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Brabham M3 revealed at the Essen Show

BMWBlog submitted on 11/29/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 4:51:47 PM

Just a few weeks ago, the old-school British Racing car manufacturer, Brabham, announced their return as a BMW tuner and released some teaser images of their own M3 version. This past week, they finally revealed at the Essen Show a beautiful blue BMW M3 Coupe. Read More

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Ford at the top of the list for safety in accidents

tryme submitted on 11/29/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 7:41:30 AM

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has recently made available its yearly list of vehicles that had gained the agency’s popular ‘Top Safety Pick’ honor, showing that some key milestones had been realized. According to Adrian Lund, president of the IIHS, “Top Safety Pick winners are the top performers in tough front, side, and rear crash tests, and they have electronic stability control, a crucial technology that can help drivers avoid many crashes altogether. Read More



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Question Of the Day: Just How Long Will Gas Stay This Cheap?

Agent009 submitted on 11/28/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 2:13:15 PM

With gas now hovering just under $2. 00 a gallon the craziness of $5. Read More



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GM Asks FAA To Keep Jet Movements Confidential

Agent009 submitted on 11/28/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 11:14:26 AM

General Motors Corp whose chief executive was blasted last week by US lawmakers for flying on a private jet to ask for public funds, has asked the U. S. Read More



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Should Detroit Rebuild Itself Around the Slovakian Manufacturing Model?

Agent009 submitted on 11/28/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 8:57:48 AM

Every 60 seconds, to a robotic burst of Mozart's Symphony No. 40, a new Kia sedan or SUV emerges from beneath a cascade of sparks at the South Korean carmaker's gleaming assembly plant in this northwestern Slovakia town. Read More



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BMW will drop high-revving NA engines for turbocharged units

easycarblog submitted on 11/27/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 1:28:42 PM

BMW has decided that they will move away from the high-revving, naturally aspirated engines for their high-performance models. The first to benefit from a turbocharged direct-injection engine is the new M-powered X6. Read More



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The Most BRILLIANT Idea Yet On The Bailout! Should The Oil Companies Foot The Loans To Help The Auto Industry?

Agent001 submitted on 11/21/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 3:53:02 PM

I would LOVE to tell you that I was the one smart enough to come up with this idea but it was my friend over at the Auto Channel who had this stroke of brilliance and shared it with me at the BMW private LA Auto Show media dinner at Patina Wednesday night. Forget the US taxpayers or the Government bailing these guys out, how about the PR move of the young century. Read More



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Has BMW Found The Diesel Solution With The 335d?

Agent009 submitted on 11/21/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 2:38:01 PM

Two things are wrong with the 2009 BMW 335d diesel sedan. Its $45,000 base price ensures most of America will be denied. Read More



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Are We Being Fair? US Automaker Bailout Raises WTO Legality Concerns

Agent009 submitted on 11/21/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 2:33:01 PM

A US triggered spate of global carmaker-bailout proposals may spark trade disputes over whether the Americans are unfairly trying to subsidize their industry or just making up for state aid foreign rivals already enjoy. As the U. Read More



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Congress Takes The Detroit 3 To The Whipping Shed And They STILL Have No Clue Why!

Agent009 submitted on 11/20/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 8:54:24 AM

Today the CEOs of GM, Ford, and Chrysler, and the UAW president spent a second day testifying on Capitol Hill. This time before a House committee. Read More



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LA 2008: Honda surprises with FC Sport fuel cell sports car concept

inspirion7 submitted on 11/19/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 3:57:46 PM

The first real surprise at the LA Auto Show today came from Honda in the form of its FC Sport fuel cell design study. The designers at Honda's advanced design studio in Pasadena decided to take advantage of the packaging flexibility afforded by a fuel cell powertrain and mounted it mid-ship driving the rear wheels. Read More



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German Company Offers GM $1.3 Billion To Buy Opel And Turn It Green

Agent009 submitted on 11/19/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 12:02:47 PM

Solarworld AG, Germany's third- largest solar company, will offer to buy the German operations of General Motors Corp. 's Opel division and transform it into a green carmaker. Read More



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Detroit Three Beg For Money From Congress After Arriving In Corporate Jets

Agent009 submitted on 11/19/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 11:42:32 AM

The CEOs of the big three automakers flew to the nation's capital yesterday in private luxurious jets to make their case to Washington that the auto industry is running out of cash and needs $25 billion in taxpayer money to avoid bankruptcy. The CEOs of GM, Ford and Chrysler may have told Congress that they will likely go out of business without a bailout yet that has not stopped them from traveling in style, not even First Class is good enough. Read More

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LA AUTO SHOW EXCLUSIVE STUD OR DUD? Did Infiniti One Up BMW's 3 Series Cabrio With The G37 Convertible?

Agent009 submitted on 11/19/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 10:36:56 AM

The 2008 LA Auto Show has barely begun, and 001 was the first to give you access to the show floor BEFORE it opened to the press!But while most of the headlining cars were safely covered, our 001 just happened to find that someone at Infiniti had slipped up an inadvertently left the all new G37 convertible uncloaked. Now as we all know any self respecting spy will take this as an open invitation to let you be the first to judge just how well Infiniti did with their first convertible in quite sometime. Read More

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LA AUTO SHOW: BMW Releases Mini E Electric Vehicle

Agent009 submitted on 11/18/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 4:24:28 PM

The BMW Group will be the world's first manufacturer of premium automobiles to deploy a fleet of some 500 all-electric vehicles for private use in daily traffic. The MINI E will be powered by a 150 kW (204 hp) electric motor fed by a high-performance rechargeable lithium-ion battery, transferring its power to the front wheels via a single-stage helical gearbox nearly without a sound and entirely free of emissions. Read More

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