AutoWeek Daily Drive — Monday, November 1, 2010

HOME   |   CAR NEWS   |   CAR REVIEWS   |   RACING   |   AUTOSHOWS   |   SUBSCRIBE   |   MARKETPLACE Monday, November 01, 2010                  The U.S. version of Mitsubishi's i-MiEV will be bigger than the European and Japanese versions so that the... L.A. auto show: Mitsubishi to debut wide-body 'American' i-MiEV Mitsubishi Motors Corp. will unveil a wide-bodied i-MiEV electric car tailored to the United States at the Los Angeles auto show during press days Nov. 17-18. President Osamu Masuko said the broader, squatter version of the battery-powered i-MiEV minicar, already being sold in Japan, will go on sale in the United States in fall 2011. The U.S. version will be bigger than its Japanese and...   2011 Mercedes-Benz R350 Bluetec 4Matic, an AW Drivers Log INTERACTIVE EDITOR DALE JEWETT: To me there's no debate about what this vehicle is--it's a station wagon. And a fine one at that. I was lucky to have the R350 on the same weekend the call came to help a family member move from apartment living to home ownership. But a 90-mile drive was...   Kia's chief designer seeks a sporty car to blow the doors off its image Kia's design boss wants to add a sports car or convertible to lend more appeal to the brand. No such car is officially in the pipeline, said Peter Schreyer, Kia's chief design officer. Kia first needs to get on more solid footing, he said. "I think Kia needs a car like that sooner or later, ...   IndyCar: Kanaan spills bit of blood in triathlon Tony Kanaan could have used a race team in the inaugural Rohto Ironman 70.3 Triathlon over the weekend in Miami. He cut his finger changing a tire on the cycling portion of the event. He finished with blood on his bike. "That's what happens when you don't have a pit crew," the IndyCar driver... You May Have Missed...   NHRA: Force, Schumacher and Anderson win big in Las Vegas; Pomona showdowns up next The NHRA's championship chases that looked like runaways when the weekend started at the Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway tightened up considerably on Sunday at the conclusion of the NHRA Las Vegas Nationals.John Force beat Matt Hagan in the Funny Car final to pull within 37 points of Hagan in the ...   NASCAR: Clint Bowyer claims Talladega win amidst confusion surrounding results Clint Bowyer won the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Amp Energy 500 on Sunday afternoon at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama, and now he's all about the Walk. Despite winning two of the first seven Chase for the Championship races and finishing second in another, the Richard Childress Racing driver won't ...   NASCAR: Trevor Bayne to replace Bill Elliott at Texas Motor Speedway Trevor Bayne, whose NASCAR résumé is frightfully thin, will replace the legendary Bill Elliott in the Wood Brothers Racing's No. 21 Ford for next weekend's Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway. The 19-year-old Tennessee native is considered Ford Racing's next long-term...   NASCAR: Kyle Busch nears end of a grueling season driving in three series NASCAR star Kyle Busch will complete an ironman-like 81-start NASCAR season when he runs the upcoming Camping World Truck Series, Nationwide Series and Sprint Cup Series races on consecutive weekends at Texas, Phoenix and Homestead-Miami Speedway. By season's end, he will have run 16 of 25 Truck...   NASCAR: Richard Petty Motorsports expects to race in Texas NASCAR legend Richard Petty, minority team owner of Richard Petty Motorsports, skipped the Sprint Cup Series Amp Energy 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday, where rumors continued to swirl about the short- and long-term future of the financially strapped organization.However, a team...   NASCAR pays tribute to Jim Hunter at Talladega Every NASCAR official at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday wore their own familiar pumpkin-colored “NASCAR 48” baseball cap that the late Jim Hunter wore with so much pride. The longtime NASCAR executive--among the most respected men in the organization--died on Friday at age 71 after a ...   NASCAR announces Jim Hunter memorial-service information Memorial services for Jim Hunter, NASCAR's vice president of corporate communications who died on Oct. 29, will take place Nov. 2 -3, NASCAR announced on Sunday. Hunter died on Friday at the age of 71 after battling cancer for almost a year. Visitation will take place on Nov. 2 at Darlington... 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.