First Drive: 2011 Toyota Sienna tries to make the minivan cool The all-new Sienna is chock-full of features: Impressive lounge seating, a widescreen monitor and a competent chassis. Plus, it was developed by Kazuo Mori, a tried-and-true sports car devotee. But is it cool enough to bring the minivan back from the brink? Cut It Out: Toyota’s recalled pedal modification remedy detailed step-by-step A Lexus insider supplied us with pictures and details of how Toyota is dealing with its “unintended acceleration” issue. The fix might seem simple, but the process is anything but. Swedish Patient Succumbs - Deal for Saab is dead on the table, GM to wind down brand After a protracted saga that’s seen bidders drop in-and-out and old model tooling and assets sold off to the Chinese, the enigmatic brand known as Saab is dead. Now what? Also of interest: Aluminum and carbon fiber, KERS-equipped BMW M5 cometh? Infiniti prices facelifted 2010 G37 coupe and sedan - enthusiast 6MT models get big price increases Aston Martin introduces limited-edition Carbon Black DBS and Vantage Autoweek spills more beans on the 2011 Ford Mustang’s 5.0-liter V8 Revised Sync from Ford coming to CES Browse our archive of Daily U-Turn posts or subscribe to the RSS feed Daily U-Turn: What you missed on 12.18.09 originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds .

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