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Saturday
Perez attitude gives promise to McLaren
Logic3 classes up headphones with Prancing Horse
Filed under: CES, Ferrari, Design/Style

White earphones too bland for you? Black too slow? Your otherwise high-end cans just not expensive enough? Logic3 hopes to remedy your plight with its new line of Ferrari-branded earphones and headphones.
Logic3's Cavallino line is intended for the well-heeled audio enthusiast with aluminum housings covered in hand-stitched, lambskin leather. The Scuderia collection is also built with aluminum but instead of leather, the earphones' colors closely match those of the Ferrari F1 team. Yellow badges and aluminum grilles complete the look.
Both lines also include over-the-ear headphones and Bluetooth compatible dock station speakers. The Scuderia line headphones mimic the look of hearing protection worn by F1 pit crews.
In Ferrari's online store, Scuderia earphones are $166. Cavallino shoppers will pay between $220 and $249 for earphones. Performance specs look to be the same between the different lines as well as price levels. Headphones start at $334 and cap out at $441 in the Scuderia lineup while entry into the Cavallino headphones is $389 and goes up to $481. Sound performance is the same as that for the lower-end lineup.
Ferrari also lent its brand to three speaker dock models. A Scuderia-level speaker without Bluetooth is $667 and $835 with the wireless technology. The Cavallino model gets better performance specs, a different looking shell and $1,017 price tag.
Logic3 classes up headphones with Prancing Horse originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Volkswagen Adds R-Line Trim to 2014 Tiguan and Touareg Models [2013 Detroit Auto Show]
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2013 Daytona Preseason Thunder Day 2 Afternoon Crash Q&A with Team Chevy Drivers
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The Weekly Carnage
A 55-year-old pedestrian in the Bronx was struck with such force that the vehicle's windshield shattered. The driver was charged with aggravated unlicensed vehicle [...]
Source: http://www.streetsblog.org/2013/01/11/the-weekly-carnage-181/
Friday
Brundle expects Hamilton to win in 2013
Hiroshi Fushida Beppe Gabbiani Bertrand Gachot Patrick Gaillard
Dale Earnhardt Jr. starts big wreck at Daytona
NASCAR's most popular driver tapped Marcus Ambrose as they drove across the back straightaway, lifting him "like a forklift" and turning him into the wall. Ambrose's car bounced back across the track and collected a host of others.
Two of Earnhardt's Hendrick Motorsports teammates, Jeff Gordon and Kasey Kahne, also were involved. So were defending Sprint Cup champion Brad Keselowski, new teammate Joey Logano, Carl Edwards, Kyle Busch, Jamie McMurray, Martin Truex Jr., Aric Almirola and Regan Smith.
Kahne's car sustained significant damage.
The wreck caused several teams to pack up and leave Daytona, and ended the pack racing that NASCAR wanted to see to evaluate its redesigned cars.
Floyd Anthony Raines Scott Russell Riggs Hiroshi Fushida Beppe Gabbiani
Two killed in Dakar accident
Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/real-world-racing/3rdparty/two-killed-in-dakar-accident
2012 season in the rear view: Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Vitals: 12th in the points standings. 1 win, 10 top 5s, 20 top 10s. 0 DNFs.
Moment to remember: Where were you on Sunday, June 17, 2012, the day that Dale Earnhardt Jr. ended his winless streak?
If you're a tried and true NASCAR fan, you likely remember every moment of that historic and incredible day in NASCAR history. One that saw Earnhardt Jr. lead 95 laps and pull away from Tony Stewart to record his first win in four years and cause many men, women and children to cry tears of joy.
Moment to forget: Entering Talladega, Dale Earnhardt Jr. was in seventh place, 39 points behind the Chase lead. After Talladega, he was 11th, and 51 points back.
But the standings weren't the issue. During that wild crash on the final lap (one that has seemed to be a staple of these year-end reviews because of the individual circumstances it created for many drivers) Junior suffered his second concussion in weeks. The first was a previously undiagnosed one he suffered while tire testing for Goodyear at Kansas Speedway at the end of August. Junior was ruled out of the next two races, Charlotte and Kansas, and Regan Smith took his place.
The wrap: The decision for Junior to sit out two races was, rightfully so, uncontroversial, given the place that concussions have taken at the forefront of sports injury discussion. And it wasn't one that likely cost him a shot at the championship given the deficit and number of drivers between himself and the points lead after Talladega.
But while Junior's final place in the standings looks like a step backward from 2011 by simply looking at the year-end standings, it was a serious step forward for Junior and the No. 88 bunch.
After finishing seventh last year, Junior more than doubled his top fives (from 4 to 10) and nearly did so with his top 10s. (12 to 20). And he gave us that memorable day.
Thursday
2012 season in the rear view: Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Vitals: 12th in the points standings. 1 win, 10 top 5s, 20 top 10s. 0 DNFs.
Moment to remember: Where were you on Sunday, June 17, 2012, the day that Dale Earnhardt Jr. ended his winless streak?
If you're a tried and true NASCAR fan, you likely remember every moment of that historic and incredible day in NASCAR history. One that saw Earnhardt Jr. lead 95 laps and pull away from Tony Stewart to record his first win in four years and cause many men, women and children to cry tears of joy.
Moment to forget: Entering Talladega, Dale Earnhardt Jr. was in seventh place, 39 points behind the Chase lead. After Talladega, he was 11th, and 51 points back.
But the standings weren't the issue. During that wild crash on the final lap (one that has seemed to be a staple of these year-end reviews because of the individual circumstances it created for many drivers) Junior suffered his second concussion in weeks. The first was a previously undiagnosed one he suffered while tire testing for Goodyear at Kansas Speedway at the end of August. Junior was ruled out of the next two races, Charlotte and Kansas, and Regan Smith took his place.
The wrap: The decision for Junior to sit out two races was, rightfully so, uncontroversial, given the place that concussions have taken at the forefront of sports injury discussion. And it wasn't one that likely cost him a shot at the championship given the deficit and number of drivers between himself and the points lead after Talladega.
But while Junior's final place in the standings looks like a step backward from 2011 by simply looking at the year-end standings, it was a serious step forward for Junior and the No. 88 bunch.
After finishing seventh last year, Junior more than doubled his top fives (from 4 to 10) and nearly did so with his top 10s. (12 to 20). And he gave us that memorable day.
Next-Generation Audi A3 to Get Sedan-Based Droptop Variant
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Peterhansel takes Dakar lead
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Polaris recalling GEM electric runabouts over parking brake fears
Filed under: Budget, Government/Legal, Recalls, Safety, Electric

