Thursday, June 18, 2009

AutoSpies.com Newsletter: Latest Spy News 06/18/2009

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BMW is at it again adding yet another model to their impressive lineup. This time the X1 an entry level crossover cute-ute was caught in the nude undergoing testing. With an already crowed entry level market agent009 wondered just how much traction BMW stood to gain so he gave you the chance to let us know. While the jury may still be out on the success of the upcoming X1, Audi may see this as a potential threat. It seems the German automaker likes to keep closes tabs on it favorite rival, and could be concerned that BMW may be stretching its lead in the market place. You know the old saying; “keep your friends close, and your enemies closer”.


Agent001 took a long and hard look on the age old topic of attraction and asked us all, “What type of car does it take to impress the fairer sex?” It has been long known that some women are drawn to fast cars and others are drawn to luxury. But what are the top choices that would guarantee you success in attracting that special woman? It may depend on just what you are looking for is that young and hungry doe, or maybe that wild and crazy cougar?


With all of the major changes that General Motors is going through these days it makes you wonder. How in the world are they making these monumental changes, and what are the odds that they will do it correctly? This may hold special value when GM publically executed Pontiac just a short time ago, only to find that a study of the general populous indicated that the brand they most wanted to keep of all GM Marques was Pontiac. Did GM make the blunder of a life time? Better yet, with the untimely death of so many brands did Buick suddenly become the coolest brand of GM’s remaining arsenal? Economics can drive some pretty strange decisions.


Toyota is known for countless success stories, you need to look no further than the market shares of Toyota and Lexus to see this. To term it as “market domination” may be an understatement at best. But what happened to Scion? You know that brand that was going to capture the soul of the youth market and redefine a new class of vehicles. When it comes to selling inexpensive, fun and well built vehicles it seems Toyota still has a lot to learn. This simple fact may actually be the weakest link in their entire line. With that in mind, Korean maker Kia has decided to go on the defensive and target Scion directly. Known for quality and inexpensive, Kia is now cranking up the fun factor in an effort to capitalize on an apparent weakness. Don’t laugh to hard though, they said the same about Toyota in the 70’s.


Spy Shots
New LF-A Interior Sneak Peeked In Shakedown Runs
Submitted: 6/17/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 11:31:36 AM
( 30 ) Votes   ( 33 ) Comments

Audi's New A5 Sportback Teaser, Should They Send It Over Here?
Submitted: 6/17/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 10:34:12 AM
( 9 ) Votes   ( 8 ) Comments

Stud Or Dud? BMW's X1 Gets Caught In The Nude!
Submitted: 6/16/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 4:52:27 PM
( 43 ) Votes   ( 49 ) Comments

Study Indicates GM May Be Killing The Wrong Brands
Submitted: 6/16/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 2:04:35 PM
( 16 ) Votes   ( 22 ) Comments

Chrysler resumes production at 1st plant... it's Viper plant
Submitted: 6/16/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 8:55:16 AM
( 8 ) Votes   ( 7 ) Comments

BMW Named Which? Best Car Manufacturer Awards in 2009
Submitted: 6/15/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 10:57:45 AM
( 9 ) Votes   ( 9 ) Comments

Spy News
Mazda Makes an About-Face on Hybrid Policy
Submitted: 6/13/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 1:10:12 AM
( 5 ) Votes   ( 4 ) Comments

New Cars
Opel Pulls The Wraps Off of The 2010 Astra Interior
Submitted: 6/18/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 11:30:57 AM
( 4 ) Votes   ( 3 ) Comments

2009 Nissan Nismo 370Z priced at $39,130
Submitted: 6/18/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 11:53:11 AM
( 4 ) Votes   ( 3 ) Comments

Volvo XC60 Chosen as Britain's Best Tow Vehicle
Submitted: 6/18/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 11:26:36 AM
( 1 ) Votes   ( 0 ) Comments

Hyundai starts accepting orders for its first hybrid model
Submitted: 6/17/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 3:09:23 PM
( 9 ) Votes   ( 8 ) Comments

Porsche planning smaller model powered by Audi TTS engine
Submitted: 6/17/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 11:46:52 AM
( 9 ) Votes   ( 8 ) Comments

Ferrari F450 delayed due to aerodynamic reasons
Submitted: 6/17/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 11:23:58 AM
( 4 ) Votes   ( 3 ) Comments

Ford Kuga Coupé on the prowl
Submitted: 6/17/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 10:40:50 AM
( 6 ) Votes   ( 5 ) Comments

John McCain tweets about buying a Ford Fusion Hybrid
Submitted: 6/17/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 8:41:41 AM
( 9 ) Votes   ( 10 ) Comments

