Paris Motor Show
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The 2017 Jaguar XE diesel will be the automaker's most fuel-efficient production car ever.
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Infiniti Q80 Inspiration Hybrid Concept Unveiled At Paris Motor Show
Infiniti has made little secret of its desire to launch a new flagship that would finally fill the void left by the departure of its largest sedan, the Q45. Today, at the 2014 Paris Motor Show, we now have our first solid look at the automaker’s progress--in the form of the stunning Q80...
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Jeep Renegade Is 'Male,' While Fiat 500X Will Be More 'Female': Analyst
The 2015 Jeep Renegade, a subcompact crossover from Jeep's owner Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, won't go on sale for a few more months--although it's now in dealerships in Europe. The littlest Jeep will add incremental sales in North America, although its main markets are likely to be Asia and Europe...
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Volkswagen Passat GTE Plug-In Hybrid To Appear At Paris Motor Show
Now that German carmakers have started to work in earnest on plug-in hybrids, expect to see a whole lot more of them in the coming years--though not always in North America. Following the Volkswagen Golf GTE plug-in hybrid it unveiled last year, which is now on sale in Europe, the second VW to...
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Citroen Compressed-Air Hybrid For Paris Motor Show: Cactus Airflow 2L Concept
A hybrid system, broadly defined, is any two power sources that combine to provide torque to drive a car's wheels. While most are hybrid-electric--a combustion engine plus one or two electric motors powered by a battery pack--other types exist as well. France's PSA Peugeot Citroën is...
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2016 Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid: Revealed At Paris Motor Show
Pity poor Mitsubishi, whose Outlander Plug-In Hybrid has been on sale in Europe and Asia for almost two years. But the plug-in hybrid SUV's U.S. debut has been delayed several times, and now is set for the fall of 2015, likely as a 2016 model. Now we can get a glimpse of what the revised plug-in...
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The Kia Optima Mild Hybrid concept will debut at the 2014 Paris Motor Show.
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Updated Ford C-Max European Models Unveiled For Paris Motor Show
Just one day after it revealed a small portion of the design in a teaser photo, the updated Ford C-Max for the European market has been unveiled ahead of the Paris Motor Show. With sleeker front styling and a host of new features, the new C-Max will go on sale as a 2015 model in Europe. U.S...
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Renault Eolab: Preview Of Nissan Plug-In Hybrid At Smaller Scale?
French carmaker Renault hasn't sold cars in North America in almost 30 years, But as half of the global Renault-Nissan Alliance--and Europe's earliest volume electric-car maker--its cars and concepts are important to watch for clues to future Nissan offerings. So the Renault Eolab Concept that will...
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Ford C-Max To Get 'Extreme Makeover,' Debut At Paris Motor Show
A refreshed Ford C-Max tall wagon will debut at the 2014 Paris Motor Show.
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Smart Forstars Concept: Paris Auto Show Preview
Is this the most aggressive-looking Smart concept car yet? With a longer wheelbase, coupe-like roofline and frowning eyebrows over the headlights, it's certainly a step up from the usual squat city cars, and it gives us yet another indication of what the next generation ForTwo might look like...
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BMW Concept Active Tourer: Paris Auto Show Preview
BMW producing a front-wheel drive car ranks alongside hell freezing over on the plausibility scale, so the announcement of the Concept Active Tourer is sure to get Beelzebub dressing for the winter. The Active Tourer previews the look of a new small BMW, similar in size to the brand's current...
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The Renault Nissan alliance might be known for all-electric cars like the 2012 Nissan Leaf, 2012 Renault Fluence Z.E. and quirky Renault Twizy, but that doesn’t mean the two automakers aren’t interested in other forms of zero emissions cars. At this year’s Paris Motor Show, Nissan will prove that point with the world premiere of its Terra Fuel Cell Crossover SUV Concept. Due to make its debut on September 27, the Terra crossover SUV promises to combine Nissan’s existing production electric car technology with hydrogen fuel cells to give what it says is proof that...
