Thursday, November 8, 2012

Autoweek Daily Drive — Thursday, November 8, 2012

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Thursday, November 08, 2012                 
Ferrari and Apple may join forces on vehicle tech....
Recently a press release popped into my email (remember when we used to say “came across my desk?”) that said Eddy Cue, Apple’s head of Internet software and services, has joined Ferrari’s board of directors. The statement said while on the board Cue, a Ferrari owner, will “aid with his experience ...

  After stocking up on Quaaludes and highly flammable suits, the Hell Garage Demons are enjoying a pair of the finest personal luxury coupes...

  The damage tally from Superstorm Sandy continues to roll in. The latest estimate is that Toyota, Chrysler,

  The track-ready Boss 302package for the Ford Mustang will not be on the options list for the 2014 model, according to the order guide sent to Ford dealers. The 2014

  ASSOCIATE EDITOR JAKE LINGEMAN: This is my second time in a Honda Civic Si in the past few months. What I liked about the coupe, I also like in the sedan: comfortable seats, a clean dash and a relatively strong...

  Work has stopped on a planned electric version of the Opel Adam minicar due to high costs. The project had progressed to the development of a working car using technology from the upcoming

  Former Renault man Cyril Abiteboul, who was hired as CEO of Caterham F1 in September, has now been promoted to the role of team principal. The Frenchman replaces team founder Tony...

  GP2 Champion Davide Valsecchi was fastest for Lotus as the F1 Young Driver Test wrapped up in Abu Dhabi on Thursday. The 25-year-old Italian has tested for both HRT and the former Lotus (now Caterham) team in the past, and he drove in FP1 for the latter at the 2011 Malaysian GP....

  Alexander Rossi completed another day's testing for Caterham in Abu Dhabi today, some six months after his last outing in the car in FP1 at the Spanish GP. The American, who won't get a chance to run in FP1 in Austin as the regular drivers have to learn the track, completed some 86 laps before...

  Pastor Maldonado says that he could have finished second rather than fifth in Abu Dhabi had he not been hampered by a KERS issue. The Venezuelan, who survived a brush with


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