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Autoweek in review: What you might have missed

The new show Autoweek's Vinsetta Garage, will premiere Jan. 3 on Discovery's Velocity Network. The five most-watched car ads of 2011 were announced, with Volkswagen's "The Force" commercial leading the pack.

2013 Nissan Sentra gets $16,770 base price

Nissan has released sticker prices for the redesigned 2013 Sentra sedan. The base S with a six-speed manual transmission carries a bottom line of $16,770 including the $780 destination fee. Base prices top out at $20,540 for the SL model with a continuously variable transmission.

We're Getting More MPG

The average car/truck/SUV sold by the top eight brands in America makes almost one mile per gallon more than it did a year ago, according to sales-weighted data from the industry analysts at TrueCar. TrueCar's TrueMPG industry average of 23.7 mpg remains the highest the car market has seen, 0.7-mpg higher than at this time last year. The biggest gainers by brand are Nissan and Chrysler, which improved their fleets by 1.1 mpg over last year's numbers.