AutoWeek Daily Drive — Thursday, May 27, 2010

HOME   |   CAR NEWS   |   CAR REVIEWS   |   RACING   |   AUTOSHOWS   |   SUBSCRIBE   |   MARKETPLACE Thursday, May 27, 2010                  A new aluminum block for the 5.4-liter V8 helps shave 120 pounds from the 2011 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500.... The 2011 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500, an AW Flash Drive What is it? Just the fastest production Mustang ever, and the quickest, with some serious upgrades from the substantially revised 2010 GT500. The improvements start under the hood, where the GT500 retains the 5.4-liter V8 developed for the Ford GT supercar, rather than adopting a variation of the new 5.0-liter V8 introduced in the standard 2011 Mustang GT. Horsepower increases by 10...   Loving life in Spain with Ford's EcoBoost Leaving Valencia, Spain, and heading west toward Madrid, the landscape progressively becomes more desolate and arid until it resembles a desertlike plain, punctuated by advertising hoardings and truck stops. Mostly though, there's an infinite horizon of brown scrubland under a glaring sun, more...   Auto-safety bill headed to full U.S. House A U.S. House committee passed an auto-safety bill with a number of changes in the original legislation that the auto industry and Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., were looking for. The new House Energy and Commerce Committee bill, heading to the House floor, requires installation of brake-override...   VW designers must now compete against a ‘living legend' Life is about to get more challenging for Volkswagen Group designers. For their future creations to go from pen to production model they will have to be better than the man who is considered by many to be the best car designer of the 20th century. “I think that competing against a true...   Pininfarina unveils Nido prototype Pininfarina S.p.A. has unveiled a running prototype for a new family of electric vehicles that the Italian company wants to produce for automakers and utility companies. Pininfarina said it would limit production of the car, called the Nido EV, to less than 10,000 units a year so that it does... You May Have Missed...   Promoter: Austin Formula One track 'has long been in the works' Veteran Formula One circuit designer Herrman Tilke will be responsible for the Austin F1 track, promoter Tavo Hellmund said on Wednesday night.Hellmund also said the project is much further along than has been assumed.“This has been long in the works,” he told AutoWeek....   Indiana yanks Kruse auction licenses Kruse Inc., the auction company that sold the famous William Harrah car collection and has been synonymous with auctioning enthusiast automobiles since the 1970s, has lost its licenses in its home state.The Indiana Auctioneer Commission ruled on Tuesday to revoke both of Kruse Inc.'s licenses, and...   2010 Infiniti FX50, an AW Drivers Log EDITOR WES RAYNAL: This is one of the more underrated sporty utes in my opinion--if you can get your head around the notion of a sporty ute in the first place.I like the curvy sheetmetal; it looks cool and aggressive. The FX50 is a solid driver, too. The structure is robust, the V8 has great power--...   Formula One: HRT parts with Dallara The Hispania Racing Formula One team and chassis builder Dallara have decided "not to pursue their collaboration" after a tense start to the season.HRT boss Colin Kolles has made his frustration clear for some weeks. However, the team released a statement on Wednesday which carefully steered clear...   2011 Mercedes-Benz E550 cabriolet, an AW Performance Profile It's open-air fun with the look of established money. It's the 2011 Mercedes-Benz E550 cabriolet. Want to know more? Ride along in this AW Performance Profile....   Hummer nears the end of the trail The curtain is rapidly falling on Hummer, General Motors' ill-fated rough-and-tough brand of trucks and SUVs.The final H3 rolled off the assembly line at 9:07 a.m. Central time on Tuesday at the Hummer factory in Shreveport, La., marking the end of production for the brand, a spokesman said....   Jaguar confirms lineup for Le Mans Ryan Dalziel, Marc Goossens and Paul Gentilozzi will be the drivers for Jaguar RSR at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, it was confirmed on Tuesday. This year is the first time Jaguar has run at the famous race in 15 years. The team will run a racing-prepped XKR in the GT2 class."It is great to return to... 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.