Friday, January 11, 2013

Autoweek Daily Drive — Friday, January 11, 2013

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Friday, January 11, 2013                 
The Crossed Flags emblem in Detroit heralds the arrival of a new Corvette....
Set the alarm on your mobile phone or mark your calendar for 7 p.m. Eastern, on Sunday, Jan. 13. That's when the redesigned 2014 Chevrolet Corvette will be unveiled for the world. And you can watch it here. We've embedded the live video stream below. Just know that it won't go live until 6:45 p.m. Eastern on Sunday. And we'll have all the...

  Detroit auto show attendees will have plenty to see, do and enjoy besides the cars at Cobo Center. Manufacturers are doing what they can to keep visitors hanging around in each display. Ford will have games, technology displays and a Henry Ford...

  Automotive technology advanced rapidly during the first decades of the 20th century, but even the most figurative Highways of Progress have a few curves now and then. Fortunately, nothing makes handling curves simpler than the automotive differential, which allows driven wheels to rotate at...

  Peter Mullin, a car guy with excellent taste and the means to do something about it, has become chairman of the board of the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. Lucky place, the Petersen. Mullin's vice-chairs, who will help lead the museum into the 21st century, are uber car guys Bruce...

  EDITOR WES RAYNAL: This 2013 Lexus ES 350 is a very pleasant car to drive, sitting at a more than fair price in my opinion. Is it the most exciting midsize luxury car? The most sporting? Engaging? Certainly not. But damn is it ever competent. You might hear that word a lot from me when...

  Stung by less-than-compelling Sprint Cup rookie of the year battles in recent years, NASCAR has ensured a better one this year. Ford driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr., the two-time and reigning Nationwide Series champion, will go against Chevrolet driver Danica Patrick, who finished 10th in last year's...

  Clint Bowyer and Jeff Gordon were in the same place at the same time on New Year's Eve, but that doesn't mean there was a meeting of the minds between the feuding...


You May Have Missed...

  Hagerty and Speed TV will give away a black, one-of-a-kind 2013 Ford Shelby GT500 Mustang HFB Special Edition with more than 800 hp as part of the network's coverage of the Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Event in Scottsdale, Ariz. The contest begins on Jan. 17 at 7 p.m. Eastern and closes on Jan. 20....

  Two people were killed at the Dakar Rally when a support vehicle for a competing crew collided with a taxi in southern Peru late Wednesday, killing local people traveling in the taxi.The support vehicle belonged to the British Race2Recovery team: a squad made up of injured British military...

  Denny Hamlin said the four-car draft session between his two Joe Gibbs Racing teammates and fellow Toyota driver Mark Martin of Michael Waltrip Racing at Daytona International Speedway on Thursday revealed that the so-called “Generation 6” race car “almost felt like kind of a...

  With the increased visibility brought to enthusiast-secret Caterham via their Formula One team, it only makes sense to diversify the company's offerings. Though they've diverged from the Seven-only path a couple of times before -- with the limited-production 21 in the mid-'90s and the more recent...

  Mazda announced Wednesday that the 2013 Mazda 3 and the 2014 Mazda CX-5 have both earned “good” ratings from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.To achieve the overall “good” rating, the vehicles had to perform well in each of the following crash-test categories:...

  Finally, Takuma Sato has been confirmed to drive for A.J. Foyt Racing in 2013.The deal was believed to have been sealed in early December, but then the Waller, Texas, team brought Conor Daly in for IndyCar's final test of the season, at Sebring (Fla.) International Raceway.Daly performed admirably, ...

  It hasn't taken former NASCAR champion Matt Kenseth long to adjust to driving a Toyota. On Thursday, the newest driver at Joe Gibbs Racing led the first of two test sessions and was second-fastest in the second session at Daytona International Speedway.Kenseth, who spent virtually his entire career ...

  John Force Racing, NHRA drag racing's most successful Funny Car team, announced Thursday an expansion that will give it a presence in a professional racing category other than the one in which it has been dominant for almost a quarter century. While the team again will campaign four fuel cars, one...

  United States attorney Joseph Hogsett announced Thursday the execution of an agreement between Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the United States Department of Justice that sets a definitive timeline for bringing the 104-year-old racing facility into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities...

  Six NASCAR drivers are expected to share rides for three teams in the upcoming Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway. The latest confirmation is Marcos Ambrose to co-drive the No. 60 Ford-Riley for Michael Shank Racing in the twice-around-the-clock race on Jan. 26-27. The Australian, who...

  The first official NASCAR “driver availability” of 2013 featured who else but Danica Patrick. If you're surprised, you shouldn't be. After all, Patrick is one of two drivers -- along with Dale Earnhardt Jr. -- who corporate NASCAR unabashedly and fervently hopes does well this season....

  The Pro Mazda Series will kick off its 2013 season at Circuit of the Americas March 1-2 in Austin, Texas. The two races, announced on Thursday, will be part of a weekend of racing at the road circuit that will also include the Grand-Am Series.The addition of the Pro Mazda Championship will give...

  Two-time winner Michael Waltrip will do a one-off with rookie NASCAR owner Brandon Davis and Swan Racing for the Feb. 24 Daytona 500. As a driver for someone else, Waltrip will be competing against three cars from his own Michael Waltrip Racing: the Toyotas of Clint Bowyer, Martin Truex Jr. and...

  Also in this episode: Nissan hopes a new fragrance will elevate its Detroit auto show booth, and Lexus reveals its fluid vision for the new IS.TRANSCRIPT-- Monopoly begs for attention.-- Lexus goes Nike with the new IS.-- And Nissan's Detroit booth is going to stink.Quick, name the game pieces in...


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