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To be shown at the upcoming CEATAC show in Japan, Nissan has developed a system designed for cars that could automatically avoid collisions, using ideas garnered from the natural abilities of bees.

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Toyota’s Dubai-based dealers have already started slapping on photos of the 2009 Toyota Fortuner in vague magazine ads. Toyota doesn’t advertise with us, but they didn’t send us any details about the new model either, so I had to figure out what’s new with this cheap truck.

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Mitsubishi showed off the Sportback variant of their Lancer as a concept a few months ago. The production version of the Lancer Sportback will officially debut at the 2008 Paris Auto Show.

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The 2009 Volkswagen Golf MK6 has already been revealed, but VW will be showing a GTI version of this new model at the 2008 Paris Auto Show. Changes in performance are minimal.

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So far, Porsche has only released teaser photos of what is to become the German company’s ugliest vehicle yet. But exceptional Porsche tuners 9ff has already put up a sketch of what their version of the 2009-2010 Panamera will look like, once they get their hands on it.

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The 2009 Nissan Murano isn’t even close to an official launch in the GCC, but it is already on the roads in Europe, and German tuners Cobra Technology & Lifestyle have went ahead and developed accessories for the softroader.

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The weirdly-named Cee’d is probably Kia’s best car right now. Even weirder is that Kia’s GCC dealers, in all their wisdom, chose to launch the Mohave as quickly as possibly here instead of the Cee’d. The hatchback has been selling elsewhere for a while now, and Kia has now developed a hybrid version, as is all the rage right now. It will be displayed at the 2008 Paris Auto Show.

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There are no more surprises left in Renault’s product portfolio for next year. The French company’s GCC plans include the introduction of the Safrane, the Logan, the Symbol and the Megane, along with the mysterious new Megane Coupe. That Megane Coupe has now been exposed, and it isn’t even a coupe.

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Lotus, the company that pimps out their engineering expertise to the highest bidder, has done it again. They’ve handed over their Lotus Europa to Chrysler, and the result is the Dodge EV, a sports car that looks exactly like its Lotus counterpart, but comes with a hybrid-electric engine. Alongside the Dodge EV, Chrysler has also introduced near-production hybrid versions of the Jeep Wrangler and the Chrysler Grand Voyager.

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After the launch of the redesigned A4 sedan this year on yet another front-wheel-drive platform with all-wheel-drive tacked on sometimes, Audi is going to debut the sporty S4 version, with an all-new engine, at the 2008 Paris Auto Show.

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