The Zagato Fiat 500 Concept from the Geneva Motor Show – Fiat 500 Coupe Zagato – gets a green light for a limited run. When we counted up the number of cars that appeared at the Geneva Motor Show this year it came to over 200. Not all the cars were new arrivals and many were a bit dull. But one […]
Bertone B99 Jaguar NOT for Jaguar. Perhaps Lamborghini will be interested?
Jaguar has proclaimed the Bertone B99 – Bertone’s take on a new small Jaguar – as ‘Not for them’. Perhaps it could become a Lamborghini? We thought we were in a minority of one when we proclaimed the Bertone B99 – Bertone’s take on a new Small Jaguar – to be the wrong direction for Jaguar. We […]
Range Rover Evoque: A different Evoque for every customer
Land Rover has revealed at Geneva that the Range Rover Evoque will be the most customisable Land Rover ever built. We’ve had the roll out of the Range Rover Evoque piecemeal over the last nine months, from the first showing of an Evoque with a name at Kensingon Palace last July, through to the reveal […]
Mercedes C-Class Coupe: Geneva 2011 catch-up
The new Mercedes C-Class Coupe looks impressive on the floor at Geneva, but we do wonder how Mercedes are going to differentiate it from the E-Class Coupe. The 2011 Mercedes C-Class Coupe does look very impressive on the floor at Geneva. But we do worry about how Mercedes are going to market it. It just doesn’t […]
Aventador Sold Out. Will that mean cheap Gallardos?
We’re hearing that 2011 production for the Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 is already sold. But that could mean good news for Gallardo buyers? With production of the Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 likely to run at no more than about 1,000 cars this year, it’s not the biggest shock in the world that we’re hearing every single LP700-4 slot […]
Volvo V60 Plug-in Diesel Hybrid: Geneva 2011 catch-up
Volvo has revealed their diesel plug-in hybrid at Geneva – the Volvo V60 Diesel Plug-in Hybrid – offering a decent drive and good economy We’re probably going to be playing catch-up for the next few days on stuff we didn’t manage to cover on the press days at Geneva. And this – the Volvo […]
Toyota FT-86 II: Now Toyota mean it. Really
Toyota have brought their compact sports car project to Geneva in an updated version – the Toyota FT-86 II, which may hit the road by 2012. Toyota has been threatening to produce an affordable sports car for quite a while. And when we first saw the Toyota FT-86 Concept at the end of 2009 (and […]
BMW Vision ConnectedDrive: BMW’s Automotive Information Future
BMW are showcasing what they see as the future of automotive information driver interaction in the BMW Vision ConnectedDrive at Geneva. When the BMW Vision ConnectedDrive first crossed our path we did wonder if it would be a concept version of a small BMW Roadster, A sub Z4. A BMW Z2, perhaps. But it soon […]
Jaguar XF 2.2 litre diesel: Has Adrian Hallmark confirmed it?
We’re convinced that Jaguar’s Global Brand Director Adrian Hallmark revealed the Jaguar XF will get a 2.2 diesel engine this year at Jaguar’s Geneva Press Conference We’ve been discussing the likelihood of Jaguar putting the 2.2 diesel lump JLR currently use in the Freelander (and not just JLR in the Freelander – it’s rather ubiquitous […]
Bentley Supersports ISR: Cool in Arctica White in Geneva
A quick recap on the Bentley Continental Supersorts Ice Speed Record Convertible Limited Edition, and a live photo from Geneva. It’s not every day you take a world speed record and give it a good spanking. But that’s what Bentley recently did on ice in Finland in – of all things – a Bentley Supersports […]