Daily Drive: Looking back at the 1966 Sunbeam Tiger

HOME   |   CAR NEWS   |   CAR REVIEWS   |   RACING   |   AUTO SHOWS   |   VIDEOS   |   COLLECTOR   |   SUBSCRIBE Tuesday, June 11, 2013                  Mike Michels may be a Toyota exec, but that doesn't keep him away from quirky British-American hybrids like... Watch: In and around a 1966 Sunbeam Tiger By day, Mike Michels is Toyota Motor Sales USA's vice president of corporate communications. But when he's not slinging Scions, he spends his time with a car that might seem to be about as philosophically un-Toyota as one can imagine: a 1966 Sunbeam Tiger. The Tiger story is long and, in typical British automaker fashion,...   Victim in crane accident at F1 Canadian Grand Prix described as big race fan The track marshal who died at the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal on Sunday has been named in the Canadian media as 38-year-old Mark Robinson. Friends say he was a true Formula One fan. Robinson was crushed by the wheels of a recovery crane carrying the Sauber car of Esteban Gutierrez. One of...   XCar reviews the McLaren MP4-12C XCar looked at the two-year-old McLaren MP4-12C on Monday, to answer the question, “Should Italy be scared?” If you’ll remember, the McLaren MP4-12C’s basic design was revealed in 2009, and the...   2013 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque review notes DIGITAL EDITOR ANDREW STOY: Why is it a vehicle can frustrate during one drive then charm during another? I look back at my notes on the Range Rover Evoque coupe we had in here a few months back and recall being...   Harry Miller's forgotten people-hauling streamliner Harry Miller and Buckminster Fuller were two very different men of two slightly different eras. Miller (1874-1943) was a man of action; his incredible motorsport record is a testament to his ability to push the limits of ...   Ford video celebrates 200th NASCAR Nationwide Series win Trevor Bayne gave Ford Racing its 200th victory in the NASCAR Nationwide Series on Sunday at Iowa Speedway. Ford's first victory in the series was recorded by Mark Martin on May 30, 1987 at Dover. The auto manufacturer has a storied history in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, and here's a look at...   One Lap of the Web: Living-room Lambos, a zombie Cayenne and the curse of Merkur 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. -- The rich really are... You May Have Missed...   Death at Canadian Grand Prix could be the fault of a dropped radio: The FIA released a statement saying worker was killed after trying to retrieve a communication device On Sunday it was reported that a worker at the Formula One Canadian Grand Prix was hit by a recovery vehicle and later died because of his injuries.Monday morning the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile released a statement that shed a little bit of light on the incident. The one piece of...   Crash video of the week - Sprint driver Landon Simon takes a wild ride at Susquehanna Speedway Park Landon Simon had an unscheduled meeting with a catch fence after a wild roll during a qualifying run for the USAC National Sprint Cars event at Susquehanna Speedway Park in Newberrytown, Pa., on June 9.Simon is competing in the USAC Eastern Storm Tour.And, yes, the driver walked away from this...   2015 Ford Mustang spotted testing Well, we've seen some images of the new Mustang out testing. We can say definitively that it's got four wheels and a longish hood. We decided not to buy the photos because with all the black cladding, it may as well be an R34 Skyline with aftermarket headlights. If you're dying to see them,...   1960 General Motors ad reminds us that 'There's nothing like a new car to give you that 'let's go' feeling' They used to say that what was good for General Motors was good for America -- and in 1960, that seemed to be driving. Yes, new owners of Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Buick and Cadillac automobiles just couldn't seem to keep off the road. And who could blame them? As this Holiday magazine ad...   Apple announces 'iOS in the Car' Since Apple pulled out of the San Francisco Macworld event, the company's Worldwide Developer Conference has taken the place of primacy on its product-announcement calendar.On Monday, they hinted at new Mac Pros, unveiled iOS 7's flattened interface and unveiled their Pandora-fighting iTunes Radio...   This week in 1988: Ferrari F40 first drive Autoweek's Denise McCluggage traveled to Maranello, Italy to drive the new Ferrari F40: the red-painted, winged, air-ducted, mid-engined supercar.What she found was that the striking F40 is more than a collector's fantasy. It's a flexible car that can handle street speeds with the ability to reach...   2014 BMW X5 35d spotted high-altitude testing BMW has dropped details on its next X5 SUV, but somehow a new model just feels more real once it's been spotted out and about during final shakedown testing. That's what happened here as eagle-eyed reader Todd H. caught up with a test-fleet 2014 BMW X5 35d diesel making the high-altitude test...   Watch: Bugatti Veyron races Nissan Juke-R imposter Just because two cars don't belong on a drag strip together doesn't mean we'll never see them there. In fact, that's the point of drag racing: spec sheets be damned.To wit, a stock Bugatti Veyron and a souped-up Nissan Juke-R go head-to-head in this video from Drag Times Info's YouTube channel,...   Audi prices 2014 diesel A6, A7 and Q5 Audi priced a handful of its diesel models on Monday. The 2014 A6 TDI, A7 TDI and Q5 TDI models will all arrive at U.S. dealers in late summer.The 2014 Audi A6 TDI starts at $58,395, including destination, which puts it above A6 Prestige model, currently the most expensive in the A6 portfolio. The...   Mercedes/Pirelli FIA hearing set for June 20 The FIA has confirmed that its International Tribunal hearing regarding the Mercedes Formula One race team and Pirelli will take place in Paris on June 20, a date that was predicted over the Montreal weekend.The FIA has also confirmed that both tire-maker Pirelli and Mercedes are part of the...   Sauber F1's steering wheel has more than 35 buttons, switches, levers and lights Driving a Formula One car isn't just about hitting the gas, shifting gears and steering. 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