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The Royal Screw Over? Lexus Plans To Lease All 500 Examples Of The LF-A For 2 Years?

Agent009 submitted on 11/23/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 12:33:39 PM

When Lexus announced that the official price of its upcoming 2011 LFA supercar was set at $375,000, it’s safe to assume that the collective jaws of every car enthusiast, including Lexus fans, would have dropped in an instant.The new V-10 powere...

41 user comments | Category: Misc News

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VIDEO: 2010 Lexus LS460 Sport-Has Lexus Launched A Direct Hit On The Mercedes S550 Sport?

Agent001 submitted on 11/20/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:22:45 PM

The Spies were hard at work capturing the first real-life shots of the  2010 Lexus LS Sport and Hybrid.We got a chance to drive them today and although the Sport version of the LS sedan still doesn't rival the drive of a BMW 7-Series, it is a be...

64 user comments | Category: Videos

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AROUND THE NATION; Japan's Auto Union Chief Pledges to Help U.A.W.

1UAW submitted on 11/20/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 2:19:31 PM

The president of the Japan Automobile Workers' Unions pledged today to assist the United Automobile Workers in the United States in organizing workers in Japanese automobile plants in this country. Speaking before the U.A.W. convention here, Ichir...

15 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

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If You Were Running Toyota Just How Would You Protect Their Image Through All Of The Bad News?

Agent009 submitted on 11/20/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 1:55:52 PM

For years, Toyota Motor Corp. has investigated complaints from drivers saying their Toyota and Lexus vehicles accelerated all by themselves, and the company has identified essentially one cause. The trouble, according to Toyota, occurs when loose or ...

10 user comments | Category: Misc News

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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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HOT or NOT: Who Said There Can Be Too Much Carbon Fiber?

Agent00R submitted on 11/18/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 1:48:55 PM

A London-based M3post user has gone a bit bonkers about carbon fiber. After getting the supposed "mod bug," the chap has made an interesting modification list that consists of:- wrapped matte black carbon fiber - 20" 360 forged mesh 8 ...

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HOT or NOT: Is This The New Trend?

Agent00R submitted on 11/16/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 3:26:49 PM

If you have been following the tuning crowd over the past several years it seems that something has been stewing.  Although it has not made a mark with the OEMs, until recently.Matte paint has been making some serious headway and in an interesti...

33 user comments | Category: Spy News

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2010 Lotus Evora priced at $73,200

tryme submitted on 11/16/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 1:38:31 PM

Lotus announced today the arrival of the all-new 2010 Evora into the US market during the first quarter of 2010. With a price tag of $73,200, the Lotus Evora will enter the sports car market as the only mid-engine 2+2 in production. As you may know a...

8 user comments | Category: New Cars

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Volkswagen might not be the world’s biggest car manufacturer, despite reports

tryme submitted on 11/16/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 12:54:04 PM

Reports that came out saying that Volkswagen AG has produced more vehicles for the first three quarters of the year than Toyota Motor Corp. may not be all that accurate. These reports cited that the carmakers’ third-quarter financial reports showed V...

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Will Toyota Plans For A Larger Prius Succeeed?

Agent009 submitted on 11/13/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 11:45:52 AM

Toyota is planning a larger version of its popular Prius hybrid, which will be powered by a new kind of battery, a Japanese newspaper reported Friday. The new Prius, either a station wagon or SUV, is set to go on sale by the end of next year. It will...

34 user comments | Category: Misc News

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Are You Ready To Raise Gas Taxes To Promote Electric Car Adoption?

Agent009 submitted on 11/10/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 3:15:00 PM

Electrification of the automobile brings with it some significant tax implications. For one thing since costs of early models will be high, there is a government $7500 tax credit that buyers of the Volt will be eligible for. However, some auto execut...

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Infiniti celebrating 20 years of innovation

tryme submitted on 11/10/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 1:05:57 PM

It was 20 years ago that Nissan’s luxury division opened its first 51 retailers in the US and when the first two Infiniti models — the Q45 performance luxury sedan and the M30 performance luxury coupe — arrived in the US. In a release announcing t...

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Porsche pushing to agree an 8.5 billion euro loan by November 10

tryme submitted on 11/10/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 8:51:28 AM

There have been reports that Porsche Automobil Holding SE is pushing to get an 8.5 billion euro ($12.62 billion) loan by Nov. 10. This is actually a reduction of a previous figure of 10.5 billion euros using proceeds from the planned sale of 49.9 per...

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2010 Toyota Prius Aerius Aemulus in Detail

turbox submitted on 11/9/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 2:22:16 PM

Toyota is the biggest seller of hybrid autos on the market. Their Prius is best-selling hybrid car in the wolrd. Now Toyota is introducing two new modified Prius gas-electric hybrids at the 2009 SEMA Show. The Prius Aerius (Latin for “belonging to t...

5 user comments | Category: New Cars

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Can A Model Refresh Ruin A Perfectly Good Car?

Agent00R submitted on 11/9/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 1:00:47 PM

Honda routinely does what it calls a minor model change about halfway through a vehicle's life cycle, even if the model is selling well. So the current-generation CR-V, launched as a 2007 model, gets a change for '10 — but not so minor, it seem...

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