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Are You An Influencer? And Why Do People Listen To You About Cars?

Agent009 submitted on 2/12/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 4:48:23 PM

Do your family or friends come to you for automotive advice? Are the neighbors always looking at what you are driving before they buy their next car?  When you drop by the dealership to look around, you know more about the car than the salesman himself?  If so, you make be an “influencer” and a latest Harris Interactive poll shows that less than 20% of the car buyers fall into that category. I often hear this from people on the site: "I'm know the market. Read More



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What Will It Take To Turn Chrysler Into Another Toyota?

Agent009 submitted on 2/12/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 1:54:30 PM

When private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management put Robert Nardelli in charge at Chrysler LLC, the promise was that business as usual would be a thing of the past (BusinessWeek. com, 8/6/07). Read More



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2008 VW Wolfsburg Edition Jetta 2.0T Coming To US

turbox submitted on 2/12/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 12:46:50 PM

Volkswagen of America,Inc. today announced the Wolfsburg Edition Jetta 2. Read More



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GM Report Losses Of $38.7 BILLION in 2007!

Agent009 submitted on 2/12/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 10:42:42 AM

General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM) today announced a 2007 calendar-year adjusted net loss, excluding special items, of $23 million, or $. Read More



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Toyota's Camry Proves You Don't Have To Be Exciting to Be Number One

Agent009 submitted on 2/12/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 10:36:32 AM

On a crisp day in November, six consumers selected for test drives spent several hours at a raceway near Los Angeles driving three sedans: the redesigned Chevrolet Malibu, the new Honda Accord and the Toyota Camry. At the end of the day, no clear winner emerged in the contest arranged by auto research firm Edmunds. Read More



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Study Finds Americans Own 2.28 Vehicles Per Household

Agent009 submitted on 2/12/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 10:30:15 AM

In a study of households with at least one vehicle, Experian Automotive found that households with three or more cars are the single largest group among American car owners. The United States is still very much in love with the automobile, with a national average of 2. Read More



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Pontiac: No Trans Am, no rear-wheel-drive

omarrana submitted on 2/12/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 9:18:32 AM

Buick, Pontiac, and GMC will be getting 12 new or special-edition vehicles over the next 20 months. However the new Trans Am that Pontiac had lobbied for as a sibling vehicle to the Chevrolet Camaro has been rejected. Read More



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Vw Passat receives higher level of standard specification

carlover99 submitted on 2/12/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 7:42:06 AM

The best-selling Passat model, the SE, which accounted for over half of UK sales of the range last year, is set to be replaced by an all-new variant – the Passat Highline. This new permanent addition to the range features a higher level of standard specification than the SE it supersedes. Read More



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Ferrari F430 Convertible Spyder - 656HP

rybo submitted on 2/11/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 10:53:08 PM

Novitec’s twin-supercharger Evoluzione pack for the Ferrari F430 has been on the market since April of last year but until now the German tuner never offered the kit for the equally potent F430 Spider convertible. Featuring the same twin Rotrex superchargers as its hardtop sibling, the Novitec-tuned Spider pumps out an Enzo-rivalling 656hp and leaves the standard model with only 490hp eating its dust. Read More



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VW bring back the Phaeton with diesel power

rybo submitted on 2/11/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 6:29:41 PM

The Phaeton limo may have been a major flop for Volkswagen but officials are keen to see the launch of a successor, especially in the U. S. Read More



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Recall Monday: Ford Recalls 180,000 SUVs, & Vans

Agent009 submitted on 2/11/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 4:33:51 PM

Ford Motor Co. said today it was recalling more than 180,000 sport utility vehicles and vans in two separate recalls to fix interior door handles and faulty fuel hoses. Read More



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Blackmail?: Venezuela President Threatens To Halt Oil Sales To US

Agent009 submitted on 2/11/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 11:55:09 AM

President Hugo Chavez on Sunday threatened to cut off oil sales to the United States in an "economic war" if Exxon Mobil Corp. wins court judgments to seize billions of dollars in Venezuelan assets. Read More



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Officially Official: Jetta TDI Arrives In June

Agent009 submitted on 2/11/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 11:10:48 AM

At the Chicago Auto Show Volkswagen spokesman Keith Price confirmed that the first new CleanTDI models will be arriving at Volkswagen dealerships in June 2008. Each dealer in United States and Canada will get one example from the initial batch of 1,000 cars. Read More



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Subaru Considers High Performance Diesel WRX Variants

Agent009 submitted on 2/11/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 11:00:07 AM

Japanese maker Subaru may introduce a diesel-powered version of its hot hatch WRX. Subaru's first diesel engine has just gone on sale in its Liberty medium car in Europe and has won rave reviews. Read More



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Saab ‘moves your mind’ with Saab Aero X ice sculpture

omarrana submitted on 2/11/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 9:57:09 AM

Saab is known for playing around with ice. Just last year they froze a new 9-3 Convertible for its Saab Ice Experience event at Sweden’s world famous Icehotel in Jukkasjarvi, Sweden. Read More



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Latest French Study Slams Hybrid Trend As A Misinformed Craze

Agent009 submitted on 2/11/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 8:59:49 AM

Jean-Jacques Chanaron Research Director within the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and Chief Scientific Advisor at the Grenoble School of Management and Julius Teske at Grenoble, question strongly whether the current acceptance of hybrid cars particularly in the USA, suggesting that they aren't a good sustainable way to save the planet and will prevent other technologies from developing. Writing in the Inderscience publication International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management, they suggest that the adoption of HEVs might even slow development of more sustainable fuel-cell powered electric vehicles. Read More



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Overweight less likely to use a seatbelt

rybo submitted on 2/11/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 12:02:36 AM

Last month a study found that on average seat widths and the thickness of their padding in cars hadn’t changed much over the past ten years despite increases in the size of the average driver’s waistline over the same period. This is also the case with seatbelts. Read More



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More Acura TSX - Honda Accord Euro spy shots

rybo submitted on 2/10/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 9:53:24 PM

Honda’s upcoming Accord Euro (Acura TSX) has been spotted again, this time in its ‘Tourer’ wagon bodystyle. Last week we saw a disguised version of the sedan testing in sunny California and now the car has been spotted in Europe. Read More



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Maserati Shooting Brake Concept

rybo submitted on 2/10/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 6:30:57 PM

Pictured above is a one-off shooting brake version of the Maserati Quattroporte saloon that was developed as a 1:4 scale model and is dubbed the Maserati ‘Cinqueporte’. The concept is the creation of StudioM and StudioTorino and was commissioned on behalf of an Arab customer who has in the past purchased unique one-off Ferrari wagons for use in the desert. Read More



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Say goodbye to speeding - gov testing auto braking device

rybo submitted on 2/10/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 6:27:26 PM

The days when driving beyond a posted speed limit is impossible could soon be upon us with news coming out this weekend that Canada is trialling a new anti-speeding device that can automatically slow down a vehicle against a driver’s will. The new device uses a GPS locater, and a speed map and can override the car’s manual controls. Read More



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