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2014 Volkswagen Golf: Bigger, Lighter, Greener
It has been in production in one form or another for 38 years, but the next-generation Volkswagen Golf, due to be unveiled next month at the 2012 Paris Auto Show, will be the biggest, smartest and most economical Golf yet. According to Autocar, the seventh generation Volkswagen Golf, due to go on...
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Nissan Bringing All-Electric Compact SUV Concept To Paris Motor Show
For some time, we’ve known that Nissan’s long-term electric car strategy includes developing several more electric models over the next few years, including commercial vehicles and luxury cars. Now it appears that an all-electric SUV may feature in Nissan’s future, with the news...
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Mitsubishi Teases Outlander Plug-In Hybrid Coming This Fall
Mitsubishi is only the second global volume carmaker to sell a plug-in electric car in the U.S., but battery electric minicars like its 2012 'i' won't be a high-volume segment any time soon--if ever. The company sells far more Outlander crossover utilities than 'i' electric cars, so the launch of...
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Production 2013 Fisker Surf To Launch At Paris Motor Show: Report
Now that Fisker has managed to launch its 2012 Karma and start delivering cars to customers, the company is looking ahead toward expanding its model range. Reports today in the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf indicate that it will unveil the production version of its 2013 Fisker Surf 'shooting brake'...
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2015 VW Golf Plug-in Hybrid To Debut At 2012 Paris Motor Show
Back in the 1980s, Volkswagen worked on producing both fully-electric and plug-in hybrid versions of its Mk II Rabbit -- also known as the Mk II VW Golf. It’s been no secret that Volkswagen has been working on resurrecting an all-electric Golf in the form of its 2013 VW Blue E-Motion, but now...
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As you might have already gathered, the Volkswagen empire is rather big. Owning Volkswagen (obviously) and Audi and having a large stake in Porsche, they're one of the biggest and most profitable car companies on the planet. Two marques you don't see Stateside though that also play a big part in the Volkswagen Audi Group (VAG) are Skoda and SEAT. The Czech and Spanish companies handle the budget and youth-orientated sports models respectively in Europe, allowing VAG to fill virtually every market niche its possible to fill. So with Audi showing us e-Tron concepts and Volkswagen planning...
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Nissan All Smiles: TownPod Concept Unveiled At 2010 Paris Motor Show
If you remember back a few weeks you’ll remember that we were given a sneak peak at Nissan’s latest electric creation, the Townpod. We weren’t told much by NIssan at the time and spent some time cogitating over the enigmatic press release, which stated that the TownPod “is...
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Paris Motor Show: Ford Confirms C-Max Hybrid And Plug-In Minivans
Since launching the Ford Escape Hybrid in 2004, Ford has confined sales of its hybrid-electric vehicles to North America. But that's about to change. In European markets, where up to 50 percent of new cars are fitted with high-efficiency diesel engines, Ford has focused its efforts over the last...
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Paris Motor Show: Jaguar C-X75 Turbine-Electric Supercar Concept!
We don't use exclamation points all that often, but once in a while it's justified. In this case, the Jaguar C-X75 Concept supercar just unveiled at the 2010 Paris Motor Show deserves one. If not several: !!! Not only is it sleek, sexy, and stunningly beautiful (to our eyes, anyhow). It returns...
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2010 Paris Motor Show: Green Car Roundup of Concept Vehicles
Just two more days to go until the official media day at the 2010 Paris Motor Show. And even before that, there's a slew of announcements, reveals, receptions, parties, and other festivities, all focused around the first event on the global autumn auto-show calendar. Following our roundup of the...
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UPDATE: 2010 Paris Motor Show: Guide To Electric Vehicles
The 2010 Paris Motor Show is upon us and amongst the supercars and superminis lie a veritable feast of electric vehicles. Whilst we've known about many of the cars due to be shown for a little while now, for many it will be the first opportunity to see the newest EV concepts and production cars up...
Antony Ingram