| HOME | CAR NEWS | CAR REVIEWS | RACING | AUTOSHOWS | SUBSCRIBE | MARKETPLACE |  |  | The Porsche 918 Spyder hybrid concept was a part of the Volkswagen preview show in Geneva.... | | Each year on the eve of the Geneva motor show, the Volkswagen Group stages a preview, showing vehicles that will debut at the show the following day. The event takes place in a large, specially built building in the middle of the city. It is a chance for VW Group execs, board members and brand leaders to get up and talk about their latest projects. Journalists are invited to see the new cars... |
|  | | For starters, it's as overheated and overcrowded as ever, and it has as much of the weird and wacky as it usually does. If the last couple of years were down a bit because of the economy, the 2010 version of the Geneva motor show is as lively as ever. There seem to be a couple of themes at this...
|  | | With an athletic design molded on three continents, the third generation of the Kia Sportage SUV was revealed on Tuesday at the Geneva auto show. The redone people hauler will come in two-wheel-drive and all-wheel-drive versions. The ute is longer, lower and wider than the previous version and...
|  | | Ford Motor Co. said it will produce a global performance car based on the re-engineered, restyled Focus. “You will be seeing an increasingly global approach to both performance and motorsports from Ford in the future,” said Derrick Kuzak, Ford's group vice president of product...
|  | | Combining Hyundai's latest eco-friendly technologies sheathed in its emerging design language, the i-flow concept is being revealed this week at the Geneva auto show. The i-flow moniker references the aerodynamic shape and flowing lines of the concept, while previewing a D-segment car scheduled ...
|  | | A problem with the power-steering system is prompting General Motors to recall 1.3 million small cars. There have been reports of 14 crashes and one injury related to the steering problem, GM said on Tuesday. The recall covers 2005-10 Chevrolet Cobalts and 2007-10 Pontiac G5s sold in the United...
|  | | Swiss driver Simona de Silvestro is now confirmed for the Izod IndyCar Series, adding to open-wheel racing's female list in 2010. De Silvestro, 21, is one of the most successful woman drivers to pass through North America. She won four races and four poles last year in Atlantics, becoming the...
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|  | | Porsche on Monday sent out a shock wave from Geneva, where it rolled out a 918 Spyder concept that mates a 500-hp V8 with a trio of electric motors that crank out 214 hp. That might qualify as a hyper-hybrid. The plug-in hybrid will get 78 mpg, Porsche says.For more details, check out the Porsche...
|  | | For the first time in the history of the Ridler Award, the trophy was won by a woman. The 1933 Ford Phaeton, named Gold Digger, owned by Tammy Ray of Dahlonega, Ga., was judged the best of the Great Eight at the Detroit Autorama on Feb. 28.“We've tried before, but it goes to show if you keep...
|  | | Lamborghini debuted its newest ultra-lightweight speed demon on Monday in Geneva, revealing the Gallardo LP 570-4 Superleggera at a preview event on the eve of the auto show.Clad in bright lime green paint and flanked by models, the Superleggera was the other big reveal for the Volkswagen Group...
|  | | Mercedes-Benz's AMG division has taken the wraps off a new four-valves-per-cylinder, twin-turbocharged, 5.5-liter direct-injection V8 gasoline engine destined to appear in all its various performance models as a replacement for today's naturally aspirated 6.2-liter V8. Code-named M157, the new 90-...
|  | | The world is still waiting for the FIA to decide the future of U.S. F1 after the team asked for its debut to be deferred until 2011.If the governing body does not agree, then the team's entry slot could be thrown wide open. If that happens, the big question is whether the FIA will allow Stefan GP...
|  | | What is it?On one level it's the all-new Infiniti M, available as an M37 with a V6 or as an M56 with a V8. Like some competitors, it comes in both rear- and all-wheel-drive. But what's more, it's the first of what Infiniti promises is a whole new look for the division. Remember last year's ultra-...
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