2008 Paris Motor Show

Winkelmann: Estoque still years away, Lamborghini not only thinking about speed

Posted: Oct 10, 2008

Filed under: Auto Shows, Industry News, Lamborghini

Both Aston Martin and Porsche will come to the market next year with production versions of their four-door-coupes; Lamborghini, on the other hand, will be taking a little longer. According to CEO Stephan Winkelmann, Lamborghini will not decide on whether to proceed with the production version of the Estoque until next year. After that it should take about [...]

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MINI Crossover won’t be called Crossman, Maxi name a contender

Posted: Oct 10, 2008

Filed under: Auto Shows, MINI

MINI’s upcoming crossover may not be called the ‘MINI Crossman’ after all. According to GoAuto who spoke with BMW’s global sales and marketing chief, Ian Robertson, the MINI Crossover Concept seen in Paris will have a different badge when it hits the markets in two years.
“I can assure you it won’t be known by that [...]

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Lamborghini Estoque interior will be luxurious and spacious

Posted: Oct 09, 2008

Filed under: Auto Shows, Lamborghini

Lamborghini has released images of the cockpit of its new Estoque concept that we saw at the 2008 Paris Motor Show last week. Lamborghini says that the Estoque offers a ’surprisingly generous feeling of spaciousness,’ – while we haven’t sat in one we’ll have to take Lambo’s word on that one.
What we do notice is the [...]

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Mazda Kiyora to spawn Mazda1 city car

Posted: Oct 06, 2008

Filed under: Auto Shows, Hybrids, Green News, Mazda

So who is it at Mazda that is designing cars now that their ‘golden boy’ Frans von Holzhausen left them to go work for Tesla Motors? Jo Stenuit, Mazda’s new chief of design – and he’s not doing a bad job with the whole ‘Nagare’ thing Holzhausen started.
With the help of Mickael Loyer and Gregory [...]

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eGMCarTech’s Top 10 2008 Paris Motor Show Reveals

Posted: Oct 05, 2008

Filed under: Auto Shows

The curtains have closed on the press days of the 2008 Paris Motor Show. We saw a lot of new cars and concepts on the floor in the two days but there were 10 that we felt deserved some extra attention.
Check out eGMCarTech’s lives of the Top 10 2008 Paris Motor Show Reveals after the jump [...]

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Video: Honda Insight Hybrid in action

Posted: Oct 04, 2008

Filed under: Honda, Hybrids, Green News, Videos

Honda has taken the covers off of its new Insight Hybrid Concept, a concept that is pretty much the production ready model that will arrive on U.S. roads in April 2009. At the 2008 Paris Motor Show, Honda’s CEO Takeo Fukui said that he is targeting a price of just below $19,000 for the Prius [...]

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Video: 2009 Volkswagen Golf GTI in action

Posted: Oct 04, 2008

Filed under: 2009 Releases, Auto Shows, Videos, Volkswagen

We’ve seen a lot of the pics of the 2009 Volkswagen Golf GTI over this past week but today we get to see the new high-performance hatch in action. Volkswagen has just released a 4 minute video of driving footage of the 2009 Golf GTI (which you can check out after the jump).
Refresher: Power comes [...]

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Live from Paris 2008: MINI Crossover Concept

Posted: Oct 04, 2008

Filed under: Auto Shows, MINI

Besides the BMW Concept X1, BMW also showed off the MINI Crossover Concept for its MINI division. The concept hints at model, so far confirmed to be called ‘Crossman,’ that will enter production next year. Production will be outsourced to Magna Steyr with a total of 80,000 units planned annually.
This fourth variant in the MINI [...]

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Video: 2010 Lexus IS 250C drops its top to epic music

Posted: Oct 04, 2008

Filed under: 2010 Releases, Auto Shows, Lexus, Videos

Summer is over – but that didn’t stop Lexus from debuting its convertible IS at the 2008 Paris Motor Show this week. Lexus has also released a short video showing the Lexus IS 250C dropping its top to very epic music that makes you feel like Maximus.
The hard-top 205-hp Lexus IS 250C will go on [...]

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Live from Paris 2008: Ferrari California sold out until 2011

Posted: Oct 03, 2008

Filed under: 2009 Releases, Auto Shows, Ferrari

What financial crisis? Ferrari is expecting record sales in 2008 and at its Ferrari California debut at the 2008 Paris Motor Show today, the Italian automaker said it has sold out of the convertible until 2011. Ferrari has sold the entire 2009 and 2010 production of the $246,724 hard-top California.
According to Ferrari’s boss Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, [...]