Paris Auto Show

Peugeot's new 508 is one of the best designed offerings in the mid-size sedan segment, and it's just spawned an equally handsome wagon variant that's set to debut in October at the 2018 Paris auto show. The wagon variant of the 508 line is known as an SW, and it comes with a sleek design boasting...

Crossover SUVs are all the rage right now, and one of the key nameplates that helped ignite the segment, the BMW X5, has spawned a new generation. It represents the fourth iteration of the popular luxury mid-size SUV, and it's the biggest yet. The length is 194.3 inches (up 1.1 inches), the width...

PSA Group's luxury brand DS launched its first standalone model last year in the form of the DS 7 Crossback, a small SUV with the refinement and technology to match the German marques. Now DS is in the final stage of testing of its second model, a compact SUV to be called the DS 3 Crossback. The...

DS is the latest automotive brand to announce plans for a fully electrified lineup. The luxury arm of French auto giant PSA Group announced Monday that every new model launched from 2025 will either feature a hybrid or pure electric powertrain. DS already sells a hybrid in the form of the DS 7...

Hot on the heels of Thursday’s debut of the RS 3 sport sedan at the 2016 Paris auto show, Audi has unveiled a new racing version of the car. The new race car is called the RS 3 LMS and will be ready for delivery to customer teams in time for the 2017 motorsport season. It was developed by the...

Audi’s new RS 3 has finally landed. The car is a compact sport sedan with essentially the same mechanical package as the TT RS—and it’s coming to the United States. Audi pulled the covers off on Thursday at the 2016 Paris auto show, and in the process likely unsettled the folks...

SUVs are all the rage right now and automakers see opportunity for even more slicing of the niche with new soft-roaders. Audi and Volvo have enjoyed some success in the luxury segment with their respective Allroad and Cross Country offerings, and there’s also Subaru with the Outback in the...

Hyundai established a standalone performance division in 2015 to develop cars leveraging knowhow from its various motorsport programs, namely its World Rally Championship efforts. The division is called Hyundai N and the first product will be a hotted-up version of the new i30 hatchback. The i30 is...

Lexus is using the 2016 Paris auto show to present a concept car that hints at a new SUV positioned below the automaker’s NX. The concept is called the UX and was shown for the first time on Thursday. The UX hasn’t been confirmed for production but senior Lexus executives have said such...

Get ready for a new BMW compact SUV arriving soon. It’s going to be called the X2 and on Thursday, at the 2016 Paris auto show, we got a preview of it in the form of a concept car. Though an SUV, the X2 is designed to conquer the concrete jungle. The concept version projects a sporty image...

Infiniti stunned the automotive world in April when it rolled out the QX Sport Inspiration concept at the 2016 Beijing auto show. The concept combined flowing sculptural lines and strong, muscular proportions with Infiniti’s signature design cues, resulting in one impressive-looking SUV. On...

Infiniti’s Q50 has had it tough since bowing on the market as a 2014 model. First there were teething issues with its drive-by-wire steering system. Then Infiniti teased us with a high-performance version powered by the same engine as the Nissan GT-R but later dropped all hopes of a...

Mercedes-Benz’s much-hyped electric car concept has finally made its 2016 Paris auto show debut. Like Volkswagen’s own I.D. concept on display in Paris, the star of Mercedes’ stand previews the first of the automaker’s next-generation electric cars. The concept is called the...

The Volkswagen Group in order to shed any vestiges of its diesel emissions cheating scandal is embracing vehicle electrification with open arms. The automaker is committed to launching 30 electric cars by 2025 across its various brands, many of which will come from the namesake Volkswagen brand. VW...

At a special event on the eve of the 2016 Paris auto show, Mercedes-Benz finally confirmed that it’s Mercedes-AMG skunk works is working on a world-beating hypercar. The confirmation came from Mercedes-Benz’s outgoing R&D boss Thomas Weber. “Under the lead of Mercedes-AMG, our...

It's been rumored, suggested, hinted, even teased—now, the Mercedes-AMG GT roadster is reality. (Insert your own "topless" buff-book pun here.) The roadster arrived at this week's Paris auto show wearing two different outfits, as both the AMG GT and the GT C Roadster. And now we have photos...

The Discovery is back. Land Rover will revive the nameplate it retired in the 2005 model year, while it sends the LR4 nameplate to the archives. The new Discovery will team up with the Discovery Sport on the more rugged side of the Land Rover brand, while the luxury side of the house continues to...

Mercedes-Benz has been offering electric cars for several years but these have all been niche products limited to a handful of markets. The list includes the Electric Drive versions of the Smart ForTwo, B-Class and SLS AMG. With Tesla [NSDQ:TSLA] demonstrating that there's serious interest in...

The Dakar rally may no longer kick off in Paris but in a way the French capital is linked with the 2017 rally. Peugeot will use the 2016 Paris auto show to present its 2017 3008 DKR, which will be competing in the 2017 Dakar rally. The 3008 DKR features a design derived from the latest 3008 SUV...

The pace of change in the auto industry has never been quicker, and we’re seeing that in some of the many vehicles destined to appear at the 2016 Paris auto show, which opens its doors to the media on Thursday, September 29. It’s where automakers like Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen plan...