Autoweek Daily Drive — Tuesday, November 13, 2012

HOME   |   CAR NEWS   |   CAR REVIEWS   |   RACING   |   AUTO SHOWS   |   VIDEOS   |   COLLECTOR   |   SUBSCRIBE Tuesday, November 13, 2012                  Formula One has a storied history in the United States. Here, Mario Andretti races at the United States Grand ... U.S. Grand Prix history review as Austin prepares for Formula One After almost two and half years of anticipation since Tavo Hellmund first announced the Circuit of the Americas project, Formula One is finally back in the United States this week. With the U.S. Grand Prix near Austin, Texas, at the brand new, world-class race...   U.S. Grand Prix at COTA visitors guide to Austin Heading to Austin, Texas, this week for the inaugural United States Formula One Grand Prix at the new Circuit of the Americas? Here are Autoweek's tips for how to best navigate the city and event, and to make the most of...   2014 Chevy Corvette appears in Gran Turismo 5 Information on the seventh-generation Chevy Corvette has been popping up in different places for months. First we saw the front end leaked by a supplier. Then we saw   Honda introduces dual-clutch hybrid transmissions Honda explained its three new hybrid transmission options on Monday. There's one for small cars, one for plug-ins and one high-performance unit, which we assume will be in the next   2013 Lexus GS 450h review notes EDITOR WES RAYNAL: I will admit I didn't think I'd like this 2013 Lexus GS 450h much. I was not a fan of the outgoing GS, so maybe I had a bad attitude about this one. I thought, and have written, that I always thought of...   Ocean Reef’s Vintage Weekend set to take flight A North American B-25H Mitchell “Barbie III” will be one of the featured attractions at the Ocean Reef Club’s annual Vintage Weekend on Nov. 29-Dec. 2. Made famous in the Doolittle Raid on Japan which was the first retaliatory strike after the U.S. entered World War II, the B-25... You May Have Missed...   Gordon docked 25 points, Keselowski fined over Phoenix infractions NASCAR has fined Jeff Gordon, point leader Brad Keselowski and crew chief Brian Pattie, put all three on probation and taken points from Gordon and his team because of rules violations in last weekend’s AdvoCare 500 at Phoenix International Raceway.Gordon has been fined $100,000, docked 25...   Jeff Gordon makes no apologies over payback move on Clint Bowyer Neither Clint Bowyer nor Jeff Gordon seemed even remotely contrite over their late-race accidents at Phoenix that began as a simple on-track bump, grew into a multi-car crash and ended as a wild melee in the garage involving NASCAR officials and crewmen. Other than three wrecked cars—Gordon's,...   Punting a Scion FR-S from New York to Vegas Some of us (your author included) took a roundabout trip to SEMA this year. Rather than jetting off to McCarran International Airport, we decided to see the country on our way to the often tasteless celebration of gewgawry, doohickery and a love of torqued, tweaked and otherwise-massaged vehicles....   2012 SEMA show: Autoweek video overview The energy and scale of the SEMA show is tough to grasp unless you've experienced it in person, but our video overview gives a taste of what it's like on the floor of the annual aftermarket extravaganza.Autoweek's Greg Migliore takes us to Las Vegas for the 2012 SEMA show, talking with celebrities...   Porsche reproduces classic crests for owners Porsche is reproducing its famous crests from 1952 to 1973 for Porsche Classic customers. It's using the same materials and same exact colors from when the badges were originally created. Porsche had already been producing reproduction crests for cars built between 1974 and 1998. Now owners of...   Video of Todd Lesenko's car exploding during NHRA event at Pomona Todd Lesenko was unhurt when his Funny Car exploded during a qualifying run at the Auto Club NHRA Finals at Pomona, Calif., on Saturday.The explosion sent the body of the car more than 50 feet in the air. It was the second such explosion of the weekend, as Jack Beckman's car blew up during a...   Nissan upgrades Titan pickup for 2013 Nissan announced pricing for the 2013 Titan pickup last Friday. The Japanese full-size truck will start at $29,815 for the Titan S King Cab 4x2, while the SL Crew Cab will be the most expensive, topping out at $43,735. Those are price increases of $300 and $1,600 over 2012 models.All 2013 Nissan...   HRT owner confirms new buyer being sought HRT confirmed on its Web site that the team is up for sale and that negotiations with interested parties are ongoing.Thesan Capital bought the team only last season and has since moved it to Madrid. The lack of overt sponsorship on the cars has long suggested that new investment was required.At the ...   F1 documentary film 1 to premiere in Austin A Formula One documentary entitled 1 will premiere on Thursday in Austin, Texas, as part of the kickoff celebration to the United States Grand Prix weekend. The film tells the stories of F1 drivers—in their own words--who raced in the 1960s and '70s.The premiere is a result of the efforts of...   Caterham unleashes the extra-light, track-ready Supersport R: Autoweek TV Also in this episode: Lamborghini unveils the Aventador roadster, and the NASCAR Sprint Cup race in Phoenix devolves into a brawl. TRANSCRIPT-- Caterham powers up the Supersport.-- Lamborghini tears the roof off its Aventador.-- And the brouhaha that was the Phoenix Sprint Cup race.I'm Jake with a... 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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