(November 14, 2012) IRVING, Texas — With more than 40 percent of survey respondents planning to hit the highways as passengers this holiday season, Allstate Insurance Company hopes to empower tongue-tied Texans to speak up when a driver is being unsafe with its new Passenger Anxiety Survey.

(November 13, 2012) Motor Trend today named the all-electric luxury sedan Tesla Model S as its Motor Trend 2013 Car of the Year over a bevy of first-rate competitors including the new Ford Fusion, Honda Accord and Toyota Avalon.

The award is one of the automotive industry’s most coveted. To take top honors, Model S garnered a unanimous vote from the panel of Motor Trend judges and guest judges, considered among the savviest and toughest critics in the industry. This is the first time in Motor Trend’s memory that every judge was in unanimous agreement.

(November 9, 2012) WASHINGTON — Younger drivers are more likely to drive while drowsy according to new data presented by AAA. Based on a recent survey conducted by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, one in seven licensed drivers ages 16-24 admitted to having nodded off at least once while driving in the past year as compared to one in ten of all licensed drivers who confessed to falling asleep during the same period.

(November 8, 2012) Automobile magazine's worldwide team of staff and contributors has selected the new Porsche Boxster as the Design of the Year for 2013.