Porsche's entry-level roadster still in the works
Submitted: 6/16/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 6:44:22 PM
( 5 ) Votes   ( 4 ) Comments

New details of the Rolls-Royce-trimmed Mini
Submitted: 6/16/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 1:39:21 PM
( 6 ) Votes   ( 5 ) Comments

Can Kia Forte Sedan Finally Sit Down With the Big Boys?
Submitted: 6/16/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 1:32:14 PM
( 13 ) Votes   ( 14 ) Comments

BMW M Concept: Independent designer's idea of an Audi R8 rival
Submitted: 6/16/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 1:09:33 PM
( 17 ) Votes   ( 15 ) Comments

What the? German tuner Lorinser upgrades the Lexus LS460!
Submitted: 6/15/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 6:29:00 PM
( 7 ) Votes   ( 6 ) Comments

Upcoming Jaguar XE Roadtser to feature plug-in hybrid option
Submitted: 6/15/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 6:19:42 PM
( 5 ) Votes   ( 4 ) Comments

Russian Tuning: Porsche Cayenne by Status Design
Submitted: 6/14/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 10:40:37 AM
( 9 ) Votes   ( 9 ) Comments

Audi Q7 V12 TDI by ABT Sportsline
Submitted: 6/13/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 5:37:10 AM
( 5 ) Votes   ( 6 ) Comments

Mercedes-Benz G55 AMG Typhoon by Hamann
Submitted: 6/13/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 5:35:32 AM
( 6 ) Votes   ( 5 ) Comments

2010 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet in the works
Submitted: 6/13/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 5:32:09 AM
( 1 ) Votes   ( 0 ) Comments

Wald 200 Land Cruiser Sports Line Black Bison Edition
Submitted: 6/13/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 5:25:17 AM
( 6 ) Votes   ( 5 ) Comments

Vw Touareg Bluemotion goes on sale
Submitted: 6/13/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 5:26:49 AM
( 2 ) Votes   ( 1 ) Comments

Rumor: Subaru preparing modified GT300 Legacy B4
Submitted: 6/13/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 5:22:08 AM
( 3 ) Votes   ( 2 ) Comments

G-Power releases a kit for the 2009 BMW Z4
Submitted: 6/12/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 3:55:36 PM
( 1 ) Votes   ( 0 ) Comments

2010 Lexus HS 250h gets an EPA-estimated 35 mpg
Submitted: 6/12/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 9:38:19 AM
( 19 ) Votes   ( 16 ) Comments

Peugeot 308 RC Z, a.k.a. Audi TT competitor coming in 2010
Submitted: 6/11/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 2:34:38 PM
( 5 ) Votes   ( 3 ) Comments

Rolls-Royce Ghost will get coupe and convertible variants
Submitted: 6/15/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 4:04:48 PM
( 4 ) Votes   ( 3 ) Comments

Volkswagen Golf Plus BiFuel now available for order
Submitted: 6/15/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 12:42:26 PM
( 2 ) Votes   ( 1 ) Comments

Michael Schumacher takes the 599 GTB HGTE for a 20-lap test
Submitted: 6/15/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 12:10:06 PM
( 14 ) Votes   ( 19 ) Comments

Rumor: Honda Civic Mugen RR hatchback in the works
Submitted: 6/15/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 11:19:05 AM
( 8 ) Votes   ( 13 ) Comments

Bentley working on Continental and Arnage hybrids
Submitted: 6/15/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 9:50:08 AM
( 4 ) Votes   ( 2 ) Comments

Honda may miss U.S. sales target for the 2010 Honda Insight
Submitted: 6/15/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 9:48:10 AM
( 7 ) Votes   ( 7 ) Comments

Misc News
Can You Guess Which Cities Have The Most Pissed Off Drivers?
Submitted: 6/18/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 11:43:55 AM
( 11 ) Votes   ( 11 ) Comments

2011 Ford Mustang to receive the 3.7-liter DOHC V6 engine
Submitted: 6/18/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 11:09:53 AM
( 3 ) Votes   ( 2 ) Comments

And the greenest car of the year is ... a diesel-powered Volvo
Submitted: 6/16/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 2:13:58 PM
( 11 ) Votes   ( 17 ) Comments

Obama Administration Turns Back On Auto Supply Chain
Submitted: 6/16/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 1:04:54 PM
( 9 ) Votes   ( 10 ) Comments

Finally! 2010 Chevrolet Camaro with LS9 Corvette ZR1 engine
Submitted: 6/16/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 12:07:05 PM
( 4 ) Votes   ( 3 ) Comments

