2018 Geneva Motor Show
2018 Honda CR-V Says Adios To Diesel In Geneva, Embraces Hybrid Technology
9 Mar 2018, 11:58 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Even though the U.S. has the fifth-generation CR-V since 2016, Honda of Europe decided to bring the newcomer to the Old Continent with the occasion of the 88th Geneva Motor Show. That’s two years too late, but in the automaker’s defense...
2018 Mercedes-Benz CLS 450 4Matic Looks Desirable In Geneva
9 Mar 2018, 10:53 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Slotted above the E-Class but below the AMG-developed GT 4-Door Coupe, the CLS is an excellent exercise in exterior styling. Combining the graceful lines of the W213 with the aggressiveness of the X290, the newcomer isn’t allowed to tread on ...
Jaguar I-Pace to Sell in the U.S. from $69,500, Close to Tesla Model X
9 Mar 2018, 10:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Tesla, beware: starting the second half of the year, the Model X will no longer be the only electric SUV available on the local U.S. market. During the 2018 Geneva Motor Show, the Brits announced the I-Pace would be selling in the United States ...
2018 World Car Awards Announces Top Three Finalists
9 Mar 2018, 09:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Taking advantage of the Geneva Motor Show currently underway in Switzerland, the organizers of the World Car Awards announced the shortlist of finalists for this year’s top automotive prize. The winner will be announced during the New York...
Alpina Brings XD3 And XD4 In Geneva, Both Are Quad-Turbocharged
9 Mar 2018, 09:52 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Remember the days when having two turbochargers strapped to the engine was a novelty of sorts? That was the 1990s and cars of that type included the Jaguar XJ220, but now, four is the norm when you’re talking BMWs and Alpina models. Speaking ...
Audi Shows e-tron SUV, Commits to More e-tron Production Models in Geneva
9 Mar 2018, 09:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The R8-based e-tron saga did not end all that great for the brand with four rings. After attempting with two different overpriced versions to capture at least part of the market created by Tesla back in the late 2000s, Audi gave up, more or less, a...
The e-SIV Concept, SsangYong's New Promise it Can't Keep
9 Mar 2018, 08:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The fact the automotive industry is moving towards electrification at a rapid pace means all players in this market, big or small, profitable or not, must prepare for the future with an electric vehicle or two. Or five... For SsangYong, the trou...
Nissan Upgrades Juke for the 2018 Geneva Motor Show
9 Mar 2018, 08:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Alongside world or European premieres, the 2018 Geneva Motor Show is the perfect excuse for automakers to present upgraded versions of their existing models. Nissan, for instance, chose the event to present the minor changes it has envisioned for t...
2018 BMW 2 Series Active and Gran Tourer LCI Show Mild Facelifts in Geneva
8 Mar 2018, 16:35 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / The BMW 2 Series Active Tourer was supposed to be the end of the Bavarian brand. It was the first model bearing the BMW badge to use a front-wheel-drive configuration, which apparently was all it took for the antichrist to be born. But things we...
2018 Ford Kuga Shows Off In Geneva In ST-Line Specification
8 Mar 2018, 15:40 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Also known as Escape in the United States, the Kuga is the Ford Motor Company’s weapon of choice in the compact crossover segment. And in accordance to the grandioseness of the 2018 Geneva Motor Show, it touched down in ST-Line trim. What ...
Tesla Model 3 Looks Lost in Geneva
8 Mar 2018, 15:34 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Tesla Inc. is notorious for doing a few things differently from the rest of the car manufacturers, starting with the very nature of its vehicles and ending with the way it sells and advertises them. One of these peculiarities is that Musk's...
Sin S1 Is Like a LEGO Track Car in Geneva
8 Mar 2018, 14:57 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Until we came across the Sin S1 on the Geneva floor, we didn't think too much about LEGO cars. After all, with the amazing horsepower display that is the Swiss event, it was difficult to focus on other kinds of toys. Nevertheless, Bulgarian au...
C7 Corvette-based Eadon Green Zeclat Lands In Geneva With British Styling
8 Mar 2018, 14:51 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / With the Morgan Aero riding off into the sunset, Eadon Green took up the challenge to design a classically correct British sports car with contemporary bragging rights. Meet the Zeclat, which is a re-bodied Corvette with tons of attitude. Develo...
Pininfarina Hybrid Kinetic GT Spreads Its Gullwings in Geneva
8 Mar 2018, 14:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After nearly a month of teasing the model, Italian design house Pininfarina and Chinese company Hybrid Kinetic have unveiled their fourth joined project at the 2018 Geneva Motor Show. Called simply 2018 HK GT, the concept is essentially an electric...
2018 Geneva Motor Show Booth Girls Survive the Pointless Automakers' Purge
8 Mar 2018, 13:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In the wake of the #metoo scandals that rocked various industries in the past year, fear that misconduct allegations might fall upon them has forced several automakers to ditch plans of using girls as a means to attract attention to the cars they m...
Abarth 695 Rivale Shines Brighter Than Fiat 500 Collezione In Geneva
8 Mar 2018, 13:44 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / If you’re one of the few people who believe the 500 has too few special editions, Fiat is much obliged to launch not one, but two such vehicles to at #GIMS2018. First things first, let’s start with the bite-the-back-of-your-hand beautif...
$1.4 Million W Motors Fenyr SuperSport Production Model Brings Dubai to Geneva
8 Mar 2018, 13:36 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The supercar and hypercar debut explosion that is the Geneva Motor Show has brought together go-fast machines from all parts of the world. And one of these velocity behemoths is the W Motors Fenyr SuperSport, which has come to the Swiss event in pr...
Nissan IMx Kuro Mind-Reading Concept Presented in Geneva
8 Mar 2018, 13:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / How would you like for the car you drive to read your mind? To know what you want to do, where you want to go before you yourself are aware of it? Although we’re not yet at the point where such a technology is widely available, Nissan&rsqu...
Corbellati Missile Hypercar Looks Unfinished In Geneva, Because It Is Unfinished
8 Mar 2018, 13:12 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / As it’s often the case with up-and-coming automakers, Corbellati is more show than go. That’s the impression left by the Italian company at the Geneva Motor Show, where the Missile looks like a work-in-progress, the progress being at 20...
Zenvo TSR-S Joins Twin Supercharged Lineup in Geneva
8 Mar 2018, 12:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The name of the game is rear wing. This is what Zenvo says defines its TSR-S hypercar, the third model included in the Danish’s line of so-called Twin Supercharged lineup (TS), together with the TS1 GT and TSR. The car part the Danes...