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16 Jul
Blog: Fast Lane Daily
Bitter BMW
BMW is swinging hits left and right. After BMW Australia's claim that Audi is not a rival comes the recently issued brochure for the 2008 M3. A page of the brochure, shown above, takes direct stabs at the four cars BMW believes to be the M3's direct rivals: the Porsche 911 Carrera, the Audi RS4 an
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13 Jul
Blog: Fast Lane Daily
C63 versus M3
Six-point-three or 4.0 liters? 451 or 420 horsepower? 443 or 295 lb per ft of torque? 60 in 4.5 or 4.8 seconds? Three-pointed star or propeller? The gloves are off between Mercedes and BMW in the new entry-level tuner competition. Mercedes’ AMG tuners have dropped their beauty of a naturally
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09 Jul
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Intro Timeline for the Chrysler/Dodge JC49/JZ49
Chrysler has been working on a duo of CUVs for the Chrysler and Dodge brands, codenamed JC49 and JZ49. The new Dodge Crew (although it's unsure whether the Crew name will be used under the Dodge or Chrysler header) rides on the new Sebring/Avenger platform, making smaller than the brands' bread-an
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09 Jul
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Scion's Plans with Subaru?
News has been flying around the interwebs about a possible Subaru Tribeca-based Scion SUV. Toyota had bought up the stake in Fuji Heavy Industries, the parent company of Subaru, that GM decided to drop back in 2005; right away, Toyota started building Camrys in an under-utilized Subaru plant in Ill
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09 Jul
Blog: Fast Lane Daily
Where on earth is Maybach going?
If rumors of a third Maybach line are true, one has to wonder where this new car is going to fit in. The main question is whether it will sit above the 6,000 62S flagship, or below the 5,500 57 “base” model. Some of the rumors that circulated were that a Mercedes GL-based full-size uber
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09 Jul
Blog: Fast Lane Daily
Bread-and-Butter Appliances
It’s amazing how many F-150s Ford sells, and how many Camry’s Toyota sells -- and how little coverage they get. You would think that the bread-and-butter heart of the auto market would get the utmost scrutiny, not the rarified air of super-cardom (although, they become more populated with more p
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