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CHICAGO AUTO SHOW: Pontiac G8 & Toyota Highlander Named Most Significant New Car and Truck

Agent009 submitted on 2/9/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 9:44:03 AM

Consumer Guide Automotive, the definitive source for new and used car reviews, announced today that the 2008 Pontiac G8 and the 2008 Toyota Highlander are the recipients of its second annual Most Significant New Introduction Awards at the 2007 Chicag...

8 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

9 Votes

SCOOP: Pontiac G8 Wagon Soon!

autoliar submitted on 2/9/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 3:07:45 AM

A neat computer image of the G8, but in wagon form. With Holden expected to unveil a Commodore Wagon in months, the G8 wagon may just be a possibility....

9 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

9 Votes

Are Hybrids Becoming a Hard Sell?

Agent009 submitted on 2/8/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 2:43:58 PM

A recent drop in world oil prices has made motorists in the US less concerned about buying ultra fuel-efficient vehicles. So much so that carmakers have started to offer incentives on some electric-hybrid models, including Toyota’s own Prius, for the...

33 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

24 Votes

CHICAGO AUTO SHOW: 2008 Scion xB

Agent009 submitted on 2/8/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 12:02:30 PM

Scion, from Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., unveiled the all-new 2008 xB urban utility vehicle at a press conference today at the 2007 Chicago Auto Show. The xB was first introduced in early 2003 for the 2004 model year and its boxy shape became ic...

14 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

11 Votes

Big Three Try Harder Than Ever To Make Customers Happy

Agent009 submitted on 2/8/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:24:45 AM

Never before have consumers been so courted by Detroit's automakers. Now more than ever, the companies that once ruled the American car market almost by default have to fight to win over shoppers being wooed by a fast-growing legion of foreign ri...

2 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

4 Votes

CHICAGO AUTO SHOW PHOTO GALLERY NOW LIVE!

Agent001 submitted on 2/7/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 2:26:22 PM

While the rest of the automotive press was busy watching the 'moving backwards' presentation by Mark Fields of Ford at the Chicago Auto Show, Agent 001 was 'moving forward' shooting the first real life shots of the newly re-designed Toyota Highlander...

12 user comments | Category: Photo Galleries

12 Votes

CHICAGO AUTO SHOW: 2008 Ford Taurus, & Mercury Sable

Agent009 submitted on 2/7/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 9:58:36 AM

Ford Motor Company today announced it is bringing back the well-known Ford Taurus name, introducing a new name – Taurus X – for its three-row crossover and returning the Mercury Sable to the lineup as upgraded 2008-model versions of all three vehicle...

12 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

14 Votes

Ford Fusion built better than the Camry/Accord...

lightningSVT submitted on 2/6/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 1:52:09 PM

Ford Fusion was ranked number one in the JD Power APEAL study for 2006. In November of 2006, Consumer Reports ranked the Fusion ahead of its rivals, the Toyota Camry and Honda Accord in overall quality rating (as reported from surveys filled out b...

98 user comments | Category: Rumors

38 Votes

Teens Educate Parents To Avoid Domestics

Agent009 submitted on 2/6/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 11:41:19 AM

At Cherry Hill Toyota, sales manager Edmund Hessert said he sees the drift away from domestic brands. Many of the middle-age car shoppers visiting his showroom are trading in mid-1990s domestic models and looking at Toyotas, Hondas and Kias becau...

59 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

22 Votes

Rising From The Dead: Is The El Camino Coming Back?

Agent009 submitted on 2/6/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:58:11 AM

Our friends over at Jalopnik are reporting that Commodore Ute (that's the one with the pickup bed). Inside sources are reporting that a "substantial" export orders from "the Americas" have led company execs to push up the launch date of the new Commo...

7 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

6 Votes

Ford to revive Taurus name

roadrunnerb99 submitted on 2/6/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:30:32 AM

Ford Motor Co. will rename its slow-selling Five Hundred model the Taurus, a name Ford previously used for a car that became the nation’s top-seller, company officials said Tuesday. http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/178629...

24 user comments | Category: Misc News

18 Votes

Hands On Approach: Ford CEO To Sell Cars at a Dealership

Agent009 submitted on 2/5/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 2:09:33 PM

Ford Motor Co. Chief Executive Alan Mulally vowed Sunday to travel to a U.S. dealership this year and spend a couple days selling cars. Mulally, who left aircraft maker Boeing Co. to run the No. 2 U.S. automaker in September, accepted the offer d...

11 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

10 Votes

Chrysler's Secret Comeback Plan

Agent009 submitted on 2/5/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 12:45:36 PM

German shareholders may be clamoring for DaimlerChrysler AG to sell off the Chrysler Group, but they won't get their wish. Instead, a secret restructuring plan dubbed "Project X" is focused on transforming Chrysler into a smaller, more efficient ...

23 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

17 Votes

CHICAGO AUTO SHOW: 2008 Dakota

Agent009 submitted on 2/5/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:14:53 AM

Restyled Dodge Dakota offers more power combined with bold styling, versatility and capability • New 4.7-liter V-8 engine with 290 horsepower (25 percent increase) and 320 lb.-ft. of torque (10 percent increase), with better fuel economy and incr...

20 user comments | Category: New Cars

16 Votes

Oprah Loves the new Lexus LS

CarNewsSite submitted on 2/2/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 1:50:45 PM

On today’s episode of Oprah, which showcased some of the latest inventions and gadgets that help change our lives. Among the cool inventions was the new Lexus LS460, which had the ability to self-parallel park. Oprah, in the driver’s seat, took hold ...

155 user comments | Category: Misc News

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