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Nissan Already Using Black Box Data To Void GT-R Warranty Claims

Agent009 submitted on 10/10/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:09:40 AM

I was driving my gtr two weeks ago and I heard a loud noise coming from the rear. I turned immediately had my gtr towed to crown nissan st. petersburg fl. They didn't touch my car only called some techs from tennessee to look at the car and record th...

116 user comments | Category: Misc News

73 Votes

Audi A5 with new 2.7L TDI faster and gets better mileage than the Camry hybrid?

Sport submitted on 8/6/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 3:05:31 PM

In Europe, the Audi A5 now comes with a 2.7L diesel engine making 190 bhp and it reaches 100 km/h in just 7.6 seconds and reportedly gets an average of 35 miles per US gallon. In the recent Edmunds hybrid comparison test, the Camry hybrid went 0 to 6...

38 user comments | Category: Misc News

32 Votes

New 700HP Mercedes Super Car

SUPREMEPIZZA submitted on 7/30/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:34:49 AM

There have been rumors for quite some time of a McLaren/Mercedes-Benz split from building high-end road cars. In fact, after the ambitious but not-very-successful Mercedes SLR McLaren, shared plans for a smaller (and more affordable) super-sports mod...

29 user comments | Category: New Cars

28 Votes

Saturn's Showroom Comparison Against Honda And Toyota Is Starting To Pay Off

Agent009 submitted on 7/10/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:40:12 AM

A look of disbelief crossed Karen Smith's face as a Saturn salesman handed her the keys to a shiny new Toyota Camry. "Really, go ahead and drive it," he told Smith, who was car shopping for her teenage son. "Try the Honda, too." Off she drove...

77 user comments | Category: Misc News

33 Votes

Brilliant? Chinese automaker Brilliance makes Geneva history

cpruitt submitted on 3/6/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 5:27:53 PM

Lost in the 2007 Geneva show’s Green Blitz and all the boutique vehicle brashness was an ordinary-looking booth like several others on the Geneva show floor. Its cars seemed nothing special, but they looked ok, the press release was clearly written b...

14 user comments | Category: New Cars

12 Votes

Prius Continues to Dominate in a Slowing Market

Agent009 submitted on 2/26/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 12:17:25 PM

Nationwide registrations for new hybrid vehicles rose to 254,545 in 2006 - a 28 percent increase from 2005, according to R. L. Polk & Co. The increase is the second-lowest year-over- year increase since 2000. California continues to lead the nati...

8 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

8 Votes

Interior Comparison: Lexus IS vs Mercedes W204 C-Class

cawimmer430 submitted on 2/26/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 11:23:40 AM

A lot of people are claiming that the C-Class interior is "crap", when in reality, the Lexus IS interior doesn't seem much better if that is the case. Here's a visual comparison between these two interiors. Take a look at the finer details. Seems ...

128 user comments | Category: Reviews

61 Votes

Yet again more proof that (german) magazines are biased towards Lexus

LexusKindaGuy12 submitted on 2/23/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 4:08:41 PM

Well, Autoweek is starting a long term test of the LS460. and something in the article caught my eye. and i quote "Braking is an LS strong suit. The car needs just 113 feet to stop from 60 mph, which puts it on a level with sports car thoroughbred...

29 user comments | Category: Misc News

21 Votes

Is VW Following in the Footsteps of GM and Chrysler?

Agent009 submitted on 2/20/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:47:18 AM

The automotive media have their hands full chronicling the slow motion train wreck known as The Big 2.5. But there's another pile-up in progress. Here in the States, Volkswagen of America (VWoA) has transformed itself from a highly profitable purveyo...

24 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

15 Votes

2007 GENEVA AUTO SHOW- Audi makes a prettier coupe than the Mercedes CL, BMW 6 and 335? First real photos

Agent001 submitted on 2/20/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 1:53:02 AM

WOW! Every once in a while you see a new car and it BLOWS you out of the water! These official photos are being played as an accidental leak but we know they were leaked on purpose by Audi, in advance of the 2007 Geneva Auto Show. This Audi...

129 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

96 Votes

Sounds Like a Good Movie: From 0 to 60 to World Domination, The Toyota Story

Agent009 submitted on 2/19/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 2:08:13 PM

For most of the January morning, the reporters at the Detroit auto show crisscrossed the COBO convention center like a herd of livestock, moving at least once every hour to feed — sometimes literally, since Lexus offered fresh fruit. All the world’s ...

5 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

7 Votes

Volkswagen announces plans for a Golf Hybrid

omarrana submitted on 2/15/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:40:37 AM

Winterkorn earlier last week announced that the redesign for the next generation Golf will be delayed by at least six months. Now in a recent speech to his staff, the Volkswagen CEO announced plans for a Golf Hybrid variant. Congratulating his staff ...

17 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

16 Votes

Smart Fortwo price revealed

nox327 submitted on 2/9/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 1:46:35 PM

Yahoo has a short article about the upcoming Smart Fortwo expected to hit the states in early ‘08. What I am confused about is that they have revealed the US sales price. I’ve been following the Smart car and all the news associated with it for a whi...

19 user comments | Category: New Cars

17 Votes

Ford reveals first pictures of new Mondeo

sunroof submitted on 2/9/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 1:11:21 PM

Ford has released the first images of the all-new Mondeo ahead of its world debut at the 2007 Geneva Motor Show. The dramatic all-new Mondeo is designed to raise customers' expectations for a car in this class through a combination of style, dynamics...

25 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

24 Votes

Is this the next Lexus RX? Exclusive details...

Agent001 submitted on 2/7/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 8:41:03 PM

While I was on the show floor today, one of my key industry experts (JD) and I were chatting about how impressive the new Toyota Highlander was. JD told me that his intelligence tells him that the next Lexus RX will have the basic underpinnings o...

50 user comments | Category: Spy News

30 Votes

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