AutoWeek Daily Drive — Wednesday, August 11, 2010

HOME   |   CAR NEWS   |   CAR REVIEWS   |   RACING   |   AUTOSHOWS   |   SUBSCRIBE   |   MARKETPLACE Wednesday, August 11, 2010                  Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann again raised the possibility of a four-door car for the storied Italian... Lamborghini might jump into four-door fray Is Lamborghini preparing a four-door-fighter to take on the Porsche Panamera and the Aston Martin Rapide--perhaps along the lines of the Estoque? Maybe. Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann again raised that possibility recently. “A third model would fit Lamborghini very well,” Winkelmann, 45, told Bloomberg. “A four-door car would be a very feasible approach....   BMW to build Gran Coupe to challenge Mercedes-Benz, Porsche BMW will build its Gran Coupe concept car, the company's development chief Klaus Draeger said. The production Gran Coupe will rival luxury coupe-styled four-door cars such as the Mercedes CLS, Audi's upcoming A7 and the Porsche Panamera. The concept was unveiled at the Beijing auto show in...   Future products: GMC looks beyond trucks to compact car GMC, traditionally a home for rebadged Chevrolet trucks with more content, is preparing to jolt its lineup with a compact car aimed at young urban buyers. General Motors Co. is expected to bring the GMC Granite to market in 2013. The Granite concept's front passenger seat pivots up and toward...   What I drove last night: The 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS For anyone who thought that video games and the Internet were wiping out future generations of car fanatics, rest easy. The 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS, particularly our example painted an "arrest me" shade of red, is a teenager's dream. In fact, the engine was barely shut off when my teenage sons...   The 2010 Bentley Continental Supersports Coupe, an AW Drivers Log EXECUTIVE EDITOR ROGER HART: This thing is a padded leather rocket ship. It is blindingly quick, has brakes with enough stopping power to detach a retina, and the interior is so over the top in its black and red that it looks like it came from the SEMA show. OK, what's not to like about...   NASCAR: Childress signs Menard for 2011 Paul Menard, a journeyman driver with an attractive sponsorship package, has signed with Richard Childress Racing for the 2011 NASCAR season and beyond. Menard will drive a Chevrolet sponsored by his father’s Midwest-focused home improvement stores. He will join the RCR stable that... You May Have Missed...   NASCAR: Auto Club Speedway loses fall '11 race Auto Club Speedway at Fontana, Calif., will get just one Sprint Cup race next year, losing its fall race in the Chase for the Championship but retaining its spring race. The 2-mile track will host the Nationwide and Cup teams the weekend of March 25-27, about a month later than its traditional late-...   NASCAR: Kahne joins Team Red Bull for 2011 UPDATED --When team owners Rick Hendrick and Team Red Bull jointly announced on Tuesday that Kasey Kahne will be in one of Team Red Bull's Toyota Camrys next season, Kahne was suddenly not the only driver whose immediate future became clear.True to his word--so maybe he had a right to be frustrated ...   U.S. auto-safety agency study finds driver error in most Toyota accidents Brakes weren't applied by drivers of Toyota vehicles in at least 35 of 58 crashes blamed on unintended acceleration, U.S. auto-safety regulators said after studying data recorders.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration also saw no evidence of electronics-related causes for the accidents ...   2011 Toyota Sienna XLE, an AW Drivers Log NEWS EDITOR GREG MIGLIORE: This loaded people hauler was very useful during a recent apartment swap. It's massive, comfortable and surprisingly responsive on the freeway. I loaded almost every stitch of clothing and drop of food and hauled them in this thing, and it absorbed it all with no problem. ...   NASCAR: Kansas Speedway confirms second Sprint Cup date Kansas Speedway confirmed on Tuesday that it will get a second Sprint Cup date next year, Phoenix International Raceway has confirmed that it will be the second race on the 2011 schedule and California Speedway has confirmed that it will lose one of its two Cup dates next year.Kansas Speedway will...   NASCAR: Bruton Smith touts Sprint Cup debut at Kentucky Speedway Speedway Motorsports Inc. chairman and CEO Bruton Smith has finally landed his long-awaited Sprint Cup race at Kentucky Speedway. He announced on Tuesday afternoon that the 1.5-mile track at Sparta, near Cincinnati, will host a 400-mile race on Saturday night, July 9. The Nationwide Series also...   IndyCar: Wilson to wear cast and brace The X-rays were negative but Justin Wilson still had problems gripping the steering wheel during last weekend’s Izod IndyCar Series race at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.As the series prepares for the next race, on Aug. 22 at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif., Wilson will have a cast and a... 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.