Autoweek Daily Drive — Friday, June 8, 2012

HOME   |   CAR NEWS   |   CAR REVIEWS   |   RACING   |   AUTO SHOWS   |   VIDEOS   |   COLLECTOR   |   SUBSCRIBE Friday, June 08, 2012                  Lawn Art: 1965 Chevrolet Corvette roadster hasn't moved for nearly 40 years Stories of barn finds and yard finds abound in the collector-car world. People put a car away in storage with the intent of one day having time or money--usually both--to restore it. On a recent photo assignment in northern Virginia, we heard about a 1965 Chevrolet Corvette that has been sitting in a yard for...   Texas mulls upping speed limit to 85 mph Texas and Utah are the two states that have 80-mph posted speed limits. But Texas wants to up the ante to 85. State officials are considering changing the limit on Highway 130, which runs between San Antonio and Austin. Some complain that the raised speed limit will cost lives, but numerous...   2012 Suzuki Kizashi Sport GTS: Review notes EDITOR WES RAYNAL: It cracks me up that this is called the Sport model. It's anything but. The combination of the four-cylinder and the continuously variable transmission just doesn't cut it. Add in all-wheel drive sapping even more power and, well, you get the picture. The fact that the...   Project Car Hell, Back To Basics Edition: Lancia Beta Zagato or Triumph GT6? Last week, we condemned Hell Garage inmates to a purgatorial slog through the wilds of factory-hot-rod early-1990s Chryslers, and a torque-steeringly good time was had by all—all of us who chuckled at...   Drop-Top Dreams, Part Three: 2013 Bentley Continental GTC V8 The new 500-hp Bentley Continental GTC V8 will arrive this fall, a bit late for the summer driving season, but there's always the more familiar 567-hp V12. Either way, the Continental GTC brings a fabulous combination of high style, unmistakable presence, good response and smooth, stable velocity...   Saab reportedly bought by Chinese-led consortium A Chinese-controlled consortium has completed a deal to buy the assets of bankrupt Swedish carmaker Saab, media reports said. National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) will pay 1.5 billion to 1.8 billion kronor ($210 million to...   Villeneuve criticizes Quebec's student protesters Former Formula One champion Jacques Villeneuve criticized Quebec's student protesters Thursday after they tried to disrupt a cocktail party kicking off Canadian Grand Prix festivities. The student protest movement has received enthusiastic... You May Have Missed...   Keels & Wheels concours features classic cars, wooden boats and more “Not just anyone can do this,” a clearly exhausted Bob Fuller, chairman and founder of the 17th-annual Keels & Wheels Concours d' Elegance, said shortly after presiding over the awarding of 69 trophies in the automotive division of the two-day classic-car and wooden-boat show held at...   2013 Hyundai Veloster Turbo to start at $22,725 Hyundai has released pricing details for the 2013 Veloster Turbo, giving it a starting price of $22,725 for the manual-transmission-equipped model. Specifying an automatic transmission will cost you $1,000 more. In addition to the turbocharged 1.6-liter powerplant that produces 201 hp and 195 lb-ft ...   College students electrify 1939 Pontiac Jake Lingeman's Big Rhonda, this ain't. However, like our associate editor's 1963 Star Chief, this 1939 Pontiac DeLuxe Eight bears a long-departed Pontiac nameplate and is currently undergoing a refresh.Students at Roanoke College in Virginia are in the process of taking the tired old Pontiac from...   Possible Ferrari F70 tester spotted The above photos of what very well might be a development mule for the next primo Ferrari —likely to be called the F70—were recently posted on the Ferrari 4/5 Competizone Facebook page. The future F70 is expected to be a front-runner in the competition between the very best cost-no-...   IndyCar drivers ready for Texas, but fence posts and other issues remain Izod IndyCar Series drivers have warned. They have complained. They have foreshadowed. They have passive-aggressively and sometimes just aggressively stated their cases against the positioning of posts that support the catch fences at Texas Motor Speedway and the dangers of pack-racing Indy cars on ...   7 performance cars for less than $30,000: Autoweek TV Also in this episode: Ferrari runs an auction to help earthquake victims, the Honda Fit EV gets a high mileage rating and Tesla has big plans for the future.TRANSCRIPT-- Ferrari details a big-time auction of the 599XX for charity.-- Honda gets a big-time figure of its own for the Fit EV.-- And...   U.S. unveils blueprint to tackle driver distraction Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Thursday the agency isn't looking at new regulations to address distracted driving, but rather is calling on automakers to step up voluntary efforts to combat risks with new technologies and education.LaHood, who's made distracted driving a top automotive...   German racer Paul Pietsch dead at age 100 Paul Pietsch, the last surviving driver of the prewar Silver Arrows era and the oldest living Grand Prix racer, has died at the age of 100.His family confirmed that he passed away on May 31, just three weeks short of his 101st birthday. 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