Geneva Motor Show
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Audi joins the electric race later this year with the arrival of the e-tron, a mid-size SUV with space for five and all the luxury you'd typically find in an Audi. The brand with the four rings chose to roll out a prototype on Tuesday at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show, giving audiences their first close-up look at the new SUV. Audi wasn't willing to reveal any new specs for the e-tron but hinted at a range of at least 250 miles. A 150-kilowatt fast-charging system will provide 80 percent charge in about 30 minutes. In the original e-tron quattro concept that was unveiled in 2015 to...
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2019 Jaguar I-Pace revealed: Jag's electric crossover power play
The 2019 Jaguar I-Pace electric crossover SUV broke cover Tuesday at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show, catapulting the small luxury automaker into the EV era with its first a long-range, battery-electric vehicle. The production version follows a long lap of the I-Pace concept, which we...
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2019 Audi A6 revealed: The key(less) to new luxury?
The new 2019 Audi A6 was mostly telegraphed. The luxury four-door sedan that was revealed Tuesday at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show follows the same jabs that the larger 2019 Audi A8 and 2019 Audi A7 threw first with a mid-size uppercut from Ingolstadt. The A6 combines technology found in...
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Corbellati Missile drops with 1,800 HP, alleged 310 MPH top speed
The Geneva International Motor Show isn't just big, global brands. For every Mercedes-Benz, there are a bunch of boutique automakers, coachbuilders, and tuners showing their wares. While some exist to ruin existing cars—we're looking at you Mansory—others arrive with stunning claims...
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Ferrari 488 Pista revealed, packs same power as McLaren 720S
Ferrari's hardcore version of the 488 GTB was revealed last month as the new 488 Pista. The car made its debut on Tuesday at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show, where Ferrari dropped a few new details. Pista, of course, is the Italian word for “track,” and a track is very much...
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Pininfarina H2 Speed supercar confirmed for production
Italian design house Pininfarina used the 2016 Geneva International Motor Show to unveil the H2 Speed concept. The sultry supercar featured a hydrogen fuel cell power source and provided a glimpse at a potential future for motorsports where race cars produce zero emissions. It turns out the concept...
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Mercedes-AMG revealed its standalone sedan on Tuesday at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show, ahead of the vehicle's sales launch late this summer. The Affalterbach tuner is referring to the car as the GT 4-Door Coupe, with the naming practice in keeping with parent company Mercedes-Benz's penchant for calling anything with a low roof a coupe, hence the naming of even 4-door SUVs as coupes. The purpose of the GT 4-Door Coupe is to encapsulate the characteristics of AMG's GT sports car but in a more practical package. Though they ride on separate platforms, the two cars have a lot in...
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Pininfarina-styled HK GT concept debuts at Geneva auto show
Chinese electric car startup Hybrid Kinetic has unveiled a new concept car at a major auto show for the fourth time in less than two years. The latest study is the HK GT, described as an electric grand tourer powered by an extended-range electric powertrain. It made its debut on Tuesday at the 2018...
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Morgan reveals 50th Anniversary Plus 8 in Geneva
Morgan used this week's 2018 Geneva International Motor Show to introduce the Plus 8 50th Anniversary Edition. As the name suggests, the car, of which just 50 units will be built, celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Plus 8 line. Morgan tells us that well over 6,000 of the V-8-powered sports cars...
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Aero GT is Morgan's most extreme road car to date
When it comes to building traditional sports cars, no other company in the world (that we can name, at least) is steeped in as much tradition and history as Britain’s Morgan Motor Company. Founded in 1910 by Harry Frederick Stanley Morgan, the company’s products look much the same today...
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Lamborghini Huracán Performante Spyder is your new old-school, hairy chested roadster
Today's auto shows increasingly focus on green and autonomous vehicles, but don't tell Lamborghini that. On Tuesday at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show, the automaker introduced a convertible version of its lightweight Huracán Performante, offering the well-heeled enthusiast an...
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Track-only McLaren Senna GTR concept unveiled with upward of 814 HP
The buck doesn't stop at McLaren's latest Ultimate Series offering, the Senna supercar. On Tuesday, the British marque revealed the Senna GTR concept at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show, with the car carrying the vaunted GTR nameplate's torch from F1 GTR and P1 GTR to the latest ultimate...
