Daily Drive: We take the 2013 Camaro 1LE to the track, and Jay Leno drives the new Z/28

HOME   |   CAR NEWS   |   CAR REVIEWS   |   RACING   |   AUTO SHOWS   |   VIDEOS   |   COLLECTOR   |   SUBSCRIBE Tuesday, August 13, 2013                  The 2013 Chevrolet Camaro 1LE Coupe offers up what the SS doesn't.... 2013 Chevrolet Camaro 1LE Coupe review notes DIGITAL EDITOR ANDREW STOY: A perfectly tractable, civilized beast this 2013 Chevrolet Camaro 1LE, despite its computer-programmed backfire-burble on the overrun and exhaust tuning that's just on the legal side of annoy-your-neighbors. We had a Ford Mustang GT through here recently, too, and while both cars have...   Chrysler to bring old and new to Woodward Dream Cruise Chrysler will take up its usual spot at the Woodward Dream Cruise in Metro Detroit this weekend. It will show off more than 70 vehicles from its brands, including a new concept Ram pickup. The Pentastar brand will set up at the ...   Bentley Le Mans Limited Edition Mulsanne to debut at Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance It's no Fiat 500 Cattiva, but the Bentley Le Mans Limited Edition Mulsanne will also break cover during Monterey car week. The British luxury...   Jay Leno drives the Chevy Camaro Z/28 Jay Leno took one of the first non-GM-employee drives of the new Chevy Camaro Z/28 on his “Jay Leno's Garage” web series this week. He talked with chief engineer Al Oppenheiser at his warehouse about what it took to add the famous name to the proud pony car. We first saw the new...   Fiat gets naughty, supposedly, with the 500 Cattiva special editions Monterey car week is the perfect time for automakers to launch new concepts and debut special edition vehicles. But it's usually the big names in the luxury/performance world -- the heavy hitters, if you will -- that show up and...   Found on eBay: delivery mileage 1991 Volkswagen Syncro DOKA Double Cab If you thought the VW Vanagon was getting tough to find on this side of the Atlantic in driveable condition, wait until you see this rare   One Lap of the Web: Supercar test video, racing's bad boys and a 13k-mile '66 Mustang -- The folks at Evo put together a pretty remarkable selection of what they term "analogue" supercars, defined as traditional exotics that make the driver work hard, but with tremendous reward. The video could use less editor...   Brian Vickers gets full-time NASCAR Cup ride with Michael Waltrip Racing To the surprise of a few, but not to most others, Brian Vickers was named Tuesday to drive a Sprint Cup entry full-time for Michael Waltrip Racing in the 2014 and 2015 seasons. The announcement came in Charlotte at the NASCAR Hall of Fame, which is expected to become the site of more NASCAR-related ...   Gil de Ferran named ambassador for Formula E race series Gil de Ferran, a two-time open-wheel champion in Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART), and the 2003 Indianapolis 500 winner, has been named an official ambassador for the FIA Formula E Championship -- the first fully electric car race series set to debut in 2014. The 45-year-old Brazilian will...   J.R. Hildebrand and Luca Filippi to finish season in Barracuda Racing's No. 98 Barracuda Racing's plan for the rest of the IndyCar Series season is now easy to follow. J.R. Hildebrand will drive the No. 98 Honda-powered car in California; rookie Luca Filippi will drive it everywhere else. Alex... 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Team co-owner and driver Tony Stewart is recovering from a broken right leg and will miss his...   This week in 1963: Nürburgring's double safety fence prevents fatalities after massive crash Safety is a priority for drivers, teams and courses. Over the past century automobile safety has been slowly evolving (or rapidly evolving, if Ralph Nader has had anything to say about it). Needless to say, it is unusual for a safety feature that performed its function to make news. But back in...   Help us find this band's stolen van Life on the road as a touring musician is hard. It's much harder when some jerk makes off with your van and all your gear. Today, we're asking all who read this to keep an eye out for the white Ford Econoline pictured above. It belongs to an immensely awesome band/streetball outfit called Breathe...   Elon Musk unveils Hyperloop Elon Musk has been teasing us with something called the Hyperloop for a while now, referring to some Goldbergian cross between a railgun and an air hockey table that would zoot us and scoot us from San Francisco to Los Angeles in a half-hour. Now, in a 57-page PDF available here or here, he's...   1959 Renault Dauphine ad promises a new French Revolution It's 1959, and Renault is plotting a new French Revolution. Its tenets are utilité, frugalité and qualité. Ideally it will result in economical and carefree motoring rather than another bloody Reign of Terror. The Renault Dauphine is its standard-bearer. The so-called Le Car Hot debuted in 1956,...   Next-generation Chevy Volt to have 60-mile electric range? On the heels of the recently announced price cut for the 2014 Volt, General Motors chief executive Dan Akerson is suggesting that we may see a Volt with 60-mile electric range in three or four years.In an interview with Bloomberg, Akerson suggests that GM is hoping for a "significant" improvement...   Valencia may be trying to break F1 contract and send Spanish Grand Prix back to Barcelona Valencia will not be hosting a Formula One race after all, according to a media report.A rough draft of a 2014 F1 schedule making the rounds is showing that the Spanish port city will not host a Grand Prix next year. That is despite earlier reports that Valencia and Barcelona had agreed to annually ...   Austin Dillon braces for NASCAR double duty at Mid-Ohio, Michigan Austin Dillon will be busier than usual this weekend, commuting three times from Lexington, Ohio to Brooklyn, Mich. for a Nationwide Series race on Saturday afternoon and a Sprint Cup race on Sunday afternoon. Dillon, a full-time Nationwide driver for Richard Childress Racing, will drive the No. 14 ...   Should Brad Keselowski have bumped Kyle Busch for the win at Watkins Glen? Brad Keselowski took Spike Lee's advice. He did the right thing. There's no doubt Keselowski was sorely tempted to use the front bumper of his Ford on the back of Kyle Busch's Toyota in the final corners of the Cheez-It 355 at Watkins Glen International.The reward for a bump-and-run would have been ...   Jean-Eric Vergne claims he’s a better Formula One choice for Red Bull than teammate Daniel Ricciardo Jean-Eric Vergne, reportedly overlooked for the 2014 Red Bull Formula One seat that will be vacated by Mark Webber next season, claims he has done a better job than Daniel Ricciardo this year.The Frenchman conceded recently that the world champion team is more seriously considering teammate... CLICK HERE TO UNSUBSCRIBE from the Autoweek Daily Drive E-mail or to sign up for other Autoweek e-mail products. 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