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Nissan GT-R Spec-V coming this month

omarrana submitted on 11/11/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 3:46:38 PM

It was previously reported that we’ll get to see the Nissan GT-R Spec-V at the 2008 Paris Motor Show. Guess what? It wasn’t there. According to new reports, the GT-R Spec-V will most certainly be on hand at the 2008 NISMO Festival that starts on Nov....

10 user comments | Category: New Cars

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Is BMW Setting Itself Up For A Lesson From The School Of Hard Knocks?

Agent009 submitted on 9/22/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 9:22:55 AM

I fear for BMW. The people who make “The Ultimate Driving Machine” may be making the ultimate mistake. The worst part of this is that this can be avoided if they look to its domestic competitor a couple of hours away in Stuttgart. With al...

73 user comments | Category: Misc News

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BMW's Newest Baby SUV The X2 Breaks Cover - Is BMW On The Right Track?

Agent009 submitted on 9/5/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 11:08:03 AM

BMW knows how to court controversy – and this this top-secret X2 is likely to offend purists as much as a long-wheelbase, limo-spec M3. The X2 revealed today in our artist's impression is BMW's riposte to Land Rover's achingly hip LRX coming in...

55 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

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Is Toyota Tightening The Belt Too Much On Lexus?

Agent009 submitted on 8/28/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 2:50:49 PM

The writing has been on the wall for some time. Although the Lexus flagship graduated from "concept" to "prototype" when it campaigned in the 24 Hours of Nurburgring, Toyota has refused to even hint at a production date for the V1...

65 user comments | Category: Misc News

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Audi's Entry Level A3 Out Classes The Lexus LS Self Park Feature

Agent009 submitted on 8/25/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 9:51:22 AM

A clever new option on the Audi A3 Cabriolet should make parking a breeze. Not only does the Parallel Parking Assist software inform the driver if a space is suitable, it then manoeuvres the car into it automatically for you.At speeds of up to 19mph,...

46 user comments | Category: Misc News

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Report: BMW doesn’t feel the need to compete with the Audi R8

omarrana submitted on 8/19/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 3:52:27 PM

The Audi R8 is a very niche segment to compete in but Audi is doing well against rivals such as the Porsche 911s and Mercedes-Benz will soon be responding with the SLC Gullwing. However BMW has yet to confirm anything or spies in Munich have yet to c...

112 user comments | Category: New Cars

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Chrysler’s new mid-size sedan could be basd on Nissan Altima

omarrana submitted on 7/31/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 3:36:48 PM

Chrysler is working on a new mid-sedans that will replace the current Chrysler Sebring and Dodge Avenger. A new team has been assembled for the emergency overhaul called ‘Project D’ and will only concentrate on the new mid-sized sedans. The cars a...

16 user comments | Category: New Cars

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BMW, GM: $400-600 million in losses for off-lease cars; Ford: $1 Billion

M35MT submitted on 7/31/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 1:28:59 PM

BMW has started offering loans at 3.9% to help sell 2005 models coming off lease. BMW took nearly a $400 million charge for losses on off-lease cars, mostly SUVs in the U.S. GM and Ford (F) have warned that losses from their leasing portfolios...

31 user comments | Category: Misc News

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Perfect? Maybe. Boring and Without a Soul? Yes. Long Term Lexus LS460 Review

Agent00J submitted on 7/27/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 4:23:30 PM

The LS460 from Lexus is certainly a car to be reckoned with. Without a doubt the quintessential Japanese luxury car, the LS is the car than can be credited with sending both Mercedes and BMW back to the drawing boards in the early 90’s to...

65 user comments | Category: New Cars

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Lexus models to have prices up in China market

Allycc submitted on 7/11/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 6:22:22 AM

Shanghai, July 11 (Gasgoo.com) Prices of Toyota's Lexus sedans will go up in the Chinese market after the country raises the consumption taxes on imported high-emission vehicles later this year, said xinhuanet.com today....

5 user comments | Category: Misc News

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New Lexus IS 250 SR turns on the heat for summer

greenwad submitted on 5/13/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 8:05:53 AM

Hot in the wheeltracks of the storming IS F comes another new Lexus, the IS 250 SR. This sporty addition to the IS range expresses its performance credentials with a full body kit and 17-inch 10-spoke alloy wheels on the outside. Aluminium scuff plat...

46 user comments | Category: New Cars

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Luxury Institute Survey 2008: Most Prestigious Brands 1) Porsche 2) Lexus 3) Mercedes

TataPower submitted on 5/12/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 8:08:13 PM

NEW YORK, NY--(MARKET WIRE)--May 7, 2008 -- High net-worth consumers rated Porsche the most prestigious luxury automobile in the 2008 Luxury Brand Status Index (LBSI) survey from the independent New York City-based Luxury Institute (www.LuxuryInstitu...

134 user comments | Category: Misc News

55 Votes

Is The New Nissan GT-R Destined To Become Just Another Pointless Exercise?

Agent009 submitted on 5/8/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:27:53 AM

The GT-R is the blind date everybody’s been telling you about for months: incredible body, second in her class at Harvard, fabulous conversationalist, star athlete. Then you meet her. Yes, she has obvious “assets,” but nobody mentio...

78 user comments | Category: Misc News

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1989 Batmobile for sale on eBay for $500k

omarrana submitted on 5/6/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:58:28 AM

There’s a lot you can do with $500,000 to turn heads in your society. You can go out and buy a Lamborghini, Rolls Royce, Ferrari or Bentley. But nothing will turn heads like a Batmobile. One of the 5 1980 Batmobiles have popped up on the auction b...

9 user comments | Category: Misc News

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Lotus Elise in Gran Turismo 5 Prologue

turbox submitted on 4/22/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:09:48 AM

The eagerly anticipated ‘Gran Turismo 5 Prologue™’ for PlayStation®3 was released by Sony Computer Entertainment UK at a recent launch event in London’s Marble Arch and was supported by Lotus Cars who has two versions of the iconic Elise in the game....

4 user comments | Category: New Cars

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