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When Will Toyota Overtake GM For Number 1?

Agent009 submitted on 12/14/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 3:07:58 PM

Looking at the year ahead, there's no stopping Toyota. Analysts say 2007 could be the year the Japanese manufacturer surpasses General Motors Corp. as the world's No. 1 automaker in vehicle sales. Soaring oil prices have drivers around the wo...

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Report: VW’s First Petrol-Electric Hybrid Will Be a Jetta in 2009

omarrana submitted on 12/13/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 11:55:02 AM

Volkswagen has told a UK publication that its first petrol-electric hybrid will be a Jetta in 2009. The petrol-electric Jetta hybrid will achieve greater efficiency than a normal TDI Volkswagen model. Volkswagen has seen hybrids in the US as a bandwa...

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The Utimate Chauffeur Showdown: Who is the Best?

Agent009 submitted on 12/13/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:50:38 AM

If you’re in the market for one of the long-wheelbase versions of sports-luxury sedans in the $80,000-to-$100,000 range, then you’re probably a big-city businessman or -woman who needs a car in which you often sit in the rear while being driven to wo...

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Volkswagen Polo “Cleaner Than A Toyota Prius”

omarrana submitted on 12/13/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:39:26 AM

Volkswagen is claiming that the new Volkswagen Polo BlueMotion is cleaner than the Toyota Prius. The company is saying that the Polo BlueMotion emits 102g/km, which is 2g/km less than Toyota’s electric hybrid, the Prius. The Volkswagen Polo BlueMotio...

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Cracking the Chinese Market: Who are the Players?

Agent009 submitted on 12/5/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 12:36:27 PM

When Volkswagen proposed in the 1980s to build Audi cars in China for the use of state officials, the German automaker may not have fully appreciated the advantages of such a venture. Nearly two decades later, Audi outsells its German rivals Merc...

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Hyundai Motor Q3 profit plummets 47%

Agent009 submitted on 10/31/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 11:20:03 AM

Hyundai Motor Co. said yesterday its third-quarter net profit tumbled 47.1 percent to 282.8 billion won as production dwindled during the recent strike while the Korean currency strengthened. Hyundai's affiliate Kia Motors Corp. fell into the re...

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BMW and VW Outscore All Others in Japanese Satisfaction Survey

Agent009 submitted on 10/25/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 11:27:54 AM

BMW ranks highest in customer satisfaction with the vehicle sales process, according to the J.D. Power Asia Pacific 2006 Japan Sales Satisfaction Index (SSI) StudySM released today. The study, now in its fifth year, identifies four factors cont...

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Hyundai plans Formula One team for 2010

Agent009 submitted on 10/23/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 8:23:22 AM

South Korea's top carmaker Hyundai Motor Co. is in talks to enter its own team for the country's first Formula One grand prix in 2010, Germany's Automobilwoche weekly said in its online edition on Sunday. "Talks with Formula One chief Bernie Eccl...

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Hot List: 10 Significant All-New 2007 Cars - Features

AUDBMLEXMRC submitted on 10/17/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 3:37:43 PM

New technologies and reshaped market segments define this year’s most important debuts. ...

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Hyundai Continues to Gain Ground on Toyota

Agent009 submitted on 9/28/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 1:28:09 PM

Hyundai Motor has emerged as one of the global leading companies by being included in the list of world’s top 100 corporate brands. Last July, Interbrand and BusinessWeek ranked the company 75th among companies worldwide and eighth among carmaker...

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