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Boon Or Bust? Lexus Cinematic Ads Are Revealed

Agent009 submitted on 3/27/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:49:26 AM

A few weeks back we reported the Lexus was going to start advertising in various movie theatres across the nation.  The plan is to target a younger demographic by targeting movies that appeal to a primarily younger audience has plenty of merit.&...

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Lexus Introduces More Pebble Beach Edition Vehicles

S4cabriofoxone submitted on 2/24/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 2:23:26 PM

Lexus announced plans at the Chicago auto show to expand its line of Pebble Beach Edition vehicles. Until now only a SC 430 has worn the Pebble Beach badge each year since 2003. First up is the 2008 Pebble Beach Edition RX 350 and ES 350 that were...

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12.7 million viewers tuned into watch the new KITT

omarrana submitted on 2/20/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:15:16 AM

While many of you didn’t like the new Knight Rider movie much, according to Nielsen Media Research the 2-hour special event averaged 12.7 million viewers. The agency said that despite the NBA All-Star game, viewers from the 18-49-year-old demographic...

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Lexus GS-F: how much power?

ISF_insider submitted on 2/8/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 11:31:34 AM

Okay. It seems pretty certain that after the IS-F, the GS-F will be the next step for Lexus. When I spoke to some Lexus-guys last week, they all confirmed they are working on a new F-model. Naturally, they did not want to tell which one that is, b...

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Lexus Takes The Rolex 24 At Daytona For Third Year In A Row

Agent009 submitted on 1/28/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 11:06:03 AM

The Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates racing program became the first team to capture a Rolex 24 At Daytona overall victory in three straight years when Rolex Series stars Scott Pruett, Memo Rojas and NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers Juan Pablo Montoya and Da...

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Did Toyota Already Topple GM To Be Number One?

Agent009 submitted on 1/11/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 1:12:17 PM

Toyota said Thursday that it sold 9.37 million cars and trucks worldwide in 2007, which may have been enough to put it ahead of General Motors in the race for the "world's biggest automaker," a title GM has held for 76 years. Toyota's worl...

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Humiliation: Toyota Supra vs. Lamborghini Murcielago LP640

carlover99 submitted on 1/5/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 9:27:06 AM

Find out what happens when you have a Lamborghini LP640 and you want to compare it to a supercharged Toyota Supra with 1200 hp…The video says it all…...

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Will Gas Prices Top $4 By The End Of 2008?

Agent009 submitted on 12/28/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 2:55:57 PM

Gasoline could average $3.75 a gallon across the U.S. in a few months, pushing the price in California up and over the $4 mark, energy analysts said Wednesday. Several factors point toward a nightmarish spring for motorists, they said, including p...

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Clarkson on the MINI Clubman: ‘…it’s one of the worst cars in the world.’

omarrana submitted on 12/24/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 1:56:45 PM

Sometimes when we write here, at eGMCarTech, we try to keep a ‘Clarkson’ tone in our mind. But as much as we try we can never be as blunt and brutally outspoken about the cars we write about. We’ll just leave it up to Mr. Clarkson himself. In his rec...

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Report: Lexus LF-A now targeting 350km/h (that's 217mph)

XeroK00L submitted on 12/20/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 11:10:32 PM

Lexus insiders suggest the car's on-sale date has been delayed while the company fine-tunes everything from styling to performance. It's believed Lexus is targeting a top speed for the LF-A of 350km/h, ensuring it's viewed as a serious supercar co...

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Lexus LF-A laps the Nurburgring in 7 minutes and 24 seconds

XeroK00L submitted on 12/12/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 11:14:02 AM

According to the latest edition of the Japanese magazine, Holiday Auto, the Lexus LF-A has so far achieved a time of 7 minutes and 24 seconds in a lap at the Nurburgring....

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Is The Lexus IS-F Worth the Sum Of Its Parts?

Agent009 submitted on 11/28/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 2:08:21 PM

Now that the media blitz about the IS-F is over, it is time to sort the facts from the fiction. How good is the IS-F? Or better yet is it worth more than the sum of its parts?   First of all I want to say ...

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2008 Chevy Tahoe Two-Mode Hybrid wins Green Car of the Year Award

drew630 submitted on 11/15/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 1:08:06 PM

We're here at the Los Angeles Auto Show for the announcement of the 2007 Green Car of the Year. Three of the five finalists for this year's prize originate from within the halls of General Motors with the other two coming from Nissan and Mazda. The T...

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Toyota reports record revenues and income for third quarter

omarrana submitted on 11/7/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 9:01:48 AM

Toyota today announced record net income for the first half of its fiscal year with 942.4 billion yen (or $8 billion), which is up 21.3% from the same period last year. Toyota’s fiscal year starts in April. The company also reported record revenues f...

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2007 SEMA Show: Lexus LS 460 by VIP Auto Salon (Live Images)

omarrana submitted on 11/5/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 8:24:33 AM

Tune VIP Auto Salon Inc., who has only been around for a year, showed off a modified version of a Lexus LS460 at the 2007 SEMA Show. The company specializes in modifying luxury cars and importing products that are not available in the U.S. VIP Aut...

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