Autoweek Daily Drive — Tuesday, August 28, 2012

HOME   |   CAR NEWS   |   CAR REVIEWS   |   RACING   |   AUTO SHOWS   |   VIDEOS   |   COLLECTOR   |   SUBSCRIBE Tuesday, August 28, 2012                  Cadillac celebrates 110 years with photo book Cadillac is celebrating its 110th birthday this month. To mark the occasion they have produced a book called Cadillac, dedicated to the history of the luxury marque. A limited run of just 500 copies of Cadillac will be produced, each costing $395. The book will feature 150 pages of images and will come in a...   Escape Roads: Jaguar XK120 Supersonic Is an unusually dressed cat It is a rarity to find a Jaguar that was sent to an Italian coachbuilder—less than a dozen are known to have been built—and perhaps strangely enough, most of them came from the small shop of Ghia, based in Turin. At the end of 1952, it started work on what would become one of its most...   GM to retool factory for new Impala General Motors plans to idle the plant where it assembles the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid for four weeks starting next month to retool for production of the all-new 2014 Impala and a small number of 2013 Malibus....   2013 Lexus GS 350 review notes DIGITAL EDITOR ANDREW STOY: I'm not completely sold on the new Lexus spindle grille, particularly applied to the funky aero face of the new 2013 Lexus GS 350. But damn if there isn't a good car behind it. I spent my evening in ...   More than a (gull)wing and a prayer They make up just six percent of Mercedes car sales in the United States—but nothing preserves and proliferates the top-shelf, seductive image of a   Racer Jerry Grant to be celebrated at Riverside The life of American racer Jerry Grant will be celebrated at the Riverside International Automotive Museum in Riverside, Calif., at 11 a.m. on Oct. 13. Grant died on Aug. 12 at the age of 77. Grant, who started 52 races in Indy cars from... You May Have Missed...   Ford debuts another Australian hot rod Ford's Australian-based Performance Vehicles operation has unveiled its fastest car to date—the Falcon-based FPV GT R-spec. To be assembled at Ford Performance Vehicle's headquarters on the outskirts of Melbourne, the rear-wheel drive GT R-spec packs the same engine as the earlier GT335, a...   Tony Stewart not a pioneer when it comes to throwing helmets Tony Stewart was in the spotlight with one of the most interesting moments of Saturday night's NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Bristol, even though it was Denny Hamlin who won.During lap 336 (of 500) Stewart and fellow driver Matt Kenseth were jockeying for the lead position when they made contact. Both...   Briggs Cunningham's long-lost Corvette goes back into hiding: Autoweek TV Also in this episode: Spyker makes headlines, info on the new Porsche Carrera 4 and motorsports news from the weekend.TRANSCRIPT-- A Saab platform rises from the grave, sort of. -- Porsche readies a new four-wheel drive model -- Briggs Cunningham's long lost Corvette goes back into hiding -- And...   Power Wagon ad hits all the right notes The sardonic auto classified is seldom spotted outside of Craigslist, so finding one over at Hemmings is a bit surprising–especially since the ad is for a rare 1956 Dodge Power Wagon “swivel frame” rather than some barely drivable hooptie. Still, the ad in question manages to be... 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.