Autoweek Daily Drive — Friday, December 14, 2012

HOME   |   CAR NEWS   |   CAR REVIEWS   |   RACING   |   AUTO SHOWS   |   VIDEOS   |   COLLECTOR   |   SUBSCRIBE Friday, December 14, 2012                  A camouflaged 2014 Chevrolet Corvette prototype was spotted on the road, trailed by the white C6 Corvette.... What we know about the 2014 Chevy Corvette One month and counting until the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette makes its official debut ahead of the Detroit auto show on Jan. 13. Chevy is still keeping much of the car under wraps. Check out the short ...   2014 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra: A huge deal Yesterday General Motors unveiled its new full-sized pickup trucks, the Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra. It was a big day for me -- like Christmas for an 8-year-old: People who know me know what a Silverado slappy I am. Given...   Ford previews 2014 Transit and redesigned Transit Connect Ford introduced its family of Transit vans on Friday. The full-size, futuristic Transit will join the smaller Transit Connect to fulfill all your hauling needs. The Transit will arrive with a choice of three body lengths, two...   2012 Nissan Quest 3.5 LE review notes DIGITAL EDITOR ANDREW STOY: As the marginally successful shepherd of both a 6- and 3-year old, I'm perhaps the only staffer who gets genuinely excited when a minivan arrives in the fleet. I respect a good minivan the same way I respect a   Should I buy a hybrid when gas is so cheap? Gas prices are falling all over the country. We're averaging $3.34 nationwide for regular unleaded as of this writing (down 11 cents from last month), and further reductions are likely -- the Oil Price Information Service thinks we'll reach anywhere from $3.20 to $3 in the next few weeks. Lower...   The 1947 Kurtis-Omohundro Comet rediscovered, part one It's hard to believe that you can find something without even knowing you're looking for it, but that's precisely how Geoffrey Hacker describes his discovery of the 1947 Kurtis-Omohundro Comet. Hacker—a college professor and historian with a penchant for the   11 things you should never say at a NASCAR race There are few things that test a NASCAR writer's creativity more than the dreaded offseason. Every driver, team owner, crew chief and even PR person is either on vacation, working, testing or simply "unavailable." So that oftentimes leads to out of the box thinking, coming up with...   Front Row Motorsports to field Ragan, Gilliland, Wise for full Sprint Cup season The little team that thinks it can -- aka Front Row Motorsports -- has confirmed that it will field new Ford Fusions for David Ragan, David Gilliland and Josh Wise... You May Have Missed...   Mechanic Steve Doherty wins Nissan GT Academy The final chapter of the 2012 Nissan GT Academy has been written and Steve Doherty, an unemployed mechanic from Plainfield, Ill. beat 15 of the best Gran Turismo players from around the country to earn himself a spot on a Nissan racing team. Doherty made it to the 2011 finals but missed the top 16...   Chevy and GMC pickup trucks pile up on dealer lots General Motors entered December with bloated inventories reminiscent of its prebankruptcy days-and its lowest market share in 90 years.GM will try to fix both problems in a hurry.Dealers say the company has begun rolling out bigger discounts on many models, including the redesigned Chevrolet Malibu ...   Ecclestone says F1 has too many teams Even though HRT folded, Formula One CEO Bernie Ecclestone still thinks there are too many teams in his series.Formula One currently has 11 teams after the Spanish-owned HRT withdrew.Ecclestone told Reuters, however, that he would like to see another team leave.“It's just that [having] 10...   Circuit of Americas announces tickets on sale for March 1-2 Grand-Am event Circuit of Americas announced on Thursday that tickets are now on sale for the 2013 Grand-Am of The Americas Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series race weekend, March 1-2. Two-day tickets cost $59 and allow fans to secure seats in the main grandstand, turn one grandstand or turn 15 grandstand -- or to...   Firestone Racing's Al Speyer set to retire in 2013 Al Speyer, the executive director of Firestone Racing, will retire in 2013, industry sources said Thursday.Speyer has worked with the Nashville, Tenn., company for 38 years, keying its return to IndyCar.His retirement comes at a time when IndyCar is negotiating an extension of its tire supplier...   Mercedes-Benz evolves the 2014 E-class: Autoweek TV Also in this episode: The Circuit of the Americas gets generally positive reviews, and Mini plans a John Cooper Works version of the Paceman.TRANSCRIPT-- The E-class gets a facelift. -- Everyone liked the Circuit of the Americas, except for one man. -- And Mini punches up the Paceman. I'm Greg,... 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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