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Bad Luck Or Bad Design? GT-R Owner's Minor Traffic Bump Nets $18,000 Repair Bill

Agent009 submitted on 11/16/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 12:07:05 PM

I consider myself a fairly competent driver, I can drive reasonably quickly on a circuit, and read the road ahead enough to make good progress on the public highway. But I had an accident, and it was all my own doing. I had a low speed crash into th...

25 user comments | Category: Misc News

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SEMA AUTO SHOW: Hottest Car of Day One At The Show -- Matte Black Lexus LF-A

Agent00R submitted on 11/3/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:45:30 PM

It's opening day at the 2009 SEMA Auto Show and the Spies were photographing feverishly to bring you the first and best photos from the show floor.And here it is. The matte black Lexus LF-A. Easily the most impressive piece of kit at the ...

57 user comments | Category: New Cars

30 Votes

Just as Fast At A Third The Price: Can Audi’s V10 R8 Be The First Supercar To Embarrass The LF-A?

Agent009 submitted on 10/22/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 2:07:59 PM

If you’re a carmaker, it’s a heck of a lot easier to get publicity out of a new model than one already in your stable. Incremental excellence isn’t nearly as sexy as the thrill of the new.When a great car gets noticeably better, tho...

75 user comments | Category: Misc News

48 Votes

STUD or DUD: The LF-A's Camo Is Totally OFF, Is It More Than A Modified Supra?

Agent00R submitted on 10/21/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 9:23:05 AM

After waiting several years to see the concept transform into a production model, the Lexus LF-A's day has come. With spotters seeing the car in Florida and the unveiling going down in Tokyo, there was a massive deluge of information coming fro...

128 user comments | Category: New Cars

68 Votes

Ugly Duckling? Nude Lexus LF-A Caught Revealing More Cellulite And Bumps Than A Starlet Past Her Prime

Agent009 submitted on 9/22/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 11:29:01 AM

OK, I can officially say I tried to like it, yes I really tried to like the upcoming LF-A (LF-L?). I was optimistic at first and the early designs on the show car circuit were clean and elegant. It looked like Lexus finally shattered the ...

64 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

46 Votes

REPORT: Honda Insight sales withering in face of competition from Toyota Prius

inspirion7 submitted on 7/30/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:39:39 AM

Honda's Insight hybrid is failing to live up to sales expectations here in the important U.S. market. While Honda claims the Insight was never meant to be a direct competitor to the Toyota Prius, the truth is that the two cars are very much rivals in...

22 user comments | Category: New Cars

21 Votes

Lexus RX 350 Is The Benchmark For Now, But How Long Until The Competition Catches Up?

Agent009 submitted on 7/23/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 3:15:24 PM

Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown.The Lexus RX 350 is the undisputed king of luxury crossover SUVs. Smart competitors benchmark it when they develop new luxury crossovers.Forget about the high-tech LS 460h hybrid and the exciting IS-F perform...

48 user comments | Category: Report Cards

43 Votes

Toyota Exec: Our Cars Are Good, But Not Exciting

inspirion7 submitted on 7/22/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 9:11:52 AM

Speaking to The Detroit News, Toyota's top US executive said, "Toyota is a good car, but not exciting." Yoshimi Inaba then went on to say Toyota cars need to be "more exciting, more nimble." So far this year, Toyota's US sales ...

28 user comments | Category: Misc News

22 Votes

First Drive Review EVER In The Lexus LF-A

Agent001 submitted on 7/11/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 8:29:44 PM

Sitting inside the LF-A in the Goodwood pitlane, waiting for the rain to abate, it’s obvious that once you strip away the racing fripperies, this is actually already a production interior. It feels like a road car that’s been stripped and...

64 user comments | Category: Spy News

41 Votes

RDSport RS35 Biturbo takes the Bmw 335i to the M3 level

tryme submitted on 4/16/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 8:51:31 AM

Immediately noticeable is the lower, tougher posture of the car that is made possible by a Chassis Kit which includes a new bespoke-valved Bilstein struts, more rigid springs and anti-roll bars. It now sits 25mm lower up front and 20mm lower at th...

8 user comments | Category: New Cars

12 Votes

Hennessey GTR700 sets top speed record for the Nissan GT-R

omarrana submitted on 4/2/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 8:23:47 AM

Hennessey Performance Engineering is claiming to have built the fastest R35 Nissan GT-R in the world - and while it’s April 1, we’re not kidding. Using its GTR700 upgrade kit (which adds turbos, inter-coolers, blowoff valve and electronic boost co...

15 user comments | Category: New Cars

17 Votes

Chrysler still plan on moving ahead with Phoenix V6 engine

easycarblog submitted on 10/24/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 2:16:39 PM

Chrysler’s Jim Press said that the company is still moving ahead with investment in the more fuel-efficient V6 engine, codenamed Phoenix. Chrysler have been working on the V6 engine since 2007 and they have planned to invest about $3 billion into the...

7 user comments | Category: Misc News

7 Votes

Lamborghini Donates New Gallardo LP560-4 Polizia to Italian Police

Lars79 submitted on 10/24/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 9:15:54 AM

The world's coolest police car is going out of action only to be replaced by an even cooler one. In a private ceremony in Italy, Lamborghini donated a police version of the company's newest super sports car, the 2009 Gallardo LP560-4 Polizia, to the ...

13 user comments | Category: Misc News

14 Votes

Arrogance Or Just The Truth? Porsche Slams The Industry As Being Irresponsible

Agent009 submitted on 10/16/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 4:19:08 PM

Porsche is expected to release another set of high profit figures for this financial year on the back of its growing stake in VW and its own successful sports car range, but despite this success the carmaker is critical of the poor performance of som...

51 user comments | Category: Misc News

33 Votes

2010 Acura TL SH-AWD 6MT First Drive - it beats S4 and 335 on track

dlin submitted on 9/26/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 3:00:44 AM

The unceasing risk inherent to benchmarking your competition is that they have smart, creative folks all working just as hard to improve their products. The brass ring on the sport sedan ride is one of the most highly coveted in the world, and it's a...

98 user comments | Category: New Cars

62 Votes

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