AutoWeek Daily Drive — Monday, July 12, 2010

HOME   |   CAR NEWS   |   CAR REVIEWS   |   RACING   |   AUTOSHOWS   |   SUBSCRIBE   |   MARKETPLACE Monday, July 12, 2010                  Corvette buyers who pay to build the engine for their cars will work with technicians such as Bruce Blomfield ... Chevrolet offers Corvette buyers the opportunity to build the engine for their cars WITH VIDEO -- Chevrolet Corvette buyers can already take delivery of their car at the National Corvette Museum, get professional driver training and watch their cars being built. Now, General Motors will let them build the engine. GM is offering buyers of the 2011 Corvette ZR1 and Z06 models the chance to build the engines for their cars. For a suggested retail price of $5,800, plus the ...   The 2011 Mercedes-Benz E550 Cabriolet, an AW Drivers Log MANAGING EDITOR BOB GRITZINGER: Ooo la la. The cute white wrapper on our test car eliminated any chance of this car making it into the He-Man Woman Haters Club (see the Little Rascals)--this is clearly not the package for the high-testosterone set. But once you're settled into the every-way-...   Subaru seeks to dump 'quirky,' broaden appeal When Subaru arrived in the United States in the 1960s, ads used the unflattering slogan "cheap and ugly." The brand has come a long way. But to critics, the concept of "Subaru styling" is still an oxymoron. Even loyalists describe it as "quirky"; the less charitable choose "bland" and "boxy....   Chief engineer of Ford Focus quits to lead German yacht builder Jens Ludmann, chief program engineer for Ford Motor Co.'s new Focus, is quitting the automaker to head a German-based maker of luxury yachts. Ludmann led a team at Ford's European base in Merkenich, near Cologne, Germany, that developed the Focus, the first car from CEO Alan Mulally's global One ...   Toyota will launch green-car barrage in 2012 Toyota plans to introduce three new-to-market green vehicles in 2012, a company source said. A battery electric vehicle, a plug-in version of the Prius and an as-yet-unveiled variant of the Prius will arrive in U.S. dealerships in the first half of 2012, said the source, who spoke on the... You May Have Missed...   Top Alcohol driver dies after crash at NHRA meet in Washington For the second time in a month, an NHRA Sportsman racer died as a result of a crash during competition at a national event.Mark Niver, 60, of Phoenix crashed his Top Alcohol Dragster during Sunday's eliminations at the NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways near Seattle. Niver's car was...   ALMS: Pagenaud, Brabham score overall win at Miller Motorsports Park Patron Highcroft Racing scored its third consecutive victory in the American Le Mans Series on Sunday with a hard-fought win in the Larry H. Miller Dealerships Utah Grand Prix. Simon Pagenaud drove the final 105 minutes in the team's HPD ARX-01c, and the Highcroft crew took advantage of a quick...   F1: First-corner pass delivers British Grand Prix win to Webber Mark Webber took a popular victory in an action-packed British Grand Prix at Silverstone which saw pole winner Sebastian Vettel salvage seventh place after dropping to the back.The result was seen as a form of poetic justice by many observers after the team controversially gave Vettel the front...   Formula One: Webber silences wing controversy with victory at Silverstone Mark Webber gave his best response to Saturday's fuss about losing his new front wing to Red Bull Formula One teammate Sebastian Vettel: He won.Webber beat Vettel off the line and then saw him disappear from his mirrors when his teammate picked up a puncture from contact with Lewis Hamilton. He...   Ferrari boss: Alonso penalty was harsh Ferrari Formula One boss Stefano Domenicali remains optimistic despite a nightmare weekend at Silverstone as Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa finished 14th and 15th, respectively.Both men suffered tire punctures and Alonso received a drive-through penalty for gaining an advantage when he passed...   World Rally: Loeb easily wins Rally Bulgaria Having won the previous 15 World Rally Championship events held on asphalt, the prospects of Sébastien Loeb not winning the Rally Bulgaria seemed pretty remote when the WRC regulars descended on the ski resort of Borovets for round seven of the 13-event season. From the moment the factory Citroën...   Austin Dillon rules NASCAR truck race at Iowa Austin Dillon, in the No. 3 Chevrolet from Richard Childress Racing, dominated Sunday afternoon's Lucas Oil NASCAR Camping World Truck Series 200 at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa. It was the first win in 12 series starts for the 20-year-old grandson of Richard Childress, who won six Sprint Cups... 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.