Autoweek Daily Drive — Thursday, October 25, 2012

HOME   |   CAR NEWS   |   CAR REVIEWS   |   RACING   |   AUTO SHOWS   |   VIDEOS   |   COLLECTOR   |   SUBSCRIBE Thursday, October 25, 2012                  This 1954 Packard Caribbean convertible was one of several cars to sell for over six figures at the Charlie... Charlie Thomas collection auctioned near Dallas Texan Charlie Thomas' success as a businessman allowed him to indulge his love of classic cars, and over several decades he built a collection of automobiles that would be the envy of any car guy. But Thomas recently decided to scale back his fleet, and the result was an impressive sale. On Oct. 20, RM Auctions brought 175 of his vehicles across the block at a location near Dallas. All...   Spirit of Competition award given to Sam Posey by Simeone Museum Driver, broadcaster and author Sam Posey will receive the Spirit of Competition Award from the Simeone Automotive Museum at a gala dinner on Dec. 5. The Simeone Automotive Museum is located in south Philadelphia and bills itself as having one of the...   2014 Chevrolet Sonic Dusk heads to production Chevrolet said Thursday that its sinister Sonic Dusk will go into production for the 2014 model year. The lightly customized small car we saw at the SEMA show last year will take the stand again this month to celebrate its move to consumers'...   2012 Jaguar XJL Portfolio review notes EXECUTIVE EDITOR BOB GRITZINGER: What a darling of an automobile—with a pitch perfect interior, and an exterior swathed in what seems like a half-acre of stylish sheet metal. I love the XJ makeover more every...   Formula One drivers take part in India press conference On Thursday, Formula One drivers Heikki Kovalainen (Caterham), Bruno Senna (Williams), Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso), Narain Karthikeyan (HRT), Kimi Raikkonen (LOTUS), Nico Hulkenberg (Force India) met with the press prior to this weekend's Grand Prix in India. The transcript from the press... You May Have Missed...   1946 Belly Tank Streamliner tribute re-creates Bill Burke's pioneering hot rod Hot rods and customs come in an infinite range of shapes, styles and sizes. But of all the T-buckets, highboys and rat rods raising hell on the road, nothing expresses the “function over form” ethos more clearly than the classic belly tanker.Following the conclusion of World War II, the ...   “Body crash” uses acrobats to build mangled sedan The Motor Accident Commission of South Australia is concerned about the negative impact that low-level speeding has on pedestrians. To encourage drivers to slow down, they teamed up with body painter Emma Hack to create a temporary sculpture designed to “creatively show that every one of us...   Four Ford Mustangs strut their stuff at SEMA We know that at least four Mustang will join the F-150, Focus ST and Fusion displays at the Ford stand during SEMA. They were designed by four customizing outfits, Ringbrothers, Stitchcraft, DSO Eyewear and a joint effort by Mothers, Autosport Dynamics and RTR.The Ringbrothers Mustang GT starts...   Bring a Trailer exclusive: 1970 Lotus Elan S4 The original Lotus Elan was one of the first commercial successes for the British company. It was produced from 1962 to 1975 and embodied Colin Chapman's “add lightness” credo, with a curb weight of just 1,500 pounds. Good examples are hard to find these days, which is why we were glad...   Volkswagen to reveal SUV concept at Detroit auto show Senior Volkswagen officials have confirmed plans to reveal a seven-seat SUV concept at the 2013 Detroit auto show. Speaking to Autoweek at this week's Sao Paulo auto show, a Volkswagen manager who asked not to be identified said the German carmaker was preparing to take public a new concept that...   Vettel, Alonso confident as Formula One rolls into India Formula One championship rivals Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso both have cause for optimism about their victory chances in this weekend's Indian Grand Prix, as the title fight gets down to its final four races.Vettel's victory in the previous race in Korea made it three...   Regan Smith gets Nationwide ride After being fired from a mid-level Sprint Cup team several weeks ago, the future didn’t look especially bright for Regan Smith. All that changed on Wednesday, when JR Motorsports said it will put him in a Nationwide Series entry for the full 2013 season.The 2008 Cup Rookie of the Year and...   Chase drivers wary of Martinsville It’s generally accepted that the 500-miler at Talladega Superspeedway and the 500-lapper at Martinsville Speedway are the traditional “wild card” races in the 10-race Chase for the Sprint Cup series. Granted, misfortune lurks in every turn on every lap of every race, but Chase...   Momentum shifts to Vettel as Formula One season winds down The battle for the 2012 Formula One World Championship has all season long been incredibly close-fought and hard to predict, and most observers long assumed that it would go right down to November's season finale in Brazil—and probably with more than two drivers still in contention.However,...   Lotus shifts into automatics with the 2013 Evora S: Autoweek TV Also in this episode: Historic military vehicles are set to roll across the auction block in Auburn, Ind., and Mario Andretti takes us on a lap of the Circuit of the Americas. TRANSCRIPT-- The Lotus Evora S goes automatic.-- Auctions America is selling some history.-- And we take a lap around COTA.... 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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