Autoweek Daily Drive — Wednesday, January 16, 2013

HOME   |   CAR NEWS   |   CAR REVIEWS   |   RACING   |   AUTO SHOWS   |   VIDEOS   |   COLLECTOR   |   SUBSCRIBE Wednesday, January 16, 2013                  The all-new Chevrolet Corvette Stingray was our lights-out choice for Best in Show.... Autoweek editors name Chevrolet Corvette Best in Show at NAIAS After attending 59 Detroit auto-show vehicle reveals, Autoweek editors holed up in a room at One Autoweek tower and debated their picks for the show's Editors' Choice Awards. After nearly an hour of discussion, voting and horse-trading, we named the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray as Best in Show, the Hyundai HCD-14 as Best...   2014 Corvette No. 1, press kit No. 1 for sale In the afterglow of the redesigned 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray's debut at the Detroit auto show this week, someone could pick up a pair of No. 1s this week. First,...   Five reasons Kyle and Kurt Busch will both make NASCAR Chase in 2013 You either love the Busch brothers or you hate them. There's no in-between. Since Kurt came into the Sprint Cup series in 2000 and younger brother Kyle followed him in 2004, few other drivers have been as loved and hated by NASCAR fandom as the Las Vegas natives. Let's face it, both brothers ...   NASCAR continues Drive for Diversity with '13 class NASCAR has unveiled its latest Drive for Diversity class: seven young men and women the sanctioning body hopes eventually will add diversity to its all-white, predominantly male roster of Sprint Cup,   Pedro de la Rosa picked to be Ferrari development driver In a surprise move Spanish veteran Pedro de la Rosa has joined Ferrari as a development driver. The 41-year-old had a contract with the now-defunct HRT team, but he was left without a drive when the owners pulled the plug after... You May Have Missed...   What's next at the Detroit auto show: Press days are over, but the show is just getting started Press Preview days at the Detroit auto show are over: 5,212 members of the media have submitted their stories and are heading back to their respective homes in 62 countries across the globe, but the show is far from over."For two days, people around the world have seen a steady stream of exciting...   2014 Acura MDX prototype revealed at Detroit show The redesigned Acura MDX seven-passenger SUV was revealed Monday at the Detroit auto show, and it now offers front-wheel drive and a 3.5-liter V6 engine. During the press conference, Acura was clear to note that the aerodynamic MDX was just a prototype, but considering this model is expected to hit ...   Amelia Island to honor Corvette Stingray, Porsche 911 and Ford GT40 Fresh off its debut at the Detroit auto show, the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette will make an appearance at the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance in Florida on March 8. It will join original Sting Rays on exhibit at The Design Analysis of the Revolutionary Corvette Sting Ray seminar at 1:30 p.m. in the...   2013 Shelby Focus ST rolls into Detroit auto show UPDATED - Shelby American is getting back into the pocket rocket business with the debut of the 2013 Shelby Focus ST at the Detroit auto show. The move recalls the era when Carroll Shelby turned Dodge subcompacts into tire-smoking machines.Shelby also used the Detroit show to unveil a wide-body...   Daytona SpeedWeeks: Schedule of 2013 events at Daytona, Feb. 14-24 The Daytona 500 is just one of many on-track activities at a busy Daytona International Speedway in February. Here is the schedule of on-track activities for SpeedWeeks, Feb. 14-24:Thursday, Feb. 14: 1-5 p.m., ARCA practice.Friday, Feb. 15: 2 p.m., full-field ARCA 200 qualifying; 5-5:45 p.m.,...   Dakar Rally 2013: Peterhansel cruising toward 11th Dakar title Stephane Peterhansel’s bid for a win at the Dakar rally 2013 just got better after he completed the 10th stage on Tuesday from Cordoba to La Rioja in Argentina with his overall lead extended to 52 minutes, 38 seconds.Boosted by top challenger Nasser Al-Attiyah’s retirement on Monday, X-...   Larry Dixon, Lee Beard to team for partial NHRA Top Fuel schedule Former NHRA champions Larry Dixon and Lee Beard have been signed by Rapisarda Autosport International to run a partial 2013 schedule in both the Mello Yello Drag Racing Series and the ANDRA Australia Drag Racing Series.This will mark the first time that Dixon and Beard have been paired for an NHRA...   Brad Keselowski Racing to field pair of Ford F-150s in Truck Series Reigning Sprint Cup champion Brad Keselowski will field two full-schedule teams this season in NASCAR's Camping World Truck Series. Brad Keselowski Racing will be the only significant team fielding Ford F-150's, remaining consistent with his new Ford ride in the Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series...   Ford shows off Atlas pickup concept at Detroit auto show: Autoweek TV TRANSCRIPTHey, I'm Mark Vaughn, Autoweek's West Coast guru, flown in special to Detroit to give you all the details on day 2 of the Detroit auto show for Autoweek TV.The press preview in Detroit is into its final lap. So here's a look at some of the major debuts.Audi peppered its stand with two new ... CLICK HERE TO UNSUBSCRIBE from the Autoweek Daily Drive E-mail or to sign up for other Autoweek e-mail products. IMPORTANT: Please add Autoweek.com to your E-mail Address Book to ensure you will continue to receive our newsletters. Please DO NOT reply to this e-mail. You will not receive a reply if you use this e-mail address. Crain Communications, 1155 Gratiot Ave. Detroit, MI 48207.