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Geneva Gallery: Opel Flextreme Concept
The first Opel concept based on GM’s Volt extended-range electric platform was the Ampera, a cheap rebadge that made onlookers exclaim “lands alive, that’s a cheap rebadge!” Since the Ampera debuted,...
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Geneva Gallery: Hyundai i-flow Concept
Does anyone have an iPad? Hyundai’s clean-up on aisle six Concept proves that all the sales momentum in the world can’t prevent the occasional tone-deaf design study. Or an unfortunately hilarious...
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Geneva Gallery: 2011 Volvo S60
Sometimes you feel like a BMW… and sometimes you don’t. Volvo has caught wind of this, and offers the 2011 S60 in hopes of adding the Bavarian-ambivalent market to its solid Swedophile base. What...
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Geneva Gallery: Peugeot SR-1 Cabrio Concept
If Peugeot’s “Five by Peugeot” concept is Jaguar-inspired, this SR-1 concept clearly takes its cues from Old Blighty’s other famous sportscar builder, Aston Martin. Have the Anglophiles taken over at...
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Geneva Gallery: Subaru Hybrid Tourer Concept
Longtime auto observers know there’s a fine line between a clean, subtle design and a boring car. What might come as a surprise is that Subaru is the brand currently exploring the liminal zone between...
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Geneva Part Two: The Cars of Lake Wobegon
This is the news from the Lake Wobegon car show, where all the vehicles look beautiful, all the engines are low-emission, and all automotive managers are above average. No wait, this is Geneva,...
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Geneva Gallery: Heuliez Mia
Boxy cars are a divisive subject: bring up the Mk. 1 Scion xB, and people will either swoon with desire or faint with disgust. The Heuliez Mia looks to wade into the middle of this controversial...
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Erotic EMERG-E Pictures Stolen
Unlike other car companies that perfected the slow reveal to a tantalizing and sometimes agonizing strip-tease, Infiniti had sworn to keep its EMERG-E study fully clothed until it bares all at the...
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Suzuki Death Watch 17: This Is The Suzuki That’ll Never Arrive In North America
It must be Suzuki Day. Fresh off pictures from our resident Chinese spy, Suzuki has released some pictures of the upcoming S-Cross C-segment all-wheel-driver. The S-Cross, first previewed in Paris...
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Another Car Show, Another MINI: John Cooper Works Paceman – Yes, My Name Is...
BMW executes on its plan to bring at least one new MINI to every show it graces. In Geneva, it is the MINI John Cooper Works Paceman, a.k.a. the MINI with the maxi name. If we believe the press...
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Ford EcoSport: Low Cost Crossover Released Into The Wastelands Of Europe
The Ford EcoSport, launched last year into the wilds of South America, is being unleashed upon unsuspecting Europeans at the Geneva Motor Show. Handheld nerds already have been given an EcoSport...
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From XL-1 to Veneno, Volkswagen Shows Cars For Everyman
The volks who worry about Volkswagen being incapable of directing its big band of brands should make a trip to Geneva. Today, the boys from Wolfsburg launch a barrage at all target groups. Aimed at...
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Wanna Wraith?
Not to be outdone by the bull from Wolfsburg, BMW’s adopted super-luxury brand, Rolls Royce, offers its “most powerful and dynamic Rolls-Royce in history.” The Wraith, a car “with just a hint of the...
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Marchionne Wants To Set New World Record On The Jeep
All of you who talked smack about the New Jeep Cherokee, take note: Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne believes in this car, so much that he predicts Chrysler selling more than 800,000 Jeeps worldwide in...
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2013 Geneva Auto Show: A Selected Retrospective
The Geneva Auto Show is now behind us, which means today’s automotive journalists will finally stop tweeting pictures of how expensive a cup of coffee would be, if only it wasn’t being paid for by...
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Avoidable Contact: This Geneva Convention Was Torture For Enthusiasts
Full disclosure: While my business-class compatriots were living it up in Geneva, I was sitting at home in Ohio, waiting anxiously for the Fed-Ex-mishap-delayed arrival of something called a “Modern...
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Carmakers Convinced Batteries Alone Won’t Meet Green Goals
The Geneva Auto Salon is a small show in a small city of a small country. The show is big because it is an annual confab of automakers where shoulders are rubbed, mergers are planned, policies are...
View ArticleNew Qoros 3 Hatch to Debut in Geneva, 3 Sedan Starts Sales in Europe
Click here to view the embedded video. A year ago, Qoros, the startup car company based on the business model of building cars in China with European engineering and Israeli capital, showed it’s first...
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Apple to Show iOS in the Car at Geneva … in a Ferrari
According to Brand Finance and other business experts, Ferrari- not Apple- is the world’s strongest brand. Apple, however, are no dummies- and they’ve decided to hitch their “iOS in the Car” wagon to...
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Here’s What Most Jeep Renegades Will Look Like
Courtesy of Jalopnik and Autoguide, we have an exterior shot of the Jeep Renegade in non-Trailhawk trim, as well as an interior shot. Gallery below.
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Geneva 2014: Ford Focus ST Gets Diesel Variant
With the Ford Focus ST due for a mid-cycle refresh in Europe, Ford apparently announced a diesel version of their hot hatch at a dinner after Day 1 of the Geneva Auto Show. AutoExpress reports that...
View ArticleTesla Model 3 May Make Appearance Next Year
Despite the absence of a mule, prototype or anything that would resemble reality, Tesla’s Model 3 — or III, however you spell it — will make its debut at the Geneva auto show next year, AutoExpress is...
View ArticleMaker of World’s Cheapest Car Really Wants to Build a Mid-engine Sportscar
Tata Motors is best known for its unbelievably affordable and incredibly petite Nano supermini and the tiny Ace work truck. In fact, the two are so affordable that you could purchase them both in India...
View ArticleInfiniti Will Bring a Split Personality to the Geneva Auto Show
Distinction is something Infiniti has aimed to achieve for a while now. It’s even attempting to do it under its own label by implementing cutting-edge technologies that can help to take the driver out...
View ArticleGeneva 2017: Mercedes-AMG GT Concept – Another ‘Four-door Coupe’
Mercedes-AMG is, of course, calling its new GT Concept a “four-door coupe.” As perpetually annoying as that marketing trend has become, it’s refreshing to see a concept car that is somewhat...
View ArticleGeneva 2017: Hyundai’s Water-inspired FE Fuel Cell Concept
For reasons unbeknownst to me, Hyundai Motors revealed its next-generation hydrogen fuel cell concept at the Geneva Motor Show this week — showing continued commitment to the technology, despite the...
View ArticleThe 2019 Geneva Motor Show Is Basically a Middle School Dance
As we get older, whole sections of our lives are mentally distilled into a handful of standout moments, accompanied by the broad strokes of shared experiences. Among them is the middle school dance,...
View ArticleMuch Quieter Geneva Motor Show Expected for 2020
Automakers are reassessing the number of employees they’re willing to send to next week’s Geneva International Motor Show. While plenty are simply exercising their right to snub the show, with over a...
View ArticleSwiss Government Puts Kibosh on Geneva Motor Show
The Swiss city of Geneva will not see crowds of international visitors descend on the continent’s premier auto show next week. Instead, ticket holders will stay home, waiting for a refund, while...
View ArticleWe’re Cancelling 2021 Auto Shows Now
Well, that’s it, then. Is the traditional auto show dead? The tombstone has yet to be erected, but Monday’s cancellation of the 2021 Geneva International Motor Show, coming on the heels of so many...
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