A Switch To Relevance? NASCAR Prepares Switch Over To Pony Cars
Submitted: 6/16/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 12:16:32 PM
( 11 ) Votes   ( 10 ) Comments

1969 Mercedes-Benz Cabriolet from The Hangover movie
Submitted: 6/16/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 1:32:51 AM
( 9 ) Votes   ( 8 ) Comments

Lexus RX wins top safety award
Submitted: 6/15/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 8:14:55 PM
( 15 ) Votes   ( 12 ) Comments

HKS releases GT600 package for the Nissan GT-R
Submitted: 6/15/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 6:31:25 PM
( 5 ) Votes   ( 3 ) Comments

Hummer going green, according to new owner
Submitted: 6/15/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 6:12:54 PM
( 5 ) Votes   ( 3 ) Comments

2010 F1 entry list revealed
Submitted: 6/13/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 5:33:39 AM
( 2 ) Votes   ( 1 ) Comments

Fuel price will rise due to OPEC
Submitted: 6/12/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 2:24:13 PM
( 12 ) Votes   ( 13 ) Comments

GM Wants Up Front Payment Of $200 Million To Keep Plant Open
Submitted: 6/12/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 1:03:54 PM
( 6 ) Votes   ( 6 ) Comments

2010 Lexus HS250h
Submitted: 6/12/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 11:30:36 AM
( 22 ) Votes   ( 19 ) Comments

Peugeot takes the pole position at Le Mans
Submitted: 6/12/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 11:20:59 AM
( 4 ) Votes   ( 3 ) Comments

Le Mans Series Extends Open Arms To F1 Teams
Submitted: 6/12/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 10:11:28 AM
( 8 ) Votes   ( 9 ) Comments

Dodge Viper business is now owned by Fiat
Submitted: 6/12/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 9:37:23 AM
( 6 ) Votes   ( 6 ) Comments

Kia Now Moving into Youth Market, Aims to Knock-out Scion
Submitted: 6/12/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 2:28:12 AM
( 12 ) Votes   ( 21 ) Comments

BMW M3 E93 Convertible - All in chrome
Submitted: 6/12/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 1:41:28 AM
( 25 ) Votes   ( 23 ) Comments

Carbon-ceramic brakes to become standard in the near future
Submitted: 6/11/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 8:15:54 PM
( 9 ) Votes   ( 9 ) Comments

2009 Frankfurt Motor Show theme revealed
Submitted: 6/11/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 7:42:28 PM
( 1 ) Votes   ( 0 ) Comments

Breaking News: Koenigsegg buys Saab
Submitted: 6/11/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 7:38:06 PM
( 9 ) Votes   ( 7 ) Comments

What To Do About Lexus - How Would You Turn Them Around?
Submitted: 6/11/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 2:22:00 PM
( 49 ) Votes   ( 76 ) Comments

Audi R15 TDI is legal, despite Peugeot's protest
Submitted: 6/11/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 1:57:53 PM
( 9 ) Votes   ( 7 ) Comments

Has Buick Suddenly Become The Coolest Brand In GM's Stable?
Submitted: 6/15/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 10:22:34 AM
( 15 ) Votes   ( 28 ) Comments

GM To Cut NASCAR Spending - Will The Series Survive?
Submitted: 6/15/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 10:07:32 AM
( 11 ) Votes   ( 10 ) Comments

A Look Back at the Le Mans Nightmare of 1955
Submitted: 6/15/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 1:13:04 AM
( 2 ) Votes   ( 1 ) Comments

Peugeot takes a memorable one-two victory at Le Mans
Submitted: 6/14/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 6:38:20 PM
( 16 ) Votes   ( 24 ) Comments

Photo Galleries
Report Cards
Reviews
Cheap Thrills: Nissan 370Z Leads The Pack
Submitted: 6/12/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 2:12:46 AM
( 19 ) Votes   ( 26 ) Comments

2009 Nissan 370Z Review - Z be nimble, Z be quick...
Submitted: 6/15/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 12:33:17 PM
( 15 ) Votes   ( 19 ) Comments

Rumors
Maybach Future in Question
Submitted: 6/13/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 1:15:49 AM
( 14 ) Votes   ( 14 ) Comments

Audi Worried BMW Getting Too Far Ahead of the Game?
Submitted: 6/12/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 2:35:01 AM
( 22 ) Votes   ( 38 ) Comments

Mazda Being Limited by Ford?
Submitted: 6/12/2009 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 2:21:00 AM
( 15 ) Votes   ( 16 ) Comments




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