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McLaren P11 Spied

bankhead submitted on 2/3/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 2:23:15 PM

Production of the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren ends in May. And after the ultra-exclusive Stirling Moss edition runs through December, the partnership between Mercedes-Benz and McLaren will cease as well. Without a couple dozen SLRs taking space in the ...

4 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

4 Votes

2010 Mercury Milan Hybrid Spied

bankhead submitted on 10/29/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 7:32:54 PM

While the wraps on the 2010 Mercury Milan (along with its Ford and Lincoln cousins) won't come off until November's Los Angeles auto show, we caught the refreshed midsize sedan testing in the cold, dark Michigan night. All three examples shown her...

8 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

8 Votes

ZR1 vs GT2 vs 599 vs GT-R

bankhead submitted on 10/27/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 12:07:00 PM

Supercars are like castles: the best ones come from Europe. Right? For sure, it's long seemed that way. The Euro stars have always played in a price and performance stratosphere that makers from other continents simply couldn't (or wouldn't) attem...

38 user comments | Category: New Cars

27 Votes

First Test of the 2009 Ford F-150

bankhead submitted on 10/17/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 1:27:21 PM

This time, Ford has brought every possible F-150 configuration to the table where other makers are being measured. In other words: No one will accuse Ford of bringing a knife to a gun fight. Plenty of buyers will appreciate this, Ford's Baskin-Robbin...

14 user comments | Category: New Cars

12 Votes

2009 Audi A4 2.0 quattro Tested

bankhead submitted on 10/3/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 2:56:31 PM

With its all-new A4, Audi has pulled off a rare hat trick -- producing a car that's bigger, faster, and more fuel efficient. Powering the Brilliant Red 2009 Audi A4 2.0 T quattro Tiptronic through our battery of instrumented flogging was a heavily...

42 user comments | Category: New Cars

24 Votes

Next Escalade to go to Lambda

bankhead submitted on 9/8/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 12:59:08 PM

Why not? Cadillac's breakout hit began life as a gussied-up Chevy Tahoe. How big a hit? Word is that Cadillac paid off tooling for the current Escalade just three months after it went on sale. And that's why the division can consider a new SUV -- oka...

26 user comments | Category: New Cars

17 Votes

2011 Chevrolet Beat - Spy Shots

bankhead submitted on 8/8/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 6:02:36 PM

This is a test mule of the Chevrolet Beat city car, which is expected to arrive in Asia and Europe -- but not North America -- sometime in 2011. The Beat will replace the Daewoo-sourced Matiz in GM's lineup. Unlike the Beat concept show at the 200...

8 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

9 Votes

Ford to converge Mondeo and Fusion

bankhead submitted on 7/24/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 2:52:23 PM

Readers have been begging for importation of the Ford Mondeo for about a year. That car wasn't protected for U.S. standards and, anyway, the Mondeo sells for about 50 percent more in the European market than it would sell for here in the United State...

7 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

8 Votes

2009 Opel Insignia - First Drive

bankhead submitted on 7/22/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 12:13:03 PM

Up to now, GM still hasn't quite gotten the "world car" thing cracked, despite the much-touted links between Saturn and the European Opel brand. The Saturn Astra is a fine little car but was designed without a second thought to U.S. consumers, and fu...

17 user comments | Category: New Cars

14 Votes

Comparison - 2008 Ferrari 599GTB Fiorano and 2008 Aston Martin DBS

bankhead submitted on 7/18/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 3:21:38 PM

In your dreams, you celebrate Spring Break in Maranello, Italy. You check out two of the finest stallions from Ferrari's stable, race an Aston Martin DBS similar to the one James Bond rolled seven times in Casino Royale, dine at glam restaurants, rel...

9 user comments | Category: New Cars

11 Votes

Fiat 500 Abarth Edition - First Drive

bankhead submitted on 7/16/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 4:59:54 PM

Fiat's reborn 500 has gone off like a bomb in Europe, definitely the next big small thing. It's retro-stylish as anything, and it's not just a show-pony, either. Real substance is lent by spirited engines, sharp handing, and an interior full of nicel...

0 user comments | Category: New Cars

5 Votes

2010 Cadillac CTS Coupe Spied

bankhead submitted on 6/27/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 12:20:47 PM

After a surprise debut at this year's Detroit show, the Cadillac CTS Coupe concept appears well on its way to production. The designers have prevailed as it looks as though the concept's striking proportions remain mostly unchanged. This spy shot ...

12 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

11 Votes

First Test: 2008 Ferrari 430 Scuderia

bankhead submitted on 6/19/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 1:18:49 PM

That's right. The 430 Scuderia, a V-8-powered, aluminum "volume-sales" model we all kind of assumed was just another lightened, mid-cycle riff on the F430 turns out to be one serious supercar. It may be Ferrari's best-performing GT car ever, despite ...

33 user comments | Category: New Cars

28 Votes

2010 Mercedes-Benz GLK350 - Exclusive First Drive

bankhead submitted on 6/9/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 12:32:04 PM

You can count on one finger the number of U.S. journalists who've driven the all-new 2010 Mercedes GLK350 compact SUV. I'm the finger. Mercedes engineers provided Motor Trend with an early introduction to their new BMW X3 rival at the SIP off-road te...

32 user comments | Category: New Cars

20 Votes

Honda Fit vs. Ford Fiesta - Measure For Measure

bankhead submitted on 6/6/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 1:18:17 PM

The conventional wisdom is hatchbacks don't sell in America. Ford marketing boss Jim Farley doesn't believe in conventional wisdom. He plans to bring the hatchback version of the new Fiesta small car to the states to sell alongside the four door mode...

10 user comments | Category: New Cars

9 Votes

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