AutoWeek Daily Drive — Thursday, September 16, 2010

HOME   |   CAR NEWS   |   CAR REVIEWS   |   RACING   |   AUTOSHOWS   |   SUBSCRIBE   |   MARKETPLACE Thursday, September 16, 2010                  As part of a NHTSA campaign, posters at www.nhtsa.gov cite statistics about nighttime driving, texting while... Teen driver safety: The GDL Kickback: The insurance industry wants teens off the road, period. But there's a potentially deadly payoff. News that fewer teenagers are getting driver's licenses has been greeted with consternation in some corners, but it couldn't make the insurance industry happier. There are lies, damned lies and statistics--and sometimes legitimate, measurable trends. While some experts have quibbled about how some states report their information, no one argues the basic point: More teenagers are forgoing a...   State of Scion: What's next for the original alternative-rock car brand “This is gonna be awesome!” the spiky-haired guy in the Scion video screams, epitomizing in five words the enthusiasm the youth-oriented brand has tried to stand for over its seven-year history. But now there's competition. It's not enough to make quirky cars and market them to the...   2010 Nissan 370Z 40th Anniversary Edition, an AW Video Drivers Blog Nissan celebrates 40 years of the Z car in the United States with an anniversary edition of the 2010 370Z. Special paint and interior trim are the highlights. AutoWeek editors Bob Gritzinger and Jon Wong have the details and offer their thoughts....   2011 Infiniti QX56, an AW Drivers Log COPY EDITOR CYNTHIA L. OROSCO: I was a bit intimidated when I walked through the garage up to this truck. It's huge, it has huge wheels and I figured it would feel huge to drive. The sheetmetal is nice, though, and I liked the rounded edges. But once inside, with the seat adjusted, my...   Early cars, fashion on display at the Petersen Automotivated, a new exhibit at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, traces the evolution of clothes worn in cars--from the bulky circus-tent stuff people had to wear to keep from freezing to death in the jangly, open-topped conveyances of 100 years ago, up to the height of the European... You May Have Missed...   Honda recalls Accord Crosstour for airbag fix Honda is recalling more than 3,300 copies of its 2010 Accord Crosstour to fix the front passenger airbag.Honda said the Accord Crosstour's passenger airbag had not been tested with an unbelted 6-year-old child-size test dummy, which is required by federal law.Honda said it will inspect and possibly ...   OnStar tests Facebook updates, text-message reading services General Motors' OnStar service is launching new features with the latest generation of its technology and is testing applications such as reading text messages and updating social-networking Web sites via voice command.The ninth generation of OnStar's software will let GM car owners use their... 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.