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Bangle Butt Is Gone On The New 7, But Is It Better?

Agent001 submitted on 10/11/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:03:48 PM

The two biggest bones of contention on the last BMW 7-Series were the iDrive and the infamous Bangle butt.Well, iDrive on the new 7 is vastly improved and the Bangle butt has been replaced with, DARE we say it?A Lexus LS butt?2009 BMW 7-SeriesFor so ...

80 user comments | Category: New Cars

61 Votes

Is BMW Setting Itself Up For A Lesson From The School Of Hard Knocks?

Agent009 submitted on 9/22/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 9:22:55 AM

I fear for BMW. The people who make “The Ultimate Driving Machine” may be making the ultimate mistake. The worst part of this is that this can be avoided if they look to its domestic competitor a couple of hours away in Stuttgart. With al...

73 user comments | Category: Misc News

44 Votes

Sarah Palin Opens A Can Of Alaskan Whoop-Ass On Obama And Democrats-But What Does She Drive?

Agent001 submitted on 9/4/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 5:03:13 PM

You'd have be deaf or dead to have not heard the shots fired last night by Vice-Presidential candidate and Governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, during her speech at the Republican National Convention.No matter WHAT your political beliefs are, NOBODY can ...

242 user comments | Category: Spy News

96 Votes

BMW Ties Lexus In Latest Customer Satisfaction Survey

Agent009 submitted on 8/19/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 8:24:10 AM

Lexus remained the top auto brand in a customer satisfaction survey joined by BMW while Buick and Cadillac and Lincoln Mercury fell. Lexus again scored 87 of 100 points in the study released today by the University of Michigan's National ...

114 user comments | Category: Misc News

48 Votes

Are You Left Wing Or The Right Wing When It Comes To Conserving Oil?

Agent009 submitted on 8/14/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 9:42:37 AM

Everyone wants cars with better gas mileage. The question is how to get them. Left-wingers believe the best way is by government regulation. Order the carmakers to raise fuel economy to an impressive figure. Right-wingers say there is a better way, &...

197 user comments | Category: Misc News

44 Votes

BMW Accidentally Sneaks Us A Photo Of The 'Sport' Version Of The New 7-Series?

Agent001 submitted on 8/12/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 12:19:20 AM

By accident, I've been one of the lucky few who have seen the new BMW 7-Series in person.When I was in Moscow covering the 2008 TransSyberia Rally for Porsche BMW was across the street from the hotel in Red Square unveiling it to the Russian Glittera...

42 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

37 Votes

Audi A6 facelift official details

rybo submitted on 8/11/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 8:49:04 PM

Joining the new RS6 Sedan at this October’s Paris Motor Show will be the 2009 model year facelift for the standard A6 Sedan and Avant models. Among the list of updates planned for the new lineup is a range of more efficient engines, significant s...

42 user comments | Category: New Cars

34 Votes

Toyota's US profits drop 99%

rybo submitted on 8/11/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:22:31 AM

Last week saw Toyota announce its first profit drop in nine years, with the carmaker revealing a 39% decline in its global operating profit the quarter ending in June this year. The industry juggernaut has now revealed an even worse result in per...

56 user comments | Category: Misc News

30 Votes

Last MINI Cooper Convertible Produced

turbox submitted on 8/7/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:40:17 AM

Style icon, global player, "value master" and now already a classic. Now that around 164,000 units have been produced, the MINI Convertible of the current generation has reached the end of its production period. As planned, the MINI plant in Oxford c...

11 user comments | Category: Misc News

9 Votes

BMW Sales Dip 1.6% In July While Mini Sales Leap Forward 24.4%

Agent009 submitted on 8/1/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 2:34:01 PM

The BMW Group in the US reported July sales of 28,977 vehicles, an increase of 2.2 percent over the 28,364 vehicles sold in July 2007. The BMW Group also reported its year-to-date sales volume of 186,890 vehicles, down 3.0 percent compared to 192,702...

76 user comments | Category: Misc News

30 Votes

Did The BMW X6 Really Miss The Mark In A Big Way?

Agent009 submitted on 7/30/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 3:21:43 PM

Utility is not luxurious. Luxury is nonfunctional Jimmy Choo stiletto sandals are, strictly speaking, shoes, but their functionality is all but surrendered to sex and gorgeousness. I for one am delighted. The toughest, most versatile, hard-core watch...

106 user comments | Category: Report Cards

58 Votes

Perfect? Maybe. Boring and Without a Soul? Yes. Long Term Lexus LS460 Review

Agent00J submitted on 7/27/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 4:23:30 PM

The LS460 from Lexus is certainly a car to be reckoned with. Without a doubt the quintessential Japanese luxury car, the LS is the car than can be credited with sending both Mercedes and BMW back to the drawing boards in the early 90’s to...

65 user comments | Category: New Cars

55 Votes

BMW 3 Series Sedan Facelift - new set of photos

BMWBlog submitted on 7/25/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 1:31:48 PM

Another set of real life photos of the upcoming 2009 BMW 3 Series Sedan facelift have surfaced onto the web. This happens just shortly after two weeks ago, the first set of 2009 3 Series photos were posted by us. Last week, all of BMW's client adv...

34 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

33 Votes

BMW considering alternate hybrid systems for M division

528i submitted on 7/25/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 5:49:19 AM

Prototypes of a new X6 model with a unique front bumper, featuring the aggressive styling of BMW’s M cars, were spotted testing at the Nurburging recently. Initially, these prototypes were thought to be running the same twin-turbo 4.4-litre V8 engine...

10 user comments | Category: Spy News

9 Votes

WALD Dressed-up the BMW M5 (Official Pictures)

mugenpower submitted on 7/24/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 7:21:36 PM

A couple of days ago we talked about Wald's W204 Black Bison, today here's their aggressive kit for the M5. This carbon fiber kit was given many aerodynamic tweaks, like carbon fiber front air inlet, side skirts, wings... and a redesigned carbon f...

11 user comments | Category: New Cars

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