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BMW M3 vs Lexus IS-F: Which Car Is The Best To Live On The Edge With As A Passenger?

Agent009 submitted on 9/9/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 8:56:25 AM

It it pretty standard fare for an enthusiast media outlet to test two of the hottest cars on the planet the BMW M3 and the Lexus IS-F and issues a verdict.  But I have to admit that 5th gear's latest twist on such a test takes a different vantag...

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Spy Shots: Porshce Panamera with its rear door open

omarrana submitted on 8/28/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 3:36:19 PM

New spy pics of the Porsche Panamera have hit the web showing the upcoming four-door Porsche sedan with an open rear door. Why we still can’t get ourselves to like the Panamera is beyond our understanding but from these pics at least we can appreciat...

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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 ...

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Is This What The Facelifted 2009 Lexus IS Will Look Like?

Agent009 submitted on 8/14/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:32:23 AM

New my.IS member nyjinwoo, in his very first post, found a link to an Asian website (it is unclear to this author whether it's Japanese or South Korean) that contains multiple artist's renderings of what the facelifted '09 Lexus IS will look like and...

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Toyota Takes One On The Chin: Profits Fall 28% For The First Quarter of 2008

Agent009 submitted on 8/7/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 9:48:04 AM

Slumping US sales of trucks and sports-utility vehicles contributed to a 28% drop in Toyota Motor Corp's net profit for its fiscal first quarter to June 30, even as demand soared for its fuel-efficient models. Income for the Japan's No. 1 auto maker ...

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Hold On: Toyota Expecting Profits To Plunge

Agent009 submitted on 8/6/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 1:56:18 PM

Rounding out a bleak earnings season for automakers, Toyota Motor Corp. is expected to report a steep drop in quarterly profits Thursday because of slumping U.S. auto sales.Unfavorable currency trends also weighed on the Japanese automaker, according...

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How Realistic Is Obama's Call For 1 Million Plug In Hybids And Electric Cars By 2015?

Agent009 submitted on 8/5/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 12:04:19 PM

Kicking off what campaign advisors have dubbed "energy week," Barack Obama today called for an "end to the age of oil in our time." He backed up his trademark optimism with the most dramatic auto technology proposals of the 2008 c...

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Lexus and Acura Are Looking To Shake Up the Super Car Establishment - Should Ferrari and Lamborghini Be Worried?

Agent00J submitted on 8/2/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 12:02:04 AM

Almost every week a new set of spy photographs emerge showing either the upcoming Lexus LF-A or the Acura NSX in some stage of testing or development.  We have watched as both cars have been videotaped under various conditions, and rumors contin...

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All Of The Details On Audi's Future Line Up

Agent009 submitted on 7/14/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 4:54:18 PM

The next Audi RS4 will be supercharged, the R8’s V10 will be naturally aspirated and we won’t be seeing an Audi that’s smaller than the A1 supermini any time soon. That’s all according to a high-placed Audi source that CAR sat...

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First GTR delivered to US customer

rybo submitted on 7/7/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 11:19:37 AM

After months of anticipation the Nissan GT-R supercar has finally gone on sale in the U.S. with the first car being delivered this morning to a Southern California customer. The keys to the Black Obsidian GT-R Premium model were handed to Daryl A...

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Porsche 997 TARGA Refresh Leaked Before Launch

Agent009 submitted on 7/2/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 4:46:42 PM

Here are a few shots leaked to the net of the upcoming Porsche 997 Targa due out later this month....

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Porsche Turbo convertible spy shots

rybo submitted on 6/24/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:38:39 AM

Following this month’s reveal of the new facelifted 2009 Porsche 911 Carrera and Carrera S models comes latest spy shots of the updated Turbo Cabrio model due at the end of the year. It will be hard to spot the difference between the new and the ...

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Porsche 997 facelift (997.2) revealed.

xfifty submitted on 6/5/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 12:39:49 PM

Although it'll be officially released tonight, here is a picture that was published in Auto Bild and removed immediately. ...

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BMW's Are B-E-A-U-tiful! But So Are Audi's And Porsche's!

Agent001 submitted on 5/5/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 1:43:07 AM

I really get a good laugh when I read some of the commenter's, who claim all I like are BMW's and that BMW is PAYING me off, to exude all the praise I give them.What these uninformed souls don't realize is that if I could afford it, I'd have them ALL...

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Toyota Sales Drop 4.5% In April, Lexus Sales Plummet 17.1%

Agent009 submitted on 5/1/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 1:57:27 PM

Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc today reported April sales of 217,700 vehicles, a decrease of4.5 percent from last April.    "Smaller vehicles are going over big," said TMS President Jim Lentz. "With oil prices at record leve...

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