Autoweek Daily Drive — Tuesday, June 5, 2012

HOME   |   CAR NEWS   |   CAR REVIEWS   |   RACING   |   AUTO SHOWS   |   VIDEOS   |   COLLECTOR   |   SUBSCRIBE Tuesday, June 05, 2012                  Magnus Walker poses with his 1971 Porsche 911.... Autoweek talks with Magnus Walker—urban outlaw, vintage Porsche collector, driver Magnus Walker is a passion-driven man, and he's living the American dream one vintage Porsche at a time. “America is still the land of opportunity,” Walker told Autoweek. The humble and well-spoken collector is a happily married, successful entrepreneur who builds and drives vintage Porsches for fun out of...   Volkswagen Jetta Alltrack crossover possible Volkswagen is not finished with plans to extend the Jetta portfolio. The suits inside the Wolfsburg, Germany, headquarters are mulling a plan for a crossover version of the future   2013 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT gets more letters, power Two additional letters will spell more power for the 2013 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG. The supercar will be named the SLS AMG GT for the next model year, which is meant to call attention to the light freshening...   Three-cylinder Ford Focus is pushed to show off performance potential Ford has plans to bring a three-cylinder EcoBoost engine to its U.S. lineup in a bit more than a year from now, likely in the You May Have Missed...   Will one hitch derail the Detroit Grand Prix? It shouldn't The first weekend of June saw the return of racing to Belle Isle in Detroit, where it had been sorely missed. The return was looking like a triumphant one until parts of the track literally fell apart on national television during the Izod IndyCar Series race that was the weekend's main event....   Nissan's revolutionary DeltaWing race car hits the track at Le Mans in video Darren Cox, general manager of Nissan in Europe, and driver Michael Krumm talk about the progess of the DeltaWing race car during this past weekend's test session at Le Mans in preparation of the Le Mans 24 Hours race.Drivers Michael Krumm, Satoshi Motoyama and Marino Franchitti combined to run 54 ...   New SRT Viper spotted in the wild Sure, we've seen the 2013 SRT Viper at the New York auto show and in glossy magazine photos. But how does it look on the street, among other more pedestrian vehicles? Autoweek reader Spencer Abbott spotted this 2013 SRT Viper cooling its heels in a Metro Detroit parking lot. Aside from the gas cap, ...   Lincoln, Ford and Porsche included in Dingman Collection for sale by RM We gave you a small taste of the Dingman Collection last week. Now let's take a deeper look at some of the impressive lots for sale at the RM Auctions' Hampton, N.H., event slated for June 9-10.The collection was gathered over many years by Dingman, who was on the Ford Motor Co.'s board of...   $5 billion competition on to replace Humvee Competition is heating up to win a contract for a vehicle that will replace nearly 18,500 aging military Humvees for the U.S. Army and Marine Corps starting in 2015.Six proposals are in play, with little time left before federal contracting officials decide on development of the $5 billion-plus...   IndyCar showing signs of growth There's a lot of attention on IndyCar right now, some of it for the right reasons--the competition, the stars and the story lines--and some it for the same old problems that seem to plague the series.Last week was a perfect mix of the good and bad for IndyCar, which sailed out of a successful...   IndyCar driver Servia apologizes for Texas tweet Oriol Servia apologized on Monday for a weekend tweet directed at Texas Motor Speedway.Servia didn't explain what prompted the original tweet that included profanity, but his apology was lengthy.“First of all, I'm really sorry for my tweets about Texas,” he posted on Monday afternoon....   Mazda brings diesel engine to Grand-Am racing in 2013: Autoweek TV Also in this episode: Audi's U.S. boss leaves for another job, the American Le Mans Series books a date with the racetrack in Austin, Texas, and we check out the New York garage of Ralph Wilson.TRANSCRIPT-- Mazda goes racing with its diesel engine.-- Audi loses its U.S. chief.-- The Austin, Texas,...   Østberg to skip New Zealand World Rally event Mads Østberg's status as the highest-placed Norwegian driver in the World Rally Championship is likely to be short-lived after he confirmed that he would not be contesting the next round in New Zealand.Østberg, whose fourth-place finish on the Acropolis Rally last week moved him ahead of countryman ... 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.