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US Mazda6 gets bigger body and more powerful engines

rybo submitted on 4/25/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 7:59:43 AM

Mazda is planning an August launch for its all-new Mazda6 midsize sedan in North America, almost a year after the car was first displayed at the 2007 Frankfurt Motor Show. Part of the reason for the delay is because the new car has been specifica...

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What's In Your Space? Agent Spaces Are Live, How About Yours?

Agent009 submitted on 4/25/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 6:12:46 AM

Ever want you own private space on the World Wide Web? Well now you can have just that for free! Courtesy of course of your good friends here at AutoSpies. Simply signup, set up your space, design it the way you want, and your friends and family can ...

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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...

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Official: 2009 Audi A3 restyle

rybo submitted on 4/23/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:00:19 PM

Audi has revealed the new face of the A3 range with the unveiling today of the 2009 A3 and A3 Sportback. The A3 has been a stunning seller for Audi since the launch of the first generation model back in 1996, with over 1.9 million units built sin...

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Fair Or Not? California Police Raid Car Enthusiast Gathering To Generate Revenue

Agent009 submitted on 4/4/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 3:25:34 PM

Using $503,000 in federal and state gas tax revenue to pay for overtime, nine police agencies in Riverside, California sent more than one hundred police officers to surround a gathering of automotive enthusiasts. Owners of imported sport compact cars...

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Jim Press Backpedals On Comments About Funding of Toyota Prius

Agent009 submitted on 4/4/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 1:33:22 PM

Chrysler late Wednesday hustled to explain away the controversial comments of Jim Press, its vice chairman and president, in the ongoing firestorm over whether the Japanese government paid to fund the development of the Prius hybrid. Press "was ...

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Future Mini Lexus Quietly Announced At New York Auto Show?

Agent009 submitted on 4/4/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 11:20:19 AM

Club Lexus picked up on a sparsely attended NYIAS (New York International Auto Show March 21-30) closing session with Lexus/Toyota at the "Toyota Live!" event that was mostly overlooked by the automotive press. During the news review por...

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Analyst Group Sheds Light On Poor March Sales

Agent009 submitted on 4/4/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:46:57 AM

In an effort to shed some more light as to why sales came in so low in March, CNW  Research offered some analysis as to what is going on the marketplace. According to the company, a slew of economic and industry c...

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Oldsmobile most popular dead car brand

rybo submitted on 4/3/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 9:34:02 PM

Four years after being discontinued the Oldsmobile name still carries some cachet as evidenced by a new survey, which quizzed respondents on the brands they most wanted to see revived. Oldsmobile ending up beating a number of other deceased car brand...

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Consumer Reports: Best & Worst Used Cars

XeroK00L submitted on 4/3/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 3:24:47 PM

Reliable models to look for—and troublesome ones to avoid. Is it time to replace your car? Owners of 27 percent of the vehicles in our latest Annual Car Reliability Survey acquired them used last year, and they're definitely on to something. Data ...

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1st Qtr Sales Results: Who Are The Players and Who Are The Posers In The US?

Agent009 submitted on 4/3/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 3:20:16 PM

By almost every account auto sales in the US market for the month of March were horrible. Companies typically end the first quarter and try to stay on the straight and narrow for the remainder of the year towards their sales goal. Those that need min...

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Jim Press clarifies statement on Japanese government's support in Toyota hybrid technologies

XeroK00L submitted on 4/3/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 1:37:52 PM

Did former Toyota executive James Press rat out his old company? Or was he just pointing out how smart the Japanese were to back gas-electric hybrid technology, which has been a boon to the company’s fortunes and image, especially in the U.S. Chry...

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Mercedes planning four-cylinder C-Class for US

rybo submitted on 4/3/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 8:27:46 AM

While the rest of the world can opt for fuel-efficient petrol and diesel four-cylinder versions of the C-Class, the entry-level model in the U.S. sports a V6 powerplant. Given the current concerns about climate change and the increasing cost of f...

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Honda kicking Toyota’s (and everyone’s) butt in the crossover segment

omarrana submitted on 4/2/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 3:45:59 PM

Honda is kicking Toyota’s butt. Okay maybe not financially or sales wise, but its CR-V is doing some serious damage in the compact crossover market. In February, Honda sold up to 15,695 CR-Vs even though the company’s overall sales declined 10 percen...

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Who is Telling The Truth? Did The Japanese Government Bankroll Toyota's Hybrid?

Agent009 submitted on 4/2/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 12:35:28 PM

Toyota Motor Corp. on Wednesday denied it had received any funding from the Japanese government to develop its hit Prius gas-electric hybrid car. Japan's top automaker rejected a March 24 Business Week report that quoted Jim Press, vice chairman and ...

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