We’ve all heard about the Acura NSX concept and are excited to see it put into production. To hype it up, Acura is giving everyone a chance to stylize it to his or her liking. More...

From the “Stunts Thought Up Under The Influence” file comes this one from Mercedes. “Let’s get a pro golfer to hit a drive down the Top Gear runway and see if David Coulthard can steer a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Roadster under the ball so it lands in the car.” “Great idea! Whose round is it?” The result was a new Guinness world record for the farthest golf shot caught in a moving car. The really odd part is there was already an old record for this.

In what is bound to be a shot in the arm—or more likely the head—for tourism in the Golden State, the National Insurance Crime Bureau has once again pointed its spotlight of shame on California, for the second year in a row declaring it the state where your car is most likely to be stolen. Also returning to the list for the second straight year were Fresno, Modesto, and Bakersfield, California, followed by another repeat winner, Spokane, Washington, in fourth place. Cities in California and Washington bagged nine of the top 10 cities on the list. More...

To many of us, speeding around a track with instruction from a professional driver sounds like a dream come true. At the wheel of a 2012 FIAT 500 Abarth? Even better. Now, FIAT is offering exactly that to some of their lucky Facebook fans with the “Drive For The Fans” contest that kicks off this week.

Drive For The Fans is a kick-off event for the turbocharged, 160-horsepower 500 Abarth that will pit five teams of four drivers each against each other in a series of driving competitions. The teams are made up of one automotive blogger, one lifestyle blogger, one pro driver and one Facebook fan each.

This in itself is not a new concept, as automakers will often invite large groups of media to test new cars when they’re about to launch. But FIAT has taken it one step further, by allowing their Facebook fans to visit a special Drive For The Fans tab and choose their favorite team. If your team wins, you could be selected to participate in one of six FIAT Abarth Driving Experience events across the country.

“Every FIAT 500 Abarth owner will have the opportunity to attend an ‘Abarth Driving Experience’ at six locations across the country throughout the year,” said Tim Kuniskis, head of FIAT Brand for North America, Chrysler Group LLC, in a press release.

“We wanted to provide our loyal Facebook fans with a similar opportunity so they can enjoy first-hand the ‘small but wicked’ spirit of our FIAT 500 Abarth while also enhancing their driving skills.”

After 27 years, FIAT made its return to the United States market just over one year ago with sales of their 500 sedan. Since then, they’ve quickly developed a media savvy and fan-friendly reputation (a steamy Super Bowl commercial sure didn’t hurt), sales of the 500 hit a record high in March and initial reliability concerns seem to have been eased.

Drive For The Fans is an innovative way to connect online fans to their real-world products, and it will be interesting to see whether competing automakers begin to take note.

Fans must choose a team by Thursday, April 26, the day of the event. The contest tab can also be used to monitor each team’s running score.

Design a 370Z Used to be you needed a degree to get a job as a car designer. Now all you need is to know how to use Facebook. Nissan is turning to the social network to design a tricked-out 370Z. The crowd-sourced car will debut at the annual ZDaysZ gathering.

Three Stooges Start Daytona It usually takes just one person to wave the green flag at the Daytona 500, but this year three might not be enough. Sean Hayes, Chris Diamantopoulos and Will Sasso, who star as Larry, Moe, and Curly in the new movie “The Three Stooges,” will team up to start the Great American Race, assuming they don’t drop the flag, hit each other with it, or stick it in someone’s eye. More...

Songs about cars––”Little Deuce Coupe,” “Mustang Sally,” “Pink Cadillac”––are part of America’s musical tradition. Now Honda is offering aspiring songwriters a chance to start a new tradition with a songwriting competition called “The Sounds of Civic,” which encourages Facebook fans to submit and vote for original songs inspired by the 2012 Honda Civic.

What at first seems like a way for Honda’s advertising team to crowd-source its next campaign and take a few weeks off at the beach is, in fact, based on what Honda sees as a “high crossover of Civic fans and music lovers.”

To kick off the contest and get everyone’s creative juices flowing, Honda asked several popular YouTube musicians to create their own songs about the new Civic. Artists including Maria Zouroudis, Julia Dales, Greg Holden and Madi Diaz, as well as Los Angeles hip hop artist Free Will, have answered the challenge so far. You can see their videos on Honda’s Facebook page and YouTube channel, and follow updates on Twitter at #soundsofcivic.

To submit your entry, go to http://pub.honda.com/Xqp

The first round of voting will begin June 6. When the final votes are tallied on July 17, the top eight finalists will each receive $2,500 in music gear from Sam Ash Music Stores. The top vote-getter among the finalists will be awarded a brand new 2012 Honda Civic and have the opportunity to perform live on a 2011 Honda Civic Tour date in Los Angeles.

So find that old rhyming dictionary, loosen up your pipes, and pen the song that’ll be the next generation’s “I Can’t Drive 55,” and you could be driving down that “Long Lonesome Highway” in your very own 2012 Civic.  

To learn more about the 2012 Honda Civic, check out autoMedia.com's test drive review and visit the Honda Research Center for pricing, features and photos.

Ford announced on the Mustang Facebook page that it would offer a new performance package on V-6 models, and it was seeking the right name. The fans have spoken, and “Mayhem” was selected.

More than 3,000 submissions were made via Facebook, as well as 6,700 users downloading the “You Name It” app. From those submissions, a winner was selected from Charlotte, N.C., to win a three-year lease on a 2012 Mustang equipped with the Mayhem Mustang Package.

The package borrows a bit from the Mustang GT, adding more performance and hooligan spirit to the 305-horsepower base car. More...