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Video: BMW 130i Hatchback tii model

BMWBlog submitted on 5/27/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 12:39:09 AM

The 1 Series Coupe tii replicas have been around for months now, but for the first time, we have the opportunity to see a tii version of the 130i hatchback as well. Sporting the same performance parts as the coupe version, the hatchback model is just...

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Honda Planning Two New Hybrid Sports Cars

inspirion7 submitted on 5/24/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 11:53:24 AM

As you may know already, the Honda NSX was canceled (or is in standby, we don’t know for sure because the manufacturer wants to keep things secret) while the S2000 is reaching the end of production (S2000 Ultimate Edition was revealed at this year’s ...

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Mazda fills patent for direct injection rotary powerplant

tryme submitted on 5/22/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:27:39 AM

t looks like Mazda silently filed a patent for a twin-spark, direct injection variant of the company’s legendary rotary powerplant. The application, which was submitted last October, was only approved last month. The rotary type powerplant, which ...

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Financial crisis kills the Volkswagen BlueSport Roadster

tryme submitted on 5/19/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 3:52:12 PM

The Bluesport Roadster caused speculations of a revival of the roadster segment, when it initially showed in the Detroit Auto Show earlier this year. The rumor was laid to rest the previous week and this week VW annnounced that it might not build the...

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Most expensive Ferrari ever goes for €9 million

rybo submitted on 5/17/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 8:53:47 PM

Ferrari has set a new world record for a car sold at auction with a 1957 Ferrari 250 Testarossa fetching €9 million at the weekend (17 May 2009) in an auction of Italian supercars organized by RM Auctions at Ferrari’s Maranello home in Italy....

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Rumors: MINI Speedster Approved For Production

inspirion7 submitted on 4/6/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 3:40:26 PM

Mini is growing its model line-up and very soon all new Mini Crossman with four doors and four wheel drive will be available around the world. Now sources close to the BMW are saying that more models will join Mini line-up, as the company has appr...

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Fiat to ship Fiat 500 and Alfa Romeo 940 to the U.S. next year

omarrana submitted on 2/17/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 9:47:08 AM

If its proposed partnership with Chrysler LLC is complete, Fiat will speed up the export of some European-built cars to the United States in an attempt to set the stage for a possible U.S. production around mid-2011. “We are currently working on a...

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CAR: Audi R8 V10 better to drive than Porsche 911 Turbo

GermanNut submitted on 2/4/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 12:53:34 AM

CAR is the latest magazine to get behind the wheel of the Audi R8 5.2 V10. Their verdict is that Audi's R8 5.2 V10 is a simply brilliant car that receives the truly rare 5-star rating. Best of all, to top it off CAR magazine even goes on to say that ...

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Vw BlueSport Roadster coming in 2012

tryme submitted on 1/14/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:04:09 AM

A chief engineer for VW has revealed that a mid-engined BlueSport Roadster, aimed to compete with machines in the class of Mazda MX-5 and the Lotus Elise and assembled from a combination of customized and production parts, is just three years away fr...

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Fiat planning its new Abarth Coupe

tryme submitted on 1/7/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 2:22:07 PM

Fiat is about to reveal its new Abarth Coupe which is expected to be the most exciting two-seater performance vehicle for 2010. The Abarth Coupe is planned to come in three variations to make a highly competitive statement on the performance car mark...

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Volkswagen Resurrects Plans For Mid Engine Coupe

Agent009 submitted on 8/14/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 11:16:24 AM

Volkswagen has resurrected plans for an affordable, mid-engine coupe and roadster tandem as part of an image-building campaign aimed at highlighting the company's design and engineering prowess. VW chairman Martin Winterkorn is planning to unveil a c...

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NISSAN SKYLINE GT-R REPLICA BASED ON A BMW!

4wheels0 submitted on 4/25/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 6:31:44 PM

Gotta admit that this one left me totally speechless. Ok, I can find some kind of logic in turning a Peugeot 406 Coupe into a Ferrari 360 Modena, a Lincoln Continental into a Rolls Royce Phantom or even a MX-5 / Miata into a BMW Z3. But please give m...

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Too fast for its own good: 2007 Mazdaspeed 3 has too much horsepower

omarrana submitted on 4/23/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 2:52:43 PM

At $22,835, the 263 horsepower the Mazdaspeed 3 may sound appealing, but the 2.3 liter direct-injection turbocharged engine may be too much for the car to handle. Mark Phelan, of the Detroit Free Press, took the Mazdaspeed 3 out for a test drive and ...

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