AutoWeek Daily Drive — Tuesday, July 13, 2010

HOME   |   CAR NEWS   |   CAR REVIEWS   |   RACING   |   AUTOSHOWS   |   SUBSCRIBE   |   MARKETPLACE Tuesday, July 13, 2010                  A turbocharged four-cylinder engine replaces the V6 in the Hyundai Sonata lineup.... 2011 Hyundai Sonata Turbo, an AW Flash Drive What is it? This is the second of three new Sonata models with which Hyundai is threatening the once-complacent midsize-sedan segment stalwarts such as the Toyota Camry, the Honda Accord, the Nissan Altima, the Ford Fusion and the Chevrolet Malibu. All of those competitors still outsell it, but Hyundai is gaining share almost every day. The sixth-generation Sonata debuted earlier this...   Club members get first choice for collector's-edition Fiat 500 Attendees of this year's Club Fiat-Lancia Unlimited national convention--also known as the "Fiat Freak Out"--were rewarded for their devotion to the Italian automaker. During the convention's closing dinner, the Fiat fans were given first dibs on the Fiat Cinquecento Prima Edizione, a...   LX-rated love-in: Web forum members make their virtual passion real The Dodge Charger, the Challenger and the Chrysler 300C share more than what Chrysler calls its LX platform. They also share an enthusiastic owner base at the www.lxforums.com Web site, where for the last six years more than 33,000 enthusiastic owners have met virtually to share information,...   Great mileage? King Midget did that 50 years ago WITH VIDEO -- As the world grapples with ever-decreasing stocks of inexpensive oil and ever-increasing traffic, the diminutive King Midget two-seater--made in the thousands from 1946 to 1970--starts to look pretty good. Again. "These cars will be the future kings of the road," said...   Cars, planes--and one flying car--at Pacific Coast Dream Machines show There's a pretty good chance that most car guys are also airplane guys, and vice versa. The organizers of Pacific Coast Dream Machines have known this for the last 20 years. So each April they gather a fine collection of both at the airport at Half Moon Bay, Calif., and open the gates. This...   NASCAR notes: Strong finish in Chicago gives hope to teams running Ford FR-9 engine Roush Yates Engines finally showed significant progress in last weekend's LifeLock.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway. The company's new Ford-based FR-9 engine has been disappointing at times this year, but Saturday night's 400-mile race offered some hope for beleaguered engine builders Jack Roush and ... You May Have Missed...   Pixar's cars: Studio's car show is one of the best and most exclusive True, there have been company car shows before, but there has never been a company quite like Pixar. Not that we would ever leave the worker's paradise that is AW, but if we did (which we are not--ever), we would work there. Trouble is, you need to have talent. Which we don't, sad to say.But even...   Bill Gates, venture capitalist invest $23.5 million in EcoMotors EcoMotors International has received $23.5 million from Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates and investor Vinod Khosla for engineering and testing of its trademarked Opoc engine technology.EcoMotors said in a statement Monday that the investment marks a key advance in commercializing its opposed... 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.