Tuesday, August 24, 2010

AutoWeek Daily Drive — Tuesday, August 24, 2010

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Tuesday, August 24, 2010                 
The redesigned Hyundai Accent, which arrives next spring, will have styling similar to that of the Verna,...
Hyundai is introducing seven new or redesigned models in a 24-month stretch that ends in the fall of 2011. So naturally the Hyundai guys refer to their product onslaught as “24/7.” And the pace won't slow much after those seven models hit the streets. Significant new entries also are planned for 2012 and 2013, including Hyundai's first fuel cell electric vehicle, a redesigned...

  Mercedes-Benz is holding back technical details of the restyled CLS sedan until its public debut at the Paris motor show in early October. But AutoWeek has confirmed that buyers will have a choice of two new direct-injection gasoline engines from the start of U.S. sales. Engine choices...

  NEWS EDITOR GREG MIGLIORE: For Corvette fans seeking a little more show but who aren't looking to go all the way up to a Z06, this is a nice option. The Grand Sport surely turns heads with the chevrons and flashy wheels, and the special logos and embroidery add cool touches to the inside....

  Sergio Marchionne, CEO of the Chrysler Group, said that Alfa Romeo vehicles will likely be sold at Fiat dealerships in the United States. About 200 Fiat franchises will be awarded this fall, mainly to Chrysler Group dealerships in metro markets friendly to small cars. Fiat is preparing to...

  Lewis Hamilton on Tuesday was fined about $440, the maximum the court could levy, for his dangerous-driving incident in Melbourne last March. However, the former Formula One world champion did not get a conviction that would have left him with a record. The return of the story to the...


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  Three-time Grand Prix winner Heinz-Harald Frentzen has retired from the cockpit at the age of 43.The German, who last competed in the Speedcar Series for U.S.-style stock cars in the Middle East in 2008-09, made the announcement as he withdrew from the Gold Coast 600 touring car event in Australia...

  Federal regulators have upgraded an investigation of as many as 1.2 million Toyota Corollas for possible engine stalling.Consumers have filed 1,101 complaints about Corollas and Corolla Matrixes for 2005-07 models, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a filing on its Website....

  The grand-prize winners of this year's Bridgestone Safety Scholars Contest covered a variety of angles relating to driver safety in their video submissions. All of the short films, however, were aimed at fellow teens.Henry Busby, 20, looks at the consequences of texting while driving in Tales from...

  Izod IndyCar Series championship leader Will Power added to his season-best win total on Sunday at Infineon Raceway, but the Australian said he does not feel like he's in control of the championship fight. The Team Penske driver's fifth win of the year gave him a 59-point lead over Ganassi Racing...

  U.S. Grand Prix promoter Tavo Hellmund says he will reveal the layout of his new Formula One track soon, and that the circuit will be quite impressive and challenging.Speaking to the Speed TV program "Wind Tunnel" on Sunday night, Hellmund said the track--planned for construction on about 900 acres ...

  Bruton Smith and Ray Evernham have announced plans to create a new dirt-track racing series using a modified version of the scaled-down Legend cars that run on short paved tracks. Smith is the CEO of Speedway Motorsports Inc. and owner of U.S. Legend Cars International. Evernham is the former three-...


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