Daily Drive: No EVs for Ferrari, di Montezemolo says

HOME   |   CAR NEWS   |   CAR REVIEWS   |   RACING   |   AUTO SHOWS   |   VIDEOS   |   COLLECTOR   |   SUBSCRIBE Wednesday, May 08, 2013                  The LaFerrari is the latest supercar from Ferrari. Just 499 will be made, and they have all been sold.... State of Ferrari: Supercar maker evolves, strives for exclusivity in consumer age Ferrari means a great deal to a great many, but there are some things it is not--and will never be, says chairman Luca di Montezemolo. That means no full electric cars, four-doors and even fewer Ferraris. All of this is meant to preserve equity in...   Virtually sit in the new Corvette Stingray We're not sure how this awesome 360-degree look at the new Corvette interior flew under our radar for so long, but we're loving the full driver's view of the 2014 Stingray taken at the Chicago ...   Ferrari ramps up engine-making -- for Maserati Ferrari is adding 250 workers and expanding its engine-building capacity, even as it says it will cut car production this year at its landmark factory in Maranello, Italy. Why the cause for growth? Ferrari is ramping up...   One Lap of the Web: A Miata ninja, classic race cars and the world's most vintage-car-friendly city 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. -- If you (or your...   2014 Porsche Cayman gets a performance-testing iPhone app To promote the new 2014 Cayman, Porsche has cooked up an iPhone app called “Cayman Code of the Curve.” You're probably already rolling your...   Kustom kar kings' Dean Jeffries dead at 80 Dean Jeffries, a contemporary of California’s great kustom kar kings in the early 1950s, who would go on to fame making cars for TV and movies, died Sunday, May 5 at 80. Jeffries grew up in Lynwood, Calif., across the street from Indy racer Troy Ruttman and around the corner from Sam and...   2014 Subaru Forester 2.0XT Touring review notes EDITOR WES RAYNAL: I've always liked Subaru vehicles. Had a yellow GL wagon in college and loved that car. I put a couple hundred thousand mostly trouble-free miles on it. I remember driving it to Seattle pulling a...   Winner of Autoweek's VIP Race Weekend announced Congratulations to Todd Christensen from Boonton, N.J. Todd is the lucky winner of Autoweek's VIP Race Weekend! Todd and a guest will enjoy a VIP weekend in Detroit for the Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix. They'll enjoy a three-night...   Which struggling NASCAR drivers will actually turn around their seasons? It happens every season, where a driver or drivers who were expected to do well coming out of the gate from the season-opening Daytona 500, simply fall or, worse, flop miserably. The 2013   David Ragan not the first surprise NASCAR winner at Talladega Longtime NASCAR watchers weren't really all that stunned when Ford teammates David Ragan and David Gilliland finished 1-2 in last weekend's NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Talladega Superspeedway. After all, the 2.66-mile,...   Brad Keselowski says he owes David Ragan and his fans an apology After Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Aaron’s 499 at Talladega Superspeedway, Brad Keselowski on Twitter in essence accused   Creature comforts now top car-shoppers' 'must-haves' New technologies come with a learning curve, but once we tackle the initial challenge it's amazing how quickly new features become “must-haves.” From cars that unlock as we approach to those that keep themselves between the lines and a safe distance from what's ahead, we have already...   McLaren Formula One managing director Jonathan Neale says team working to overcome slow start McLaren has a lot riding on its latest package of upgrades for the Formula One Spanish Grand Prix, but the team's managing director, Jonathan Neale, remains cautious on the prospect of seeing a major step forward. Neale said that while McLaren has ...   NASCAR's Air Titan delivers at Talladega Last Saturday and Sunday, May 4-5 at Talladega Superspeedway, a strong spring storm deposited more than an inch of rain on the grounds around the largest venue in the NASCAR ...   Lotus F1 team loses technical director James Allison Highly rated Lotus technical director James Allison is leaving the Formula One team, it has been confirmed. He will be replaced by engineering director Nick Chester. The changes appear to have happened very quickly given that Allison was... You May Have Missed...   