AutoWeek Daily Drive — Wednesday, July 8, 2009

HOME   |   CAR NEWS   |   CAR REVIEWS   |   RACING   |   AUTOSHOWS   |   SUBSCRIBE   |   MARKETPLACE Wednesday, July 08, 2009 A preview of Bentley's new car.... New Bentley headed for Pebble Beach debut Bentley is one of the featured marques at this year's Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, and the British luxury-car maker will use the event as the stage to roll out the successor to the Arnage. On Wednesday, Bentley released a second teaser photo of the new car. It shows a slanted C-pillar and a curved body-character line flowing into the rear quarter-panel. Pebble Beach will see the reveal ...   The importance of valuing excellence My stack of reading material of late has included Matthew B. Crawford's Shop Class As Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work, coincident with my own immersion into things learned long ago from working on cars. Whether I was claying the neglected paint on a sports car, wrestling with...   London's GPS-based speed-limit trial puts Big Brother's foot on the gas pedal A fleet of 12 Toyota Priuses in London have been fitted with GPS-linked speed limiters to measure how drivers respond to having their speed controlled by a computer rather than their own feet. For now, the trial is local to London, run by Transport for London, the agency that manages the city's... You May Have Missed...   Next-generation Jaguar XJ, Porsche Panamera will be at Pebble Beach concours The all-new Jaguar XJ will make its U.S. debut Aug. 12 at the 2009 Pebble Beach Conours d'Elegance, according to sources at Jaguar. The car will be on display for the entire Pebble Beach event, which runs until Aug. 16. The new XJ will incorporate design features from the C-XF concept first...   NASCAR appeals court ruling on Mayfield Just as NASCAR CEO Brian France hinted, the sanctioning body has appealed last week's ruling by a federal court judge in North Carolina that lifted the suspension of owner-driver Jeremy Mayfield for substance abuse. The motion to reissue the suspension was filed on Monday with U.S. District...   Honda names new vehicle Accord Crosstour Honda has officially named its new crossover that is set to arrive in the United States this fall: It's the Accord Crosstour. The name has been widely used to describe a new vehicle in the Honda lineup and was confirmed Tuesday morning in a statement from the automaker. The vehicle will be a...   Waltrip confirms Truex Jr. as driver for 2010 The news from Michael Waltrip Racing's Tuesday afternoon press conference surprised no one: Team owner Michael Waltrip confirmed speculation that he will step back and run a limited NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule next year and will add Martin Truex Jr. to his three-car team in car No. 56....   Earnhardt Jr. under the gun to make the Chase for the Championship Dale Earnhardt Jr. has eight chances to move up from 21st in Sprint Cup points to 12th by the end of the Sept. 12 race at Richmond International Raceway. That's when the field will be set for the 10-race Chase for the Championship, the annual playoff that determines the series champion.... 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.