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Do The American Car Companies Problems All Boil Down To Just Plain Stupidity?

Agent001 submitted on 10/26/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 1:44:39 PM

In fact, for the last 30 years Detroit has gone astray, repented, gone astray and repented again in a cycle not unlike the Israelites in the Book of Exodus. It wasn't that American auto executives were always malicious and stupid while the Japanese w...

28 user comments | Category: Report Cards

23 Votes

GM unveils Pontiac G3, coming in spring 2009

omarrana submitted on 9/18/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 3:36:08 PM

Last month, Pontiac a spokesman said that the Pontiac G3 will not be coming to the U.S. anytime soon - but if by ‘anytime soon’ he meant next month, then he was right. GM announced today that it is expanding its small car portfolio with the new 2009 ...

13 user comments | Category: New Cars

14 Votes

RECALL FRIDAY: GM Recalls 857,000 SUV For Faulty Wiper Systems

Agent009 submitted on 8/29/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 11:54:02 AM

General Motors Corp. is recalling 857,735 vehicles equipped with a heated windshield wiper fluid system for a potential short-circuit problem, according to federal safety regulators.A short-circuit in the system may cause other electrical features to...

16 user comments | Category: Misc News

12 Votes

Production Chevy Volt caught out in the open

rybo submitted on 8/29/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 9:07:06 AM

The production Chevrolet Volt is still a few weeks away from its first official reveal but images of the car have surfaced thanks to filming on the set of the Transformers 2 movie, which it is set to appear in. The ‘Volt’ name can clearly be seen...

16 user comments | Category: Misc News

21 Votes

CHEAP Leases Are Going The Way Of The Dinosaur-What's A Luxury Brand Moocher To Do?

Agent001 submitted on 8/24/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 5:42:04 PM

It sure has been one HELL of a luxury car leasers party over the last few years.Cruising through your neighborhood in say a BMW 7-Series, that you can only afford because the lease is subvented to under a grand, when it REALLY should cost $2-2500 a m...

59 user comments | Category: Spy News

37 Votes

GM Announces Pricing for 2009 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid

PGCars submitted on 8/8/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 11:16:05 AM

The launch of the world’s first hybrid applied to a large luxury SUV, the 2009 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid, begins this month. Escalade Hybrid arrives at Cadillac dealerships in the United States with an MSRP of $71,685. That represents a premium of ...

19 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

14 Votes

Last MINI Cooper Convertible Produced

turbox submitted on 8/7/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:40:17 AM

Style icon, global player, "value master" and now already a classic. Now that around 164,000 units have been produced, the MINI Convertible of the current generation has reached the end of its production period. As planned, the MINI plant in Oxford c...

11 user comments | Category: Misc News

9 Votes

2009 BMW 7 Series Driving Impressions

mpwr submitted on 8/5/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 2:08:28 PM

Here are some initial driving impressions of the new 7 series, but more importantly this article has some good daylight photos of the car being tested. The slide show also contains some interior photos and highlights the rear seat infotainment chang...

63 user comments | Category: New Cars

50 Votes

What Will Your Next Car Be if Gas Prices Stay High - And How High is Too High?

Agent00J submitted on 8/3/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 9:29:53 AM

I asked a couple questions this morning regarding changes made to lifestyle as a result of gas prices being as high as they were this summer. Economist agree that $4.00 seems to be the number at which drivers took a serious look at driving habi...

63 user comments | Category: Misc News

45 Votes

Changing Tides: GM Beats Toyota In June Sales

Agent009 submitted on 7/1/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 4:57:49 PM

General Motors Corp. soundly beat Toyota Motor Corp. in June to retain its traditional U.S. sales lead, but GM sales still dropped 18.2 percent during a dismal month for large automakers.Toyota's U.S. sales fell 21.4 percent, while Ford Motor Co. sai...

36 user comments | Category: Misc News

24 Votes

BMW Sales Tumble 17% - Mini Gains An Impressive 24.8% For June

Agent009 submitted on 7/1/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 3:12:58 PM

The BMW Group in the US (BMW and MINI combined) today reported June vehicle sales of 26,155, a decline of 11 percent from the 29,394 vehicles sold in the same month of 2007. For the first six months of 2008, BMW Group sales are down 3.9 percent...

35 user comments | Category: Misc News

23 Votes

NHTSA investigating GM trucks and SUVs for engine fires

Lemonade submitted on 6/18/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 3:05:20 PM

Back in February federal safety officials began investigating 2007 Chevrolet Tahoes and GMC Yukons, after reports of fires that badly damaged two homes. At the time the NHTSA said up to 400,000 could be affected, but it looks like that was a conserva...

8 user comments | Category: Misc News

9 Votes

Chrysler Announces Pricing for 2009 Chrysler Aspen and Dodge Durango HEMI® Hybrids

PGCars submitted on 6/17/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 11:47:22 AM

Chrysler announced today that it is pricing its full-size 4x4 sport-utility vehicle (SUV) hybrid electric vehicles nearly $8,000 below the competition. The manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) for the new 2009 Dodge Durango HEMI® Hybrid is...

21 user comments | Category: Misc News

16 Votes

2010 MY Acura's new RL caught in the wild?

illycut submitted on 6/14/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 4:06:52 PM

Acura brings the all-new RL out in the wild. Unfortunately they knew I was in pursuit, so they began to cut traffic and move at a faster pace than my vehicle was capable. Really nice rear end though, i'd just assume the front looks like the new TSX...

49 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

38 Votes

Should Infiniti Build A Poor Man's Rapide Or Resurrect The Flagship Q45?

Agent00J submitted on 6/8/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 12:01:12 AM

Infiniti is aware that people looking to move up from either the M35/45 or other mid-size offerings from BMW, Mercedes and Lexus are not stopping to check out their full size offerings. Since the demise of the Q45, that segment of the market ha...

78 user comments | Category: Spy News

56 Votes

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