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Rumors have been swirling for months about what BMW would do on the 50th anniversary of the public debut of Alec Issigonis' original Mini. With most of the speculation revolving around either a coupe or some kind of cropped windshield speedster, it turns out the reality was somewhere in between. Other news of import

• Leaked brochure reveals updated Lexus LS
• Autoblog Podcast #142
  
• C4C ends with 700k sales, $2.877B spent
• Honda Crosstour teased on Facebook
• Toyota dealers price gouging on 2010 Prius?
  

Daily U-Turn: What you missed on 8.26.09 originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.