Daily Drive: Hints of Jeep Wrangler redesign and Ferrari sells at Villa Erba for more than $12 million

HOME   |   CAR NEWS   |   CAR REVIEWS   |   RACING   |   AUTO SHOWS   |   VIDEOS   |   COLLECTOR   |   SUBSCRIBE Tuesday, May 28, 2013                  The lightweight Wrangler Stitch concept that engineers revealed in March could be an indication of things to... Want ads hint at redesigned Jeep Wrangler Jeep has begun searching for the extra bodies to mount its next big project: the redesign of the Jeep Wrangler. And the job opening descriptions provide some clues as to the changes planned for the off-roader's next generation. This is supposition on my part, of course -- and a Jeep spokesman declined to comment...   1953 Ferrari 340/375 sells for more than $12 million RM Auctions logged more than $35 million in sales over the long weekend at its Villa Erba auction during the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este on Lake Como, Italy. The top seller was a 1953 Ferrari 340/375 MM Pinin Farina Berlinetta “Competizione” that sold for $12,812,...   BMW i3 caught testing in New York BMW has been hyping its futuristic i lineup for years now, but the long lead time doesn't mean that the highly efficient, carbon-fiber-based vehicles are vaporware. Earlier this month,   Jeep Wrangler JK production tops one million Never mind persistent economic uncertainty and unstable fuel costs, Americans love Jeeps. Compared to nearly anything else on the road, they're far too brash and noisy for anyone to want for daily use, and the majority of...   Pirelli's planned change from steel to Kevlar could anger some F1 teams Pirelli's planned safety changes to its tires for the Formula One Canadian Grand Prix next month could unfairly handicap teams that have discovered a clever way to use the Italian rubber. The news also ties in with the controversial ...   One Lap of the Web: Cizeta-Moroder, predicting Volvo's demise and the best rally corner on earth We spend a lot of time on the Internet -- pretty much whenever we're not driving, writing about or working on cars. Since there's more out there than we'd ever be able to cover, here's our daily digest of car stuff on the Web you may not otherwise have heard about. -- What does electronica...   2013 Honda CR-Z review notes WEST COAST EDITOR MARK VAUGHN: Everybody's right, the detractors and the believers. The CR-Z does not perform like a CRX and dropping the...   Ferrari says Felipe Massa's crash in Monaco due to mechanical failure Ferrari says that a mechanical problem was the cause of Felipe Massa's huge accident in the Formula One Monaco Grand Prix – despite the driver accepting blame for a near identical crash in a practice session on Saturday.... You May Have Missed...   Nico Rosberg thanks fans, talks about F1 win at Monaco in latest video blog Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg took care of business in Monte Carlo on Sunday in winning the Formula One Monaco Grand Prix.The win from the pole was his the 27-year-old Rosberg's first of the 2013 season and second of his year F1 career. Rosberg is on a roll of late, having won the pole the last...   Fox yet to determine why TV cable snapped, injuring fans at Charlotte NASCAR race Fox Sports says on Monday it still had not determined why an overhead TV camera cable snapped during the Coca-Cola 600.The network says a full investigation is under way and use of the camera is suspended indefinitely. Earlier, NASCAR said it would wait for Fox Sports to conclude its review before...   Remembering our cars: 1975 Chevrolet El Camino There's a picture of it in a shoebox somewhere, freshly painted red, parked next to our Candian family friends' prized first-generation Mustang. When I got it at the age of 14 -- a hand-me-down from my dad's sister's husband's father, aka Grandpa Noel -- the white paint's clearcoat had oxidized...   Indianapolis 500 win worth $2.35 million to Tony Kanaan Why was Tony Kanaan smiling on Sunday? Well, for one thing he earned $2,353,355 from an overall purse of $12,020,065 for his victory in the 97th Indianapolis 500.Brazil native Kanaan, who started 12th, set a record winning speed of 187.433 mph, breaking the previous mark of 185.981 set by Arie...   The longest, longest day: NASCAR, IndyCar and Formula One on TV Motorsports-loving couch potatoes have long known that the Sunday before Memorial Day is our equivalent of the Super Bowl, the World Series and the NBA championships compressed into one loooong TV show. Aside from popping tops and tearing open bags of Doritos, exercise consists of mostly of...   Brad Keselowski drops in NASCAR Sprint Cup standings after DNF at Charlotte The return of crew chief Paul Wolfe can't come soon enough for Brad Keselowski, who finds himself in the danger zone after an unfortunate outing in Sunday night's Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.It's not that Kevin Buskirk did a less-than-stellar job subbing for Wolfe, who saw a six-race... 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.