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Volkswagen Jetta, Golf, Passat and Tiguan Honored with Top Safety Pick Awards

TurboSpyder submitted on 11/18/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 1:46:00 PM

Four 2010 Volkswagen models – the brand-leading Jetta sedan, the all-new Golf four-door, the stylish Passat sedan, and the nimble Tiguan – have each received the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s (IIHS) TOP SAFETY PICK award for 2010: The high...

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Car and Driver - 2010 Mazdaspeed 3 vs. 2010 Volkswagen GTI Comparo

TurboSpyder submitted on 11/16/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 12:55:30 AM

Before you start tickling your Blackberry to tell us we paired these two just a few months ago [“Dirty Speed, Done Dirt Cheap,” January 2009], listen up: These aren’t quite the same as the top two in that seven-way all-skate. Both have undergone make...

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2010 Volkswagen Golf GTD First Drive

TurboSpyder submitted on 6/20/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 5:21:32 PM

First off, this latest generation TDI 2.0-liter engine — first seen in the 2006 Audi A3 and VW Touareg in Europe — goes by the name EA189 and is the updated civilian version of the EA188 engine used in the Seat León that races in the World Touri...

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And the greenest car of the year is ... a diesel-powered Volvo

TurboSpyder submitted on 6/16/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 2:13:58 PM

Family car trumps futuristic hybrids in What Car? competition It may not be a streamlined hybrid, a futuristic electric vehicle or a snazzy biofuel car, but a distinctly boxy diesel Volvo has won What Car? magazine's award for the year's greenest ...

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2010 Lexus HS250h

TurboSpyder submitted on 6/12/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 11:30:36 AM

For somebody looking for an eco-friendly luxury sedan, the Lexus HS250h is a perfect fit, and it has the potential to be a huge success for Lexus. The HS is, however, not a car that speaks to the soul of a driver. It lacks the performance and involve...

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Why European Diesel Cars Are Not Available in the U.S.

TurboSpyder submitted on 6/7/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 2:37:39 PM

Different countries do have differing standards in regard to how much pollution gasoline and diesel automobile engines are allowed to emit, but the reason you see so fewer diesel cars in the U.S. is more of a choice by automakers than the product of ...

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Dow Jones index drops GM

TurboSpyder submitted on 6/1/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 4:27:03 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — The Dow Jones industrial average is adding Travelers (TRV) and Cisco Systems (CSCO), dropping Citigroup (C) and General Motors (GM). The announcement Monday of the changes to the 30 stocks that make up the best-known barometer of W...

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Volkswagen could overtake Toyota as world No.1

TurboSpyder submitted on 4/17/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 12:32:24 AM

Thu Apr 16, 2009 11:25pm EDT By Chang-Ran Kim and Christiaan Hetzner TOKYO/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Volkswagen AG may have passed Toyota Motor Corp as the world's top selling automaker in the first quarter, helped by robust demand in its main mark...

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FIA Says Rear Diffusers Used by Brawn, Toyota and Williams are Legal

TurboSpyder submitted on 4/16/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 2:07:40 PM

The FIA International Court of Appeal (ICA) has rejected protests against the diffusers used by the Brawn, Toyota and Williams teams, after concluding that their ‘double decker’ designs comply with the 2009 regulations. BMW Sauber, Ferrari, Red Bu...

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Road & Track: 2009 Nissan 370Z vs. 2008 Porsche Cayman S

TurboSpyder submitted on 2/26/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 11:36:23 AM

Following the long-awaited release of the Nissan GT-R, it was obvious that the Japanese were taking their German studies seriously, laying into the venerable 911 Turbo like a Ginzu knife through bratwurst. But taking a piece out of a mighty juggernau...

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Battle For The Greenest: 2009 Toyota Prius vs. 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Knockdown

TurboSpyder submitted on 2/9/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 9:54:23 AM

We were locked in mortal combat, just as adrenaline-addled Leonidas and hubris-filled Xerxes met at the Battle of Thermopylae, when a relative handful of highly specialized Spartans held off a seemingly bottomless torque-pit of Persians for seven exc...

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Toyota to recall more than 1.35 million cars worldwide

TurboSpyder submitted on 1/28/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 11:50:19 AM

TOKYO (Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp said on Wednesday it would recall more than 1.35 million Vitz and two other models globally to fix a defect in the seatbelt, a component in the exhaust system or both.Subject to the recall in Japan are 525,898 Vitz...

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Volkswagen Takes Top Two Spots in Dakar Rally

TurboSpyder submitted on 1/17/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 5:59:26 PM

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Giniel De Villiers of South Africa won the Dakar Rally on Saturday, holding off Mark Miller of the United States and NASCAR driver Robby Gordon. De Villiers finished in 48 hours, 10 minutes, 57 seconds after driving ...

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Toyota recalls more than 120,000 cars in China

TurboSpyder submitted on 12/25/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 3:15:22 PM

Thursday, December 25, 2008 (12-25) 08:00 PST BEIJING, China (AP) -- Toyota Motor Corp. has issued a recall for more than 120,000 cars in China to fix a problem that could result in loss of steering control, China's quality watchdog said Thursd...

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Automobile Magazine Reveals 2009 All-Stars Winners

TurboSpyder submitted on 12/17/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 2:33:30 PM

A List of Ten of the Years Elite, Ranging from the Sexy and Sleek to the Environmentally Innovative and Cost Efficient * Monday December 15, 2008, 8:02 am EST “This year’s list is one of the broadest we have compiled. Our 2008 Automobile of...

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