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The 2009 World Car of the Year Award winner will be announced at the upcoming New York Auto Show. The international jury panel has whittled down the final list of eligible entries to just three in each category (in alphabetical order):
2009 World Car Finalists
Ford Fiesta
Toyota iQ
Volkswagen Golf VI

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Bavarian carmaker share first official photos its facelifted 3-Series.
As you see, changes to the front end include new lights with LED indicators, revised bumpers, less chrome on the grille and a more distinctive creased bonnet. Fresh, larger mirrors grace the doors, while the restyled rear lamp clusters also include LEDs.
Inside, the 3 gains the [...]

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Look at the first official high resolution images of the new BMW 7-Series sedan. The new 7-Series hides its size well enough and if anything else, the styling is no where near as controversial as the previous 7-Series.
The new BMW’s flagship boasts an array of features and systems, including Active Blind Spot Detection, Night [...]

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The first images of upcoming new Mazda3 were leaked on the net. The forthcoming Mazda3 is one of the most highly anticipated future models.
The designer of 2010 Mazda3 prototype took a different approach, applying elements from the Nagare, Ryuga, Hakaze, Taiki and Furai concept cars to a an enlarged version of the Mazda2. [...]

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Meet the 2009 Jaguar XF-R. If you’re looking at the rear of the XF-R, you’ll be following a subtle lip spoiler on the bootlid, chunky quad pipes and we’d guess lurking under that white plastic disguise is a discrete diffuser. There is also a new design of alloy wheel reserved just for R models. Even [...]

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Look at hte image above. Its a BMW 7-Series test mule, which was caught on road testing. 2009 BMW 7-Series mule was captured with minor camouflage thus giving us a preview of their new top-of-the-range luxury sedan.
Despite the camo, it is evident that BMW’s design team went for a more elegant and slightly sport [...]

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The disguised test mule of the next Mercedes E-class was caught on road testing.
The new Mercedes-Benz E63 will have a typically sleek outline redolent of its bigger S-class brother. Plus the quad pipes, big wheels, discrete body kit and huge brake discs that denote the E63 AMG sports saloon.
One giveaway to the new E-class’s design [...]

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Mercedes Gullwing test mule was caught in Germany at the Nurburgring.
The proportions of this prototype would appear to put to rest any of the McLaren F2 mid-engine rumours that had been swirling around Mercedes next supercar effort.
The test mule uses some Dodge Viper body panels at the rear, but any similarities end there, as [...]

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Look at the amateur “crash-test” of old soviet ZAZ. ZAZ is a cheapest car of soviet epoch. ZAZ was crashed at near 90 km/hr (60 mph)

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The spy photographer caught a prototype of the codenamed W212 project close to test base at the Nurburgring.
For the 2010 model year the Mercedes E-Class is likely to drop its Sensotronic Brake Control (SBC) in favour of a conventional brake system with high-tech features such as wet-weather disc wiping and wheel-selective cornering brake control.
The [...]

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