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BMW will focus on eight-speed automatic transmissions

dlin submitted on 2/3/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 12:26:20 AM

BMW will soon be offering a new eight-speed automatic transmission developed by ZF that is set to appear first in the 7-series flagship saloon. The new transmission is said to be both more fuel-efficient and cheaper to manufacture than the current si...

40 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

21 Votes

Road Tests 2009 Nissan 370Z Full Test and Video

dlin submitted on 11/26/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 1:51:07 AM

The Z-Car for True Believers The 2009 Nissan 370Z is lit for the cameras tonight, and the bubble of white light around it holds back the darkness of this parking lot in Los Angeles. The Z-car believers have come to see the car in its first public ...

8 user comments | Category: Reviews

8 Votes

Comparison Test: 2009 Acura TL SH-AWD vs. 2009 Infiniti G37 Journey

dlin submitted on 11/17/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:03:24 AM

Yet all this extreme sport sedan stuff doesn't get in the way of civility where the 2009 Acura TL SH-AWD and 2009 Infiniti G37 Journey are concerned. Both cars exhibit a certain suppleness when the roads prickle their backs, with the edge going to th...

50 user comments | Category: Reviews

28 Votes

2010 Acura TL SH-AWD 6MT First Drive - it beats S4 and 335 on track

dlin submitted on 9/26/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 3:00:44 AM

The unceasing risk inherent to benchmarking your competition is that they have smart, creative folks all working just as hard to improve their products. The brass ring on the sport sedan ride is one of the most highly coveted in the world, and it's a...

98 user comments | Category: New Cars

62 Votes

New & Future Cars: Honda S3000?

dlin submitted on 9/25/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 1:59:25 AM

A typhoon of rumors has been swirling around Honda's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, about the company's next generation of sports cars. While we have already seen spy photos of the future NSX, we have not seen anything about the next-generation S2000....

22 user comments | Category: Rumors

20 Votes

GT-R vs Porsche at Thunderhill Park Raceway

dlin submitted on 9/22/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 12:54:48 AM

Quite a number of Porsche owners have gone out and purchased a new GT-R since it’s launch in the US in the middle of this year. There’s various reasons to do this but hopefully, some do it because they are open minded and are interested in driving fa...

53 user comments | Category: Reviews

26 Votes

New M3 Convertible: A disappointment?

dlin submitted on 7/18/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:58:30 AM

The M3 You'll Love To Hate and Hate To Love On a gut level, you want to accept the 2008 BMW M3 Convertible's limitations, because it delivers so many of the right sensations — the insistent tone of the workaholic V8, the exhaust pop on downshifts,...

27 user comments | Category: Reviews

22 Votes

More New NSX Pic & Info Revealed!

dlin submitted on 7/12/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 9:11:37 PM

Honda is quietly confident the new NSX will outperform the R35 Nissan GT-R. The team at Holiday Auto (Japan) are working very hard to bring the latest news about the upcoming Acura NSX and their latest report includes one or two surprises. The f...

34 user comments | Category: Spy News

31 Votes

Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Review

dlin submitted on 7/10/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:53:06 PM

As one of the most famous Japanese performance cars of the last two decades, the Evolution is back in its most potent form yet. Mitsubishi's engineers and designers wanted to improve two aspects of the Lancer Evolution - the pleasure of driving an...

1 user comments | Category: Reviews

2 Votes

Fukui Tells Honda R&D: NSX Must be Faster Around the Nurburgring Than the GT-R

dlin submitted on 6/17/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 9:54:49 PM

It's a tall order, and one that Honda hopes it can achieve through the use of a 5.5-liter V10 expected to make 550 horses, with a torque peak expected to top 420 pound-feet. The engine is essentially a slightly larger version of the V8 that Honda wil...

14 user comments | Category: Rumors

18 Votes

World's first test of A4 fighter: 2009 Acura TSX

dlin submitted on 5/16/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 2:27:24 AM

Simple joys like sharp throttle response and good on-center steering feel get lost in your basic awful big-city commute. So out of necessity, you look for other diversions, and you find them in the 2009 Acura TSX. If you're stuck in traffic, hook ...

45 user comments | Category: Reviews

29 Votes

No Country for Porsches : 2009 Nissan GT-R Full Test

dlin submitted on 5/7/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 2:18:34 AM

The Whole Point Before you can answer, you're deep into throttle, looking at triple digits on the auxiliary digital speedo, and then hauling down for the stop sign 500 feet ahead. Your passenger breaks into a light sweat. Only a few seconds have gon...

26 user comments | Category: Reviews

22 Votes

New Nissan Silvia? Compact FR Sports

dlin submitted on 5/5/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 2:46:00 AM

Initial reports stated that the Toyota/Subaru FR sports car would enter the market in early 2010, but that has since been put back to 2011. The biggest news is that Nissan are aiming to beat Toyota and bring their new FR sports competitor to market i...

12 user comments | Category: Rumors

12 Votes

Nissan GT-R Spec-V prototype burns upNissan GT-R Spec-V prototype burns up the 'Ring at 7:25

dlin submitted on 4/8/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:20:18 PM

Rumor has it from those who have been trackside at the 'Ring during testing of Nissan's GT-R V-Spec prototype, that the car is churning out lap times in the 7:25 range (that's roughly three seconds quicker per lap than Porsche's Carrera GT supercar)....

40 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

35 Votes

Super GT 2008- Nissan GT-R GT500

dlin submitted on 1/10/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 9:56:07 PM

TOKYO (January 8, 2008) - The GT500 specification Nissan GT-R racing car, which will vie for the 2008 SUPER GT series, will make its public debut at the upcoming “Tokyo Auto Salon with NAPAC” (January 11-13, 2008 at Makuhari Messe), followed by t...

4 user comments | Category: Spy News

6 Votes

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