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UAW Pushes To Organize Kentucky Toyota Plant

Agent009 submitted on 5/29/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:07:23 AM

Dissident workers at the Toyota plant here gather at the Best Western Georgetown on Wednesdays between shifts to shape a battle plan. The workers are angry at conditions at this flagship Toyota site, where the best-selling Camry is built. The Uni...

19 user comments | Category: New Cars

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Why has the Acura RDX been sales flop?

Agent001 submitted on 2/28/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 2:36:49 PM

With all the success of SUV's like the BMW X3, Toyota Highlander, Honda Pilot and Honda CR-V, it's confusing to us why the new Acura RDX has been a real sales flop for the team over at Acura. It's not a bad looking ride, it drives nice and has tr...

94 user comments | Category: Report Cards

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New Audi Marketing Focus:"Success in Life, Means an Audi in the Garage"

Agent009 submitted on 12/14/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 3:29:52 PM

“Audi has had its roots in the Northeast and the foul-weather regions and that is where we have seen great sales,” said Scott Keogh, the company’s chief marketing officer. “But we are going to where America is heading.” This year, Audi has seen d...

50 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

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Why American manufacturers have it all wrong.

diablo69 submitted on 12/14/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 12:03:36 AM

Sure the design looks great and it carries a prestigious Italian designer's name. What an amazing Euro-wanna-be car! The strategy is as follows: 1. Compete against the Germans by admitting that the European designers are the best. 2. Wait, that'...

21 user comments | Category: Misc News

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Will New EPA Mileage Standards Rat Out the Hybrids?

Agent009 submitted on 12/12/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 12:39:22 PM

That 55-mile-per-gallon hybrid car you've been eyeing may end up being a 44-mpg hybrid if you wait for the 2008 model. The federal Environmental Protection Agency announced a new system Monday for evaluating fuel economy that will lower mileage e...

28 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

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Lexus RX 400H vs BMW X3 3.0sd

BMW530i submitted on 12/5/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 7:49:00 AM

Conclusion: Hybrid against power Diesels. The decision precipitates here clearly to favour of the new BMW X3 3.0sd. The BMW with that impressing strong twin turbo-Diesel unites sporty road performances with a justifiable consumption and exhibits bes...

110 user comments | Category: Reviews

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Audi A6: Number One in Class for German Sales First 10 Months

Agent009 submitted on 12/4/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 11:18:54 AM

The Audi A6 has solidified it's number 1 position in sales for it's category in Germany with 52.299 registrations in the first 10 months. With the trend so far this year it seems highly unlikely that it will fall to either BMW or Mercedes Benz in...

69 user comments | Category: Misc News

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Toyota Attempts To Salvage F1 Efforts With Management Change

Agent009 submitted on 12/4/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:50:25 AM

Toyota Motorsport GmbH has announced that Tadashi Yamashina, who oversees motorsport-related activities, has been appointed the new vice chairman of the Cologne-based operation. Yamashina will remain in charge of both TMC's Motor Sports Division and ...

33 user comments | Category: Misc News

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New Lexus sedan: fast, classy - and dull

Bill submitted on 12/2/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 2:16:54 PM

CNN slams the new LS. ********************************************* The ride is smooth, but the 2007 Lexus LS 460 is a little too quiet. By Alex Taylor III, Fortune senior editor POSTED: 10:55 a.m. EST, December 1, 2006 (FSB Magazi...

73 user comments | Category: Reviews

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Lexus launches LS600h today at the New York auto show

Agent001 submitted on 4/12/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 7:59:12 AM

*more pics later today Worlds first hybrid V8Lexus has unveiled the LS600h – a performance hybrid version of its new flagship – at the 2006 New York International Automobile Show. It will be the world’s first vehicle of any class or category to feat...

227 user comments | Category: Breaking News

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