Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Autoweek Daily Drive — Tuesday, October 9, 2012

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Tuesday, October 09, 2012                 
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If you've been reading Autoweek for the past year or so, you've no doubt heard us talking about our shopping site shopautoweek.com. It's designed to let enthusiasts like us (and most likely you) share car knowledge with regular car buyers, helping connect them with the best new car for their needs. Shopautoweek.com is...

  My interest in cars remains stuck in the early 1970s--when I was spending most of my time trying to retrieve the copies of AutoWeek that had been confiscated by my second grade teacher, Mrs. Wilks. While my iPod may be full of downloads from the likes of Dirty Pretty Things, The Kooks and...

  Mercedes-Benz has initiated a voluntary recall for its 2013 SL-class due to an issue with the air-conditioning system. Under...

  EXECUTIVE EDITOR BOB GRITZINGER: Just when all the auto pundits thought the big-honkin' all-wheel-drive full-size (at least for Mini) Countryman was the first sign of Mini's impending demise, along comes the...

  In an effort to reduce costs to teams, the Izod IndyCar Series announced on Monday that it is reducing preseason and in-season testing for its teams, effective immediately. Limits affect all manufacturer and team off-season, preseason and ...


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  Here at Autoweek we're required to spend a lot of time watching car videos on the Internet. It's a lot of hard work. Josh Clason's job is even harder. The guy travels around actually making cool car videos. You may have seen his short-film series "Depth of Speed" in the past, and he's now posting...

  Here are two more angles of the incredible Petter Solberg crash from Rally France on Saturday. Solberg went off the road, through a vineyard and into a utility pole.Note the power pole's demise at the end of the video.Solberg, who is third in the WRC points chase, was unhurt. And somewhere in...

  Mercedes wasn't the only German manufacturer touting its supercars in video this weekend—Porsche also released footage of its 918 Spyder tackling the Nürburgring.A few weeks ago, we heard news of Porsche driver Walter Rohrl's 7 minute, 14 second lap at the 13-mile course. That puts the 918...

  Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Talladega Superspeedway left most of the field in shambles and Dale Earnhardt Jr. seemingly close to tears. It also left many NASCAR fans wondering if the racing is as dangerous as some of the drivers seem to think it is.Leading up to the race, many insiders and...

  Kurt Busch's tenure with Phoenix Racing may have ended Sunday, but the ripple effect of his last ride in the No. 51 Chevrolet is ongoing.Already on probation for two incidents earlier this year, Busch faces possible sanctions from NASCAR for creating a safety issue at Talladega.After leading six...

  Maserati has confirmed its upcoming sedan will be called the Ghibli, and a heavily covered four-door model has been captured near Modena, Italy.Is this the purported E-segment sedan that could spell sales volume and an extension of the Maserati brand? We hear the prototype appeared to be smaller...

  Watch out for spoilers from last weekend's racing action. Also in this episode: Mark Vaughn takes a spin in the Audi S8.TRANSCRIPT-- Sprint Cup settles a wild one in Talladega.-- The Formula One title race tightens up.-- And we drive the Audi S8.I'm Jake with a Monday edition of Autoweek TV. Let's...

  Most of our “moving miscues” feature standard passenger vehicles overloaded with appliances, furniture and other precious belongings that need expedient (if high-risk) transportation from point A to point B. They're amateur jobs, really.Autoweek reader Steve Kowalski takes things in a...


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