Friday, November 16, 2012

Autoweek Daily Drive — Friday, November 16, 2012

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Friday, November 16, 2012                 
The week started out in supercar heaven with the reveal of the Lamborghini Aventador roadster and our video review of the stunning 2013 McLaren 12C Spider. Both of these European rockets sticker on the north side of a quarter million dollars....

  Mercedes-Benz will reveal the Ener-G-Force concept vehicle later this month at the Los Angeles Auto Show. It's an imposing seven-seater dressed in highway-patrol vehicle guise, and it also provides the centerpiece for...

  Once you've finished slaving over your forgotten Pininfarina Hell Projects (that was a joke—completion dates on Hell Projects are best calculated using

  ASSOCIATE EDITOR JAKE LINGEMAN: What a difference a day makes. Last night I was in the Mini Cooper S Coupe and then I get in this 2012 Volkswagen...

  Depending on who you talk to, a Ferrari F1 car produces north of 700 hp and weighs 1,411 pounds for a 2:1 or better power-to-weight ratio. By contrast, the Ducati 1199 Panigale S delivers 195 hp and weighs 415 pounds for a...

  Visitors to Stuttgart, Germany, from now until mid-February should be sure to visit the Porsche Museum for a special exhibit on the Porsche Design Studio that has produced numerous iconic designs in the past four decades. Ferdinand Alexander Porsche designed the legendary 911, but also the...

  Fiat has issued a few teaser photos of the 2014 Fiat 500e battery-electric vehicle ahead of the Los Angeles Auto Show. Changes include a sleeker all-around look, new wheel...

  When the timetable was announced for the completion of the Circuit of the Americas racetrack, many Formula One fans were skeptical. But...

  Five-time champion Jimmie Johnson goes into Sunday afternoon’s Ford EcoBoost 400 trailing relative newcomer


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  Episode three of the Nissan GT Academy premieres at 11:30 p.m. Thursday night on Spike TV. If you didn’t catch last week’s show, don’t worry, we have the recap—and the footage—right here.The Nissan GT Academy is a contest where video gamers compete in Gran Turismo 5...

  Environmentally conscious drivers may have a new way of fueling up: a diesel fuel blend that consists of 20 percent algae-derived biofuel and 80 percent regular diesel arrived at four gas stations in the San Francisco Bay area earlier this week. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the fuel...

  Using new technologies to warn drivers about potential crashes and preventing impaired people from driving are key points on a list of recommendations from the National Transportation Safety Board to reduce traffic deaths and injuries. The board's list was released Thursday.Six of the top 10...

  Formula One driverLewis Hamilton denied recent suggestions from McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh that he already regrets his move to Mercedes.Whitmarsh made the comment to the official F1 website last week. “I was a little bit surprised to hear that,” said Hamilton today. “It’s ...

  Sebastian Vettel made it clear today that winning a third Formula One World Championship would mean a lot to him.Vettel has a chance to not only become the youngest triple champion, but also only the third man to win three in a row, after Juan Manuel Fangio and Michael Schumacher. “I think it ...

  Fernando Alonso says its business as usual for himself and Ferrari in Austin as he tries to take the championship battle to the final race in Brazil.Alonso says he simply wants to have a trouble-free weekend and then see what results from it.“Nothing really changed in terms of preparation and ...

  They say that NASCAR is a cyclical sport, where you're a champion one day, a forgotten former hero the next.But one thing has remained constant ever since NASCAR was formed in Daytona Beach in the late 1940s: sooner or later, the oldsters get replaced by a new crop of youngsters.Read more at...

  Veteran motorsports voices Leigh Diffey (play-by-play), David Hobbs (analyst) and Steve Matchett (analyst) will form the new broadcast team for the NBC Sports Group’s Formula One coverage, which begins in March 2013. Additionally, Diffey will call IZOD IndyCar races on NBC Sports Network,...

  With the first race ever to be ran at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin on Sunday, several drivers met to talk about the track and the event on Thursday. Pedro De La Rosa (HRT), Lewis Hamilton (McLaren), Sergio Perez (Sauber), Fernando Alonso (Ferrari), Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull Racing) and...

  Circuit of The Americas has launched a free mobile application in advance of the 2012 Formula One U.S. Grand Prix that will help fans prepare for their Grand Prix experience by putting useful information about the venue, transportation and parking, race-day schedules, entertainment, ticketing...

  Check out this cool video from the folks over at The F1 Times that features McLaren's Jenson Button previewing Sunday's Formula One race at Austin. Button gives a little history on F1 racing in America, as well as some details about the Circuit of the Americas.Although he has never driven on the...

  Some random notes and observations leading into this weekend’s championship-deciding Camping World Truck Series, Nationwide Series and Sprint Cup races at Homestead-Miami Speedway:- Roush Fenway Racing already has announced major personnel changes for 2013. Championship-winning crew chief...

  Also in this episode: Toyota recalls 2.8 million vehicles worldwide, including the Prius hybrid, and Chevrolet teases the upcoming 2014 Corvette in a series of short film clips.TRANSCRIPT-- Toyota has to recall a lot of Prius hybrids.-- We preview the United States Grand Prix.-- And Corvette is...


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