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Why Japanese automakers won't give Aston Martin a second glance

PlanoA4 submitted on 9/8/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 12:38:08 PM

With Ford putting its ultra-lux Aston Martin marque up for sale, there's been plenty of speculation on who will buy it. Interesting, while names of Russian billionaires and the former head of Ford (Nasser) have been batted about, barely anyone has me...

72 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

31 Votes

Forget the EPA- These are the Real World Fuel-Economy Champions!

Agent001 submitted on 9/8/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:58:55 AM

Forget the EPA. Consumer Guide's editors drove 150,000 miles last year. We drove to work, to day care, to the grocery store, and on vacation. We drove through record heat, blinding snow, driving rain, and confounding road construction, keeping track ...

48 user comments | Category: Report Cards

18 Votes

H4 for 2009: A Smaller Hummer on the Way?

PlanoA4 submitted on 8/21/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:17:30 AM

Hummer fans have been speculating on it since early this year, now Automotive News reports GM is considering a still-smaller Hummer model for the 2009 model year. The as-yet-platformless model (get Panhard on the horn, stat!) would be the size of the...

14 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

13 Votes

Audi R10 success means more restrictions in ALMS

PlanoA4 submitted on 8/15/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:09:57 AM

A couple of years ago the thought of a diesel-powered race car would've made all but the most die-hard diesel fans laugh out loud. Today, however, Audi is dominating the American Le Mans Series with its pair of diesel-powered R10 racers. Their domina...

10 user comments | Category: Misc News

8 Votes

MINI pulls an AutoSpies.com on their customers

Agent001 submitted on 8/11/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 2:51:16 PM

Mini is set to run ads in five magazines this month that feature messages that only owners can read using a special paper filter mailed to their house in a black box. Advertising Age reports: The box also contains a fake book titled "A Dizzying Lo...

5 user comments | Category: Spy News

5 Votes

Is the real truth not being told about Hummer?

Agent001 submitted on 8/11/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 1:41:39 PM

HUMMER next week introduces a series of new television ads intended to continue the momentum of the H3 launch and convey some “surprising truths” about that vehicle. The ads play up the H3’s fun factor, while also touting its smaller size, maneuverab...

3 user comments | Category: Spy News

4 Votes

BMW Hammers Audi at Its Own Game

CPILLAR submitted on 8/10/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 9:45:27 PM

"These many qualities of BMW’s electronically controlled all-wheel-drive system give not only the BMW X5 and X3 SAVs, but rather all BMWs equipped with xDrive truly outstanding driving qualities at all times. The system is recognized as so beneficial...

57 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

27 Votes

$184,000 Armoured Ford Guards Small Tennessee Town.

mstangpny07 submitted on 8/10/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 5:50:22 PM

A grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has provided the Memphis suburb of Germantown,TN (a quiet,wealthy, safe town) with a SWAT-like armoured vehicle that puts the town at "(the)forefront of preparedness". Why would a sleepy town l...

6 user comments | Category: Misc News

6 Votes

PHOTO GALLERY: The best BMW 335 coupe photo gallery on earth! AWESOME!!!

Agent001 submitted on 8/10/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 2:26:27 PM

It’s very important for an engineer to understand these issues and focus his or her efforts to where the customer sees and feels the car. Therefore the engineer is always looking for logic – even in styling issues. And of course there is an easy a...

34 user comments | Category: New Cars

62 Votes

U.S. Lexus IS vs BMW 3-Series sales. How do they stand?

PlanoA4 submitted on 8/7/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 2:20:22 PM

Back around 2003 or so, many an Automotive News article referred to the fact that, in the United States, the BMW 3-Series outsold the Lexus IS by a 7-to-1 margin. Later articles, written at the tail end of 1st-generation IS production, had this ratio...

73 user comments | Category: Report Cards

24 Votes

AUTO SPIES USA EXCLUSIVE: Spies break the first real-life shots of the new BMW 3-series coupe!

Agent001 submitted on 8/6/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 11:40:58 PM

The Spies are in the Bay Area this week testing the new BMW 3-series coupes. It is extremely attractive and much better looking in person than in photos. Here's an advance look of what's to come......

37 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

72 Votes

HOT! Spies first to break new pics and details of the upcoming Porsche Panamera

Agent001 submitted on 8/2/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 1:02:15 PM

German sports car maker Porsche currently is on such a high that it is difficult even for the professional spy photographer, not to mention the enthusiast car nut to keep track with all the product development that takes place. Currently out and abou...

13 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

17 Votes

EXCLUSIVE: New gear shift lever to make its way into most upcoming BMW's

Agent001 submitted on 7/31/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 5:37:34 PM

This is the new shift lever that will make its way into most BMW's starting with the new BMW X5 later this year...note the electronic button to put the vehicle in park....

31 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

23 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

SPY PHOTOS: Next Chevrolet Impala

Agent001 submitted on 7/31/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 11:57:46 AM

Here's a glimpse of what could be the next Chevrolet Impala...

9 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

8 Votes

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