Autoweek Daily Drive — Monday, October 22, 2012

HOME   |   CAR NEWS   |   CAR REVIEWS   |   RACING   |   AUTO SHOWS   |   VIDEOS   |   COLLECTOR   |   SUBSCRIBE Monday, October 22, 2012                  The Fisker Karma Riverside package celebrates American racing heritage.... Fisker celebrates American racing at SEMA Even though you can't put a supercharger or a cold-air intake on a Fisker Karma, there are still plenty of ways to customize the extended-range hybrid. To that end, the company will show its sleek sedan at the SEMA show in Las Vegas with new looks, a new oil partner and at least a tease of new wheel offerings.   Classic vs. Modern: Volvo 240 meets Nissan Cube Much has been made of the demise of the market for the truly awful car. Along with the awful, the just plain weird and the iconoclastic also appear to have bitten the...   Checking out the Horizon The Forza Motorsports franchise has produced quality video game after quality video game, and it has done so once again with its latest title, Forza...   Art Center Car Classic 2012 There are themes and slogans at Art Center College of Design car shows, and there are mighty attempts to line those themes up and make them march in lockstep. The “Innovation in Motorsports” section in the middle of the Sculpture ...   Volkswagen reveals Taigun concept Volkswagen has revealed its intention to join the burgeoning compact SUV ranks with the Taigun concept revealed at the Sao Paulo motor show in Brazil. The four-seat Taigun previews the look and mechanical layout for a new...   2012 Audi A5 2.0 TFSI review notes ASSOCIATE EDITOR JAKE LINGEMAN: I have been a growing fan of Audi for years and I really liked the A5 coupe when it was released. The four rings have ...   Kyle Busch says Ryan Newman should 'watch his back' after Kansas crash Evidently, Kyle Busch hasn't learned his lesson when it comes to retaliation. Busch, who was fined and   Simple Rule: Technology Costs Close your eyes. Imagine you're at the turn of the 20th century. A favorite broadsheet tells you that these new-fangled automobile gadgets are dangerous rattle traps that foul the air and that they are singularly profound failures! These “auto-mobiles” are powered by steam,... You May Have Missed...   Matt Kenseth survives crash-filled Cup race to win on new pavement at Kansas Fans who came to Kansas Speedway on Sunday thought they were attending a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. Instead, they witnessed the latest episode of Survivor.Matt Kenseth won a wild war of attrition, otherwise known as the Hollywood Casino 400, beating Martin Truex Jr. to the checkered flag by ....   Danica Patrick crash video from Kansas Danica Patrick took an early exit from the Sprint Cup Series race at Kansas after trying to put Landon Cassill out of the race. Instead of pushing Cassill off the track, Patrick was the one who went into the wall and out of the race."I have just been really frustrated with the No. 83 (Landon...   Petit Le Mans through the eyes of University of Georgia photojournalism students There are many things you can learn at university by reading and discussing, but photojournalism is not one of them. It's both an intellectual and practical pursuit, one that requires an experiential learning plan, one that requires students to get out of their comfort zone.While some 100,000 fans...   Chevy previews Malibu Turbo Performance concept and Shop Talk before SEMA On Friday we talked about the small cars that Chevrolet is bringing to the SEMA show in Las Vegas. The company will also section off some its display for its do-it-yourself-inspired Shop Talk presentation. The Shop Talk display will feature four garage bays, each demonstrating a different part of...   Hirvonen hangs on to give Citroën a WRC win in Italy Citroën driver Mikko Hirvonen claimed his 15th career World Rally Championship victory--and his very first for the French team he joined this year--by a minute and a half on the all-gravel Rally Italy, based on the island of Sardinia.Hirvonen took the lead on Friday after his nine-time world...   Hamlin loses ground to Keselowski in Chase, now trails by 20 points Though Denny Hamlin avoided the wrecks that accounted for a track-record 14 cautions on Sunday, he nevertheless experienced his share of bad luck. Twice Hamlin was trapped a lap down when cautions interrupted cycles of green-flag pit stops, and for most of his runs in Sunday's race, Hamlin was...   Dale Earnhardt Jr. must pass test to race at Martinsville Reports that Dale Earnhardt Jr. has been cleared to race and will return to action in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series next weekend at Martinsville were a bit premature, team owner Rick Hendrick confirmed Sunday at the Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway."He's been cleared to race at Martinsville,...   Short-Track Roundup: Jimmy Owens is dirt king once again Jimmy Owens put an exclamation point on his second consecutive Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series championship by winning the Dirt Track World Championship for the first time Saturday night.The 32nd Red Buck Dirt Track World Championship was held at Ohio's Portsmouth Raceway Park for the first time,... CLICK HERE TO UNSUBSCRIBE from the Autoweek Daily Drive E-mail or to sign up for other Autoweek e-mail products. 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