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BMW launches 116d model in the UK - most efficient BMW

BMWBlog submitted on 1/8/2009 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 12:26:45 PM

Continuing their strategy in developing smaller, more efficient cars, BMW has just announced the launch of their most fuel efficient and least polluting vehicle: BMW 116d. The 116d will be placed below the 118d, which was named the World Green Car...

14 user comments | Category: New Cars

18 Votes

2009 Porsche 911 Carrera PDK vs. 2009 BMW M3 DCT

HSCenterconsole submitted on 1/6/2009 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 9:43:10 AM

Is the squeaky-clean, push-button, microchip-managed future of motoring grim? It’s hard to say. Ignition keys are disappearing. So are clutch pedals. And toxic gases. And the risk of violent death. Your outlook may depend on whether you’d rather ...

14 user comments | Category: Reviews

12 Votes

WEB RAGE FRIDAY! Bailout Goes Bust And Chaos Abounds- What's YOUR Beef THIS Week?

Agent001 submitted on 12/12/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 2:47:38 AM

Well they just announced the bailout went bust so that should be a good segue into our new regular Friday feature, WEB RAGE FRIDAY.Here's how it works...Post your comments on WHATEVER is on your mind, jazzing you or just plain frying your ass.And it ...

49 user comments | Category: Misc News

35 Votes

AutoSpies.com Officially Appoints You CEO: If You Ran Audi, What Would YOU Do Differently?

Agent001 submitted on 12/11/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 3:30:42 AM

After reading all the bailout gossip and seeing the incompetence of SO many auto execs (both American AND Foreign) during my tenure here at AutoSpies.com, the youthful expression, my GRANDMOTHER could do better than you, seems pretty applicable to th...

91 user comments | Category: Spy News

60 Votes

Fact Or Fiction? Are Ferrari Sales Really In The Toilet?

Agent009 submitted on 12/10/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 11:52:13 AM

Dear 001, I work in the industry and I know the reports are saying that Ferrari sales were down drastically in November. In fact Autocar magazine is reporting they only sold 92 cars globally last month. Of course this is something that Fer...

23 user comments | Category: New Cars

19 Votes

2009 BMW Z4: First official photo

BMWBlog submitted on 12/4/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 5:30:38 PM

Once again, BMWBlog is coming through for their readers. From the official 2009 BMW Z4 catalog, here is a teaser photo with the new Z4. Yesterday, we saw the first real photo of the 09 Z4 at a BMW dealership and I mentioned that within days we will...

43 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

40 Votes

Bmw rear-wheel-drive variants to wear “sDrive” badge

tryme submitted on 12/4/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 12:46:46 PM

In the past, Bmw labeled their vehicles with straightforward designations. The initial digit represented the series and the second and third the referred to engine displacement. Sometimes an extra letter may be provided, but that would be it. Later, ...

40 user comments | Category: Misc News

27 Votes

The Genesis is stealing sales, but from who?

BMWNews submitted on 12/3/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 3:41:13 PM

The Hyundai Genesis has been on sale for five full months and it is stealing sales from someone. But who? Take a look at the numbers and tell us what you think....

68 user comments | Category: Misc News

51 Votes

FORD CEO Alan Mulally Will Drive to Washington D.C. To BEG For Money - But What Car Will He Drive To D.C.? His Lexus, OR Perhaps Maybe a Ford Product?

Agent00J submitted on 12/1/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 6:39:27 PM

Alan Mulally caught a lot of flack when he took over at Ford Motor Company in September of 2006. He stated publicly that he would continue to drive his Lexus LS430 until such time as Ford built a car comparable to the Lexus.My how times have ch...

54 user comments | Category: New Cars

42 Votes

RUMOR: Will The Cancelled BMW CS Concept Be Re-incarnated as a Rolls-Royce?

Agent001 submitted on 11/26/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 4:03:55 AM

The hottest rumor i came upon at the LA Auto show was that the BMW CS concept although cancelled, was going to be re-incarnated by the Gents over at Rolls-Royce and become a straight on competitor, to the Aston Martin Rapide.And boy, was I digging TH...

22 user comments | Category: Spy News

20 Votes

WEB RAGE FRIDAY RETURNS! Be Loud And Proud And Vent Your Gripes Now!

Agent009 submitted on 11/21/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 1:58:54 PM

Web Rage Friday is back! This is your chance to get it off your chest and vent about what upsets you the most. Whether it is economy, the automaker bailout or even the fact that your 401K has just vaporized in front of your eyes. This is t...

25 user comments | Category: Misc News

19 Votes

GMAC Files For Banking Status In Effort To Access $700 Billion Bailout Package

Agent009 submitted on 11/20/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 11:53:44 AM

GMAC Financial Services, the lender partly owned by General Motors (GM Quote - Cramer on GM - Stock Picks), has asked the Federal Reserve for clearance to become a bank holding company, which would make it eligible for funds under the governmen...

1 user comments | Category: New Cars

3 Votes

M3 eligibility for Le Mans a possibility

racerf109 submitted on 11/16/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 11:32:03 PM

BMW could race its new V8-powered M3 in the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the FIA GT Championship in Europe--but only if it makes major changes to the new GT2 car. Two things need to happen before the M3 is cleared to race in Europe, in addition to its att...

4 user comments | Category: Misc News

8 Votes

If Washington Let US Vote, Would We Choose To Bailout Detroit?

Agent001 submitted on 11/15/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 4:07:57 PM

Given the abysmal performance by Detroit's Big Three, it would be better to send each employee a check than to waste it on a bailout, says David Yermack.That's just a snippet of a really good article in the weekend journal that got me thinking...If W...

74 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

37 Votes

WEB RAGE FRIDAY-Tell The World What's On Your Mind-GOOD or BAD!

Agent001 submitted on 11/14/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 2:31:50 AM

TGIF.It's the end of the week and probably a hard one for most of our readers due to the uncertainty of this crazy economy.So we thought we would start something new, to lighten things up or give you a place to vent at the end of a hard week.We're ca...

89 user comments | Category: Spy News

52 Votes

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