{"id":89123,"date":"2009-12-18T19:20:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-19T00:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/18\/daily-u-turn-what-you-missed-on-12-18-09\/"},"modified":"2009-12-18T19:20:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-19T00:20:00","slug":"daily-u-turn-what-you-missed-on-12-18-09","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/89123","title":{"rendered":"Daily U-Turn: What you missed on 12.18.09"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"u-turn\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/tag\/uturn\"><img decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/06\/u-turn-banner.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"col-1\">\n<div class=\"minipost\"><a class=\"uturn-thumb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/18\/2011-toyota-sienna-first-drive\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/12\/lead1_2011toyotasiennafd_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/18\/2011-toyota-sienna-first-drive\/\" title=\"View First Drive: 2011 Toyota Sienna tries to make the minivan cool\" >First Drive: 2011 Toyota Sienna tries to make the minivan cool<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>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?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"minipost\"><a class=\"uturn-thumb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/18\/cut-it-out-toyotas-recalled-pedal-modification-remedy-detailed\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/12\/lexus-gaspedal-main-page_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/18\/cut-it-out-toyotas-recalled-pedal-modification-remedy-detailed\/\" title=\"View Cut It Out: Toyota's recalled pedal modification remedy detailed step-by-step\" >Cut It Out: Toyota&#8217;s recalled pedal modification remedy detailed step-by-step<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>A Lexus insider supplied us with pictures and details of how Toyota is dealing with its &#8220;unintended acceleration&#8221; issue. The fix might seem simple, but the process is anything but.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-2\">\n<div class=\"minipost\"><a class=\"uturn-thumb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/18\/breaking-swedish-patient-succumbs-deal-for-saab-is-dead-on-th\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" border=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/12\/2010-saab-9-5-dead-on-630-1259769682_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><a  title=\"View BREAKING: Swedish Patient Succumbs - Deal for Saab is dead on the table, GM to wind down brand\" href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/18\/breaking-swedish-patient-succumbs-deal-for-saab-is-dead-on-th\/\">Swedish Patient Succumbs &#8211; Deal for Saab is dead on the table, GM to wind down brand<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>After a protracted saga that&#8217;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?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Also of interest:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/18\/rumormill-aluminum-and-carbon-fiber-kers-equipped-bmw-m5-comet\/\">Aluminum and carbon fiber, KERS-equipped <strong>BMW M5<\/strong> cometh?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/18\/infiniti-prices-facelifted-2010-g37-coupe-and-sedan-enthusiast\/\"><strong>Infiniti<\/strong> prices facelifted<strong> 2010 G37<\/strong> coupe and sedan &#8211; enthusiast 6MT models get big price increases<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/18\/heart-of-darkness-aston-martin-introduces-limited-edition-carbo\/\"><strong>Aston Martin<\/strong> introduces <strong>limited-edition Carbon Black DBS and Vantage<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/18\/i-autoweek-i-spills-more-beans-on-the-2011-ford-mustangs-5-0\/\">Autoweek spills more beans on the <strong>2011 Ford Mustang&#8217;s 5.0-liter V8<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/18\/report-revised-sync-from-ford-coming-to-ces\/\"><strong>Revised Sync from Ford<\/strong> coming to CES<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/tag\/uturn\"><small>Browse our archive of Daily U-Turn posts or subscribe to the RSS feed<br \/>\n<\/small><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/18\/daily-u-turn-what-you-missed-on-12-18-09\/\">Daily U-Turn: What you missed on 12.18.09<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\">Autoblog<\/a> on Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:20:00 EST.  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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? 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