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Rupert
Rupert
Small is beautiful. And also really fuel efficient. And damn easy to park.


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2008's Worst Selling Cars in the UK

Rupert submitted on 9/19/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 7:49:36 AM

Times are hard in car showrooms across the land but some sales teams are fairing worse than others. And if things are grim now they look to get worse before they get better, with the SMMT forecasting a 10% drop in sales for the remainder of the year. Read More

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Toyota Prius proves a gas guzzler in a race with the BMW 520d

Rupert submitted on 3/16/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 12:49:21 PM

The Toyota hybrid is hailed as an eco-paragon, so how does it fare against a big BMW? To find out our correspondents go on a run to Geneva. The Prius, like the iPod, is more than a piece of clever technology. Read More

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EuroNCAP Crash Tests Pick-ups -- With Some Deadly Surprises

Rupert submitted on 2/27/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 5:17:04 PM

EuroNCAP, which recently begun testing crash-worthiness of pick-ups due to more consumer demand, has been shocked by the terrible performance of 2 heavy, large vehicles. The Nissan Navara, a pick-up of the same size as the Ford Ranger, scored a miserable half-star out of 5, the worst score EuroNCAP has given for a vehicle currently on sale in Europe, and indeed the worst score EVER given. Read More

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Are You An Influencer? And Why Do People Listen To You About Cars?

Agent009 submitted on 2/12/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 4:48:23 PM

Do your family or friends come to you for automotive advice? Are the neighbors always looking at what you are driving before they buy their next car?  When you drop by the dealership to look around, you know more about the car than the salesman himself?  If so, you make be an “influencer” and a latest Harris Interactive poll shows that less than 20% of the car buyers fall into that category. I often hear this from people on the site: "I'm know the market. Read More

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Toyota's Camry Proves You Don't Have To Be Exciting to Be Number One

Agent009 submitted on 2/12/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 10:36:32 AM

On a crisp day in November, six consumers selected for test drives spent several hours at a raceway near Los Angeles driving three sedans: the redesigned Chevrolet Malibu, the new Honda Accord and the Toyota Camry. At the end of the day, no clear winner emerged in the contest arranged by auto research firm Edmunds. Read More

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Lexus LF-A roadster could see production

omarrana submitted on 2/12/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 9:46:37 AM

It was rumored that Lexus was going roll into the 2008 Detroit Auto Show with the production version of the much-anticipated LF-A supercar. However, it decided to surprise everyone with a roadster version of the LF-A Concept. Read More

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Vw Passat receives higher level of standard specification

carlover99 submitted on 2/12/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 7:42:06 AM

The best-selling Passat model, the SE, which accounted for over half of UK sales of the range last year, is set to be replaced by an all-new variant – the Passat Highline. This new permanent addition to the range features a higher level of standard specification than the SE it supersedes. Read More

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Blackmail?: Venezuela President Threatens To Halt Oil Sales To US

Agent009 submitted on 2/11/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 11:55:09 AM

President Hugo Chavez on Sunday threatened to cut off oil sales to the United States in an "economic war" if Exxon Mobil Corp. wins court judgments to seize billions of dollars in Venezuelan assets. Read More

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Officially Official: Jetta TDI Arrives In June

Agent009 submitted on 2/11/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 11:10:48 AM

At the Chicago Auto Show Volkswagen spokesman Keith Price confirmed that the first new CleanTDI models will be arriving at Volkswagen dealerships in June 2008. Each dealer in United States and Canada will get one example from the initial batch of 1,000 cars. Read More

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Latest French Study Slams Hybrid Trend As A Misinformed Craze

Agent009 submitted on 2/11/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 8:59:49 AM

Jean-Jacques Chanaron Research Director within the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and Chief Scientific Advisor at the Grenoble School of Management and Julius Teske at Grenoble, question strongly whether the current acceptance of hybrid cars particularly in the USA, suggesting that they aren't a good sustainable way to save the planet and will prevent other technologies from developing. Writing in the Inderscience publication International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management, they suggest that the adoption of HEVs might even slow development of more sustainable fuel-cell powered electric vehicles. Read More

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Overweight less likely to use a seatbelt

rybo submitted on 2/11/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 12:02:36 AM

Last month a study found that on average seat widths and the thickness of their padding in cars hadn’t changed much over the past ten years despite increases in the size of the average driver’s waistline over the same period. This is also the case with seatbelts. Read More

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Europe's 10 Best Selling Cars

Rupert submitted on 1/23/2008 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 6:16:04 PM

As the dust settles on 2007 it's time to look back at who were the winners and losers of what turned out to be a surprisingly healthy year for car sales. According to figures from industry data firm JATO Dynamics, the overall European market grew by just under 1% which, while it doesn't sound like much, is "a significant achievement" according to a JATO spokesman. Read More

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Jail for 172mph Porsche motorist

Rupert submitted on 9/24/2007 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 12:24:52 PM

The fastest driver ever caught in a routine speed check in the UK has been sentenced to 10 weeks in jail. Timothy Brady, 33, of Earls Crescent, Harrow, north-west London, pleaded guilty at Oxford Crown Court to dangerous driving. Read More

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A Sad Day for Motorsports - Colin McRae Killed in Helicopter Crash

Rupert submitted on 9/16/2007 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 5:46:31 PM

Former world rally champion Colin McRae is believed to have been killed along with three others in a helicopter crash near his home in Lanarkshire. The helicopter, which police believe was owned by Mr McRae, 39, came down onSaturday afternoon in Jerviswood, about a mile from Lanark, and caught fire. Read More

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Car Sales in June by Marque for the UK

Rupert submitted on 7/5/2007 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 6:00:46 PM

The SMMT says: New car registration growth sustained in solid June Total year-to-date registrations up two per cent to 1,267,299 units Year-to-date diesel registrations rise by 5. 9 per cent to 490,283 units June total new car market was 222,863 units, up 1. Read More

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