{"id":83954,"date":"2009-12-15T19:20:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-16T00:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/15\/daily-u-turn-what-you-missed-on-12-15-09\/"},"modified":"2009-12-15T19:20:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-16T00:20:00","slug":"daily-u-turn-what-you-missed-on-12-15-09","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/83954","title":{"rendered":"Daily U-Turn: What you missed on 12.15.09"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"u-turn\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/tag\/uturn\"><img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/06\/u-turn-banner.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"col-1\">\n<div class=\"minipost\"><a class=\"uturn-thumb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/15\/mitsubishi-i-quick-spin\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/12\/mitsubishiiqd_01_opt_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/15\/mitsubishi-i-quick-spin\/\" title=\"View Quick Spin: Mitsubishi i is a good car with a bad name\" >Quick Spin: Mitsubishi i is a good car with a bad name<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>We&#8217;ve been assured that the diminutive Mitsubishi i is headed to the States, so we took it for a spin through the mountains towering over Palm Springs and came away impressed with its packaging and poise.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"minipost\"><a class=\"uturn-thumb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/15\/dirty-dozen-twelve-of-the-auto-industrys-biggest-busts-of-the\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/12\/dirtydozen1967dvd_opt_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/15\/dirty-dozen-twelve-of-the-auto-industrys-biggest-busts-of-the\/\" title=\"View Dirty Dozen: Twelve of the auto industry's biggest busts of the last decade\" >Dirty Dozen: Twelve of the auto industry&#8217;s biggest busts of the last decade<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>After a fierce debate, we&#8217;ve picked the auto industry&#8217;s biggest busts of the last decade and take solace in the fact that Naughties are almost behind us.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-2\">\n<div class=\"minipost\"><a class=\"uturn-thumb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/15\/bugatti-honors-dubai-with-three-special-editions-veyrons\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"4\" hspace=\"4\" border=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/12\/bugattidubai2009-630_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><a  title=\"View Bugatti honors Dubai with three special editions Veyrons\" href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/15\/bugatti-honors-dubai-with-three-special-editions-veyrons\/\">Bugatti honors Dubai with three special editions Veyrons<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>The world doesn&#8217;t just need another limited edition Bugatti Veyron&#8230; it needs three. So what&#8217;s the perfect venue for the trio&#8217;s debut? The Dubai Motor Show, natch.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Also of interest:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/15\/report-2011-audi-a1-not-coming-to-the-states\/\"><strong>2011 Audi A1<\/strong> not coming to the States?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/15\/spy-shots-mercedes-benz-sls-amg-roadster\/\">Spy Shots: <strong>Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Roadster<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/15\/video-photographer-snaps-drag-car-crash-with-nerves-of-steel\/\">VIDEO: <strong>Photographer snaps drag car crash<\/strong> with nerves of steel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/15\/mercedes-benz-sls-goes-from-zero-to-gold-in-seconds-for-dubai-sh\/\"><strong>Mercedes-Benz SLS<\/strong> goes from zero to gold in seconds for Dubai show<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/15\/report-kia-forte-koup-may-get-brands-first-ever-turbo\/\">REPORT:<strong> Kia Forte Koup<\/strong> may get brand&#8217;s first-ever turbo<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/tag\/uturn\"><small>Browse our archive of Daily U-Turn posts or subscribe to the RSS feed<br \/> <\/small><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/15\/daily-u-turn-what-you-missed-on-12-15-09\/\">Daily U-Turn: What you missed on 12.15.09<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\">Autoblog<\/a> on Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:20:00 EST.  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