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BMW Sales Fail To Materialize In October Down 18.6% - Mini Sales Drop 20.8%

Agent009 submitted on 11/3/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 2:36:57 PM

The BMW Group in the U.S. (BMW and MINI combined) reported October sales of 20,619 vehicles, a decrease of 19.1 percent from the 25,475 vehicles sold in the same month of 2008. The BMW Group also reported a year-to-date sales volume of 199,838 vehicl...

42 user comments | Category: Auto Sales

28 Votes

No Matter How Hard They Try, The Competition Can't Dent The Sales Of The Lexus RX. Why?

Agent001 submitted on 11/1/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 12:19:06 AM

I was just reading a report somewhere on the net that sales of small crossovers ain't so great, except for the perennial star of this segment, the Lexus RX.Over the past 5-10 years the competition has thrown everything, INCLUDING the kitchen sink at ...

90 user comments | Category: Spy News

46 Votes

Well Duhhh..Study Indicates Porsche Drivers Produce More Testosterone Than Camry Drivers

Agent009 submitted on 10/15/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 4:37:14 PM

Testosterone is what drives men's desire to own fast cars, according to a study published in the journal Organizational Behaviour and Human Decision Processes. Researchers at Concordia University's John Molson School of Business in Montreal took 39 w...

21 user comments | Category: Misc News

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Audi's All-New S4 Is "...a step ahead," Of BMW's 335i

Agent00R submitted on 10/14/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 1:03:03 PM

BMW's have perennially set the benchmark in the entry-level sport sedan class. Now, the 335i has a bit of competition in form of the Audi S4. Remember, the S4 and M3 used to go head-to-head, but with horsepower wars/prices ramping up it does no...

53 user comments | Category: Reviews

33 Votes

Simply Awesome: Subaru 086A STI

tryme submitted on 10/14/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 12:08:34 PM

Ever since the FT-86 concept, a preview of the Toyota/Subaru joint-venture coupe, has been unveiled, the Subaru 086A STi Version has been attracting a lot of attention. The regular Subaru 086A is believed to be almost identical to the Toyota versi...

15 user comments | Category: New Cars

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Audi's 2010 A8 Gets Caught Undergoing Testing

Agent009 submitted on 10/14/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:44:29 AM

Here's the proof that there's a new A8 on the way! Our spies have captured these shots of Audi's latest luxury saloon. Based on an extended version of the A4 platform, the new car will be made of more exotic materials like aluminium and magnesium to ...

19 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

14 Votes

Audi Clear Premium Market Leader in Europe

GermanNut submitted on 10/13/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 4:11:57 PM

INGOLSTADT, GERMANY – October 9, 2009: AUDI AG sold around 705,300 cars worldwide from January through September. The cumulative result is thus a mere 7.5 percent behind last year’s record (2008: 762,288 cars) in a situation that continues to be diff...

22 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

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Audi Moves To Number One Premium 4WD Carmaker

Agent009 submitted on 10/5/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 4:51:10 PM

Believe it or not, it is not an off-road vehicle manufacturer which received the title of the world's leader in the 4WD premium segment. According to a study conducted by the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA), the one which builds a...

33 user comments | Category: Misc News

25 Votes

How Well Will Toyota Handle the Issues of Public Perception in its Recently Announced Recall?

autotronic submitted on 9/30/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 12:23:38 PM

While there will be a lot of inevitable hand-wringing over the Toyota recall involving 3.8-million vehicles, what’s probably far more important to its well-crafted image of reliability, is how it handles the crisis. Will it quickly step forward and a...

47 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

28 Votes

Is Audi's Strategy Of Striking When The Competiton Is Down Going To Yield Long Term Benefits?

Agent009 submitted on 9/30/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 11:35:42 AM

Your industry is in the midst of a savage downturn and your competitors are slashing their marketing budgets. So what do you do? If you're German automaker Audi, you boost your U.S. ad spending by 20%, blow $6 million or so on a Super Bowl spot, and ...

35 user comments | Category: Misc News

12 Votes

Toyota Mounts Largest Recall In U.S. History

inspirion7 submitted on 9/29/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 4:43:25 PM

Tuesday of 3.8 million vehicles, the company's largest U.S. recall. An earlier report said the government has been warning owners of Toyota and Lexus vehicles about safety problems tied to removable floor mats. They say the mats could interfer...

70 user comments | Category: Misc News

30 Votes

Has The Great Recession Ruined Luxury Auto Sales Forever?

Agent009 submitted on 9/28/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 4:37:33 PM

Timing is everything, or so goes the old saying. And the timing couldn’t have been worse for BMW when it launched an all-new version of its flagship 7-Series, late last year. Though the big sedan won praise from reviewers, sales fell way short ...

29 user comments | Category: Misc News

24 Votes

Audi Dropping V6 From All TT Models In 2010

Agent009 submitted on 9/25/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 4:25:50 PM

As fuel economy rules tighten, sales stagnate or grow slowly and carmakers seeks ways to deliver more for less, some re-shuffling of products is inevitable. At Audi, that means cutting V-6 engines and (mostly) replacing them with turbo four-cylinders...

14 user comments | Category: Misc News

14 Votes

Audi to reach unit sales target for China two years earlier

tryme submitted on 9/23/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 8:57:14 PM

Instead of aiming for sales of 200,000 cars in China in 2015, Volkswagen AG’s premium unit Audi AG will target that number in 2013, according to Audi’s head of sales Peter Schwarzenbauer. Audi had initially planned to reach the 200,000 target in 2...

2 user comments | Category: Misc News

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BMW expects production increases

carcar3334 submitted on 9/23/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 8:50:33 PM

In an interview Automobilwoche, BMW AG said it wants second half 2009 production levels to match levels of the second half of 2008, despite the dramatic sales declines experienced in the first half of this year. According to Frank-Peter Arndt, BMW...

8 user comments | Category: Misc News

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