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Toyota Promises A Plug In Hybrid For 2010

Agent009 submitted on 6/11/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 1:43:23 PM

Toyota is introducing a plug-in hybrid with next-generation lithium-ion batteries in Japan, the U. S. Read More

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2008 Lexus IS-F Dyno Run

Ironman273 submitted on 3/1/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 11:36:28 AM

You're in a compact sedan with a 5. 0-liter, 416-hp V-8 with four-valve Yamaha heads that contain titanium intake valves. Read More

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Ramping Up For The Kill? Lexus To Increase Production By 35%

Agent009 submitted on 2/27/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 12:17:54 PM

Toyota Motor Corp will boost production capacity for its Lexus luxury cars in Japan by about 35 percent in 2009 to meet growing demand in emerging countries such as Russia and China, the Nikkei business daily reported on Wednesday. Japan's largest automaker will increase annual output capacity to about 850,000 cars in 2009 by adding equipment at two domestic plants, the newspaper said. Read More

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GM's Bob Lutz Defends His "Global Warming Is A Crock" Comment

Agent009 submitted on 2/22/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 4:30:34 PM

It amazes me sometimes what kinds of things seem to “catch on” out there. An offhand comment I made recently about the concept of global warming seems to have a lot of people heated, and it’s spreading through the Internet like ragweed. Read More

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Is It Just Me Or Are BMW's Designs Making The Competitors Rides Look Old Fashioned?

Agent001 submitted on 2/1/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 1:28:22 PM

As I was driving up to Hollywood the other day and looking at the beautiful rides that adorn the roads here in Southern California, it began to dawn on me that maybe a new trend is emerging. As I looked at the premium cars passing me I started to think- 'Is it just me, or are BMW's designs making the competitors products look old fashioned?Well in my opinion the answer would be yes. Read More

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TopGear tests the Lexus IS-F

GoObama08 submitted on 2/1/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 3:55:01 AM

It's anyone's guess what the F in the IS-F name means, but after your first blast in it, I'll bet there's only one word that springs to mind: fast. That's what I was thinking anyway, along with a couple of other choice F words, as I slid off the on-ramp and onto the freeway in a haze of white smoke. Read More

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Audi Announces Pricing for the All-New A5 Coupe

audispy submitted on 1/30/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 4:45:48 PM

January 30, 2008 11:00 AM - Audi Canada has announced retail pricing for its all-new 2008 A5 coupe starting at $51,850. The A5 Coupe will be available in Audi retailer’s showrooms at the end of the first quarter of 2008. Read More

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Want To Know What Most Next-Gen BMW's Will Look Like? Look VERY Closely At This Design Language

Agent001 submitted on 1/29/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 1:17:10 PM

If you think BMW has peaked or their best days are behind them then you would be wrong. The Spies are predicting that over the next few years both BMW AND Lexus will widen their leads against their competitors. Read More

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What would you rather buy - the cheaper BMW M3 Sedan or the Lexus IS-F?

omarrana submitted on 1/29/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 8:14:02 AM

Lexus had set BMW’s M3 as a benchmark when producing their competitor for the high-performance sedan segment. According to Yukihiko Yaguchi, chief engineer for the Lexus IS-F, “Since we were coming after the M3, there were numerical targets we had to hit. Read More

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Lexus Takes The Rolex 24 At Daytona For Third Year In A Row

Agent009 submitted on 1/28/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 11:06:03 AM

The Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates racing program became the first team to capture a Rolex 24 At Daytona overall victory in three straight years when Rolex Series stars Scott Pruett, Memo Rojas and NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers Juan Pablo Montoya and Dario Franchitti captured the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 season opener in the No. Read More

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Toyota Sales Now On Top Globally! GM Figures Deemed Suspect

Agent009 submitted on 1/24/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 3:52:30 PM

Gentlemen, start your accusations! Not half a day after it was widely reported that GM outsold Toyota globally, with 9. 366 million cars to GM's 9. Read More

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Lutz says U.S. has little incentive to buy fuel efficient cars

omarrana submitted on 1/24/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 2:08:22 PM

Bob Lutz has always been a vocal opponent of the new CAFE standards, but his most adamant point to date is that, simply, Americans won’t buy more fuel efficient cars unless gas rockets up to European price levels. That would mean eight dollars a gallon or so. Read More

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Business Week: 2008 Lexus IS-F

r15mohd submitted on 1/24/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 11:58:23 AM

Stereotypes, they say, have their basis in fact. Well, at least in the automobile world, there's some truth to that. Read More

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Hyundai's Profit Falls 31 Percent

r15mohd submitted on 1/24/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 8:50:59 AM

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Hyundai Motor Co. said Thursday its net profit in the fourth quarter of 2007 fell 30. Read More

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Still Not Quite There Yet? TTAC 2008 Reviews The Lexus IS-F

Agent009 submitted on 1/23/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 1:07:33 PM

Hammering the IS-F through the sleepy desert two-lanes of Rosamond, California, I tried to remind myself: “I’m driving a Lexus. ” But the 416-horsepower sedan leaves little time for inner monologues. Read More

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