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Daily Drive

Monday, January 6, 2020

News

First Things First: Welcome to the New Autoweek!

Late last year, you probably noticed that your go-to destination for car and racing news suddenly looked a whole lot different. The fanatical coverage was still there—curated and penned by the same great writers—but the photos were more eye-catching, the navigation was more intuitive and even the fonts looked flashier. To put it in garage terms, we did some hardcore wrenching and gave autoweek.com a big-time tuneup.

Car Life

These 10 Cars Top the Sales Charts; Here's What We'd Pick Instead

Sales numbers represent the vehicle-segment sales rankings that auto industry analysts and execs and various hangers-on watch feverishly. The standouts are cars, trucks and SUVs deserving of a top spot through the enthusiast lens.

Green Cars

Byton M-Byte Rolls on with Longest Continuous Reveal in History

Byton has been almost continuously unveiling its coming M-Byte crossover for the last three years, most recently at the Frankfurt and Guangzhou auto shows. It revealed it again yesterday at CES and introduced the North American market to some more details about what it calls “The world’s first smart device on wheels.”

Racing

Why Land Speed Pioneer Danny Thompson Should Be Your Hero

On Jan. 11, Thompson's Challenger 2 goes on the block at the Mecum Auction in Florida. The story of how it got there is as fascinating as any in motorsports.

People

Carlos Ghosn Is Preparing a Tell-All; What Will It Mean for Nissan?

Ghosn has said he plans to hold a press conference next week and reveal all. With the company's stock price plummeting and profits as low as they’ve been in decades, many, many Nissan execs must be panicking about what details Ghosn is going to reveal about the company and potentially their roles in Nissan’s recent market performance.

DIY

Junkyard Treasure: 2006 MINI Cooper S

I've been seeing plenty of New Minis at the big U-Wrench yards while on junkyard patrol for at least a decade, but the appearance of non-smashed Cooper Ss in these car graveyards is a relatively new phenomenon.

Racing

Kyle Busch Has Interest in Racing beyond NASCAR and IMSA

The NASCAR Busch brothers, Kyle and Kurt, won't admit to having a whole lot in common, except for the fact that both have NASCAR Cup championships. But another thing they have in common: They both want to drive anything, and everything.