AutoWeek Daily Drive — Tuesday, August 3, 2010

HOME   |   CAR NEWS   |   CAR REVIEWS   |   RACING   |   AUTOSHOWS   |   SUBSCRIBE   |   MARKETPLACE Tuesday, August 03, 2010                  The Cadillac Escalade is the most stolen vehicle in the United States.... Chrome, Horsepower and Hemis: Cadillac Escalade tops most ripped-off list Just when it seems as if all we are hearing about are Chevrolet Volts and Nissan Leafs (Leaves?), turns out thieves still love their performance cars and monstrous SUVs and trucks. The Cadillac Escalade remains the most stolen car in the United States, according to the Highway Loss Data Institute. The 'Sclade was followed by the Ford F250 pickup, the Infiniti G37, the Hemi Dodge Charger (not...   2010 Audi S4, an AW Long-Term Update The latest month spent in our long-term Audi S4 found us joyful for the little things. Not that we we're sick of the big ones by any means--the brakes, steering, engine and transmission were fantastic as usual. But day to day, the real nature of owning the car comes out, when we move away from...   SMS 570 Challenger, an AW Driver's Log People really liked this thing. Seems the more Los Angeles Lakers window flags in an area, the more enthusiastic the response to the car. Guys with Carhartt gear would stop whatever they were doing and just stare. Women swooned. Dogs barked. Cats purred. The electric-green phosphorescent paint...   PART III--2011 Ford Explorer, an AW Product Profile AW's Bob Gritzinger explains the interior of the 2011 Ford Explorer with chief engineer Jim Holland....   FireBreather Camaro is on sale now from Classic Design Concepts Chevrolet fans, start scratching off lottery tickets: A Detroit-area customizer has devised a creation based on the Camaro SS dubbed “FireBreather.” And, it has a bit of star power. The FireBreather is a movie prop made for an upcoming Michigan-produced film, Jinn. But Classic ...   Ford upgrades diesels for Super Duty pickups Ford Motor Co. is enlisting its dealers as it fires back in a horsepower battle between diesel-powered heavy-duty pickups. Ford will begin production this week of the most powerful diesel engine ever installed in a heavy-duty pickup, Barb Samardzich, vice president of powertrain engineering, ... You May Have Missed...   Helio Castroneves fined, put on probation for incident at Edmonton Helio Castroneves was fined $60,000 and put on probation for the rest of the season on Monday for grabbing Izod IndyCar Series officials in Edmonton last month after chief steward Brian Barnhart stripped him of his race victory. Barnhart ruled that Castroneves took the inside lane reserved for...   Stricter wing tests coming in Belgium Formula One teams were told after Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix that they will face stricter load tests on the front wings of their cars at the next race in Belgium.Rivals have complained about the low-running wings on the Red Bull and Ferrari cars. To address the issue the FIA has called on...   Todt confirms Ferrari hearing for team orders The FIA has followed up on the Ferrari team-orders controversy by confirming that the World Motor Sport Council will look into the affair.The hearing will take place in Paris on Sept. 8. There has been suggestions that it would be added to the agenda of the meeting planned for later that week, but...   2010 Nissan Versa 1.8 SL Hatchback, an AW Drivers Log ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR CHERYL L. BLAHNIK: This sticker just feels a little too steep for this car. I was expecting this to be about $3,000 less. Driving to and from work, this little car's fuel gauge barely moved, which is a big selling point for a small commuter car. Visually, it's what you'd...   Roush's condition upgraded to fair The condition of entrepreneur and race-team owner Jack Roush has been upgraded to fair.Roush, co-owner of Roush Fenway Racing and chairman of Roush Enterprises, is being treated at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., for facial injuries sustained when an airplane he was piloting crash-landed in...   My own mini Monterey weekend Soon enough, I will be dunked, slathered and filled with every kind of automotive flavor known to man. Like a bacon-and-maple-glazed doughnut, the auto week along the Monterey Peninsula will cover off delightfully scrumptious (if offbeat) samples of tasty morsels.It has been described as a car...   Ferrari's Domenicali: 'We need to do the maximum we can' Ferrari boss Stefano Domenicali says that the team is still in the fight for the championship despite Red Bull's performance advantage in Hungary.Fernando Alonso gained ground on Sebastian Vettel and both McLaren drivers in Hungary, although he lost seven points to Red Bull's Mark Webber.... 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.