AutoWeek Daily Drive — Monday, June 7, 2010

HOME   |   CAR NEWS   |   CAR REVIEWS   |   RACING   |   AUTOSHOWS   |   SUBSCRIBE   |   MARKETPLACE Monday, June 07, 2010                  Spyker CEO Victor Muller, shown during a March visit to Saab's factory in Trollhattan, Sweden, says of his... Free of GM, Saab declares its independence Saab Automobile AB is reinventing itself as an independent automaker. Since its sale by General Motors Co. to Spyker Cars NV in February, Saab has been re-evaluating every aspect of its business. Big changes are under way or expected. "We are now in charge of our own destiny, which means we can do anything we want," said Spyker CEO Victor Muller. Saab is slashing manufacturing and...   2010 Ford Taurus SEL, an AW Drivers Log COPY EDITOR CYNTHIA L. OROSCO: Being a former owner of a 1999 Taurus, I have to give props to Ford for the revamping. The new Taurus is a larger car, but all the good things remain in this incarnation. There's lots of legroom, headroom and elbow room front and back. And there's a ton of...   Man hands I reached up through the tangle of pipes, bending my elbow to clear the transmission, and wedged the tip of the screwdriver into the C-clip. One quick, forceful pull, and it gave way, a flash of metal springing off the flathead and bouncing to the garage floor. I put the screwdriver down, carefully ...   Hagan halts Hight in Chicago; Dixon, Edwards extend their NHRA leads Matt Hagan needed a miracle run late Sunday night to stop Robert Hight from winning his fourth-straight Funny Car race, and that's exactly what he got, backing up a world-record semifinal run of 4.022 seconds at 312.71 mph with a 4.035 seconds at 312.78 mph against Hight to stun the drag-racing... You May Have Missed...   Denny Hamlin pushes season win total to four with victory at Pocono Maybe there's something to this "I can beat him for the Cup" talk after all. The way Denny Hamlin's been running in recent months, maybe he should be the new favorite to win this year's Sprint Cup over four-time and defending champion Jimmie Johnson.Hamlin got his series-high fourth win this year...   Le Mans adds 56th entry, eyes new technology for next year The late addition of a 56th car to the Le Mans entry list will make the grid for next weekend's 24-hour race the largest Le Mans field since 1955.The Automobile Club de l'Ouest, which organizes the race, brought in the Swiss Race Performance Radical team as first reserve after the withdrawal of the ... 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.