Oh how I love when new spy photos show up, adorning the new model are always some beautiful camouflage.  The latest spy pics are of the 2011 Kia Sportage SUV, thanks to LefLaneNews.com.

Not a lot is known about the 2011 Kia Sportage, but experts believe that some restyling in the form of coupe-like styling.  Again, so hard to tell with that ugly ass camo and the fact that manufacturers love changing things up right until release.  I don't think the 2011 Kia Sportage need a lot of attention right now and certainly won't get anyone's heart pumping, but new models need their glory.

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A picture has surfaced on the internet of a Japanese magazine with a concept picture of the 2011 Honda Civic.  Although at this point it may just be a rumor, you can be the judge.  For starters, I'm not sure sporty is the first word I think of when I see this tall squished Civic.  The tuner boys and girls may feel differently.

2011 Honda Civic Spy Pic

2011 Honda Civic

At any rate, looks like Honda has plans to completely redesign the Civic.  Whether or not the all new model will be a 2010 or 2011 Civic has yet to be officially announced.  Please feel free to discuss your predictions in the automotive forum.

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Hyundai has already been throwing buzz words around like Turbo Charge and direct injection when describing the 2011 Hyundai Sonata.  The manufacturer has been very committed to the creation of the all new Sonata and stating that efficiency and power will be the focus of their engineers.

More interesting to this post is the spy pics of the 2011 Sonata and it's covered skin but exposed lines.  It resembles a more expensive BMW, but time will tell when we finally get the bra off these mammaries.

The all new 998 Porsche 911 was spied via an Italian automotive blog, AutoBlog.IT.  The only tell tale sign of a 911 transformation is it's interesting duck tail, which originally was home to either a fixed Whale Tail spoiler, or rising/lowering hidden spoiler to a smooth end.  This new style, of course the Porsche 911 is wrapped in camouflage, appears more like the new Mustang duck tial spoiler which would be molded into the rear of the car.

Keep in mind, any opinions or supposed evidence, on these 998 Porsche 911 spy pics are simply speculation.  Nobody knows for sure, but something is proof positive, Porsche has taken a commitment to hiding what they have in mind for the next Porsche 911.

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MotorAuthority.com has just released some great spy pics of the all new 2010 Volkswagen Golf R20.  These spy pictures of the 2010 Golf are unhindered by typical spy camouflage and instead show off the new VW Gold design ques.  This sporty Golf will come packed with a surprisingly powerful 2.0 litre Turbo Charged engine.

Obviously it looks like it will still have the famed VW handling, at least in the TDI trim.  The hatch pictured below is expected to produce a whopping 270 horsepower, unheard of in typical 4 cylinder engines...even turbo charged ones.  This golf is already sizing up to be a huge hit and great follow up to the wildly popular R32 model Golf of years past.

The Chevrolet Beat has been getting a little bit of attention from the spy photo catchers and the latest photos have cropped up over at Autoblog.com.  The teeny, tiny, efficient Beat was caught being tested in New York, adorned by the typical zebra stripes.  It kind of reminds me of a clown car, perhaps an upscale Geo Metro?

One thing is for sure, it's going to be hard to push these tiny vehicles, once released, while gas prices are so low.  Although it won't take too many weeks of 3$ plus gas prices to make people flock to these things again.  Perhaps Chevy is just setting this project on the back burner and buying their time until another gas spike forces consumers to buy small again.

CarMagazine.co.uk got some great spy pics of the upcoming 2010 Lamborghini Murcielago.  According to insiders the name Murcielago will change to Jota, although I'm not sure I believe that.  Why change a super car icon to such a quaint crappy name?

From the spy pics below it looks like the 2010 Murcielago will be more fo the same on the outside, like a stealth fighter with wheels.  However under the fiberglass Lamborghini is doing away with the steel frame and moving towards a carbon fiber setup.  Some other hints of change exist in the computer system and more interesting the engine, which will reportedly be boosted to 700bhp out of 12 cylinders at a displacement of 6 litres.

My pants just got a little tighter.

It's not enough to resemble the bat mobile, the upcoming Lexus super car, the LF-A comes with a retractable wing. You can see in the pictures of the 2011 Lexus LF-A that it's all business and the ride height doesn't allow any room for error on pot holes or curbs.

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