Autoweek Daily Drive — Wednesday, October 31, 2012

HOME   |   CAR NEWS   |   CAR REVIEWS   |   RACING   |   AUTO SHOWS   |   VIDEOS   |   COLLECTOR   |   SUBSCRIBE Wednesday, October 31, 2012                  John Fitch was the first Sports Car Club of America national champion and a star in European sports-car... Racing legend John Fitch dies at 95 We lost more than just one of our own early Wednesday. We lost a national treasure. At age 95, American John Cooper Fitch--the first Sports Car Club of America national champion and a star in European sports-car racing in the 1950s and '60s--died at 1:20 a.m. from Merkel carcinoma, a rare skin cancer, at his home surrounded by family in Lime Rock, Conn. Fitch, who went on to become a pioneer...   2012 Kia Soul ! review notes EXECUTIVE EDITOR BOB GRITZINGER: The 2012 Kia Soul ! strikes me like the exact vehicle Honda should have built when it brought out the Element....   Porsche 918 spotted in San Francisco We've seen the upcoming Porsche 918 supercar in a variety of paint schemes, and read about it in action everywhere from California's Death Valley to the...   Mopar offers high-performance parts for 2013 SRT Viper Mopar is introducing a group of high-performance parts for the 2013 SRT Viper, which begins production next month. Braces, coil-overs, exhaust systems and more will be available when the first car rolls off the line. A...   Defining the luxury experience The Lexus ES 350, Lincoln MKZ and Mercedes-Benz C-class...   Hyundai Veloster gains Re:Mix model Hyundai’s Veloster lineup will receive the special-edition treatment late this year with the addition of the Re:Mix trim level. The three-door coupe will offer a body kit, Mobis blacked-out wheels, LED...   Jeff Burton to drive Cheerios car next season General Mills' iconic Cheerios brand will be returning to the track in 2013 in partnership with Richard Childress Racing as the primary sponsor for six...   Hulkenberg to join Sauber F1 Team in 2013 Nico Hulkenberg will join the Sauber F1 Team in 2013. While Hulkenberg has been linked with the job for some weeks, it only became official after the Indian Grand Prix.... You May Have Missed...   Kia superhero cars descend on SEMA The SEMA show in Las Vegas is known for the quirky and unusual, but Kia took that a step farther on Tuesday, revealing a handful of cars customized with a superheroes theme. Kia rolled out a Koup styled like the Flash, a Soul designed with a Green Lantern appearance, an Aquaman Rio and a Cyborg...   Johnson has edge over Keselowski in two-man sprint to NASCAR Cup title With all due respect to Clint Bowyer and Kasey Kahne—after all, they still might surprise us—the Chase for the Sprint Cup has become a two-man affair. Jimmie Johnson and Brad Keselowski separated themselves from Denny Hamlin and the other Chase hopefuls by finishing first and sixth,...   Ford Cobra Jet concept teases venomous turbo power Ford is examining a different kind of menace for the drag strip with a twin-turbo Cobra Jet concept revealed this week at the SEMA show in Las Vegas. It carries the usual presence of a Mustang outfitted for drag competition—but this Snake has a very different kind of bite. The concept...   2013 Land Rover Range Rover drive review What is it?This is the latest Range Rover, the fourth generation, and it will arrive in the United States in mid December.The SUV is new top to bottom and is, according to Land Rover, lighter, stronger and more refined. The shape is no doubt a Range Rover, with its flat sides and thin pillars, but...   Women engineers give Ford Mustang a SEMA makeover "A woman's place is the garage" was the rallying cry for this group of female designers and engineers that modified a Ford Mustang for the SEMA show.The High Gear team of 40 women created this one-off Mustang, featuring matte-black paint, rose-gold exterior and interior trim, suede seating areas...   What's the most popular car at SEMA? There are thousands of customized vehicles at the SEMA show every year, representing the best and most outrageous of the $30 billion aftermarket. Every year there's nothing more fun than picking the king. To determine which one was the most popular on the show floor, SEMA itself started counting...   Honda showcases 2013 Accord coupes, sedans at SEMA Honda and Acura are looking to make waves at the 2012 SEMA show in Las Vegas, bringing a range of customized and tuned vehicles to the show floor. The redesigned 2013 Accord coupe and sedan are prominently featured at the Honda display, while Acura shows off the performance potential of the new...   2013 Altima V8 Supercar unveiled in Nissan video from Melbourne Nissan unveiled its 2013 entry into Australian V8 Supercars at a launch in Melbourne, Australia, on Tuesday.The Altima V8 Supercar is the first new model unveiled in two decades, as Nissan joins the championship with the four-car, factory Nissan Motorsport team. Nissan Australia managing director...   The Ford Mustang Cobra Jet is a turbocharged, quarter-mile-devouring dragster concept: Autoweek TV Also in this episode: Mazda shows off the CX-5 crossover at SEMA, and complex infotainment systems and dual-clutch transmissions undermine Ford vehicle reliability ratings. TRANSCRIPT-- Ford has a Mustang for SEMA that will blow you away.-- Mazda is also at SEMA, with some radical crossovers.-- And ... 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.