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Autoweek Daily Drive

Monday, November 18, 2019

Hybrid & Electric Vehicles

The 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E isn't a Mustang, but it's a very good EV crossover

The Ford Mustang Mach-E looks like it’ll be a very well-engineered electric vehicle that can compete with the best in the segment in range and performance at a price well below the competition. But what’s the deal with the name?

Green Cars

Was Ford right to use the Mustang name for the Mach-E EV crossover?

Does Ford's use of the Mustang name on the 2021 Mach-E make sense for an electric crossover, or was a fresh approach needed that didn't use a storied performance car nameplate? Let us know in the comments below.

Car Reviews

2019 Nissan Kicks SR is the commuter car of our modern era

According to the government, the Nissan Kicks is a midsize car. According to Nissan, it’s a compact SUV. Thing is, it doesn't matter: Nissan didn’t make the Kicks for drive-or-die enthusiasts: This is the new basic transportation.

Car News

The Maserati GranTurismo is dead. Does it deserve a successor?

By the time you read this, the Maserati GranTurismo and its drop-top counterpart, the GranCabrio, will already be dead; the Pininfarina-designed model’s impressive 12-year run, which kicked off in 2007, has come to an end. But this is not the end of striking two-door Maseratis (we hope).

1927 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A S Fleetwood

Concours

Audrain’s Newport Concours has big plans for expansion

Two months ago, the Audrain’s Newport Concours d’Elegance went off without a hitch in the old money coastal enclave of Newport, Rhode Island. There were educational seminars, the unveiling of two Zagato-bodied Astons Martin, a Tour d’Elegance and even a concert by John Legend. How are you going to top that? Easy—just do more of the above.

Classic Cars

Jay Leno takes a ride in the Original Venice Crew's continuation Shelby GT350

The Original Venice Crew stopped by Jay Leno's Garage and brought its "new" Shelby GT350 Competition Mustang. OVC CEO Jim Marietta and fabricator Ted Sutton, along with Pete Brock, decided a few years ago to re-create the GT350, but to also do some of the things they couldn't do back then.

Supercars

Watch the 1,104-hp Zenvo TSR rip up a track in the Netherlands

We haven’t talked about Danish super-carmaker Zenvo in a while, at least since it appeared at Top Marques Monaco back in 2014. Zenvo has been bopping along and now has a stable of three cars—well, three versions of one car: TS1, TSR and TSR-S. Earlier this month, the TSR was caught at speed at TT Circuit Assen in the Netherlands by YouTuber Gumbal—and what the hell is going on with that wing!?

Classic Ads

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If you or someone you know won the Löwenbräu Car Sweepstakes in 1986, please let us know which car was selected.

Podcast

The ‘Autoweek Podcast’ Ep 83: ‘Ford v Ferrari’ special—Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Mose Nowland and Mark Rushbrook interviewed, plus a movie review!

On this special episode of the “Autoweek Podcast,” the Autoweek gang jumps headfirst into the biggest racing movie of the year, Ford v Ferrari.

Formula One

F1 Brazilian Grand Prix race results: Max Verstappen scores third win of the year in dramatic fashion

Red Bull Racing driver Max Verstappen won a dramatic F1 Brazilian Grand Prix Sunday followed by the Toro Rosso of Pierre Gasly with his first podium, as Ferrari once again hit the self-destruct button.

Formula One

Ferrari F1 team throws away potential podium finishes in Brazil

Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc threw away potential podium positions Sunday as the two Ferrari drivers collided in the closing stages of the F1 Brazilian Grand Prix.

Formula One

Mercedes F1 for sale rumors may be a bargaining chip ahead of 2021 agreement

Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff fed into this rumor, warning that it is “not a given” that the firm will remain in the sport.

Formula One

Haas F1 principal says team owner Gene Haas is weighing team's future in Formula 1

The American team has had a dismal 2019 season: the team is ninth in the Formula 1 Constructor's Championship standings after finishing fifth in 2018.

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup

NASCAR Homestead Cup race results: Kyle Busch notches second NASCAR Cup championship with win

That’s two for Kyle Busch, five for Joe Gibbs and 19 this year for Toyota. Maybe not a season for the all-time record books, but pretty close.

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup

Crew chief shoulders responsibility for decision that cost Denny Hamlin in NASCAR championship

A thick application of tape proved to be too much for the No. 11's Toyota engine to handle.

NASCAR Xfinity

NASCAR Homestead Xfinity race results: Tyler Reddick gets back-to-back titles

With his girlfriend expecting a baby, Tyler Reddick confessed on Thursday that he had practiced changing diapers on a cat.

NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series

NASCAR Homestead Truck results: Austin Hill wins the race, Matt Crafton the title

Austin Hill bookended his 2019 season with a victory in Friday night’s Ford EcoBoost 200 season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway, finishing a comfortable 1.569 seconds ahead of veteran Matt Crafton, whose runner-up effort was enough to earn him his third NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series championship.

NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series

Opinion: Winless Matt Crafton is NASCAR's most unorthodox champion

The 43-year-old became just the second winless champion in NASCAR history on Friday night at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

NASCAR

How long can NASCAR remain relevant?

Auto racing in some form has been around since the start of the 20th century. And as America’s love affair with cars has grown, so has motorsports.

Americas Rallycross

Americas Rallycross Series ceases operation

With a two-sentence statement posted to its website, the Americas Rallycross Championship and its IMG stakeholder called it quits.

NHRA

NHRA Mello Yello Series finals: Steve Torrence wins second Top Fuel championship by 3 points

By the end of Sunday’s second round of NHRA Finals eliminations at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, California, Steve Torrence had all but earned his second consecutive Top Fuel championship.

NHRA

NHRA Top Fuel champion Steve Torrence delivers blow to the face of rival, apologizes

Steve Torrence (as well as car chief Bobby Lagana) took issue with the way Cameron Ferre staged his dragster at the beginning of their run on the Auto Club Raceway 1,000-foot course.

NHRA

NHRA Mello Yellow Series finals: Erica Enders' third Pro Stock title was just divine

Jeg Coughlin, Erica Enders' Elite Motorsport teammate, the No. 2-ranked driver entering the race, and the No. 1 qualifier, won at Pomona and finished second in the final standings, 21 points behind Enders.

NHRA

NHRA Mello Yello Series finals: Robert Hight holds off hard-charging Jack Beckman for Funny Car crown

The winner-take-all Funny Car final round Sunday between virtual season-long points leader Robert Hight and Jack Beckman at the NHRA Finals at Pomona, California, ended in a split decision.