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Geneva Preshow: 2012 Kia Rio Revealed in Detail, gets 1.2-liter Turbo Gasoline Engine

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 06:22 PM PST

Kia's product assault continues with the presentation of the all-new Rio subcompact, which will receive its world premiere together with the new Picanto at the forthcoming Geneva Motor Show in the beginning of March. The latest car to be revealed by Kia boasts a far slicker exterior design than the current Rio bringing it in line with the rest...


Vive la DS! Ugo Spagnolo Imagines the Duchesses’ 2019 Successor

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 04:26 PM PST

Ask any French car fan what the most beautiful and technically advanced executive sedan of the 1950s was and most will reply, "The Citroen DS." You only need to look at the styling of some of the DS's competition – take the Alfa Romeo 1900 Ti, Austin A95 Westminster or BMW 501/6 for example – to see just how far ahead of its time it was. Here...


BMW Adds Three-Seat Rear Bench Option for the X6 and New Equipment Goodies for X5

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 03:57 PM PST

Starting from April 2011, BMW X6 customers will be able to specify the crossover model with a three-seat rear bench. Up until now, the X6 was offered exclusively with a four-seat layout. The extra accommodation is available for all X6 models with the exception of the X6 ActiveHybrid, and can also be ordered for the X6 M. Besides the third seat...


VIDEO: Nissan Esflow Sports Coupe Concept in Some Tron-Like Digital Action

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 03:01 PM PST

Leaving aside the name which sounds like something a German (no offense) would say to an English bloke that stole his parking space, Nissan's Geneva motorshow-bound Esflow concept is a very interesting proposal for a pure-electric sports coupe. It uses the Leaf's battery technology but with a lot more juice from the electric motors that motivate...


Geneva Preshow: Lotus Joins Forces with Mansory to Tune the Evora

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 02:17 PM PST

Mastering the fine art of tuning is a complicated process and, judging by the sheer number of overkills one can see on the web every day, it's clear that only a few have what it takes to do a good job. For Lotus that special someone is Swiss tuning firm Mansory, which is responsible for the creation of an Evora concept that will be presented at...


Classic Ads: Why a Hyundai Excel is as Good as a BMW 325i

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 01:12 PM PST

If this ad is to be taken seriously, the only difference between a late 1980s E30 BMW 325i and a Hyundai Excel is price and the engine / transmission layout. After all both have, "[A] plush interior, European styling [and] room for five." After all, niggling little details like equipment levels, brand image and build quality have never bothered...


BMW ActiveE: Production Version of All-Electric 1-Series to Debut at Geneva Show

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 12:43 PM PST

The ActiveE is the production version of BMW's 2010 Detroit Motor Show EV concept of the same name and it will share the limelight with the Vision CD Roadster study at the Bavarian firm's Geneva Salon stand. BMW plans to build a test fleet of more than 1,000 units of the fully electric version of the 1-Series Coupe, and lease them to select...


Nielsen: Chevy's Miss Evelyn the Most Watched Ad Ever, but VW's Little Darth Varder was the Super Bowl Favorite

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 12:12 PM PST

The numbers are in for last week's Super Bowl event and they show that the winner is General Motors with its Chevrolet's spot, "Miss Evelyn's Wild Ride". According to Nielsen, an estimated 119,628,000 viewers watched two guys describing a woman's wild ride in a silver Chevrolet Camaro making it the most-watched commercial ever. The previous record...


Ford Sues Ferrari Over F150 Formula 1 Car Moniker, the Italians Hastily Change it to the F150th Italia

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 10:40 AM PST

In order to celebrate the 150 years that have passed since the unification of Italy, Ferrari recently chose to name its newest Formula 1 car the "F150". It seems that Ford wasn't too impressed with the patriotic gesture and sued the Italian maker over the race car's moniker. The Blue Oval claimed that it closely resembled its own F-150 nameplate,...


New Dodge Durango Heat gets the R/T’s Goods Sans the V8 Engine

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 10:25 AM PST

Dodge doubled its new Durango offerings at the Chicago Auto Show with the launch of the Heat performance package that joins the R/T model. The two trim levels share most of their exterior and interior appointments as well as suspension tweaks, but whereas the R/T gets a 360-horsepower 5.7-liter HEMI V8, the Heat is fitted with a 3.6-liter...


2012 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe: New Photos Hit the Web...Again

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 09:40 AM PST

New pictures of Mercedes-Benz's worst kept secret, the 2012 C-Class Coupe, have been leaked onto the web, courtesy of several European magazines. First seen in these shots in early January, the two-door version of the C-Class was recently teased alongside the SLS AMG Roadster in Mercedes' Super Bowl commercial. Designed as a replacement for...


NYC Beware: 2012 Mercedes CLS 63 AMG Fashion Police Car out to Capture Trendsetters on the Streets

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 09:03 AM PST

If you happen to be in New York City for the next week or so and consider yourself a trendy person, keep an eye out for a 2012 Mercedes-Benz CLS 63 AMG clad in a Fashion Force uniform resembling a police car. To explain, as part of the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week festivities, the German sports saloon will be patrolling the streets of Manhattan to...


De Tomaso Lives! Italian Brand to Re-Launch in Geneva with a Premium Crossover Concept

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 08:25 AM PST

Just like Pagani, De Tomaso is another Italy-based sports car manufacturer founded by an Argentinean, more exactly by former racing driver Alejandro De Tomaso. Known for its quirky models of the 1960s and 1970s like the Pantera, the company eventually went under the radar and ended up filing for bankruptcy in 2004. Fortunately, it was bought...


Volkswagen Unwraps Monster Golf24 with 440HP Five-Cylinder Turbo for 2011 Nürburgring 24-hour Race

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 07:57 AM PST

Volkswagen has announced that it will compete at this year's 24-hour endurance race at the Nürburgring with an all-new challenger, the freshly developed Golf24. The dramatic racing version of the Golf borrows the 2.5-liter turbocharged five-cylinder engine from sister company Audi's TT RS and RS3 models, modified to deliver 440-ponies and a...


Renault Captur: Juke-Sized Crossover Convertible Concept Demonstrates New Design Language

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 07:31 AM PST

Remember the Renault DeZir sports coupe concept from the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show? If you don't, you can refresh your memory here, but in short, the two-seater study herald the French firm's new and more curvalicious design strategy on a sports car. Fast forward to today, and Renault has unveiled a new concept model called the Captur, which...


Lexus LFA Nürburgring to get its First Public Outing in Geneva

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 06:52 AM PST

Nearly 3 months after the start of production of the standard LFA, Lexus will debut the more track-focused Nürburgring Edition at the Geneva Motor Show in March. While we've known about the bespoke version of the LFA since May, 2010, according to the Japanese automaker, this is the first time that the supercar will be shown in public. Available...


BMW's Geneva Show Vision ConnectedDrive Roadster Concept Signals the Return of the Shark Nose

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 06:29 AM PST

Truth to be said, we miss a lot of things from the BMW cars of the pre-Bangle era, but if we had to single one out, it would most likely be the characteristic and aggressive shark-nose of the old-school bimmers. However, BMW's new concept roadster model that was revealed today ahead of its world premiere at the Geneva Salon in March, may very well...


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