Friday, September 24, 2010

AutoWeek Daily Drive — Friday, September 24, 2010

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Friday, September 24, 2010                 
The Ferrari SA Aptera is already sold out before it even makes its debut at the Paris auto show next week....
Ferrari has shown us the 599 roadster--called the SA Aperta--that it will present at the Paris auto show next week. Eighty SA Apertas will be built--and are all sold already. Ferrari decided to do 80 cars to celebrate Pininfarina's 80th anniversary, while the SA pays homage to Sergio and Andrea Pininfarina, whose company has done some of the more outstanding Ferraris over the years. There is a ...

  EXECUTIVE EDITOR--AUTOWEEK.COM BOB GRITZINGER: After recently driving the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, I didn't think I'd find something to top that car for quite some time. The 2011 Nissan GT-R may just be that car. Not to take anything away from the SLS, which for me takes the title of best...

  WITH VIDEO -- Eric Lazar grew up a Southern California kid, “playing all sports: skateboarding, surfing, racing motocross and traveling the world.” When he grew up, Lazar was a burly Teamster truck driver, working in the movie and television industry. Even today he looks like...

  Nissan has accepted 20,000 reservations for the Leaf electric car and said it has stopped taking orders until next year. Nissan began taking reservations for the Leaf in May. The Leaf, which is about the size of a Nissan Versa, is powered by an 80-kilowatt electric motor that produces 107 hp...

  Subaru said its next-generation, horizontally opposed engine will debut this year in the Forester and deliver a 10 percent boost in fuel economy. The four-cylinder engine, which will come in displacements of either 2.0 or 2.5 liters, is the first major overhaul of the brand's signature boxer...


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