AutoWeek Daily Drive — Wednesday, September 22, 2010

HOME   |   CAR NEWS   |   CAR REVIEWS   |   RACING   |   AUTOSHOWS   |   SUBSCRIBE   |   MARKETPLACE Wednesday, September 22, 2010                  The redesigned Cayenne went on sale this year. A hybrid comes in 2011.... Future products: Ownership change may revive 2 small Porsches Now that it's owned by Volkswagen, Porsche reportedly is planning two small vehicles that the German sports car maker's previous management had nixed. Porsche is expected to increase the size of its Boxster roadster, leaving room at the bottom of the range for a smaller midengine car engineered jointly with Volkswagen. A small SUV also is likely to be added. Plug-in hybrid versions of...   Future products: Lamborghini sees the light Has engine performance gone as far as it can? With horsepower per liter having long since broken the 100-1 mark, Lamborghini seems to think so. So do many European regulators who want to strangle carbon dioxide emissions. As a result, the Italian supercar maker sees its future dictated not ...   2010 Acura TSX Tech, an AW Drivers Log INTERACTIVE EDITOR DALE JEWETT: Here's the No. 1 thing I want everyone to know about this car--the clutch/shifter setup should become the industry standard. This is one of those rare cars where I jumped in and made flawless gear changes, as if I'd been driving it for years. The knurled metal ...   Paris auto show: Smart electrifies scooters Mercedes-Benz's struggling Smart division will test public reaction to a new two-wheeled alternative to its signature Fortwo city car at next week's Paris motor show with the unveiling of this futuristic-looking, plug-in electric-powered scooter. Billed as a concept, the so-called escooter is...   Publisher KC Crain promoted to vice president/group publisher AutoWeek publisher KC Crain, 30, has been named vice president/group publisher at Crain Communications Inc. with responsibility for Plastics News, Rubber & Plastics News, Tire Business and Waste & Recycling News, based in Akron, Ohio. He will also supervise the European-based...   VW to build engine plant in Mexico to supply Tenn. factory, source says Volkswagen AG plans to announce Wednesday that it will build an engine plant in Mexico to supply vehicles assembled in North America, a source at the company's assembly plant in Puebla said. A VW spokesman confirmed that the company will make an announcement but declined to say what it will...   Coda to price electric compact sedan at $44,900 Coda Automotive Inc. will begin delivering the first of its electric compact sedans in December priced at $44,900 before federal and state incentives. With federal incentives, the starting price will be $37,400, and with California state incentives, the price could be as low as $32,400. Coda... You May Have Missed...   Paris auto show: Range Rover Evoque packs turbocharged engine, all-wheel drive We got a first look at the Range Rover Evoque in early July but Land Rover held back many critical details--trying to distract us with an appearance by model/singer Victoria Beckham. But with the Paris auto show imminent, more information on the Evoque's inner workings has been released.The Evoque...   SCCA: Up to 5 seats for the Score Baja 1000 to be awarded this weekend Earlier this year, BF Goodrich Tires offered SCCA drivers the chance to race in the Score Baja 1000. This Sunday, those chosen to drive the Wide Open Excursions Baja Challenge race car will be announced at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs.The seats will be awarded to champions who are using...   SCCA: Temporary pole sitters break 15 Road America records Monday kicked off four days of qualifying sessions for the SCCA National Championship Runoffs. By the end of the day, 15 provisional pole sitters had broken Road America track records. Each of the 28 classes will run a qualifying session on three of the four days. With a best time of 2:02.103 (117....   Formula One: Austin Grand Prix promoter reveals 'master plan' Full Throttle Productions LP, the promoter of the proposed U.S. Grand Prix outside of Austin, Texas, on Tuesday night released its conceptual master plan for the future Formula One venue. The plan features the design of the 3.4-mile road course revealed on Sept. 1, plus additional visitor...   IndyCar: Dario Franchitti drives Jim Clark's race-winning Lotus Indianapolis 500 winner Dario Franchitti got to walk--drive, actually--in the path of his hero on Tuesday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.Franchitti drove the 1965 Lotus of Indy winner Jim Clark. The No. 82 car was restored last year in Indianapolis and driven, essentially, by only one other person...   Ford dropping Ranger pickup from U.S. lineup after 2011 Ford Motor Co., as expected, is dropping the venerable Ranger compact pickup from its U.S. lineup after the 2011 model year.Ford is consolidating its global pickup truck platforms from three to two with the introduction of an all-new Ranger to be sold outside North America starting next year.The...   Bowyer makes a point in New Hampshire So exactly what did we learn from this year’s first of 10 NASCAR Chase for the Championship playoff races, the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Sunday? Not much, other than that Clint Bowyer gets slightly better gas mileage than Tony Stewart. And, oh, by the way: Bowyer might... CLICK HERE TO UNSUBSCRIBE from the AutoWeek Daily Drive E-mail or to sign up for other AutoWeek e-mail products. 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