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DETROIT AUTO SHOW- Lexus drops IS-F bomb on Munich-Exclusive real-life photos

Agent001 submitted on 1/8/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 1:26:02 PM

The all-new 2008 IS-F high-performance luxury sedan will deliver more than 400 horsepower from a 5.0-liter V8 engine when it goes into production. The LF-A supercar concept is equipped with a V10 engine that produces more than 500 horsepower. Togethe...

265 user comments | Category: Photo Galleries

91 Votes

DETROIT AUTO SHOW EXCLUSIVE-Lexus loading up the cannon with 'F' Bombs?

Agent001 submitted on 1/2/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 12:02:28 PM

As we reported a few weeks ago, Lexus will announce the IS-F at the Detroit Auto Show. Reliable sources are now telling the Spies that there will not only be an IS-F sedan, but a coupe AND a convertible. Our Spies say they are slated for prod...

57 user comments | Category: Spy News

36 Votes

Is the 6-Speed manual in the new BMW M5 a REAL improvement?

Agent001 submitted on 1/1/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 12:58:02 PM

And Richter is right: the M5 is slower and even clumsier with a conventional six-speed manual gearbox and a clutch pedal. But the six-speed M5 is also better to drive in almost every way....

45 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

30 Votes

The best color combination yet for the Porsche 911? Photo Gallery

Agent001 submitted on 12/30/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 4:00:29 PM

I stopped by my local Porsche dealer (Pioneer Porsche)to visit with my salesman Chris Huck. Not only is Chris very helpful and polite, he could be the most knowledgable Porsche Salesman outside of Stuttgart. But what caught my eye as soon as I ...

34 user comments | Category: New Cars

19 Votes

LA Times writer slams the new Lexus LS

Agent001 submitted on 8/30/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 12:55:04 PM

"As much as the Lexus nameplate has become the default choice for the sensible careerist looking for a well-built, well-priced luxury car, the brand still ranks near zero Kelvin on the prestige thermometer. You can cite all the ways that Lexus is a g...

192 user comments | Category: Report Cards

74 Votes

Toyota pores over Tundra 2.0, Extraordinary steps taken to make sure the new truck is up to snuff.

PlanoA4 submitted on 8/11/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 11:16:55 AM

Toyota Motor Corp. has already started building the second-generation Tundra at its new factory in San Antonio, but these pickups will never leave the factory. Instead, manufacturing experts are tearing them down to make sure the workers-in-traini...

8 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

9 Votes

Drop-top Mercedes SLR due "within six months"

PlanoA4 submitted on 8/10/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 9:43:55 AM

Back in March, rumors first broke that Mercedes was considering building a convertible version of its $450,000 SLR supercar. The U.K.'s AutoExpress magazine is now reporting that the car is "well on its way" to entering production, and will be offici...

18 user comments | Category: New Cars

19 Votes

Lexus IS500 spotted in a Japanese Magazine!

mugenpower submitted on 8/9/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 6:00:35 AM

For those of you that are not aware what Toyota has cooked up for us, here are the main specs of this IS500: a V8 (2UR-FSE) engine that develops 420bhp (at 5800rpm) and 550Nm of torque (at 3800rpm), 5.0L displacement, overall dimensions of 4665x1820x...

39 user comments | Category: New Cars

32 Votes

Acura's New TL Type-S Photo Gallery

webguy submitted on 8/9/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 1:52:01 AM

Surprised no one has brought this up yet. Acura is upgrading their popular TL with the return of the Type-S. Nice car? Yes indeed. Ugly wheels? I think so. Too much power front wheel drive? Yep....

12 user comments | Category: Photo Galleries

14 Votes

Best First (New) Cars for Teens

mstangpny07 submitted on 8/8/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 11:12:20 PM

One's first car is a special milestone in a person's life. Make it the right car. Listed by price range: (All prices USD) (SUV's, Trucks and Minivans not included. I don't think the F-350 is on your list.) (Under $15,000) 1. VW Rabbit & Jetta. ...

23 user comments | Category: New Cars

17 Votes

As reported last week on AutoSpies.com...Toyota to drop Corolla name

Agent001 submitted on 8/1/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 11:33:37 AM

End of the line for Corolla What's in a name? Quite a lot if it's the best-selling car in the world. Name game Next Toyota hatch will not be called Corolla when it arrives in UK Toyota has decided its next compact family hatch won't be calle...

9 user comments | Category: Spy News

10 Votes

PHOTOS: What happens when you cross a Porsche Boxster with a Rolex?

Agent001 submitted on 8/1/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 12:14:09 AM

It has to be cool to say to someone that you have the one and only version a car. That my friends, is what you are looking at here. This is the ONE and ONLY Porsche Boxster in Rolex Green. The customer of this car had a paint to match sample...

10 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

10 Votes

Look Out Toyota, Honda: Hyundai Brand Value Rises

PlanoA4 submitted on 7/31/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 12:43:02 PM

Hyundai Motor Co. has emerged as one of the world's leading brands ranking 75th overall, according to the 2006 Best Global Brands survey jointly conducted by Interbrand, a leading consultancy in branding and BusinessWeek, the New York-based global me...

13 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

10 Votes

New C-class illustrations

nox327 submitted on 7/24/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 4:54:58 PM

After researching and digging through German websites, I found some more illustrations of the upcoming C-class. Looks a lot like the coupe I showed you, but this is the sedan version with others....

11 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

13 Votes

The new Audi TT coupe to sport first of its kind navigation screen?

Agent001 submitted on 7/24/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 2:51:15 AM

I don't know how I missed this one but while I was looking at some photos of the new Audi TT coupe, I noticed the navigation screen was completely different from what I'd seen before. It has a much wider screen aspect ratio than anything else on t...

10 user comments | Category: Spy News

16 Votes

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