® h JUNE 9, 2014 autoweek.com AHHH, RACING! Cars are Life. Racing is Life. Memorial Day Weekend Proves it. 15 Pages of Race Coverage Inside! TRUTH & BEAUTY LITTLE DID WE KNOW… Ⅲ …when the 2014 Indy 500 started with the traditional releasing of balloons that it would yield the race’s second-closest margin of victo- ry (the closest was 1992 when Al Unser Jr. edged Scott Goodyear by .043 second) or that the winning average speed (186.563 mph) would be the second-fastest in race history. The fastest? Tony Kanaan won the 2013 race at 187.433 mph. Photo by Action Sports Inside this issue ONLY AT AUTOWEEK.COM JUNE 9, 2014 Walker collection for sale Late actor Paul Walker’s car collection is on the block, but “Fast & Furious” name is verboten: bit.ly/walker_collection LIKE A CAT Hippies, rejoice! Volkswagen plans to bring a new Microbus to market: OUT OF HELL bit.ly/aw_vwbus Dodge saunters into the scrum for modern muscle-car Brown survives Ⅲ supremacy with its shiny, new SRT Hellcat. Boasting a massive crash supercharged, 6.2-liter, 600-plus-hp engine, it might have Racer Antron Brown enough tenacity and force to claw its way past the Camaro and escaped uninjured Mustang. from this horrific crash at Atlanta Dragway: bit.ly/brown_crash Inside this issue JUNE 9, 2014 START DRIVES trouble; Jimmie Johnson takes the Coca-Cola 600 M5 CELEBRATION ECOLOGY + FUN at Concord, N.C. BMW marks 30 years of BMW’s new i8 “axle” BY AL PEARCE hybrid is the fun option the M5 with a limited-edi- MONACO MAYHEM tion Anniversary offering for the eco-conscious Nico Rosberg snaps BY AUTOWEEK STAFF sports-car lover BY MARK VAUGHN Lewis Hamilton’s winning News flash streak with a hard-fought Autofile: 2013 SRT victory in Monaco. Looks CARLIFE Viper GTS like when all is said and done, one of them will be DAD’S DAY COMPETITION the 2014 F1 champ Ideas for Father’s Day gifts BY ADAM COOPER for all the car-guy dads SUPER SPECTACLE BY AUTOWEEK STAFF Ryan Hunter-Reay takes Checkered Flag Books: Muscle cars the Indianapolis 500 title, Racing on TV and memories giving him 10 victories for Andretti Autosport and DEPTS/ STRAIGHT TRIPPIN’ COLUMNS From boots to suits, a lucky 13 career wins adventure journalist Wes BY CURT CAVIN UNDER THE HOOD Siler lists the essentials NASCAR’S RORY CARROLL for a successful bike trek BIG WEEKEND Autonomy transformations BY BLAKE Z. RONG Kurt Busch attempts the REVVED UP Bikes: 2014 Honda famed double and comes BUT WAIT, THERE’S CTX700N up short due to engine MORE ... 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CHALLENGER SRT MAKES HELL-CAT OF AN ENTRANCE BY AUTOWEEK STAFF DODGE INTRODUCED ITS to minimize power hop while under hard the largest front-brake package offered in most powerful Challenger ever, acceleration. an SRT car to date. the 600-plus-hp SRT Hellcat, The new hellion has four driving modes: The exterior has been refined in the to do battle with the likes of the Ford default, sport, track and custom, which wind tunnel with a new front fascia, cold- Mustang GT500 and the Chevrolet alter horsepower, transmission shift air intake and larger front splitter. SRT Camaro ZL1. Production begins this fall. speeds, steering, traction control and design boss Mark Trostle said his team Exact figures for the supercharged 6.2- suspension settings. looked at the 1971 Challenger for inspira- liter Hellcat engine (cool name, no?) come There are two key fobs: A red one un- tion. Inside the new instrument panel is a closer to launch, as does pricing (a 2014 locks full horsepower and torque, a black 7.0-inch driver information display and an SRT Challenger costs about $41,000). The fob limits the driver. analog speedo and tach. Hemi has a forged-steel crank, forged pis- If your kid wants to drive the car, a valet Options include Pirelli P Zeros, a satin- tons and powder-forged connecting rods. mode holds revs under 4,000, locks out black-finished aluminum hood with center An upgraded six-speed manual is stan- access to first gear, deactivates manual air intake and dual heat extractors, power dard, while Chrysler’s TorqueFlite eight- mode in automatic cars, keeps drive mode sunroof and red seatbelts (a must). speed automatic is optional. in default, disables launch control and We can’t wait to drive it ... and we’d Launch control is standard, and the car keeps ESC on. sure be happy to see the Charger SRT get uses new, stiffer, asymmetric half-shafts The 15.4-inch front Brembo rotors are this engine. c FOR A CAR YOU’RE PROUD TO OWN Keep Cool Inside Your Car Great Deals On All Pennzoil® Products $899 Automotive Refrigerant 12oz. $1699 $1949 $2300 $ 99 10’x20’ Shelter Logic Canopy $3999 $1199 99 Extension or Enclosure kits sold separately. $79.99ea. 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The 30th-anniversary car uses an upgrad- ed 4.4-liter TwinPower V8 making 600 hp— 40 hp more than the standard M5—and 516 lb-ft of torque. It’s the most powerful M5 ever. The extra power comes from increased turbo boost. Drive is channeled rearward through the M5’s seven-speed dual-clutch, remapped for the increase. The anniversary car also has the competi- tion package, including modified exhaust, lower suspension, sportier steering and ex- clusive wheels. It also has a dedicated con- trol module for the Active M Differential, quicker for the track. The 0-60 sprint should take just 3.7 seconds, BMW says. All anniversary M5s have a 1/300 identi- fication number. Your purchase includes a BMW M Driving School invite for this fall at The Thermal Club in Palm Springs, Calif. M5 30TH ANNIVERSARY TIMELINE 1985-1988: E28 M5 1989-1995: E34 M5 1998-2005: E39 M5 2005-2010: E60 M5 The first BMW M5 came The second gen again used This one came after a few The fourth gen saw a new in 1985 on a modified 535i the 535i’s chassis. Power hot Jags and Benzes called V10 meant to link the car chassis with a version of grew twice: on release and BMW’s street cred into to the BMW-Sauber the M1’s inline-six. At the during a ’91 refresh. question. Munich respond- Formula One team. time, it was the world’s 3.6-liter, 307-hp I6, RWD, ed with a V8 and Getrag 5.0-liter, 500-hp V10, fastest sedan. five- or six-speed manual six-speed manual. RWD, six-speed manual 3.5-liter, 252-hp I6, RWD, 3.8-liter, 335-hp I6, RWD, 4.9-liter, 394-hp V8, RWD, or seven-speed sequen- five-speed manual five- or six-speed manual six-speed manual tial-manual FLASH MIGHTY E Ⅲ If the Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG’s 550 hp and 3.7-second 0-60 time simply isn’t enough, Benz tuner Brabus can help.