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Daimler to begin dating BMW for a potential partnership?

omarrana submitted on 8/27/2007 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 4:08:34 PM

Now that Daimler (still named DaimlerChrysler) has divorced Chrysler, is the German giant ready to start dating again? According to an unidentified Mercedes executive who spoke with German magazine Auto Motor und Sport, a partnership with BMW could b...

26 user comments | Category: Misc News

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Audi TT 3.2 Roadster, BMW Z4 3.0si, Porsche Boxster - Compared

bankhead submitted on 7/30/2007 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 12:36:27 PM

This old too-hot, too-cold, just-right pattern extends through the seats-kind of soft (Audi), kind of hard (BMW), just right (Porsche)-and straight into the heart of each car's driving characteristics. While their six-cylinder engines differ by a mod...

14 user comments | Category: Reviews

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Top 10 Luxury Cars in the Second Quarter of 2007

omarrana submitted on 7/27/2007 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 3:38:45 PM

Despite steady improvements by American automakers and increasingly competitive Japanese models, German cars still dominate luxury-car shopper’s lists. BMW and Mercedes-Benz account for eight of the top 10 luxury and high-interest models that ForbesA...

33 user comments | Category: Misc News

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BMW Steals The International Engine Of The Year Awards With Seven Victories

Agent009 submitted on 5/9/2007 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 12:12:37 PM

With seven awards for four engines, BMW once again emerges as the most successful brand from the “International Engine of the Year Awards 2007”, the world’s most important engine competition. For the third time in a row, the Awards jury – consisting ...

25 user comments | Category: Misc News

29 Votes

Next Generation Audi RS 6 and Q7 V12 TDI Caught Cold-Weather Testing

Agent009 submitted on 4/2/2007 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 4:29:14 PM

Performance continues to be a big part of Audi?s move to dominance in the luxury automotive market. With new models such as a next-generation RS 6 and production version of the Q7 V12 TDI, the company will have no shortage of headline-grabbing debuts...

35 user comments | Category: Misc News

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Audi Wins 12 Hours of Sebring with R10 TDI Diesel

chewy submitted on 3/18/2007 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 12:07:08 AM

Audi won the 2007 12 Hours of Le Mans for the eighth year with its R10 TDI Diesel. The R10 remains undefeated with its ninth victory in nine races. The Andretti Green Racing Acura came in second and won the P2 class. Corvette Racing won GT1 with driv...

51 user comments | Category: Misc News

30 Votes

Flights of Fantasy: If Audi Entered F1 They Look Like This?

Agent009 submitted on 3/1/2007 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 3:59:05 PM

Audi F1. The very idea is makes the heart skip a beat as if you’re thinking of something a bit taboo. Though everyone and their brother, sister and second cousin twice removed have whispered the unfounded rumors on internet forums and even on some ne...

24 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

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Are These The Top 10 Movers and Shakers in the Auto Industry?

Agent009 submitted on 1/2/2007 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 6:23:57 PM

Motor Trend magazine has deemed Toyota chief Fujio Cho the automotive industry's most influential player according to its 2007 Power Brokers list, released to newsstands today. Cho, chairman of Toyota Motors Corp., was ranked No. 1 among those wh...

12 user comments | Category: Misc News

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Analyst Predicts Audi On Track to Eclipse BMW in Profitability

Agent009 submitted on 12/21/2006 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 4:17:01 PM

Incoming Audi boss Rupert Stadler is taking on an enterprise, which seemly continues to run from success to success with each year. Even with large investments in new upcoming models Audi will go over the 10% mark in capital net yield this year. Thi...

32 user comments | Category: Misc News

21 Votes

Dakar Rally To Serve As The Acid Test For New TDI Touareg

Agent009 submitted on 12/20/2006 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 9:28:15 AM

The Dakar Rally 2007 begins in 18 days. Five Race-Touareg 2s are involved as favourites and several new Touareg V6 TDIs as service vehicles. This will be a last trial before the second generation of the globally successful off-roader is delivered to ...

2 user comments | Category: Misc News

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VW Sex Scandel Widens to Include Government Officials

Agent009 submitted on 12/19/2006 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 1:17:46 PM

The sex and sleaze scandal that has tarnished the reputation of Volkswagen looked like claiming another victim yesterday. Hans-Jürgen Uhl, an influential Social Democrat member of parliament, will have to answer charges that he allowed Europe’s l...

7 user comments | Category: Misc News

9 Votes

Corvette Z06 Named Best Fast Car of the Year by Fifth Gear

Agent009 submitted on 12/19/2006 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 10:39:14 AM

The Corvette Z06 has been named “Best Fast Car 2006” by popular TV motoring programme Fifth Gear. The American icon, recognised for outstanding performance and excellent value for money, was chosen for, ‘… offering a driving experience that is as goo...

8 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

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BMW 3 Series Hardtop Convertible

oneadam98 submitted on 12/18/2006 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 9:49:11 PM

I took these photos of an undisquised 3 Series Hardtop Convertible on November 2, 2006 on the streets of Santa Barbara, Ca...

11 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

9 Votes

New Audi Marketing Focus:"Success in Life, Means an Audi in the Garage"

Agent009 submitted on 12/14/2006 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 3:29:52 PM

“Audi has had its roots in the Northeast and the foul-weather regions and that is where we have seen great sales,” said Scott Keogh, the company’s chief marketing officer. “But we are going to where America is heading.” This year, Audi has seen d...

50 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

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Playboy Picks Hottest Cars of 2007

sunroof submitted on 12/8/2006 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 12:29:38 PM

What's hot on the road this year? According the Playboy's "2007 Cars of the Year," street-legal speedsters, a hyper-quick hybrid, and a blast from the past that drives circles around the competition. The cars selected by Playboy were carefully chosen...

30 user comments | Category: Misc News

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