Video look at 2003 Darlington NASCAR race -- closest finish in Cup series history Ten years ago, Kurt Busch and Ricky Craven waged a NASCAR battle at Darlington -- the site of this week's Sprint Cup Series stop -- that produced the closest finish since the series instituted electronic timing and scoring in 1993. The two cars were separated by 0.002 seconds, which translated to a ...   Daytona International Speedway renovation plans suffer a 'setback,' track president says The Florida Legislature has ended its 2013 session, passing the largest budget in state history. But the legislature did not deliver tax subsidies that would have benefited Daytona International Speedway's ambitious development plans.Indeed, Speedway President Joie Chitwood said that the failure to ...   VW's wild new 496-hp Golf GTI Volkswagen has revealed a 496-hp version of the seventh-generation Golf GTI as part of activities at this year's Worthersee fan meet in Austria – and with it, projected the hot hatchback into the same league as some of the world's most celebrated supercars.Dubbed the Design Vision GTI, the...   Porsche 918 Spyder caught high-altitude testing The Porsche 918 Spyder first broke cover as a concept at the 2010 Geneva motor show. Since then, we've seen it again and again at various auto shows and track events. Now it's testing at high altitudes in Keystone, Colo. Model-spotter and Autoweek reader Ryan Schnell captured the car as it was...   Drifter 'Mad' Mike Whiddett takes on the Crown Range “Mad” Mike Whiddett is a Red Bull drifter and Metal Mulisha member from New Zealand. He's been speeding through his life on the planet since he placed second in the 1997 Pro Junior 85cc motocross championship at age 6. Now at 32, he's taking on the Crown Range, a group of mountains that ...   NASCAR reduces Penske Racing penalties following appeal Penske Racing won't be getting any money or points back, but the organization won a substantial reduction of suspensions to key personnel at an appeal Tuesday before National Stock Car Racing chief appellate officer John Middlebrook.NASCAR levied the penalties for use of unapproved parts in the...   Jaguar CUV, entry-level sedan on the horizon Jaguar Land Rover has submitted two trademark applications to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, a potential clue to the luxury brand's 2015 product plans.Reports from Edmunds.com and others state that the "XQ" and "Q-Type" names could be used on an all-wheel-drive crossover and new sub-$40,000...   This week in 1988: Bertone reveals Lamborghini Countach-based minivan at Turin In May 1988, we covered the 62nd Turin International Motor Show, and the focus was on the minivan.The "one box" (or minivan) configuration was presented by Bertone, Ghia and Italdesign as the future of everything from a limousine to a 12-cylinder supercar.The most exciting of the bunch? The Bertone ...   NASCAR will not fine Ryan Newman for comments -- video NASCAR said Tuesday that Ryan Newman will not be fined for his rebuke of NASCAR on live television following a late accident at Talladega.Newman's race ended Sunday in a 12-car accident when Kurt Busch's car barrel-rolled on top of his car.Newman said his TV interview was solely to complain that...   Clock ticking on Tony Stewart's Chase chances in disappointing season Time -- as well as Sprint Cup races -- is running out for Tony Stewart to contend for another series championship, and he knows it.Stewart is 22nd in points with 16 races left before the cutoff. He has a lot of work to do.“I know we're 10 spots out [of the Chase], but I don't know how many...   NHRA returns to Atlanta for shortened weekend after last week’s washout NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series teams returns to Atlanta Dragway this weekend for the completion of the rain-delayed Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals. The seventh round of the 2013 season was postponed one week ago after heavy rains forced NHRA officials to postpone the race...   Into the Breach: The future of in-car infotainment In-car infotainment is broken. The best that can be said of the finest systems on the market is that they generally do what one asks of them and don't induce fits of rage.At their worst, they're actively dangerous, spiking the driver's blood pressure, forcing tentative or aggressive behavior at... 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.