Daily U-Turn: What you missed on 8.3.09

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Last week we saw AC/DC's Brian Johnson on Top Gear's Star in a Reasonably Priced Car and for the first time ever the consensus was, "no need to fast forward." Now, we're not going to say that the former Tonight Show host and pistonhead extraordinaire Jay Leno is as mesmerizingly fun as AC/DC's front man, but he holds his own against Clarkson and the Top Gear test track. Other news of import

• Mercedes reportedly files patent papers for three-seat Smart
• Ford Focus is top-selling Cash For Clunkers car, nearly half buying domestic
  
• Lutz: Chevy Orlando coming, could get Voltec powertrain
• Nissan studying turbochargers for future vehicles?
• The Streak Is Broken! Ford posts first sales gain in 19 months

Daily U-Turn: What you missed on 8.3.09 originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.



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