Autoweek Daily Drive — Thursday, October 18, 2012

HOME   |   CAR NEWS   |   CAR REVIEWS   |   RACING   |   AUTO SHOWS   |   VIDEOS   |   COLLECTOR   |   SUBSCRIBE Thursday, October 18, 2012                  The redesigned Crossed Flags emblem for the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette.... New 2014 Chevrolet Corvette set for Jan. 13 Detroit auto show debut Corvette fans should make a note on their calendar--the redesigned 2014 Chevrolet Corvette will debut Jan. 13, on the eve of press preview days for the Detroit auto show. To generate...   Airstream Eddie Bauer Trailer Review The RV lifestyle can be alluring: a million miles of wide-open Interstate, stopping anywhere you feel like it, going anywhere you want, and always, for a reasonable price, the promise of full hookups at every KOA camp, along with free Wi-Fi and a complete squadron of...   Olympic swimmer dives into car racing Olympic gold-medal-winning swimmer Tyler Clary, featured in our car-collecting Olympians story, is taking on a new challenge: the Skip Barber Three Day Racing School at...   Pricing announced for 2013 Volkswagen CC R-Line Pricing for the 2013 Volkswagen CC R-Line four-door will start at $33,020—about $2,000 more than the base-level CC Sport. The newly...   BMW X6 and 6-series get limited editions BMW revealed two special edition 2013 models on Thursday: the X6 Performance Edition and 6-series Coupe Frozen Silver Edition. In 2011 the company did the same thing with the   2012 Toyota Yaris SE 5-Door review notes ASSOCIATE EDITOR DAVID ARNOUTS: The 2012 Toyota Yaris SE 5-Door didn't disappoint this weekend as it was full of in-town commuting and errands. It saw a mix of street and highway use. On city-streets, it rode how I'd...   Juan Pablo Montoya to drive special Taylor Swift car at Kansas For this weekend's NASCAR Sprint Cup race in Kansas, Juan Pablo Montoya's No. 42 Target race car will be painted “Red”—not the color, but the highly...   Thai govt group claims F1 deal set Thailand's government sports authority says it has struck an in-principle deal to host a Formula One race in Bangkok in 2014, with negotiations ongoing about the hosting fee, according to a report in The Nation newspaper. Kanokphand Chulakasem, governor of the Sports Authority of...   Jeff Gordon on Kansas repave: 'It's a new track' Throw out the notes and start from scratch. Jeff Gordon was succinct in his assessment of recently repaved Kansas Speedway, after a rain-shortened You May Have Missed...   Unorthodox icebox transportation Thanks to Autoweek reader Rob DeLaMare for catching this innovative method of moving large appliances -- in this case, what appears to be a refrigerator -- with a bare minimum of specialty equipment....   Which Tony Stewart advertisement is best? After a video of Tony Stewart and Lewis Hamilton became the No. 1 story on our Web site Wednesday, we here at Autoweek came to the realization that racing fans love them some "Smoke."So, we decided to give the people what they want.After some brainstorming on YouTube, we found a few more Tony...   2013 Scion iQ EV to join car-sharing programs The diminutive 2013 Scion iQ EV battery-electric vehicle will join car-sharing programs in the United States. The automaker says that details on which car-sharing programs the iQ will join will be announced in the coming weeks.The iQ EV sports a 12-kilowatt-hour battery, which provides an estimated ...   Amazing in-car video of DeltaWing crash and roll at Atlanta The Nissan DeltaWing crashed during a practice run on Wednesday at Road Atlanta. Driver Gunnar Jeannette was not hurt in this amazing rollover. The team hopes to have the car back on the track on Thursday and ready for this weekend's Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta....   Opel Insignia Sports Tourer wagon spotted near GM's proving grounds Just like my parents used to say, “You can't get anything by us, we have eyes everywhere.” Ominous threats aside, GM's European unit Opel tried to sneak an Insignia Sports Tourer station wagon onto the roads of Michigan. Luckily our roving eyes spotted the car--complete with turbo...   Dale Earnhardt Jr. aiming to be back for Martinsville According to Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s sister, the sidelined driver is hoping to be back behind the wheel of the No. 88 car for the Martinsville race on Oct. 28.In a blog post titled "Dale Jr Update," which was posted Wednesday morning to JRNation.com, Kelley Earnhardt Miller gave Jr. fans the latest...   Jordan Taylor joins Wayne Taylor Racing, Max Angelelli for Grand-Am DP effort Wayne Taylor only had to look across the kitchen table to find his newest driver in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series. On Wednesday, he announced that he was adding his 21-year-old son, Jordan, to co-drive the No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Covette Dallara DP along with Max Angelelli in 2013.Jordan...   Truck race may come to Eldora According to a Tuesday report from ESPN.com, NASCAR may be thinking of adding a dirt race at Eldora Speedway to the Camping World Truck Series schedule.The story cited several sources within the series saying a dirt track race may be added in 2013.Eldora Speedway, a half-mile oval in Rossburg, Ohio,...   Nissan develops supercharged hybrid powertrain, electric NV200: Autoweek TV Also in this episode: Opel debuts the Cascada convertible, which may head stateside as a Buick.TRANSCRIPT-- Nissan is developing a new powertrain for Infiniti.-- Opel showed off the Cascada convertible.-- And the NV200 minivan is going electric.Hi, I'm Jake, and this is a Wednesday edition of... 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