AutoWeek Daily Drive — Thursday, June 18, 2009

HOME   |   CAR NEWS   |   CAR REVIEWS   |   RACING   |   AUTOSHOWS   |   SUBSCRIBE   |   MARKETPLACE Thursday, June 18, 2009 This 1936 Lincoln Boat Tail Speedster fetched $1 million at the Leake Car Show & Auction on June 13.... Howard Hughes's Lincoln sells for $1 million at Tulsa auction A 1936 Lincoln Boat Tail Speedster--customized to the personal tastes of Howard Hughes--sold for $1 million at the Leake Car Show & Auction on June 13 in Tulsa, Okla. The head-turning blue and polished aluminum classic was the headliner at a sale that raked in $12.2 million and attracted more than 10,000 people to the three-day event. The Boat Tail is a truly unique car. It began life as ...   New wrinkle on a Father's Day gift Looking for a Father's Day gift that's cool, appeals to Dad's "gotta build" instinct and is free? Go take a look at www.papertoys.com, where you'll find templates and instructions to print, cut out, fold and glue paper models of everything from the Eiffel Tower to a Tyrannosaurus rex.... You May Have Missed...   Jesse James brings hydrogen land-speed record back to America Six years after he got the idea and bought the streamliner, Jesse James has set the world record for hydrogen-powered speed. Late afternoon on June 16, James flew across the windswept dust of El Mirage dry lake bed in the California desert and tripped the lights at 199.712 mph. That was 14 mph...   Hypermiling rewards are just not worth the risks As an AutoWeek staffer--and as a car guy who grew up in America's muscle-car heartland--I've experienced my share of scary rides in automobiles, everything from insane teenage-fueled quarter-mile runs on back country roads, to spinning through the grass on the back straight at Daytona with...   Hot-rod Ford Taurus SHO lives again When the Ford Taurus SHO was launched in 1989, the car was all about the engine. Ford engineers dropped a 220-hp V6 developed and built by Yamaha into a four-door Taurus and the Super High Output legend was born. For 10 years and 100,000 cars, the SHO surprised many people in stoplight-to-...   Mazda 3 features new looks and the same-old driving fun: An AutoWeek Performance Profile Mazda has given the Mazda 3 a thorough makeover for the 2010 model year. New looks and chassis upgrades are the main thing. But the driving dynamics are even better, as we discover in the Performance Profile....   Just relax and enjoy it Many people write to me and say, "Vaughn, I don't have enough stuff to worry about. Can you suggest some areas of concern over which I might obsess?" Yes, I can. That's what I'm here for. First of all, and don't let this upset you, we're all going to hell. And I don't mean the economy or the...   2009 Nissan Nismo 370Z gains power, starts at less than $40,000 The latest iteration of Nissan's factory-tuned Z car comes in at just less than $40,000 as it goes on sale Wednesday in the United States. The 2009 Nismo 370Z starts at $39,850, including a $720 destination charge. The car offers enthusiasts more power, a sport-tuned suspension and aero... 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.