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Ghosn Says GM Should Have Listened To Him In 2006 And Avoided Bankruptcy

Agent009 submitted on 11/20/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 1:36:37 PM

Carlos Ghosn, CEO of the Renault-Nissan alliance, said General Motors would have been far better off if it had formed a transcontinental alliance with the French-Japanese auto partnership in 2006. "Without any doubt," he told a forum sponso...

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E60/E61 5-Series: Thank You, BMW

BMWBlog submitted on 11/17/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 11:40:54 PM

As most of you know, we will soon see a new 5-Series BMW, codenamed the F10. While there is no doubt the new 5-Series will be a modern marvel in and of itself, in this article we shall take a look back at one of the most advanced BMWs to date. Whe...

13 user comments | Category: Report Cards

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The Bigger They Are The Harder They Fall - BMW's 7-Series Unseated From It's Undisputed Perch?

Agent009 submitted on 11/17/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 12:18:43 PM

The ergonomics department at BMW headquarters in Munich could turn fastening a Velcro strip into a four-step process with footnotes, but nobody builds a more elegant and enjoyable car than their colleagues in engineering and design.The 2009 BMW 750Li...

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Mercedes-Benz ML450 Hybrid makes its debut in the U.S.! Is the Lexus RX400h in danger?

tryme submitted on 11/16/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:09:59 AM

Mercedes-Benz announced today the launch of its new ML450 HYBRID, the first European full hybrid vehicle to be offered in the United States. The ML450 HYBRID is powered by a 275 hp V6 gasoline engine but also two electric motors that will provide an ...

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STUD or DUD: Should BMW Have Produced This Long-Kept Secret?

Agent00R submitted on 10/29/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 12:29:11 PM

I do not even know what to say, but BMW kept this one hidden in their back pocket for a very long time.  Why, it is an M5 convertible.For me that is probably one of the most awkward sentences to say but it is true!  I guess this can be cons...

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Unfair Advantage? Independent Testing Pegs Audi's S4 With Around 400 REAL HP!

Agent009 submitted on 10/29/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:49:44 AM

Our friends at APR confirmed the suspicions of many today by posting up the dyno results from their stock 2010 S4. The common feeling on the street is that these cars have felt substantially more powerful than advertised by Audi. APRs Dynapack dynome...

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STUD or DUD: Mercedes' SLS AMG, How Does It Look On The Road?

Agent00R submitted on 10/23/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 6:30:45 PM

**Thanks to Ken Abel for the photographs and his eagle eyes!Although we have seen numerous studio photographs and images of the SLS AMG, we have yet to see one on public roads.  Until now.  I was sent these from a friend who ran into three(...

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Mercedes-Benz Releases C63 AMG Performance Package Plus

Agent009 submitted on 10/21/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 12:19:05 PM

Enhanced driving dynamics ex factory for the Mercedes-Benz C 63 AMG: the new Performance Package Plus is an attractive optional extra that is designed to appeal to the power-hungry sports driver.The Performance Package Plus increases output by 22 kW/...

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What PREMIUM Car Brand Has The WORST Dealer Sales People

Agent001 submitted on 10/10/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:17:33 PM

You can see it first here at AutoSpies.com, then fall in love with it at an auto show but in the end if the salesperson at the dealer doesn't treat you right, that brand ISN'T getting your hard earned dollars.Now I'm sure there are good and bad sales...

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Badges? They Don’t Need ...

Agent00R submitted on 10/10/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 11:32:36 AM

TO an American, the sight draws a blank. All over Europe one sees cars, mostly from high-end companies, that wear no nameplates or model designations. Where we would expect to find a nametag of gleaming letters and numbers on the tail, there’s ...

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Lexus confirms two-seat performance car for Tokyo Motor Show

tryme submitted on 10/7/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 9:47:00 AM

Toyota Motor Corp.’s Lexus announced today that it will bring two-seat performance car, the near-production LF-A, at this year’s Tokyo Motor Show. As you may know already this project has been held tightly under wraps for years but we still found out...

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Mercedes-Benz Takes Home Four First Places In Internet Auto Award 2009

ashleyrude submitted on 10/5/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 1:45:30 PM

The Stuttgart-based automobile manufacturer Daimler AG has won four first places in the Europe-wide survey to decide the 2009 Internet Auto Awards. The Mercedes-Benz B-Class was voted Europe's most popular van, for which it received the "Carolin...

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Comparing High-End Diesels: Audi Q7, BMW X5, and Mercedes-Benz GL

GermanNut submitted on 10/4/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 1:01:04 PM

Automakers try to restore the SUV's appeal by offering more fuel-efficient diesel models. Here's a look at three new diesels by Mercedes, Audi and BMW. As gasoline prices rose last year, and large, fuel-thirsty sport-utility vehicles fell from fav...

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All of Europe's 15 most fuel-efficient cars get better than 56 mpg

OBSERVER1984 submitted on 10/2/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 1:15:53 PM

There are many European cars that can be considered very fuel efficient. However, have you ever tried to put them on a list and finding out how efficient they really are? If you follow us after the jump, you will find that list, which shows Europe's ...

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Toyota Head: Toyota is on the brink of "capitulation to irrelevance or death”.

inspirion7 submitted on 10/2/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:10:09 AM

TOKYO -- Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda said his money-losing automaker is “grasping for salvation” as it struggles to return to profit. The world's largest car company was once targeting annual sales of 10 million vehicles but now expec...

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