Alex Nunez
LA Auto Show, Crossovers/CUVs, Nissan

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var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/design/Leakage_2009_Nissan_Murano_pics_hit_the_web'; Ahead of its planned LA Auto Show debut, Nissan's 2009 Murano is doing the sneak preview thing courtesy of the NICOclub forums where these pics originated. They've since been GM Inside News and FreshAlloy.com, as well. Clearly not wanting to mess with success, the CUV's general overall shape, as well as that of its side glass, is fundamentally the same. The '09 gets more muscular, Rogue-ish wheel flares, taillamps that extend into the rear hatch, and a new front end that makes silver Muranos look kinda like the updated Cylon centurions from Battlestar Galactica. We don't get a good view of the passenger cabin, other than to see a panoramic roof is obviously an option. Hopefully the current car's chintzy-looking gauge cluster got flushed in the revamp, too.

[Source: NICOclub.com]

Gallery: 2009 Nissan Murano

Source: Leakage: '09 Nissan Murano pics hit the forums

German automaker Volkswagen has set a new sales record for commercial vehicles with 356,000 units in the first nine months of the year (January to September), an increase of 11.4 per cent compared to 319,650 vehicles sold in the same period in 2006. According to VW, this has increased total turnover by 12.1 percent to €6.6 billion or $9.7 million.

Stephan Schaller, CEO of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles said: ‘Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is on the fast track to a record year. The strong demand in the summer months delivered additional volume rather than purchases that have been brought forward. We stay optimistic for the rest of the year.’

Source: Volkswagen: Record Sales For Commercial Vehicles

We like seeing design proposals. We like them even if there’s a bigger chance of hell freezing than seeing them going into production. Cause lets be honest here; Lancia had a hard time putting the Delta HPE in production (expected in 2008), let alone introduce a successor to the butt-ugly and complete market failure, the Thesis. Still, Infomotori’s proposition for a possible return of Lancia Thema nameplate (introduced in the mid 80’s) in the form of an aggressive and stylish sport sedan, does tickle our senses. -More pics after the jump

Source: Infomotori , Via: Autoblog.it


Source: 2010 Lancia Thema Proposal