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Completely insignificant in terms of championship points, the 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix concludes the F1 season. Once a brake problem slowed McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton, Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel had no competition in Sunday evening’s inaugural day/night race. A brilliant win cemented his second place in the drivers’ world championship behind Brawn GP’s Jenson Button, who enlivened the end of the race with a superb challenge to the second-placed Red Bull of Mark Webber in the closing stages.

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The 2010 Toyota Land Cruiser Prado has been launched in the UAE, although readers of this website have known for months what the new model will look like. However, while we have become the top source of Prado news on the web, we were completely left out of the media launch event held in Dubai a week ago, so we are having to piece together information from other sources, as well as tips from our readers.

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Ford has handed us an example of the redesigned 2010 Fusion midsize sedan this week. It’s the car that you’ll probably know from the excessively-repetitive TV ads, and apparently we are among the first in the country to review one.

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The American Consumer Reports publication, quite possibly the only unbiased magazine in the world with no ads whatsoever, has released the results of their latest survey to determine the most reliable and least reliable cars sold in the United States.

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Barely three months after the world debut of the Lamborghini Gallardo LP 550-2 Valentino Balboni in pictures, the real deal has already reached the shores of the UAE, as the limited-edition model was launched in Dubai, in the presence of the aging Lamborghini test driver after whom the car was named for his 40 years of service.

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While the all-new Kia Cerato has been available in Oman for many months now, Dubai-based dealers are preparing to launch the redesigned compact sedan as a 2010 model.

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The updated 2010 Seat León Cupra R debuted at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show, and is about to go on sale in Europe. It comes well-equipped as the top model of the Leon range, including a new 265 hp engine that outclasses the VW parent company’s Golf GTI.

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Qatar Automobiles Company (QAC), the exclusive dealer of Mitsubishi Motors and Fuso trucks and buses in the country, has extended its value promotion on Mitsubishi vehicles offering lower prices and interest rates, and attractive financial solutions.

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You can always trust the Tokyo Auto Show to have the most intriguing and the most wacky concepts. The 2009 edition of the show is no different. This is one event where the concepts outnumber the production car launches. However, this year’s show is a bit muted due to various automakers pulling out, blaming the recession rather than poor management. Many of the concepts are hybrids or zero-emission vehicles, affirming the green slant of the show.

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Hell will freeze over before Land Rover’s marketing people will invite me to a launch event, even if it is held in Dubai and will cost them nothing extra. It seems there was a media event to introduce the 2010 Land Rover LR4 in the UAE, with easy offroad courses set up to exaggerate the aging 4×4’s sand abilities.

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