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Toyota's presence at the Detroit Auto Show (NAIAS) will be punctuated by what the automaker is calling a "crossover sedan" that incorporates elements of both a sedan and an SUV. The U.S.-designed and engineered 2009 Toyota Venza will seat five and be built alongside the Camry, Avalon and Solara at ToMoCo's plant in Georgetown, Kentucky. That pretty much means it's a go for production despite never having been glimpsed by the public.

The idea of a "crossover sedan" may just mean that the Venza is a jacked-up Camry, but we'd suspect that this new model would take aim at Ford's Edge and possibly GM's line of Lambda-based CUVs, with car underpinnings and a hatch. In fact, it sounds similar in form to the upcoming BMW X6 (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/15/officially-official-bmw-x6-to-debut-at-detroit/). Failing that, we're picturing a Toyota version of the AMC Eagle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMC_Eagle) (shown above), which would certainly open up yet another niche into the market.

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