Polaris is recalling 4,394 GEM electric vehicles due to faulty parking brakes. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the mechanism may prematurely wear, leaving the brake inoperable. If the brake fails and the driver exits the vehicle, the EV could roll away and cause a crash. The recall only applies to models built between January 14, 2010 and November 23, 2012.
As you may recall, Polaris purchased GEM from Chrysler in 2011 and promptly shifted production from Fargo, North Dakota to Minnesota and Iowa.
Owners can expect Polaris to replace the parking brake lever assembly free of charge once the recall campaign gets under way on February 4. You can read the full recall notification below for more information, or head over to the NHTSA site.
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2012 season in the rear view: Landon Cassill
We're going to be reviewing the Sprint Cup Series season for every driver over the month of December. First up is Landon Cassill.
Vitals: 31st in the points standings. 0 wins, 0 top fives, 0 top 10s. 4 DNFs.
Moment to remember: Did you know that Landon Cassill's highest finish of the season came at Kansas in the fall? Wait, you don't? Yeah, it kind of got overshadowed.
At Kansas, Danica Patrick crashed herself while trying to crash Cassill after the two raced closely the lap before. Cassill continued on to an 18th place finish and Patrick was in the garage with a wrecked race car. (Cassill also finished 18th at Charlotte in the spring.)
Moment to forget: Not being able to complete a lap at Pocono in June. On turn three of the first lap of the race, Cassill got loose and slid down the racetrack, collecting Martin Truex, Jr. and AJ Allmendinger and then sliding back into the SAFER barrier in the outside wall. Cassill finished dead last.
The wrap: 2012 was the first time that Cassill had competed in a season's entire Sprint Cup Series schedule. And unlike last year, when he start and parked his first three races of the season, he started each race with the intent of going the distance. And you know what? He performed pretty admirably, scoring seven top 20 finishes. It remains to be seen how the introduction of the new car will affect BK Racing in 2013 -- it acquired the equipment from Red Bull Racing after that team folded -- but if the team hits on something early as the field is still shaking out the new car, it wouldn't be too crazy to see Cassill swipe a top 15.
Wednesday
Jaafar moves to FR3.5 with Carlin
Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/real-world-racing/3rdparty/jaafar-moves-to-fr3-5-with-carlin
2013 Lexus RX350 F Sport Tested: Stretching the Definition of Sport
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Hopefully you didn?t deal with traffic like this on Black Friday
People are crazy. And there's no better example of that craziness than Black Friday, when many of us line up at ungodly hours of the night (or ungodly days before) to get a bargain.
Heck, there was an intense scene at a Victoria's Secret in Kansas City over yoga pants. Yes. Yoga pants.
Thankfully much of the mob scenes we'll see played throughout the day don't involve people in vehicles. If they did, we'd envision many scenes like in this compilation video of Russian driving, uh, habits.
So sit back, hit play, and be glad you didn't have to deal with a dump truck barreling at you while you reached for that last flat-screen TV at 3 a.m.
(H/T to @VariousPenguins for the link)
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Fantasy NASCAR Preview: Bristol - Food City 500
Teased: Mercedes previews 2014 E63 AMG with family-style teaser
Filed under: Detroit Auto Show, Sedan, Performance, Mercedes-Benz, Luxury

