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It's a busy day for spy shots at previews at Motor Authority with the next BMW X5 facelift, the 2012 Mercedes-Benz C-Class, Lexus's 2010 GX 460 and the 2012 BMW 1-Series all caught on camera or render farm. That's not all that's going on, though: there's plent of Ferrari California off-track excursions and on-road accidents caugt on video, too.

TheCarConnection sees a lot of interesting new product news, too, with Chrysler planning to bring the Fiat Doblo to the U.S. to battle Ford's Transit Connect compact van, and a front-wheel-drive hybrid Impala on the docket at Chevy. New side-pole crash test ratings from 2011 will make things even...

Just a few weeks after canning the Saturn brand on a failed sale to Penske, GM is nabbing what would have been the next-gen Aura and turning it into the 2011 Buick Regal. Basically a restyled Opel Insignia, the car is being positioned as an attractive and sporty addition to the new Buick line. Check out the stories at TheCarConnection and Motor Authority for all the insight into the car's capabilities and intentions.

Today on Fox Car Report, our own Marty Padgett will be beaming in to discuss the latest from Buick, plus all the hottest vehicles of the 2010 model year and more. Hit the link below for details on how you can follow along.

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In the video below, Google demonstrates its new Google Maps Navigation app, which turns any Android 2.0 phone into a turn-by-turn GPS unit.

Yesterday, we brought you a selection of the top 5 social media car apps available for the iPhone, but today's app is a killer, and it's not available on Apple-based devices. It's still in beta testing, and it's coming to Verizon's Droid phone first, available today. The app is richly featured, the better to take on somewhat fumbling apps available for the Apple iPhone.

With features like voice search, "plain English" text search, traffic view, the ability to search along your route for businesses, POIs...