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As embargoes go the way of the dodo, so pictures of concept cars come fresh to our doorstep. The latest casualty: the VW Golf TDI Hybrid. Due for its Geneva debut later this week, the Golf TDI Hybrid puts the Toyota Prius on notice in nearly every respect. A new player is in town. While the hybrid...

Saab has finally taken the wraps off its new 9-X BioHybrid concept car ahead of its official reveal later today at the Geneva Motor Show. The new car is a preview of a new entry-level model from Saab that’s likely to go into production early next year as the new 9-1. The concept also...

As those who love all things fast and shiny know, the fairly rare Bugatti Veyron has an even faster, shinier and rarer subset: the Pur Sang. It first debuted at the Frankfurt motor show, and within 24 hours, all five of the exclusive cars were sold. It looks like one of those buyers is feeling a...

There’s been a great deal of speculation in recent months claiming Porsche would increase its stake in Volkswagen Group beyond the current 31% and now the carmaker’s board has given approval to raise the stake to more than 50%. Porsche CEO Wendeling Wiedeking has openly admitted to much...

Spyker has revealed it hasn’t reached a final agreement with Orange India for the sale of its F1 team despite the gala launch of the new Indian-backed team last month. A number of issues of relative minor financial importance are the only factors preventing a formal takeover of the team...

The only major new attraction on Lotus stands at this year’s Geneva Motor Show will be an updated Europa lineup, which will go on sale across Europe starting from June. The range now includes a new entry-level model priced from €37,500 and tops out with the Europa SE flagship, which...

Updated: Bertone’s financial problems have proven so severe that the longstanding Italian design house has been forced to pull out of this year’s Geneva Motor Show and drop plans for the B.A.T. 11 Concept. But that doesn’t mean we won’t get to see the new concept car...

Italian coachbuilder Castagna has revealed a pair of wood-panelled cars it has developed for this week’s Geneva Motor Show. Designers used the new Mini Clubman as well as a stretched Fiat 500 hatch dubbed the ‘WoodyWagon’. The modified 500 is in fact the first stretched version of...

A few days ago, Mitsubishi Motors released a mid-term business plan entitled "Step up 2010", which gave an outline of the carmaker's intended direction from 2008 to 2010. The plan includes details on several new models that Mitsubishi is interested in developing, with a focus on creating 'global...

While its unlikely anyone remembers the Reynard-designed 'Strathcarron' of 10 years ago, the doomed mid-engined sports car has been brought back to life thanks to the insistence of its principal backer, Martin Miles. Renamed the MMI Avocet after its most fervent supporter, the car weighs a tiny...

Just two years after its debut at the 2006 Geneva Motor Show as a custom model built to order for one of Morgan’s discerning customers, the AeroMax coupe has entered limited production and will be on display at this year's Geneva event. Such was the interest surrounding the original design...

Oil prices have come down from their latest overnight record of $103 thanks to the greenback recovering some of the ground it lost and military incursions in Turkey and Northern Iraq easing tensions a little. Since February there has been an almost 20% rise in oil prices, mainly due to the weak U.S...

Pegged as a ‘four-door stealth sports car,’ Mercedes tuner Brabus has unveiled a new V12 Biturbo C-Class sedan covered in a matte-black coating, which will be on display at this week’s Geneva Motor Show. Brabus has been transplanting high output, large displacement engines into...

This latest design for a Bugatti sedan is anything but official but if a four-door Veyron were ever to see the light of day we wouldn’t be disappointed if it looked a little like this. The new renderings were created by Niels van Roij, a student of the Design Academy in Eindhoven who created...

The new Audi Q7 Coastline won’t be the only maritime-inspired vehicle at this year’s Geneva Motor Show. German tuner Brabus has followed the boating theme by dressing the Mercedes-McLaren SLR Roadster with a new pearl-white paint job along with an aerodynamics update, engine tuning and...

When Chrysler rolled out its trio of hybrid concepts (ZEO, EcoVoyager, Renegade) at last month’s Detroit Auto Show, no one envisaged it would be a sign the carmaker was serious about offering a full hybrid lineup one day. Latest comments from Chrysler’s new President Jim Press reaffirm...

Infiniti’s next-generation FX SUV has been spotted a number of times in testing over the past month but those pre-production models were always obscured by camouflage material covering the headlights and grille. Now, an official teaser image has been released prematurely on several internet...

About three years ago GM officials came up with a number of designs for vehicles based on the RWD Zeta architecture but uncertainty about looming fuel-economy standards at the time put all these projects on hold. Some of the plans included designs for a RWD Impala sedan as well as for a new Pontiac...

Land Rover first rolled out the LRX Concept at last month’s Detroit Auto Show but that sole white car on display was never going to be the last we heard or saw of the carmaker’s new compact crossover. Set to be on display at this week’s Geneva event is two new versions of the LRX...

Whether you buy into the promise of biofuels or think they do more harm to the environment than good, the industry is running with them - especially ethanol - and so more and more makers are producing cars to take advantage of the improved availability of the alternative fuels. While it may not...