Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Autoweek Daily Drive — Tuesday, February 5, 2013

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Tuesday, February 05, 2013                 
The Ford Focus ST by MS Design will be revealed at the Geneva motor show....
The car selection at the Geneva motor show falls somewhere between the Detroit auto show and SEMA: All the main manufacturers are in attendance, but many of the tuners show their wares as well. One of those performance-tuning shops,...

  EDITOR WES RAYNAL: So this is Ford’s new Fusion: the blue oval’s shot, aimed directly at the massive midsized-sedan market, to go up...

  Bentley's new SUV has been approved for production by parent Volkswagen, a German newspaper said. VW's supervisory board has agreed to build an...

  Perhaps the recent focus on microcars in advance of the Bruce Weiner collection auction has turned you on to quirky, collectible beach cruisers like the Fiat 600 Jolly and its even smaller cousin, the Fiat 500 Jolly. With...

  During Autoweek's Racing Conference held Tuesday in Detroit, NASCAR announced a further enhancement to the new Gen 6 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series cars that puts even more focus on manufacturer identity. In addition to displaying the names of the drivers on the Gen 6 car windshield, there will also...

  Honda will bring its Xbox 360 and Forza Horizon to the Chicago Auto Show. Guests will have...

  What Is It? The 2013 Forte marks Kia's most serious attempt at facing the

  Former world champion Jenson Button and his new McLaren MP4-28 topped the times on the first day of Formula One's 2013 preseason testing at the Jerez circuit in Spain. However, it was not a trouble-free debut for the new car. Indeed, the big news of the day was the teething problems faced by two ...

  Caterham on Tuesday became the 10th team to unveil its 2013 Formula One challenger, showing its new CT03 just minutes before the start of testing in Jerez. Significantly, it's the first car produced in the team's new Leafield, U.K., facility rather than at its original home in Hingham....

  The Marussia MR02 took to the track in Jerez in the hands of British rookie Max Chilton this morning. The Formula One car is...


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  Organizers have released the 2013 Chicago Auto Show floor plan.Scroll through the floor plan below, and use the tools to zoom in, view in a full window and share.Autoweek will be updating you with live coverage during the show’s press days Feb. 7 and 8. Public days are Feb. 9-18 at...

  Mecum auctions will be heading to Boynton Beach, Fla., toward the end of February to hold a no-reserve auction featuring nearly 80 cars and more than 1,000 pieces of road art and memorabilia from the Verde Classics Museum Collection. Visitors can preview the auction items on Feb. 22, ahead of the...

  New Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton made no secret his optimism about his new team by saying that Mercedes “doesn’t know how to lose.” Of course, that’s a statement that could come back to haunt him if the new W04, which was launched Monday at Jerez, Spain, doesn’t live ...

  Infiniti Red Bull Racing produced a video from the Feb. 3 launch of its RB9 car for the 2013 Formula One season. The video includes B-roll footage for news organizations leading up to the reveal presentation which begins at approximately the 7:36 mark of the video.The three-time F1 Constructors'...

  In January, Rolls-Royce gave us a shadowed peek at the upcoming Wraith coupe, which is slated to debut at the Geneva motor show in March. Not to be outdone, Bentley has released an even less revealing teaser photo of the new Flying Spur sedan. There's a dramatic video as well. Bentley hasn't...

  Andretti Autosport is expected to return to a four-car lineup for the upcoming IndyCar Series season, and the driver lineup looks to be Ryan Hunter-Reay, James Hinchcliffe, Marco Andretti and E.J. Viso.Viso would be the newcomer added to the lineup expected to be announced Wednesday by team...

  Mercedes' new motorsport boss, Toto Wolff, says he was hired because the German auto maker wanted a professional to invest in its ailing Formula One team. Wolff says that despite Mercedes' rich racing heritage the company wasn't sure whether it really understood motorsport.Mercedes' history in F1...

  Team owner Tommy Baldwin Jr. has named himself to be crew chief of his No. 7 Chevrolet SS team for veteran driver Dave Blaney in Sprint Cup this season. “Tommy and I already have a great deal of respect for each other,” Blaney said in the team's announcement. “He has a long list...

  Toro Rosso took the covers off its new STR8 in the Jerez pit lane late on Monday, appropriately becoming the eighth Formula One race team to launch a 2013 model.Team principal Franz Tost made it clear that the target of the Italian squad is to finish sixth in the F1 Constructors' Championship this...

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