Spanish MotoGP rider Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team) takes a curve ahead of Italian MotoGP rider Valentino Rossi (Fiat Yamaha Team) during the Valencia motorcycling GP, the final race of the season, at the Ricardo Tormo race track in Cheste, near Valencia, on November 8, 2009. World champion Valentino Rossi of Italy was second and his Spanish team-mate Jorge Lorenzo was third. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

Spanish MotoGP rider Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team) takes a curve ahead of Italian MotoGP rider Valentino Rossi (Fiat Yamaha Team) during the Valencia motorcycling GP, the final race of the season, at the Ricardo Tormo race track in Cheste, near Valencia, on November 8, 2009. World champion Valentino Rossi of Italy was second and his Spanish team-mate Jorge Lorenzo was third.

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  10. LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 2: The new three-seat Honda P-NUT with a clear roof is debuted during press preview days of the 2009 LA Auto Show at the Los Angeles Convention Center on December 2, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. Auto makers are expected to unveil at least 30 North American and world debuts at this year's show. The LA Auto Show will be open to the public December 4 through December 13.
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  13. Models pose in front of a Fiat 500 Cabriolet on the first press day of the Frankfurt Auto Show in Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009. The car fair runs through Sept. 27.
  14. A model poses next to a Fiat - "500 - tribute to Ferrari" of sports car tuner Abarth during the media day at the international car show "IAA" in Frankfurt, September 15, 2009. The world's biggest auto show will run until September 27.
  15. Luca di Montezemolo, President of Italian Fiat group sits in a Fiat - "500 - tribute to Ferrari" of sports car tuner Abarth during the media day at the international car show "IAA" in Frankfurt, September 15, 2009. The world's biggest auto show will run until September 27.
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