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Lexus IS-F Road Test. Are we sure we have the right brand?

sewingmachine submitted on 11/1/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 2:45:47 AM

Stereotypes, they say, have their basis in fact. Well, at least in the automobile world, there's some truth to that. Take Lexus, the luxury arm of Toyota , which has a reputation for building beautifully appointed, bulletproof products that seem pred...

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Volkswagen to price U.S. cars more aggressively

sewingmachine submitted on 10/18/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 4:26:17 AM

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Volkswagen plans to prices its vehicles in the U.S. market more aggressively and drop costly features many customers there don't want, Chief Executive Martin Winterkorn was quoted as saying. The idea is to narrow the sales ga...

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Torque Vectoring: The future of AWD

sewingmachine submitted on 10/14/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 3:39:49 PM

The F-16 is inherently unstable and cannot fly without computerized nannies to keep it aloft. As AWD systems in cars get more complex and can do more things more quickly, one wonders if there will come a time when we'll be absolutely unable to drive ...

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Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG (2007-)

sewingmachine submitted on 10/4/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 9:19:39 AM

'The guys at AMG are different,' mused the Mercedes designer. 'They have fewer constraints. We just send them the car and they do what they want.' In the case of the C63 AMG, created in Affalterbach by the long-established tuning company now owne...

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Is VW Relevant In Today's NORTH AMERICAN Market...???

sewingmachine submitted on 10/3/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 5:23:10 AM

With annual sales BELOW what Oldsmobile was when GM axed them and just ahead of Mercury's all time low numbers, VW is desperately seeking to stay relevant in todays market... With quality problems and one of the industries horrible reliability rankin...

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Lexus to replace 'reliability' in dictionary?

sewingmachine submitted on 10/3/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 5:13:25 AM

Lexus has topped the influential JD Power UK customer satisfaction survey for the seventh year running. It scored highest in three of the four categories - vehicle quality/reliability, service satisfaction and vehicle appeal, but not cost of owne...

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NHTSA probe VW Passat engine fires, 78 reports of fires and two injuries!

sewingmachine submitted on 10/3/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 5:02:47 AM

WASHINGTON -- The government has upgraded an investigation into the Volkswagen Passat after receiving dozens of reports of engine fires. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a posting on its Web site Tuesday that there had be...

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Road Test: Audi A5/S5 (2007-)

sewingmachine submitted on 4/26/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 8:39:01 PM

This feels a big, bulky car. The pillars are thick, especially the centre pillar which, judging by the meeting of the flush front and rear side windows, the design team would rather wasn't there. The waistline is high, and you feel hemmed in if you s...

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