We have the first photo of the new Gumpert Tornante – officially the Gumpert Tornante by TOURING – which will debut at Geneva. There’s lot’s you can see about a Gumpert. Awesome performance and race car handling in a car that’s road-legal is a start. But one thing no one has ever said about the Gumpert […]
Honda EV Concept and Plug-in Hybrid Platform at Geneva
Honda are to take the Honda EV Concept – a preview of the Honda Fit EV – and a new plugi-n hybrid platform at the Geneva Motor Show. Honda are of the opinion that electric cars and hybrids are at best a short or medium option to move away from our dependence on oil. As […]
Lotus Evora Facelift? No, it’s the Lotus Evora Mansory
The rumoured Lotus Evora facelift turns out to be a Mansory Lotus Evora with a new nose and lots of carbon fibre trim and is “…a taste of the future of Lotus product customisation.” The Interwebs have had a little buzz these last few days about a facelift for the Lotus Evora. It seems the […]
2011/2012 Kia Rio Revealed
After a teaser sketch of the new Kia Rio last month, Kia release details and photos of the 2011 / 2012 Kia Rio ahead of Geneva debut. With the inexorable move by Hyundai and Kia to higher quality, Euro-centric cars the Kia Rio is overdue to be Euro-fied. After all, it’s two years since the […]
Renault Captur: Renault’s answer to the Juke at Geneva
Renault are taking a funky, urban crossover concept to Geneva – the Renault Captur; a Juke homage. The Nissan Juke – just like its big brother the Qashqai – has set car makers scrambling to catch up. The funky, urban (very) compact crossover has captured the Zeitgeist. Suddenly you can drive something butch and funky without […]
BMW ActiveE: Electric BMW 1-Series at Geneva
BMW will reveal a production version of the electric 1-series – the BMW ActiveE – at Geneva before producing 1,000 to run as a trial. It’s been a while since we first saw the BMW ActiveE, the BMW 1-Series with the gubbins from the MINI E bolted under the bonnet (and various other places) and intended […]
BMW Roadster Concept: BMW Vision ConnectedDrive Geneva debut
BMW are taking a Roadster Concept to Geneva – the BMW Vision ConnectedDrive – featuring future technology and a layered design construct. We reported the other day that BMW were taking a roadster concept to the Geneva Motor Show, a car we expected to point the way to a new, smaller roadster – the BMW […]
Lexus LFA Nurburgring Package Geneva debut
Lexus are to finally debut the Nurburgring Package for the Lexus LFA at the Geneva Motor Show in March Regular readers may be more than a little surprised to learn that Lexus plans on giving the limited edition Lexus LFA Nurburgring Package a first outing at the Geneva Motor Show next month. For it is almost exactly a year since we […]
De Tomaso SLC: De Tomaso back with SUV Concept
The first new De Tomaso in a generation – an SUV codenamed De Tomaso SLC – will debut at the Geneva Motor Show. We’ve covered some of the trials and tribulations of De Tomaso in the last couple of years, with the assets of the once-successful maker of Italian-style cars with a New World heart […]
Suzuki Swift S-CONCEPT Hot-Hatch at Geneva
Suzuki are teasing a concept for Geneva – the Suzuki Swift S-CONCEPT – which we expect to be a hot Swift with the 178bhp lump from the Polo GTI and a 7-speed DSG ‘box. Suzuki ended up giving us a bit of detail on the 2011 Swift back in June last year. But their hand […]