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Honda Fit Hybrid coming in 2010

omarrana submitted on 12/18/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 3:33:47 PM

According to AutoCar, Honda will be adding a hybrid version of the Jazz - aka the Honda Fit on our side of the world - by 2010. The publication reports that the hybrid version of the Jazz/Fit will use the same mechanicals as the upcoming Honda Insigh...

11 user comments | Category: New Cars

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Hyundai Compares Themselves To Competitors After Genesis Scores 5 Star Crash Results

Agent009 submitted on 8/27/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 4:40:35 PM

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) awarded five-star crash test ratings, the highest government rankings under the agency's New Car AssessmentProgram, to the all-new 2009 Hyundai Genesis for both frontal and side-impact crash ...

38 user comments | Category: Misc News

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Reviewer Says New Hyundai Genesis Trunk Is Finished Worse Than A $21K Chevy!

Agent001 submitted on 5/27/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 8:55:24 PM

7 Series size, 5 Series performance, 3 Series price, Hyundai says.Hyundai subsequently toned down the hyperbole, saying the Genesis (developed under codename "BH") would offer Infiniti/Lexus-like luxury and performance at a typically cut-ra...

51 user comments | Category: Reviews

38 Votes

Is This Fair? GM Cancels Health Benefits For Striking Workers

Agent009 submitted on 5/16/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 12:43:06 PM

General Motors Corp. has cancelled the medical and life insurance benefits of workers on strike at the automaker's Delta Township factory near Lansing, the latest salvo in a month-long walkout at the factory.The United Auto Workers is picking up the ...

26 user comments | Category: Misc News

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The 2009 VW Tiguan SUV Is Nice- But Does It Have A Chance In Hell Against The New Honda CR-V?

Agent001 submitted on 5/14/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 11:37:40 PM

Agent 001 started the day at his Alma Mater the University of Colorado, Boulder and spent the rest of it testing the 2009 VW Tiguan through the mountains of Colorado.Highlights of the new SUV are the first GOOD navigation system from VW (Including tr...

56 user comments | Category: New Cars

38 Votes

2009 Hyundai Sonata and 2008 Chevrolet Malibu More Fuel-Efficient than Toyota Camry and Honda Accord

Porschinator submitted on 5/14/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 6:32:30 PM

2009 Hyundai Sonata and 2008 Chevrolet Malibu More Fuel-Efficient than Toyota Camry and Honda Accord The tables are turned when it comes to fuel efficiency in the mid-size sedan segment. The Toyota Camry and Honda Accord have long been the ben...

21 user comments | Category: Misc News

19 Votes

Chevy Malibu stealing sales from Toyota, Honda

rybo submitted on 4/30/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:53:19 AM

If GM has any hope of regaining its title of world’s biggest carmaker from Toyota its vehicles must not only sell well but they should also regain market share lost to rivals. Until recently, consumers rarely cross-shopped between GM and Toyota bu...

32 user comments | Category: Misc News

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Audi Admidts US Sales May Slip in 2008

Agent009 submitted on 4/28/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 4:18:51 PM

Audi AG's first-quarter sales slipped slightly from a year ago because of the stronger euro, the German automaker said Monday, but its operating profit was up 28 percent amid demand for its cars. The Ingolstadt-based maker of the Audi TT, A4 and othe...

33 user comments | Category: New Cars

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2010 Audi S4 to get a supercharged V6, increases fuel-economy

omarrana submitted on 4/24/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 12:56:31 PM

While those you that have a little more cash to throw around wait on the next-generation Audi RS4 which rumored to get 450-hp (an increase of 30-hp from its predecessor), many of us more ‘frugal’ buyers are wondering what Audi has planned for the S4....

49 user comments | Category: New Cars

29 Votes

VW kills Golf TDI Hybrid production plans

omarrana submitted on 4/24/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 7:38:09 AM

You would think that with the capability of averaging a fuel-economy of 69mpg, Volkswagen would be in a rush to get the production version of the Golf TDI Hybrid concept on the road as soon as possible. But environmentalist and green crazy people eve...

14 user comments | Category: New Cars

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More And More Cars Using Higher Priced Premium Gas

Agent009 submitted on 4/14/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 2:47:54 PM

At a time of record pump prices for regular gas, automakers are introducing more cars that use even costlier premium. The number of new vehicle models that need — or at least run better on — the priciest gasoline has steadily risen from 1...

26 user comments | Category: Misc News

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VW Blames US Economy On No Stateside Scirocco

Agent009 submitted on 3/5/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 3:22:30 PM

Volkswagen AG, Europe's largest carmaker, said it won't bring its resurrected Scirocco sports hatchback to market in the US because of the dollar's decline versus the euro. ``The exchange rate is the only reason for not selling it in the ...

4 user comments | Category: Misc News

29 Votes

Geneva Preview: Land Rover LRX gets dressed up for Geneva

omarrana submitted on 3/2/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 3:41:49 PM

After showing us the Land Rover LRX in white at the Detroit Auto Show, Land Rover is back with a hot, black and silver version for the 78th Geneva Motor Show. According to Land Rover, the new LRX concept is ‘designed to highlight the concept’s suitab...

11 user comments | Category: New Cars

13 Votes

Consumer Report's Top Picks for 2008

LexusKindaGuy12 submitted on 2/29/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 1:47:12 PM

This year's Consumer Reports Top Picks are: Small Sedan: Hyundai Elantra SE Midsize SUV: Hyundai Santa Fe Pickup Truck: Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Crew Cab Luxury Sedan: Lexus LS 460L Family Sedan: Honda Accord Upscale Sedan: Infiniti G35...

109 user comments | Category: Misc News

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Car & Driver: 2008 BMW M3 Sedan -- Short Take Road Test

xdrive_ submitted on 2/22/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 8:16:35 AM

What’s a family car? Our opinion may differ from those of other select publications. Four doors: Good. Four doors with 414 horsepower: Great! See? That’s where we lose the Ladies’ Home Journal readers every time. With the all-new M3, BMW has thou...

79 user comments | Category: Reviews

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