Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Autoweek Daily Drive — Tuesday, June 19, 2012

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Tuesday, June 19, 2012                 
Participants line up at the SORC for their chance to drive at top speed on a public road....
If you have never heard of the Sandhills Open Road Challenge (SORC) in Arnold, Neb., you aren't alone. The SORC is a weekend celebration of speed, competition, Americana and hospitality built around a mile-long top-speed run and a 55-mile road rally that aims to give back to the communities it surrounds. Encouraged and supported by the...

  Vic Elford's 1968 Targa win was one of the greatest in the history of the race. Elford was always very quick on the Targa and set the fastest lap in three Targa events. After all, he had committed the entire track to memory. ...

  Paolo Pininfarina is not simply chairman of the superlative Italian design house that bears his name. He's Paolo Pininfarina. That means his contemporary creations must live up to an 82-year legacy built by his grandfather, father and brother. Designing something with the Pininfarina name is akin...


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  This 2013 Lincoln MKZ looks to be production ready, save for a few absent badges on the tail. Why it is perched on a flatbed rather than moving under its own power is unknown. The production MKZ debuted at the New York auto show in April and will be available for sale later this year.The car will...

  Audi's win at the 24 Hours of Le Mans before an estimated 240,000 fans included the first victory of a hybrid vehicle in the history of the race. Audi drivers, technicians and team principal Wolfgang Ullrich were smiling in France on Sunday after sweeping the podium spots.Here's the official Audi-...

  From the classic Alfa Romeo 8C to the extreme, one-off 2010 New Stratos, Italian design house Pininfarina has a history of penning automotive forms that make us want to throw responsibility to the wind and clear an extra space in the garage. But not all Pininfarina creations ride on four wheels....

  CVC Capital Partners, the controlling shareholder in the Formula One group of companies, has further reduced its stake by selling another 6.5 percent to investment funds operated by Waddell & Reed. The American asset-management firm purchased 14.4 percent from CVC only last month, and this latest,...

  The Formula One group continues to expand in pay TV. Following the example of the International Olympic Committee, the commercial-rights holder of Formula One racing has begun actively selling rights to Grand Prix events to pay-TV companies alongside free-to-air broadcasters on a national basis.For ...

  Also in this episode: Cadillac gears up for the summer launch of the XTS and ATS sedans and discusses future lineup additions, Audi captures the top three spots at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and we take a spin around Michigan International Speedway in a Hyundai Genesis coupe.TRANSCRIPT -- Acura is in ...

  Francois Dumontier, the promoter of the Formula One Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal, has revealed that the cost of investments in facility improvements at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, which have been requested by Bernie Ecclestone’s Formula One group, will be in the region of $20 million....


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