Geneva Motor Show
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More photos of McLaren’s new supercar to replace the 650S in the Super Series range have surfaced ahead of next week’s debut at the 2017 Geneva auto show. The latest shots were initially published in a Bloomberg article but have since been removed. An earlier photo was published by supercar collector Kris Singh, known to many as Instagram user lamborghiniks, and revealed the car from the front. The shots reveal the car in great detail and also give us a look inside the driver-focused cabin which we learned yesterday will feature a foldaway instrument cluster to leave as little...
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McLaren’s new dash features an instrument cluster that folds away
It’s impressive to see how much McLaren lifts the bar with each of its new models. Take for example the 650S replacement that's debuting next week at the 2017 Geneva auto show and is expected to go by the name 720S. The car, in some respects, will offer performance almost on par with the P1...
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French luxury brand DS launches DS 7 Crossback
At next month’s 2017 Geneva auto show, French auto giant PSA Group will unveil a new model from its fledgling luxury brand DS. The new model is the DS 7 Crossback, a small SUV in the same vein as the Audi Q5 and Volvo XC60. DS started out life in 2009 as a sub-brand of Citroën but was...
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New supercar to be first of a series of models from Fittipaldi Motors
In early February we learned that Brazilian racing driver Emerson Fittipaldi was developing a new supercar with Italian design and German engineering, courtesy of Pininfarina and HWA, respectively. Fittipaldi has since revealed that the new car, called the Fittipaldi EF7 Vision Gran Turismo by...
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Alpine reveals 718 Cayman rival, confirms A110 name
The long road to the market return of the Alpine sports car brand is almost over. It was in late 2012 that French automaker Renault announced plans to partner with British track car specialist Caterham to develop a platform to underpin a future sports car for Alpine and a similar model for...
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Prototype for Techrules GT96 electric supercar surfaces
Chinese startup Techrules is bringing an extended-range electric supercar to next week’s 2017 Geneva auto show, and we’ve got photos of a prototype. The prototype is being tested at Italy’s Monza circuit by professional racer Manuel Lauck and reveals the flip-up door mechanism...
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The latest version of the Volvo City Safety collision avoidance system will be able to automatically steer a car of trouble, within the given road rules. It will debut on the redesigned Volvo XC60 due to be unveiled at next week’s 2017 Geneva auto show, and will make its way into other vehicles in the automaker’s fleet in due course. City Safety can currently deploy the brakes to avoid on object in the road ahead if the driver is distracted, but the latest version debuting on the redesigned XC60 will automatically steer or provide steering support in situations when braking alone...
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Aston Martin expanding Q personalization options at Geneva
Aston Martin lost $200 million last year, but things are looking up. Sales spiked nearly 50 percent in the fourth quarter thanks to the introduction of the new DB11 and now the brand is looking for more ways to improve profitability. At the Geneva auto show next month, Aston Martin will introduce...
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McLaren 650S replacement’s stopping power on par with P1 hypercar
We’re getting closer and closer to the reveal of McLaren’s 650S replacement at next month's 2017 Geneva auto show. The car, tipped to be called a 720S and already revealed in a leaked shot, is the first member of McLaren’s next-generation Super Series family. It’s a true...
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Mercedes-AMG GT C Roadster Edition 50 to debut in Geneva
Mercedes-AMG is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2017, and the Affalterbach tuner has numerous models planned to mark the milestone. The first of these was the GT C Edition 50 that we saw at the 2017 Detroit auto show. At next month’s 2017 Geneva auto show, AMG will introduce the...
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2018 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Cabrio teased ahead of Geneva debut
Mercedes-Benz will complete its fifth-generation E-Class family with the reveal of the 2018 E-Class Cabriolet at next month’s 2017 Geneva auto show. Camouflaged prototypes have been spied for the past several months. The design is hardly a mystery as Mercedes has already shown us the 2018...
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Lexus confirms multi-stage hybrid system for 2018 LS 500h
Lexus will unveil the 2018 LS 500h hybrid sedan at next month’s 2017 Geneva auto show, and the automaker has confirmed the car will feature the innovative multi-stage hybrid system that we first saw in the LC 500h. The system combines an internal combustion engine with two motor-generators...
