Sure you want your teens to be safe all the time. But do you take some time to ask them what they want from their cars. Go back to the time when you’re also a teen. You want style, don’t you? And that’s exactly what they want too.

A newly licensed teen wants a comfy stylish car. Some want a strong performance. But, as parents, you have to take note that young drivers have higher accident rates. Therefore, safety has to come first. Style follows.

But do you know the cars that have safety and style as main ingredients?  U.S. News has devised a list of safe cars for teens…

Government crash-test scores. We like cars that earn either 4 or 5 stars, out of 5, in each of the four categories of the government tests. A perfect score would be 20. We consider a "top" combined score to be 16 or higher, with nothing lower than 4 in any single category.

Rollover resistance. The government also calculates the likelihood that a car will roll over if the driver loses control. This is just as important as crash-test scores, since many wrecks are single-vehicle accidents that can be perfectly survivable if the car stays upright - and deadly if it flips over. Road-hugging sports cars tend to have the highest rollover resistance, since their center of gravity is low. (Still, we discourage buying your kid a Porsche.) Tall SUVs usually score lower. Safety features like stability control can help. We consider 4 or 5 stars to be a "top" rollover score.

Mass. A car’s size and weight matter too. While crash test scores are a good safety indicator, the government rates cars only within their class - which means a compact car with a 5-star rating scores high compared with other compacts, but not necessarily compared with pickups or SUVs. In the real world, of course, collisions occur between every kind of car, and as a general rule, bigger, heavier cars protect their occupants better. So we determined whether the cars on our list have above- or below-average weight, compared with all cars.

U.S. News Top Picks:
1.    MINI Cooper hatchback $18,700; 28 mpg
2.    Toyota Tacoma pickup $14,280; 20 mpg             
3.    Toyota Corolla sedan $14,405; 28 mpg            
4.    Dodge Charger sedan $22,350; 18 mpg            
5.    Chrysler 300 sedan $25,270; 18 mpg        
6.    Honda Fit hatchback $13,950; 28 mpg             
7.    Scion xD hatchback $15,170; 27 mpg
8.    Kia Spectra5 hatchback $16,620; 23 mpg          
9.    Chevrolet Equinox SUV $23,355; 17 mpg        
10.   Honda Civic coupe/sedan/hybrid $14,810; 26 mpg

The award-winning luxury car from Cadillac resurfaces with a 2009 model outfitted with one of the industry’s ground-breaking technology! The 2009 Cadillac CTS-V is set with the Alpine 40-GB Pop-up navigation and Infotainment system.

"Our latest OEM infotainment technology has been well received in the marketplace on the award-winning 2008 CTS, and we are excited to be part of the next phase of this dynamic vehicle program," said Jim O’Neill, the company’s executive vice president. "Alpine’s system integrates audio, video, navigation and information/communication functions into a seamless whole, enhancing the total driving experience for greater comfort and convenience."

"This system combines advancements in HDD technology with Alpine’s innovative design and engineering to deliver a truly dynamic vehicle infotainment experience," said Todd Kovach, the vice president and general manager. "This state-of-the-art navigation system provides drivers with increased peace of mind and a more comfortable, safer ride."

So what’s with this system anyway? Don’t be shocked if I tell you why is it the hottest stuff today? Here are the standard features of the Alpine www.alpine-usa.com 40-GB Pop-up navigation and Infotainment system courtesy of The Auto Channel:

Check this out!

• 10 GB of space dedicated exclusively for music storage. Users can download thousands of their favorite MP3 tunes from a USB or CD.
• Music can be sorted by song title, artist, album or genre and playlists can be created for easy access.
• Music can be ripped from CD and tagged (via Gracenote(R)) to capture artist, album and song information.
• Supports audio books purchased from Audible.com, allowing users to download books and store them in their vehicle.
• Time-shift feature has digital recording capability, enabling listeners to pause and play back up to one hour of AM/FM or XM satellite radio airtime.

Extra navigation features include:
   - 2D & 3D bird’s eye view of roads
   - Intelligent spelling
   - Lane guidance for highways
   - One-way street guidance
   - Point-of-interest exit information
   - Next cross street guidance
   - Bread-crumb trail feature
   - User selectable point-of-interest icons
   - Add current location feature
   - Multiple simultaneous route calculation options
   - Voice tag to favorite points-of-interest