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Toyota Head: Toyota is on the brink of "capitulation to irrelevance or death”.

inspirion7 submitted on 10/2/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:10:09 AM

TOKYO -- Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda said his money-losing automaker is “grasping for salvation” as it struggles to return to profit. The world's largest car company was once targeting annual sales of 10 million vehicles but now expec...

43 user comments | Category: New Cars

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Fiat will rush the first all-new Chrysler model to the U.S. market

tryme submitted on 10/1/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 9:11:52 PM

Fiat S.p.A. is pursuing a target of the later part of 2011 to release the first all-new Chrysler model to the U.S. market, according to unnamed sources. Fiat will also create a new Ram brand for its truck line (Dodge-branded trucks) under a revival p...

3 user comments | Category: New Cars

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Nissan shows its electric vehicle EV platform

tryme submitted on 7/27/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 1:17:11 PM

Nissan’s all-new electric car based on a Tiida-based prototype will be unveiled this Sunday. Before a mass roll-out in 2012, the EV will go on sale in Japan in 2010 and in the UK in 2011. Nissan’s self-developed electric motor delivers 107bhp and 206...

1 user comments | Category: Misc News

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Japan Sends U.S. A Letter Stating Buy American Concerns

inspirion7 submitted on 7/24/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 2:51:05 PM

Japan’s ambassador to the United States, Ichiro Fujisaki, has sent a letter of concern to the United States on a bill that recently passed the U.S. House of Representatives that contains a “Buy American” provision. The letter was sent earlier this we...

60 user comments | Category: Misc News

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Beaten With An Ugly Stick? Arabic Site Claims to Have First 2010 Land Cruiser Shots

Agent009 submitted on 7/2/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:05:29 AM

I certainly hope this is an offbeat camouflage attempt to cover the true underpinnings, but according to the Arabic translation this may actually be the 2010 Toyota Land Cruiser fully uncloaked.Since the last update of the Land Cruiser was in 2007 we...

39 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

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Twist Of Fate Or Justice Served? Ford Outsells Toyota For Third Month In A Row

Agent009 submitted on 7/2/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 9:39:22 AM

For the third month in a row, Ford Motor Co. outsold the Japanese juggernaut in the United States, still a crucial and rich market amid this nagging recession. In June alone, the Dearborn automaker reported an 11 percent year-over-year decline in mon...

32 user comments | Category: Misc News

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BMW To Topple Lexus To Become #1 In U.S. Luxury Sales.

inspirion7 submitted on 6/30/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 7:18:25 PM

Honestly to tell you, we saw this coming! After eight years in the second position, according to the latest reports, it appears that Bmw will take the lead as one of the best selling luxury brand in the United States in 2009. The reports show that Bm...

48 user comments | Category: Misc News

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Consumer Report Ranks Honda's New Insight Near the Bottom Of The Heap!

Agent009 submitted on 6/30/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:09:21 AM

The new Honda Insight posted a lackluster "Good" overall road-test score in Consumer Reports' testing for the August issue. The Insight achieved an excellent 38 mpg overall in CR's tests but fell short in ride quality, handling, interior no...

26 user comments | Category: Misc News

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As Predicted By AutoSpies.com-GM Saying Bye-Bye To USA Jobs And Nee Hao To China With YOUR Tax Dollars!

Agent001 submitted on 5/28/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 2:23:35 PM

The sad truth of this huge auto debacle is that even though President Obama said THIS (see video)..."The path I'm laying out today is our best chance to make sure that the cars of the future are built where they've always been built, in Detroit ...

81 user comments | Category: Videos

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Could Toyota's Missed Opportunity Raise Questions On Plug-In Viability?

inspirion7 submitted on 5/21/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 12:43:18 PM

While Nissan and Mitsubishi are (publicly at least) very bullish on EVs, Toyota apparently remains more skeptical. Bill Reinert, Toyota's U.S. national manager for advanced technology, told a National Academy of Sciences panel in Washington that the ...

14 user comments | Category: Misc News

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Bob Lutz Debute Production Volt On Late Night With David Letterman

inspirion7 submitted on 5/21/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 9:36:32 AM

I will be the first to say, the Volt has been vindicated and a most wonderful way. A few weeks ago Tesla CEO Elon Musk brought the Model S on Late Night with David Letterman and Dave misrepresented the car calling its 40 mile range “ridiculous.” ...

18 user comments | Category: New Cars

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Putting Toyota's Recent Big Loss In Perspective

tundrahq submitted on 5/18/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:23:42 AM

If you’ve been paying attention to automotive news in the last week, you’ve undoubtedly heard that Toyota lost an obscene amount of money in the first quarter - $7.7 billion to be exact. Toyota was quick to point out that this loss is against a $3.3 ...

17 user comments | Category: Misc News

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Toyota Predicts Sales To Fall To A 31 Year Low for 2009

Agent009 submitted on 4/21/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 3:05:48 PM

Toyota Motor Corp. expects its vehicle production in Japan to fall to the lowest in more than three decades this fiscal year, and below the level needed to maintain its full-time workforce, a report said Tuesday. Toyota sees the production of 3 milli...

18 user comments | Category: Misc News

16 Votes

Nürburgring Shoot Out? Lexus LF-A And Audi R8 Appear On The Same Starting Grid

Agent009 submitted on 4/21/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 2:59:42 PM

A tale of two titans or just the seasoned veteran being challenged by an upstart? Whether you know it or not, the stage may be set for a show down of epic proportions iat the 24 Hours Nürburgring this May. Announced in two different factor...

23 user comments | Category: Misc News

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What Are They Thinking? Lexus May Bring $250,000 IS-F Evolution To Market In Summer 2010

Agent009 submitted on 4/21/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 11:26:49 AM

New rumors that the GT Killer IS-F from Lexus is out and about being tested have sprung up. Sources in the know say that at a recent test drive event put on by the maker, the IS-F was rapidly drawing closer to production and has been slated for...

89 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

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