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European niche manufacturer Fornasari has debuted their latest oddball creation. The all-new Fornasari RR99 is supposed to be a 5-door performance 4×4, built in Italy and powered by an American V8.

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The U.S. market gets an extensive line of Toyota 4×4 models, including the 4Runner and Highlander to fill up the midsize segment. That left no room for the Prado, which is what the rest of the world gets. However, Toyota has been selling a slightly-altered version of the Prado in the United States, calling it the Lexus GX470. That model has now been replaced by a new 2010 GX460 model, based on the all-new 2010 Prado.

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The Cadillac CTS Coupe was first shown as a concept at an auto show some time ago. The production version of the 2-door CTS has now been unveiled, and it looks pretty much the same as the big-butted show car.

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Looking back to 1959, we see how times have changed. Everything from music and food to hairstyles were different and many fashions have come and gone. However one thing has remained the same: The three point seat belt invented by Volvo. To celebrate this milestone, Volvo Cars Middle East is collaborating with Massimo Dutti – the highly sophisticated fashion brand – in the UAE and Kuwait to celebrate the 50th anniversary in style and communicate the importance of wearing the seatbelt.

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The 31st Dubai International Rally 2009, the final round of the FIA Middle East Rally Championship, brings another first as it will host the Pirelli Star Driver’s programme for the Middle East region, according to President of the Automobile and Touring Club of the UAE (ATCUAE) and Organizing Committee Chairman Mohammed Ben Sulayem.

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As far as we know, we are the first people to review the 2010 Toyota Land Cruiser Prado in the desert. Everyone else drove it “off-road” at the launch event, to which we were not invited, but that was a carefully-planned event with easy gravel jaunts anyway. We took our Prado VX-L tester on the same dunes used by desert safari outfits in Dubai.

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In what looks to be a marketing collaboration between Nissan Middle East, Abu Dhabi Police and Yas Marina F1, a Nissan GT-R was displayed at the recently-concluded Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, in full Abu Dhabi police livery.

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German firm 9ff, a Porsche tuner that claims to be a full manufacturer, will be presenting the 9ff Speed9 at the 2009 Essen Motor Show next week. Based on the latest 911 Turbo, the 9ff Speed9 is apparently a vague tribute to the 1955 Porsche 356 1500S Speedster.

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The recently-updated 2009 Porsche 911 Carrera can be made be faster by slapping on a kit by TechArt of Germany. The components include a “Racing” exhaust valve and new engine electronics for an increase of “up to” 35 hp.

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The 2010 Toyota “Land Cruiser” Prado is currently the most researched vehicle in the region. We got one for two days, and being the only one we’ve seen on the road so far, we would’ve thought that we’d be swarmed by middle-aged family men on the streets of Dubai, inquiring about this dream car. But we weren’t. We got a few people standing around staring at it here and there, but they were probably the intelligent ones. Because if you don’t concentrate hard enough, it is easy to dismiss it as the old model.

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