Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Autoweek Daily Drive — Tuesday, June 26, 2012

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Tuesday, June 26, 2012                 
A 2012 BMW F10 M5 hits the track at the BMW Performance center in South Carolina....
Spartanburg, S.C., is home to BMW's SUV manufacturing facility and its BMW Performance Driving School. Autoweek visited last week to participate in BMW's one-day M School and to take some hot laps in the latest M5, M3 and 1M. The night before a full day of professional-instruction track time, we were given a late-...

  We're nearly one month away from the Concours d'Elegance of America at St. John's in Plymouth, Mich., and the auction that will accompany the event is beginning to come into focus. RM Auctions will host its yearly sale on July 28. The auction begins at noon, and the event should last four to...

  While Cadillac's recent focus seems to have been on beating Europe's prestige manufacturers around the Nürburgring's Nordschleife with high-horsepower...

  For the first time, Toyota Avalon buyers will have a choice of powertrains when the new car goes on sale later this year. One option will be the familiar 3.5-liter DOHC V6 that sees duty in the

  Vintage-motorsports enthusiasts will be able to inspect two very special Cadillacs from the Collier Collection at the upcoming Le Mans Classic, July 6-8. The annual event takes place in Le Mans, France, and features 24 vehicles that have competed in past runnings of the legendary endurance race....


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  Mazda will bring the Miata of our dreams to the Goodwood Festival of Speed in the United Kingdom on June 28. The Mazda MX-5 GT concept will run in the “First Glance” class for the legendary hillclimb.Mazda says the GT concept is inspired by its MX-5 GT race program, and its debut at...

  A group of 27 classic stock cars will get another chance at glory when they take to the track at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in August.The race will be part of the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, an annual event that plays host to multiple races of historic cars on the Laguna Seca track.The stock ...

  Mitsubishi hinted at a plug-in hybrid version of the next generation Outlander when it was revealed at the Geneva motor show in March. Now, ahead of the hybrid Outlander's unveiling in Paris, more details have been released concerning how the plug-in system will work.The plug-in hybrid electric...

  Ken Block is at it again. The World Rally Championship and Global RallyCross driver and star of the amazing Gymhkana series of videos posted this teaser on Monday for his latest effort.If Gymkhana 5 lives up to this incredible video, which is staged with the skyline of San Francisco in the...

  Mini is getting into the commercial space with the Clubvan, which has two seats, five doors and a flat floor for easy loading. Mini says the van is designed for both business and leisure cargo carrying. When the U.S.-bound Mini Clubvan arrives this fall, it will use the company's base engine for...

  What is it?To the mass media, the Tesla Model S is undoubtedly one of the most anticipated models, if not the most anticipated model to hit the road this year. Since Elon Musk's EV concern showed a mock-up prototype back in 2009, the Model S has been called everything from the salvation of the auto ...

  The Izod IndyCar Series announced on Monday that the 2012 IndyCar schedule will remain at 15 races.IndyCar was exploring a potential replacement event after it announced on June 13 that its inaugural race in China, scheduled for Aug. 19, had been canceled.“After carefully considering all...

  Also in this episode, we see the new Aston Martin Vanquish, Mercedes-Benz takes a long drive and Fernando Alonso and Clint Bowyer rack up race wins over the weekend.TRANSCRIPT-- Alonso wins in Spain and Clint Bowyer survives Sonoma. -- Jeep will cut the 2013 Cherokee model year short. -- And...

  Ford driver Vaughn Gittin Jr., the 2010 Formula Drift champion, captured Saturday's Round 4: The Gauntlet event at Wall Speedway in Wall, N.J., while teammate Justin Pawlak finished eighth and retained his series lead through round four of the seven-race series.The Formula Drift Pro Championship...

  On the same weekend NASCAR's stars of today were in Sonoma and some of its stars of tomorrow were in Elkhart Lake, Wis., a few stars of 2015 and beyond were in Hampton, Va., for the kind of Saturday night brawl every short-track racer has fought early in his career. The K&N Pro East and West tours...

  Lewis Hamilton was very careful about what he said when he met the media shortly after his contact with Pastor Maldonado during Sunday's Formula One European Grand Prix.The McLaren driver would not discuss the incident, insisting that he didn't know what happened when he was pitched into the wall...


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