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"   At the NY Auto Show, I usually expect to see sleeker designs and improvements in luxury, performance, and fuel economy. But, what eally surprised me this year was the increased number of hybrids of every type and the integration of tech features that hardly existed just a few years ago. Hybrids were once but a small &amp;quot;economy&amp;quot; class - consisting of the Toyota Prius, Honda Insight, and a few others. They now litter the showroom floor - with hybrids of some sort in nearly every niche of the auto market. Two of the latest models are the Subaru Crosstrek, which is one of only a few all-wheel-drive hybrids and the Cadillac ELR, an electric car with an on-board gas generator that extends range indefinitely if you&amp;#039;re not near a plug -similarly to the Chevy Volt.   On display at Honda was the company&amp;#039;s LaneWatch blind-spot monitoring system, which won a GH VIP Award on the Accord and also a first ever in-car vacuuming system for the Odyssey dubbed HondaVAC. Ford displayed its Lane Keeping system on the Fusion which helps drivers stay in their own lanes. Automated controls like adaptive cruise control are becoming commonplace and crash warning systems are more widely available.  Nissan displayed its next-generation &amp;quot;Taxi of Tomorrow&amp;quot; which is set to eventually replace all taxis in  NYC as older models leave the fleet. On the NV200 you&amp;#039;ll find more legroom, headroom, a crash-tested safety partition, and support for wheelchair access. It even warns other cars when passengers are exiting. For more general auto trends, see our top trends for 2013. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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