Thursday, January 10, 2013

Autoweek Daily Drive — Thursday, January 10, 2013

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Thursday, January 10, 2013                 
A new teaser video for the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette offers glimpses of the new car's frame being manufactured....
Three days before the redesigned 2014 Chevrolet Corvette debuts at the Detroit auto show, a new teaser video offers glimpses and clues about the sports car's inner structure. The 50-second video, titled "Creation," has several scenes of assembly plant robots in action--clamping pieces of metal...

  EDITOR WES RAYNAL: This 2013 Cadillac ATS 3.6L is a better car than I thought it'd be by quite a margin. Let me start by saying that I find the exterior shape a bit dull (maybe that's why I wasn't expecting it to...

  Chevy is bringing some international flavor to the Detroit auto show. The brand will bring five vehicles from its world lineup to demonstrate its all-inclusive reach. “NAIAS kicks off the global auto show season and gives us a unique...

  In November, Dodge added the Avenger, Challenger and Charger vehicles to the list of Blacktop special editions. Dodge says they were received well, and the company is adding the

  Nissan will unveil a crossover concept at the Detroit auto show on Jan. 15. On Thursday it released a teaser image of the concept, called Resonance. The Resonance, which ...

  Rachelle and Henry Grady from Florida's Gold Coast have had oil in their veins for at least as long as their 37 years of marriage. Henry started in the auto-parts business in Tampa and soon opened a parts emporium in Coral Gables. Rachelle, better known as Rocky, worked in the same field, learning...

  Stephane Peterhansel has stretched his Dakar advantage to nearly 10 minutes, as Nasser Al Attiyah blamed a navigational mistake in Wednesday's stage for a time loss of six minutes. Al Attiyah made a strong start to the...

  Thirty-five NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams signed in Thursday morning to begin testing leading into the Feb. 16-24 Speedweeks at Daytona International Speedway. That 10-day program will feature Sprint Cup, Nationwide, Camping World and ARCA practice, qualifying and races on the 2.5-mile...

  For 2013, Sébastien Loeb Racing has entered two McLaren MP4-12C cars in the new FIA GT Series. Loeb, the nine-time World Rally Championship titleholder, and Portugese Alvaro Parente will handle driving duties for the team in the new series. The FIA GT Series is comprised of six events, each...

  Race fans still looking for a 2013 calendar, and a chance to help a growing motorsports foundation while they're at it, might want to check out the 2013 Fuzzy's Green Flag Girl Calendar. Fuzzy's Ultra Premium Vodka, the official vodka of the Izod IndyCar Series and the primary sponsor for Ed ...


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  Since its founding in 1911 in Motor City, Chevrolet has gone from being as American as apple pie to a global brand that's selling some 4 million cars and trucks in more than 140 markets. That evolution means the patriotic messaging used to sell the brand to consumers in the past -- slogans such as...

  For the second year in a row, Toyota has chosen to celebrate the opening of the Detroit auto show with a philanthropic gesture.In order to help homeless women and children in the Detroit area, Toyota's “Walk in my Boots” community project will partner with Moosejaw, a Michigan-based...

  The redesigned 2014 Lexus IS sport sedan will make its world debut at the Detroit auto show next week. But Lexus on Wednesday gave us a first look at the new car.The 2014 Lexus IS uses a version of the platform that underpins the larger Lexus GS sedan. The IS will arrive with three main variants,...

  If you have never seen a 110-inch, ultra-high-definition TV screen, where every molecule of digital delirium dances across the screen in pulses of pixelated promiscuity, well, you're really missing out. Samsung had one such monster screen at the corner of its booth, sporting 4000 pixels per square...

  Yesterday we reported how Audi was readying a lavish 3D sound experience with 23 speakers and 1,400 watts of goosebump-inducing audio power. Not to be outdone, Harman had been quietly developing a system of its own: Quantum Logic 3D brings together 25 speakers and more than 2,000 watts of...

  The enthusiast community has its collective eyes set on the annual collector car auction extravaganza that kicks off in Scottsdale, Ariz. next week, but we'd like to direct your attention away from the Grand Canyon state and across the Atlantic for just a moment. On Feb. 7 -- less than one month...

  The Jeep Grand Cherokee SUV just wrapped up one of its most successful sales years with almost 155,000 units sold in the U.S. in 2012. With a redesign looming, the flagship SUV is on a roll.We are expecting Jeep to reveal a refreshed 2014 Grand Cherokee at the Detroit auto show next week, but...

  Sportscar legend Henri Pescarolo hasn't ruled out continuing as a team owner after his company went into liquidation yesterday. The organization, known as Pescarolo Team in its final incarnation, was liquidated by a French court after a six-month period during which it was protected under law from...

  Suspended driver Jeremy Mayfield wants to get back into NASCAR, and apparently, the only way he thought he could do it is by addressing NASCAR CEO Brian France during a call-in radio show.On Tuesday night, France was a guest on the Motor Racing Network's “NASCAR Live,” and Mayfield...

  Drayson Racing Technologies LLP (DRT), the pioneering low-carbon motorsport R&D business, announced today at the Low Carbon Racing Conference that the Drayson Racing Formula E Team is the first team to have agreed with Formula E Holdings (the promoter) to be officially proposed to the FIA as one of ...

  Kyle Busch is going to explode this season—and I mean that in a positive way.Call it a gut feeling, but the younger Busch brother is not going to stand for another lackluster season like he had in 2012, when he not only failed to qualify for the Chase for the Sprint Cup, but had just one win...

  Also in this episode: Chevrolet coins a new advertising slogan, and Ford opens up the Sync platform to developers. TRANSCRIPT-- Does the Dodge Dart GT hit the mark? -- Chevrolet is taking a new road. -- And are you one of those trendy App developers? Ford wants to hear from you.I'm Greg. Welcome to ...

  The Onion brings us some troubling news about American used-car salespeople....

  As Acura's first midsize crossover, the Acura MDX went from selling just over 9,000 units in its first year (2000) to making up 32 percent of total U.S. Acura sales in 2012. Currently in its second generation, the MDX now easily sells more than 50,000 units each year in the United States. The first ...


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