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Honda Demonstrates next gen FCX Concept Vehicle

Agent009 submitted on 10/19/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 9:15:47 AM

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. has held a demonstration drive of the next-generation FCX Concept fuel cell vehicle -- the FCX Concept features a newly developed compact, high-efficiency Honda FC Stack as well as a low-floor, low-riding, short-nose body. I...

6 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

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Fully Loaded Lexus LS460L Less Expensive Than Base Mercedes S550

00JT submitted on 10/16/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 9:33:37 PM

It's true! The long wheelbase version of the new LS with the top of the line Luxury Package carries an MSRP of $85,947 while the base Mercedes S550 starts at $86,175. The package includes: Luxury Package includes: - Semi-aniline leather-tr...

75 user comments | Category: Reviews

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SPY PHOTOS: New Audi RS6

Agent009 submitted on 10/16/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 1:13:22 PM

Audi is completing the A6 range with the RS6 as an direct competitor to BMW’s M5. Don’t get fooled by the S6 stickers on this Audi. This is the brand new and still secret RS6. The bigger air intakes in the front bumper and the two big oval exhaust pi...

67 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

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Audi chases down BMW to get to tier one?

Agent001 submitted on 10/15/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 2:23:06 AM

The R8 will be a direct competitor to cars like the Porsche 911 Carrera 4S, an all-wheel drive sports car powered by a 355-horsepower 6-cylinder engine. What it won't compete with, directly, is any model from BMW or Mercedes-Benz, said Wolfgang H...

160 user comments | Category: Spy News

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BMW doesn't use consumer clinics to vet new designs. Should they?

Agent001 submitted on 10/12/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 11:04:55 PM

American Chris Bangle may get all the press, but Adrian van Hooydonk is the man behind BMW's fresh new looks. Consumers always will give an opinion based on what they know—they can say what they like or don't like today. What we're really asking o...

37 user comments | Category: Spy News

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SPIED: More Photos on Lexus Super Car Concept LF-A

kart1 submitted on 10/12/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 1:54:28 PM

"Though Lexus spokespeople continue to play dumb with us, pretending that the LF-A coupe that graced the show stand in Detroit in January of 2005 remains merely a concept and nothing more, we know much better, having camped out to see the numerous LF...

61 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

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Corvette Z06 beats Porsche 911 Turbo around a track

Agent009 submitted on 10/11/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 1:18:08 PM

We’ve always known that Chevrolet’s Corvette Z06 was good, but we’d never have imagined that it could beat Porsche’s AWD 911 Turbo around a race track and with a lead of 2.6 seconds to boot. The test was carried out by Swedish magazine Auto Motor Spo...

94 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

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2008 Nissan Skyline First Spy Shots

chewy submitted on 10/9/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 7:11:17 PM

Winding Road has the first spy shots of the Nissan Skyline. The general shape looks much like the GTR-Proto concept of the 2005 Tokyo Auto Show. It is rumored to use a modified version of the Nissan 350 Z V6, with 3.8 liters of displacement and twin ...

47 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

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SPYSHOTS: First undiguised look at the Porsche Cayenne facelift

Agent001 submitted on 10/9/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 4:09:21 PM

AS PREDICTED BY AUTOSPIES.COM: Due to a considerable sales decrease of Porsche’s off-roader Cayenne, the sports car maker has decided to switch the facelifted model’s launch to an earlier date, which is now the Geneva Motor Show in spring 2007....

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Next generation M3 won’t arrive until September 2007

Agent009 submitted on 9/28/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 4:41:26 PM

M fans will have to wait until September next year to get there first glimpse of the next generation M3. The information came straight from the horse’s mouth - BMW’s M division boss Ulrich Bruhnke. According to Bruhnke, the new car will be unveiled a...

40 user comments | Category: Misc News

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Audi trumps Ferrari and Lamborghini? Is this the most beautiful car in the world?

Agent001 submitted on 9/28/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 4:26:11 AM

Audi has incorporated the name and the genes of the five-time Le Mans winner, the Audi R8, into a spectacular sports car. Three years after the unveiling of the Audi Le Mans quattro concept car, the production version will be making its debut at the ...

115 user comments | Category: New Cars

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Honda Develops Advanced VTEC Engine

Agent009 submitted on 9/26/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 9:30:36 AM

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. has further advanced its VTEC (Variable Valve Timing and Lift Electronic Control System) technology with the development of the Advanced VTEC engine, which achieves high performance along with outstanding fuel economy and lower ...

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Go Figure?: California Sues GM, Ford, Toyota Over Global Warming

Agent009 submitted on 9/20/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 3:44:23 PM

General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co. and four other automakers were sued by California for making vehicles that contribute to global warming, causing pollution and erosion that costs the state millions of dollars. The lawsuit filed today in U.S....

62 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

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New BMW 335i - Nurburgring lap time

PlanoA4 submitted on 9/19/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 9:23:36 AM

The new bi-turbo 3 series coupe shows some impresive numbers on Nurburgring. Laptime Nordschleife 8.26 min (4 seconds slower than M3) Laptime Hockenheim 1.17,8 min (0,8 seconds faster than C55 and 1.5 seconds slower than M3) 0-100km/h 5.6 sec...

55 user comments | Category: Misc News

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2006 R500: Idles Like a Truck

Carspace submitted on 9/18/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 12:08:46 PM

I've always liked the smooth, continuous powerband of Mercedes' 5.0-liter V8, but in the R500, it's unusually noisy at idle. Edmunds.com blogger wonders whether this is a truck-based SUV or a sophisticated wagon....

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