian Vickers out of Sunday afternoon's 400-mile NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Dover (Del.) International Speedway. Team Red Bull announced on Thursday that Casey Mears will substitute for the 26-year-old Vickers in the No. 83 Toyota.Jay Frye, general manager...

  The Speed Channel, usually relegated to the upper-hundreds on the cable-channel spectrum, is launching a new broadband channel on the Internet.Speed2 will only be available to current Speed subscribers and will have at least a dozen race series that normally don't make it to the TV channel....

  NASCAR Sprint Cup teams featuring Michael McDowell and Robby Gordon have been fined, docked points and had crewmen put on probation after technical violations last weekend at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway.Owner/driver Robby Gordon was caught with unapproved additional door braces on his No. 7 Toyota....

  EDITOR WES RAYNAL: As much as I think Lexuses are for dorks and posers, I have to say this as fine a luxury car as most, though I don’t know that I’d take one over a Mercedes-Benz S-class. The Lexus is no longer a direct S-class rip-off in terms of styling, and it looks much better as a ...

  This weekend at Dover International Speedway marks only the second time this year (after Daytona in February) that NASCAR's top three series are at the same track at the same time.The Camping World Truck Series has a 200-mile race scheduled for late Friday afternoon, while the Nationwide Series has ...

  Alex Tagliani said Thursday he's finally made a turn for the better with what he describes as a bad case of bronchitis. The Izod IndyCar Series driver had to spend Tuesday night in Indianapolis' Methodist Hospital for observation."I don't have pneumonia," he said, "and I'm feeling much better today....

  Formula One star Fernando Alonso was typically cautious about his Ferrari team's prospects for the Monaco Grand Prix weekend after setting the fastest laps in both of Thursday's practice sessions.Alonso was just 0.073 second ahead of Sebastian Vettel in the morning, and 0.109 second clear of Nico...

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