Autoweek Daily Drive — Monday, October 15, 2012

HOME   |   CAR NEWS   |   CAR REVIEWS   |   RACING   |   AUTO SHOWS   |   VIDEOS   |   COLLECTOR   |   SUBSCRIBE Monday, October 15, 2012                  Formula One broadcast rights in the U.S. had resided with the Speed television network for the past 17 years.... NBC Group gets U.S. rights deal to broadcast F1 NBC Sports Group signed a four-year deal with Formula One for the exclusive U.S. media rights to the world's most popular global motorsports series. The deal, which begins next season, will provide over 100 hours of programming across NBC and cable channel NBC Sports Network. Jon Miller, president of programming for NBC Sports and NBC ...   Bring a Trailer: 1966 Goggomobil TS-250 and 1978 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz Bring a Trailer is a reliable source for solid project cars and affordable daily-driver classics, and today, the enthusiast site is serving up a study in contrasts. First, a   2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK250 review notes ASSOCIATE EDITOR JAKE LINGEMAN: I went on the launch of this 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK at the Tail of the Dragon in Tennessee. We drove V6-powered versions, all with automatic transmissions. We did get the news that a...   Preview: Need for Speed Most Wanted We had a chance to spend some time checking out Criterion Games' latest take on Electronic Arts' venerable Need For Speed franchise. The UK-based division of EA takes their second crack at the series (2010's Hot Pursuit was the first), and opens up the street-racing-beleaguered city...   Tata will redo Nano for the U.S. A redesigned version of India's no-frills Nano minicar will come to the United States in three years, said Ratan Tata, the billionaire boss of that country's giant Tata Group. "The U.S. is a very enticing market,"...   2013 Jeep Wrangler Sport Unlimited drive review Like the Mini or the Porsche 911, the Jeep has a shape so familiar and so distinctive...   Land Rover Defender to return to U.S. Land Rover will bring the redesigned Defender SUV to the United States as its entry-level vehicle, said Ralf Speth, CEO of Jaguar Land Rover. The Defender could debut as early as 2015 and will be based on the   2013 Nissan Pathfinder drive review What Is It? Nissan's fourth-generation Pathfinder shares its platform with the Maxima, Altima, Quest and JX. Of those, the Quest connection...   Racing world reacts to Felix Baumgartner's big jump: What's the buzz? On Sunday, Felix Baumgartner made his much anticipated skydive from the stratosphere. He fell over 128,000 feet and became the first human being to break the sound barrier. The jump was sponsored by Red Bull and was streamed live on Youtube for everyone to see. Many people around the world...   NASCAR and Fox extend TV contract through 2022 NASCAR and Fox Media Group have extended their eight-year television contract through the 2022 season. Even with two years remaining on their current contract, the sanctioning body and the network wanted to take any uncertainty off the table by... You May Have Missed...   Vettel grabs championship lead with hat trick Sebastian Vettel moved into the Formula One World Championship lead after scoring a win in the Korean Grand Prix—his third consecutive victory—following on from his earlier successes in Singapore and Japan. Vettel now leads Fernando Alonso 215 points to 209.Vettel was dominant through...   Tough race for Hamilton in Korea Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton suffered a rear antiroll bar failure in the first third of the Korean GP, which badly upset the handling of his McLaren, and accelerated tire wear. Having previously run fourth he slipped down the order and made an early second stop, and was ultimately forced to...   Championship battle still wide open for Alonso; Massa hoping for contract Fernando Alonso insists that his Formula One World Championship challenge is still very much alive, despite Sebastian Vettel surging into the lead after his third win of the season. The Spaniard now has 209 points to the 215 of Vettel.However, Alonso was also keen to point that Ferrari has not...   Short Track Roundup: Bobby East wins in Indiana and other short track notes Bobby East drove his Tony Stewart Racing Beast to victory in Saturday night's season finale for the USAC Traxxas Silver Crown Series at Indiana's Terre Haute Action Track.The victory helped East secure the series championship by 12 points over Jerry Coons Jr., who finished second at the half-mile...   Title momentum swings towards Vettel A fourth win of the season for Sebastian Vettel in Korea has moved him into the Formula One World Championship lead and has given him the momentum he needs to clinch his third title.Vettel has now gained 75 points from the last three races, with Korea following his earlier successes in Singapore...   Wurz, Lapierre and Nakajima win another World Endurance Championship event Toyota claimed a second FIA World Endurance Championship victory in five attempts in a thrilling battle with Audi at Fuji in Japan. Alex Wurz, Nicolas Lapierre and Kazuki Nakajima took the win aboard their TS030 HYBRID at the end of six hours of racing by just 11 seconds. They beat the Audi R18 e-... 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.