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Hyundai’s latest Elantra has already spawned sedan and hatchback body styles. At next month’s 2017 Geneva auto show, the Korean automaker will add a wagon to the range. Hyundai is yet to confirm whether the vehicle will be sold in the United States, though if it ends up here expect it to be called an Elantra Touring. The last Elantra Touring bowed out of the market after the 2012 model year. In other markets it will be known as an i30 Tourer and go up against affordable compact wagons such as the Ford Focus Wagon, Opel Astra Sports Tourer and Volkswagen Golf SportWagen. The...
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New Ford Fiesta ST teased ahead of 2017 Geneva auto show
Last December we saw Ford unveil a redesigned Fiesta, but the version we’re most interested in, the new Fiesta ST, wasn't among the lineup. Ford plans to reveal the hot hatch on Friday ahead of a world debut at next month's 2017 Geneva auto show. To build up excitement the automaker has...
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Land Rover teases Range Rover Velar ahead of Geneva debut
Land Rover is expanding its luxury-oriented Range Rover family with a new model called the Range Rover Velar. The vehicle has been called everything from a Range Rover Sport Coupe to a Grand Evoque but Land Rover on Wednesday finally confirmed it as a Velar. Its arrival is no surprise as prototypes...
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Techrules supercar adopts McLaren F1-style central driving position
A Chinese company by the name of Techrules will use the 2017 Geneva auto show to introduce an extended-range electric supercar with a three-seat layout and central driving position, à la the McLaren F1. (Note, McLaren is working on its own modern three-seat supercar.) Unique to the Techrules...
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Italdesign reveals new brand, logo for road car division
As first hinted by its CEO last summer, Italian design firm Italdesign Giugiaro has established its own car brand. The firm on Wednesday revealed the name of the brand as Italdesign Automobili Speciali, and also produced this new logo. The logo features a stylized bull, the animal that features on...
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McLaren 650S replacement to feature twin-turbo 4.0-liter V-8
McLaren has a new supercar coming to replace the 650S in the mid-range Super Series family, and it’s due to debut in just a few weeks at the 2017 Geneva auto show. (A photo of the car has already surfaced, though.) We’re talking about a complete redesign, with the car, tipped to be...
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By now we’ve pretty much given up on Mitsubishi introducing anything genuinely sporty. But for anyone in the market for a sporty-looking SUV, the brand may still be of some interest. Mitsubishi will use next month’s 2017 Geneva auto show to introduce a new SUV labeled an Eclipse Cross. The vehicle, previewed by the series of XR-PHEV concept cars, will sit in the lineup between the mid-size Outlander and compact Outlander Sport and will feature an almost coupe-like profile. The automaker confirmed to Motor Authority that Mitsubishi will use the Eclipse name in Europe and in the...
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2018 Lexus LS 500h confirmed for 2017 Geneva auto show
Lexus has released the first photo of the hybrid version of its newest LS sedan ahead of a debut at next month’s 2017 Geneva auto show. The fifth generation of the Lexus flagship made its debut in January at the 2017 Detroit auto show was only shown as an LS 500, which comes with a...
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Fittipaldi EF7 supercar coming with V-8, 2,200-lb weight
Set to star at next month’s 2017 Geneva auto show is a new supercar developed in partnership by Brazilian racing driver Emerson Fittipaldi, Italian design house Pininfarina and German motorsport and engineering firm HWA. The car is called the Fittipaldi EF7 Vision Gran Turismo by Pininfarina...
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Citroën C-Aircross concept previews C3 Picasso successor
Citroën will use next month’s 2017 Geneva auto show to unveil a funky compact SUV called the C-Aircross. The car may be a concept but it’s actually a thinly-veiled preview of the French automaker’s replacement for the C3 Picasso. Whereas the C3 Picasso is more of a minivan...
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New Mercedes-AMG G-Class variant to be a Landaulet
Mercedes-AMG has released a teaser for an open-top version of its wide-body G-Class to be labeled a Landaulet and due for a debut during next month’s 2017 Geneva auto show. A Landaulet is typically a sedan where part of the roof can be folded away to provide an open-air experience for those...
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Wagon body style added to 2017 Opel Insignia range
General Motors’ European unit Opel will start selling a new generation of its Insignia mid-sizer later in 2017. We’re already seen the redesigned Insignia in Grand Sport liftback form, and over the weekend the first photos of the car’s Insignia Sports Tourer wagon body style were...
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