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Hyundai Unveils Genesis Logo

43LE submitted on 12/3/2007 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 9:58:25 PM

SEOUL, S. Korea — Hyundai Motor Co. on Monday took the wraps off its new Genesis emblem, which looks a lot like the winged logo used by upscale marque Bentley. ...

23 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

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Former BMW Economist: German Auto Execs are Carbon Positive Egomaniacs

43LE submitted on 8/14/2007 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 10:17:07 AM

"The German manufacturers have gone for faster, heavier and more expensive. We are satisfied with high-end niches and think that we have beaten off all the competition with them." Becker believes the Germans automakers have driven down an evolutionar...

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VW Ultimatum, Cool simulator or tacky marketing?

43LE submitted on 8/6/2007 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 11:37:41 PM

"Just in time for the release of the wildly popular movie The Bourne Ultimatum, Volkswagen has created an online stunt stimulator as part of a product tie-in that includes placement of several VW vehicles, including the Touareg and the Golf GTI, in t...

1 user comments | Category: Misc News

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BMW gives away audio books in marketing play

43LE submitted on 8/6/2007 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 2:05:25 PM

"The company is releasing four audio books...Each plot features a BMW auto." Granted this article is from last year, but this begs the question: who can judge when automotive marketing is clever vs too contrived? ...

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Bentley vs. Mercedes, showdown of luxocoupes

43LE submitted on 7/30/2007 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 8:22:36 PM

In short, the 2007 Bentley Continental GT and the 2007 Mercedes-Benz CL600 are among the world's very finest vehicles. Both are blisteringly quick, but neither makes intense demands on the driver's concentration like a Ferrari or Lamborghini. Convers...

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Motor Trend Compares 4 Popular Luxury CUVs

43LE submitted on 7/17/2007 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 10:31:45 AM

Our radar exposed three all-new blips -- the Acura RDX, the Land Rover LR2, and the Lincoln MKX -- and one familiar bogey, the BMW X3. All these first-class CUVs offer a leather-appointed interior, a navigation system, Xenon headlamps, a premium soun...

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Mercedes C350 Review from Edmunds

43LE submitted on 6/28/2007 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 11:00:08 PM

This week, we managed to pry a 2008 Mercedes-Benz C350 away from its press introduction in Portland, Oregon, and drove it all the way back to our offices in Santa Monica, California. What we learned on this 1,000-mile drive and after instrumented tra...

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