Just days after giving us the straight dope on its new, 2014 E-Class Coupe and Cabriolet, Mercedes-Benz has dropped a fast-moving E-Class family photo on its Facebook page, which happens to include the heretofore-unseen E63 AMG.
The image comes, unfortunately, with no information about the new E63, but we do get our first good look at the undisguised front fascia, wheels and body kit for the car - all aggressively revised versus the standard 2014 E-Class sedan. In fact, the face of the E63 has much more in common with that of its new Coupe sister than the basic four-door.
Car and Driver has previously stated that the 2014 E63 will make use of a twin-turbocharged V8 making 550 horsepower and 531 pound-feet of torque, and it's rumored the muscle sedan will offer all-wheel drive. As the new model is destined to debut at the Detroit Auto Show next week, we expect to have full information on the car in short order, too.
Mercedes previews 2014 E63 AMG with family-style teaser originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tuesday
Do T&I Committee Members Get the Transpo Needs of American Cities?
The photo on the main page of the website of Rep. Sam Graves -- the T&I [...]
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Darlington Raceway Director of Emergency Services Robert Garland Honored by NASCAR
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Monday
NHTSA: Under 18 mph, electric vehicles will need to make "alert sound"
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Legislation and Policy, USA

It's been a long time coming - remember the Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act of 2010? - but the proposed rules for the noises that electric or hybrid vehicles have to make at low speeds have been released (get them here in PDF). The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced the proposed rules today in response to some requests for the noises to be generated to alert vision-impaired pedestrians.
Most current plug-in vehicles have a sound that can be triggered by the driver to alert people, but the rules would require vehicles that don't have their liquid-burning engine running to emit a sound that will "enable pedestrians to discern vehicle presence, direction, location and operation" when traveling at speeds under 18 miles per hour. NHTSA estimates that 2,800 pedestrian injuries will be avoided because of the rule, which represents "35 equivalent lives saved."
The proposed rules affect hybrid and electric vehicles, but the agency thinks that only hybrid vehicles will really be affected with actual cost and technology, since manufacturers are already putting sounds into EVs (and upcoming hydrogen fuel cell vehicles). NHTSA thus figures that, "the incremental number of light vehicles that have to add an alert sound system for costing purposes for MY 2016 is ... 671,300." The average cost per vehicle, NHTSA says, would be around $30.
Each manufacturer will be able to choose the sounds its cars make, as long as it follows the rules. That means it needs to change based on vehicle speed and the vehicle needs to make noise when idling, too. You can hear sample sounds from NHTSA here and read the official announcement below. A 60-day comment period starts today, and if everything goes smoothly, a three-year phase-in period might start in September 2015.
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2012 season in the rear view: Aric Almirola

Vitals: 20th in the points standings. o wins, 1 top 5, 4 top 10s. 3 DNFs.
Moment to remember: After Richard Petty Motorsports swapped crew chiefs for the final 10 races of the season, Almirola's performance improved after three straight finishes of 26th or worse over the final three races before the Chase.
During the Chase with Todd Parrott as his crew chief, Almirola finished in the top 20 eight times, including a fourth place effort at Martinsville. That wasn't his best performance, though. However, it's in the next section.
Moment to forget: Almirola was dominant in the early stages of the fall Kansas race, leading 69 laps. But then he brushed the wall and was plagued by right front tire problems, problems that were his eventual demise when he smashed the outside wall.
Vitals: Doesn't it seem like Aric Almirola has been around the Cup Series forever? Almirola's been racing in NASCAR's top series since 2007, but has competed in 71 races, just one short of two full seasons. Kind of hard to believe, isn't it?
Almirola proved that he could run up front at Kansas, and qualified in the top five at both Phoenix and Homestead. It'll take a significant leap (or two) for Almirola to be a Chase contender in 2013, but we may look back in a few years and view his performance in the final 10 races as a precursor of things to come.
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Proposal for New Park Near Lincoln Tunnel Endorsed by CB 4
A community-driven proposal to create a new public space on a street near the Lincoln Tunnel was endorsed by Manhattan Community Board 4 Wednesday.
The plan, as reported by DNAinfo in December, is to convert three lane-widths of leftover asphalt on Dyer Avenue between 34th and 35th Streets into a park. That stretch of [...]
Source: http://www.streetsblog.org/2013/01/03/proposal-for-new-park-near-lincoln-tunnel-endorsed-by-cb-4/
Sochi eyes MotoGP race
Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/other-news/motorcycles/motogp/sochi-eyes-motogp-race
Sunday
Priaulx certain of stronger 2013
Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/other-news/miscellaneous/dtm/priaulx-certain-of-stronger-2013
Early Season Struggles Threaten Kahne?s Hendrick Debut
That’s what Kasey Kahne might be asking himself after a difficult start to the 2012 Sprint Cup season that sees him a mediocre 27th in points, worst among the four Hendrick Motorsports drivers in his first year with the team. Last week’s 14th place [...]
James Buescher Returns to Turner Motorsports to Compete in NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2013
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Zaxby s Chevrolet Brad Keselowski Ruby Tuesday Dodge Carl Edwards
Williams Consolidate as Surtees Extend Lead
Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/iracing-news/williams-consolidate-as-surtees-extend-lead
Matthew Roy Kenseth Alan Dennis Kulwicki Travis Wade Kvapil Robert Allen Labonte