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Italdesign Giugiaro turned 50 last month and celebrated with the announcement of a new supercar, the Zerouno Duerta, which was unveiled on Tuesday at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show. The Zerouno Duerta is a targa version of last year's Zerouno, the first car to be sold under Italdesign's own eponymous brand, and it relies on a removable carbon fiber element to easily and quickly swap between coupe and targa body styles. As was the case with the Zerouno, the Zerouno Duerta from some angles resembles a scaled-down version of the Lamborghini Veneno, specifically the Lamborghini Veneno...
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2019 Supra: Toyota promises low-slung fun, life lessons learned
The next Toyota Supra will revive its signature inline-6 engine because the car’s fans demand it. Even so, it’ll have a lower center of gravity than the flat-4-powered Toyota 86, promised Tetsuya Tada, Toyota’s global chief engineer. Speaking with a translator, Tada said Tuesday...
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VW CEO says a diesel renaissance is coming
Many executives are gone. More than $30 billion dollars have been spent in legal battles, retro-fits, and recalls. Yet on Monday we learned that Volkswagen CEO Matthias Mueller believes there is a coming "diesel renaissance." "Diesel will see a renaissance in the not-too-distant future because...
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Ruf SCR bows in Geneva as homage to the original
Ruf, which made a name for itself producing highly tuned Porsches decades ago, no longer relies exclusively on Porsche platforms but still adheres to its time-tested mantra: add power, subtract weight. The 2018 Ruf SCR is no different, and it's a salute to the original SCR, which debuted 40 years...
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Volkswagen ID Vizzion electric sedan unveiled at Geneva auto show
Volkswagen used this week's 2018 Geneva International Motor Show to unveil the ID Vizzion concept, a large electric sedan that is more or less a replacement for the Phateon that ended production two years ago. The ID Vizzion will go into production by 2022, Volkswagen said, and is intended to show...
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Nissan Formula E car gets Nismo-ized livery for inaugural season
The Renault Nissan Mitsubishi Alliance races in both Formula 1 and Formula E. Currently, Renault is represented in both series, but Nissan is replacing corporate partner Renault Formula E for the 2018/2019 season. A Nissan prepares to enter the world of all-electric open-wheel racing, it introduced...
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Anyone remember Hyundai's "fluidic sculpture" design language? It's over. Starting at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show, the South Korean brand is launching a new style that focuses on "sensuous sportiness" and the Le Fil Rouge Concept is its pioneer. The sleek sedan features a low nose, a long hood, and a fastback design. The rear doors blend into the haunches in a way that's eerily similar to Aston Martin's DB10. While up front, the grille spans the width of the fascia, and is perhaps the element of the Le Fil Rouge that's most likely to arrive on a production vehicle. The wheel...
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Imagine wagon: Subaru Viziv Tourer concept shows at Geneva
It wouldn't be an auto show if Subaru didn't bring a lusty concept to the floor. On Tuesday, the automaker unveiled the Subaru Viziv Tourer concept as a preview for future long-roof designs. The Viziv Tourer is slightly more compact from head to toe than the current Subaru Outback, although the...
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Concept previews BMW M8 Gran Coupe coming in 2019
BMW has given us our best look yet at its new 8-Series with the reveal of the M8 Gran Coupe concept on Tuesday at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show. The concept specifically previews a future M8 Gran Coupe, but its styling reflects traits of all 8-Series variants. The new 8-Series will...
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2019 Jaguar I-Pace priced from $70,495
Jaguar's I-Pace electric crossover SUV has been priced from $70,495. The I-Pace is eligible for a $7,500 federal income-tax credit, as well as $2,500 and $2,000 purchase rebates in California and New York, respectively. The pricing puts the I-Pace at a discount to Tesla's Model X, which starts...
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Bugatti Chiron Sport is lighter, sharper, but not Super
Can a new Bugatti be disappointing? No, that's ridiculous. But we'll admit to feeling a little surprised by the arrival of the new Bugatti Chiron Sport, which debuted Tuesday at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show. That's not because of what it adds—a sharper, more aggressive suspension...
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Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR Pro debuts in Geneva with F1-rivaling performance
Aston Martin’s Valkyrie is already pushing the limits of car design but there’s a more powerful, more hardcore version, and it’s set to rewrite the rule book on the performance potential of road car-based track specials. The track-only version of Aston Martin’s hypercar is...
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