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2020 Vision: How To Make a 35mpg Car

One of the most significant cars at this year’s Geneva Show largely went unnoticed among the glittery concepts and new model launches. That’s because it looked just like a regular 2008 Mercedes-Benz...

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500Crazy: Italians Go All Out Again for Launch of Fiat 500C Convertible

At the 2007 Frankfurt auto show, Fiat pulled off one of the coolest stands in recent memory, crafting a giant Fiat 500 as part of a ‘ride’ where 500s would pop into and out of the sides of the massive...

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2011 Chevrolet Spark: GM Thinks Small Very Small

The new Chevy Spark is more than just a small car. In fact it’s beyond small, measuring some 15 in. shorter than a Honda Fit, or Ford’s new small car hope for America, the Fiesta. You could almost park...

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The Soul of Geneva: Concepts Coachbuilders Tuners

This year has not been kind to auto shows. Detroit was as uplifting as the sight of the gates of Mordor. Chicago, despite retaining its famous size, was more reserved than usual, with most automakers...

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Touring the Geneva Tuners

In addition to the standard concept and production car reveals, Geneva also hosts a large number of tuner outfits, primarily well-known companies that specialize in high-end autos such as Brabus,...

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Why Aston Martins Lagonda Concept Was the Shock of the Geneva Show

“I don’t think there’s anything like this.” Aston Martin Lagonda designer Marek Reichman was talking on the eve of the reveal of his Lagonda concept at the Geneva Show. The big, all wheel drive Lagonda...

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GM: The End Game Begins

The room was bare. Bare walls, bare floors, harsh fluorescent light. Two grey lecterns stood haphazardly near the front, as 90 journalists filed in and took their seats. Upstairs, on the show floor at...

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Zetsche on the F800, Diesel Hybrids, Renault smarts and Wolfgang Bernhardt

GENEVA – Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche confirmed, kind of, that the F800 Style concept previews a future Mercedes-Benz four-door, but of course refrained from saying just what that is. “We built a...

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2010 Geneva: The Cars Were Looking Forward to Driving

It’s been a good Geneva Show. The somber mood of last year has definitely changed for the better. Business is still tough, but many automakers are recording improved sales, and, importantly, starting...

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2010 Geneva: Notes From Neutral Ground

GENEVA – This show is so full of new product and of concepts optimistic of an electric and internal combustion future that you’d never know we’re still scratching our way out of the greatest recession...

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Geneva 2010 Tech Highlights

It seems as though every auto show for the past six or eight years has attempted to out-green the last one, but the 80th annual Geneva show featured more electric, hybrid, and fuel cell cars than I can...

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Pick One for the U.S.: Cruze Hatch, Ford B-Max or Suzuki Swift

It’s attractive even in rental car maroon metallic, the Chevrolet Cruze hatchback. Like the Ford B-Max and the Suzuki Swift concept, it’s the kind of car most of you find cool and useful and ready to...

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The Passion is Back? Behind The Scenes of the Toyobaru Sports Car

As you’ve seen from our coverage, Subaru and Toyota chose the 2011 Geneva show to update the world on the progress of their jointly developed front-engine, rear-drive sports coupe. The interesting bit...

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Francophilia? I Admit it, I Like French Cars

We’ve moved far beyond “freedom fries,” right? Anyway, they’re frites in this town, and when combined with a nice medium rare entrecote, they’re damn tasty. With that resolved, I’m ready to admit that...

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Thoughtful Critiques and Other Ramblings: My Geneva Winners and Losers

Ask any automotive journalist which auto show they most prefer, and the majority will tell you Geneva. It’s not that we especially enjoy transcontinental flights, it’s what’s waiting for us at the...

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Bulli is Not the Microbus Volkswagen of America Needs

Volkswagen unveiled the electric-powered Bulli concept at the Geneva Auto Salon last week. The buzz on this side of the pond is that the new-age Microbus that America has been awaiting since the first...

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2012 Geneva: Mercedes CLC, A-Class, to Lead New FWD Small-Car Strategy in U.S.

GENEVA – Mercedes-Benz’s small-car strategy in the U.S. has become clear with the global introduction of the new A-Class four-door hatchback and through interviews with company executives. The...

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2012 Geneva: Alliances, Capacity, a Range Rover Convertible, and a Bentley SUV

GENEVA – It has come to this. Bentley is going to build a sport/utility vehicle and Range Rover is going to build a convertible. The takeaway from the 2012 Geneva motor show is that the world’s great...

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Should Bentley Build the EXP 9 F Concept?

In the quiet interview room at the back of Bentley’s Geneva Show stand, Bentley chairman Wolfgang Durheimer shrugs off the firestorm of criticism swirling around the styling of the EXP 9 F concept, the...

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McLaren P1: Best Driver’s Car??

Poor speaker placement at the McLaren booth effectively scuttled the long-awaited P1 press conference for those who didn’t triangulate on McLaren President/CEO Ron Dennis’ gravelly baritone. Those who...

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