AutoWeek Daily Drive — Tuesday, May 4, 2010

HOME   |   CAR NEWS   |   CAR REVIEWS   |   RACING   |   AUTOSHOWS   |   SUBSCRIBE   |   MARKETPLACE Tuesday, May 04, 2010                  The 2010 Chevrolet Camaro generates plenty of stares.... 2010 Chevrolet Camaro 2LT, an AW Drivers Log SENIOR WEB REPORTER GREG MIGLIORE: I think this car is a perfect standard-bearer for the new General Motors. The Camaro is fun to drive, fuel-efficient and drop-dead gorgeous. Perfect? No, but it's a great execution of the modern sports car with some practicality. The sheetmetal truly lives up to the original concept. Give the GM design team credit for making a car that turns heads and ...   April car sales in a nutshell: The year's 2nd-strongest month Here are highlights from April's U.S. auto sales report: Industry rises 20 percent Overall U.S. sales rose 20 percent in April to 982,302 light vehicles, a gain of 162,610 over the same period a year ago. For the first four months, sales gained 17 percent to 3.53 million units. ...   F1 eyes Jersey City for possible U.S. return Formula One's latest opportunity to return to the United States could feature New York City as a backdrop, according to a report Tuesday in the Jersey Journal. The plan--submitted by a Jersey City, N.J.-funded tourism agency called Destination Jersey City--calls for F1 to race in Liberty...   Kyle Petty charity ride: Michigan woman likes the view up front We'll get around to why some riders call her "Clank," but for now, this is most of what you need to know about Mary Benedict. She's a 49-year-old lawyer from Grand Rapids, Mich., and by all accounts a good one. She's a Michigan State University graduate and a huge Spartans sports fan. She's been ...   Paul Tracy to team with Barry Green, KV Racing for the Indianapolis 500 Paul Tracy and Barry Green are back to their sporting ways in the Indianapolis 500. Two of the central figures in the controversial 2002 finish have reunited for a run at this month's race, this time with KV Racing Technology's No. 15 car. Eight years ago, they were together at Team Green and ...   Former NASCAR driver Tommy Ellis pleads guilty to tax-evasion charge Tommy Ellis, who won the NASCAR Busch Series championship in 1988, pleaded guilty to a tax-evasion charge on Monday in a Richmond, Va., federal court. His wife, Brenda Ellis, also pleaded guilty. The two will be sentenced on July 30. Federal sentencing guidelines likely will call for a lesser... You May Have Missed...   Some 2005 and 2006 Chevrolet Corvettes are set to be recalled Add the mighty Chevrolet Corvette to the list of recalled cars.General Motors is recalling some 2005 and 2006 models for a steering-column problem. About 40,000 cars produced between March 2004 and January 2006 could be affected.The problem is that repeated movement of the tilt-and-telescoping...   RM auction in Monaco rakes in $45.1 million Call it the Feast of Ferrari.Led by a stunning lineup of rare and classic automobiles wearing the Prancing Horse, sales at the RM auction in Monaco on May 1 totaled more than $45.1 million. The highest seller at the event was a 1962 Ferrari 400 Superamerica Cabriolet Pininfarina AWB, which sold for ...   Panoz confirms new Abruzzi road car The recurring rumor is now put to rest. Don Panoz, founder of Panoz Auto Development and the American Le Mans Series, said on Monday that the latest Panoz sports car--the Abruzzi “Spirit of Le Mans”--will be formally unveiled in June in France, in the lead-up to the 24 Hours of Le Mans....   VW unveils plug-in electric Golf head for U.S., plug-in Jetta to follow Volkswagen has revealed a plug-in electric version of the Golf, previewing the zero-emissions driveline and lithium-ion battery technology the company intends to put into a production version of the new car. VW chairman Martin Winterkorn says the plug-in Golf will go on sale in Germany and other...   Pikes Peak Hill Climb: Grönholm unlikely to return in 2010 Two-time World Rally champion Marcus Grönholm has conceded that he is unlikely to tackle the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb this year in what would have been his second outing in the event.The 42-year-old Finn set the second-fastest overall time on the Colorado mountain last year at the wheel...   Take a Volvo, you’ll feel better in the morning It’s time to put away the Benadryl and the Claritin--Volvo has its own over-the-counter solution for allergies.Filters in some Volvos clean the air in the passenger compartment, and they also remove particles that cause allergies. Because of this, five models--the S80, the V70, the XC60, the...   WRC: Latvala says no switch to circuit racing Jari-Matti Latvala says he has no plans to switch permanently to circuit racing after making his track debut in an endurance event at the Nurburgring in Germany recently.The factory Ford World Rally Championship driver used that event to prepare for next month's Nurburgring 24 Hours, which he will...   Pirelli committed to WRC despite F1 bid Pirelli, the official tire supplier of the World Rally Championship, insists that it is not turning its back on the sport after deciding to submit a proposal to supply Formula One with tires beginning next year.The Italian company's three-year contract to supply control tires to the WRC and support ... 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. 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