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Daily Drive

Monday, February 17, 2020

Events

Our 10 Favorites from Retromobile 2020—Vive La France!

Retromobile is like the Paris Auto Show, but for old cars instead of new. It's even held at the Porte de Versailles, the same place they hold the Paris show. It's a huge gathering of vintage automobiles, car-themed works of art, automobile auctions and generally Euro-cool automotive history.

Drives

The 2021 Kia Seltos Makes It Standing Room Only in the Crowded Small SUV Halls

More SUVs, please! That's what Kia heard from U.S. customers. And, as you can see here, the Korean automaker obliged. Named the Seltos, size-wise this new small SUV slots into the lineup above the Soul and beneath the Sportage.

Racing

Rain Postpones Daytona 500 until 4 p.m. Monday

Rain on Sunday forced the postponement of the Daytona 500 until Monday, with a start time of 4 p.m. Just as the field was coming to take the green flag, the skies opened up. The field was put under caution and soon brought to pit road and stopped.

But Wait, There's More

Virus Outbreak Got You Trapped? Use Your RC Car!

As you can see in the video above, a woman was stuck inside because of the Coronavirus outbreak and used her RC Land Rover to go fetch some steamed buns. The video also shows the interesting storage solution for the buns and all the other ways she got around driving an RC car in the city.

Autoweek Talks: Revolutions

The EV Revolution Has Been a Century in the Making

Unless you've been hiding out in the grease pit of a long-bypassed service station for the past couple years, you've surely caught wind of at least some of the recent electric vehicle news. Based on the variety of EVs on sale or headed to market in the coming year or two, let alone the torrent of vehicles announced by startup automakers of varying degrees of reputability and viability, you'd think we were on the cusp of a transportation revolution.

Racing

9 Racing Headlines before the Daytona 500 Rainout

Mother Nature won the Daytona 500 on Sunday, as rain forced postponement of the Great American Race until Monday at 4 p.m. And while the "who won and why" of the Daytona 500 will have to wait another day, here are some of the storylines you may have missed from what was a busy weekend at the race track:

Racing

Video: NASCAR Driver Bubba Wallace Jumps out of a 'Perfectly Good C-17' at Daytona

While all 40 drivers can be excused for being sky high the week of the Daytona 500, Richard Petty Motorsports NASCAR Cup Series driver Bubba Wallace came down to Earth in a rather unique way at Daytona International Speedway.