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August 2009 Sales Figures At a Glance

chewy submitted on 9/1/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 3:33:58 PM

As expected the CARS program elevated car sales in the United States. Automaker's August sales reports make this clear with most brands having best monthly sales of the year, some brands produced best sales numbers in years while Hyundai and Honda ha...

19 user comments | Category: Auto Sales

13 Votes

Frame Rust With Toyota's Tundra More Widespread Than Originally Thought

tundrahq submitted on 8/10/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 7:23:08 AM

Previously, Toyota has indicated that only 2000 or 2001 Tundras *might* have a frame rust issue. An investigative reporter in Boston broke the story about rust on Tundra frames a few weeks ago, and at that time it appeared that this rust issue was li...

26 user comments | Category: Misc News

22 Votes

$835 An Hour Salaries Push GM To Spend Almost $70 Billion On Restructuring So Far!

Agent009 submitted on 6/5/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 4:49:04 PM

General Motors Corp.'s restructuring has not been cheap over the last six months, and the company will be forced to expend millions of dollars in bankruptcy to sell off its bad assets, court documents show. GM has paid consultants AlixPartners and Ev...

19 user comments | Category: Misc News

13 Votes

Screw The Auto Bailout: Why Not Just Nationalize The Industry?

Agent009 submitted on 12/4/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:24:10 AM

At the moment, DC and Detroit are brooding on a Morton's Fork: Watch the American automakers auger in and take hundreds of thousands of jobs with them, or bail out these failed and incorrigible companies whose management so richly deserves whatever h...

41 user comments | Category: Misc News

29 Votes

A Lexus That Can Keep Up With Fast Company?

Agent009 submitted on 2/22/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 1:28:50 PM

In the style of BMW's M3, the new Lexus IS-F is the brand's toe in the water of the factory-tuner segment -- though it's less like a toe than a fiery cloven hoof. This car started life as a Lexus IS350, a roundly capable and syrupy smooth sport sedan...

202 user comments | Category: Misc News

70 Votes

Experts Recommend Diesels To Federal Regulators In Report

Agent009 submitted on 2/21/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 11:19:35 AM

A panel of outside experts advising federal regulators about available technologies for improving fuel economy will include light-duty diesel engines in its final report.In an interim report made public today, the panel said developments in emission...

30 user comments | Category: Misc News

17 Votes

Diesel Trump Card: Fun And 50 MPG In The Audi A3 1.9TDIe

Agent009 submitted on 2/18/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 1:06:53 PM

It's become something or an article of faith among the mainstream media in this country that the only environmentally friendly automobile is Toyota's Prius. True, the Prius and its fiendishly complicated and expensive hybrid powertrain is an innovati...

50 user comments | Category: Reviews

27 Votes

Toyota Focuses On Developing Cars For The Elderly

Agent009 submitted on 12/19/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:26:40 AM

Feeling nervous behind the wheel as old age kicks in? Prof. Ryuta Kawashima, who helped develop Nintendo's "Brain Age" games, is teaming up with Toyota to develop intelligent cars that will help seniors drive safely, the researcher said Tu...

44 user comments | Category: Misc News

26 Votes

SPIED: Unknown... Audi?

pacotacolol submitted on 12/7/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 2:06:56 PM

I was driving in Cincinnati and caught a new car in the back of an Audi lot. It was covered in plastic so I wanted to get a better look at this new SUV. I'm not sure what it is, it was completly unmarked, except for a serial number on the drivers win...

94 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

31 Votes

Japanese Court Rules Toyota Worker Died From Overwork?

Agent009 submitted on 11/30/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 11:12:24 AM

A court in central Japan ordered the government Friday to pay compensation to a woman who argued that her husband died from overwork at Toyota Motor Corp., Japan's largest automaker, officials said. Hiroko Uchino filed the suit after a local La...

34 user comments | Category: Misc News

23 Votes

Internal Memo Indicates Tundra Tailgates Were Never Designed For Heavy Duty Use!

Agent009 submitted on 11/12/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 4:48:18 PM

We’re not sure if this is will be old news to some of you, but Toyota released a memo to their dealers regarding problems with Toyota Tundra tailgates in the last week or so. We finally got our hands on it, and you can read the memo for yourself by c...

32 user comments | Category: Misc News

25 Votes

Toyota Suspends Sale of Second Aussie Model

Agent009 submitted on 10/30/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:05:56 AM

Toyota’s reputation for building reliable cars is continuing to crumble with news today of yet another engine problem, this time with officials in Australia holding back sales of the V6-powered RAV4 SUV. The latest problem surrounds an issue with reg...

14 user comments | Category: New Cars

10 Votes

BMW 123d Coupe Review

MidEngine submitted on 10/29/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 2:19:46 PM

Imagine a car with more power than the most powerful Lotus Elise, with better acceleration and a higher top speed than the latest VW Golf GTI. Now imagine that same car using less fuel than the smallest-engined Ford Fiesta, while also emitting less C...

5 user comments | Category: New Cars

7 Votes

Toyota Banks On Lexus F Series To Polish Brand

Agent009 submitted on 10/4/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 3:02:09 PM

Toyota Motor Corp unveiled the production model of its Lexus IS F sports car on Thursday as it aims to close the gap with global luxury car heavyweights Mercedes-Benz. The IS F is the first in a new series of muscle cars planned under the Lexus l...

63 user comments | Category: New Cars

33 Votes

Toyota to offer entry level Tundra

omarrana submitted on 10/3/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 8:57:05 AM

Hoping to steal more market from the Big 3 in the pickup segment, Toyota will launch 13 variations of its Tundra lineup at entry-level prices. Toyota replaces the previously known SR5 with a ‘Tundra Grade’ trim level. As compared to the SR5, the T...

7 user comments | Category: Misc News

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