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Mitsubishi evolves Concept-cX into lower-impact Compact Crossover

Already getting ready for next spring's Geneva Motor Show, Mitsubishi has release a sketch of the all-new Compact Crossover that will be introduced soon in time to go on sale in Japan in February. While details are scarce, Mitsubishi says that the all-new on-road Compact Crossover will follow the i-MiEV and be "the Corporation's next game changer towards lower impact vehicles, in their format and/or in the innovative MMC proprietary technologies they will feature." From previous reports, this should mean a 1.8 liter clean turbodiesel engine ... Read more →

Dacia to introduce production version of Duster at 2010 Geneva show Sam Abuelsamid

AutoCar is reporting that the Duster concept introduced by Dacia at the Geneva Motor Show a couple of weeks ago will hit the streets in 2010. The four-door compact crossover concept was powered ...

Geneva 2009: Infiniti Essence packs powerful, eco-friendly presence Domenick Yoney

One of the hands-down sexiest cars at this years edition of the Geneva Motor Show was touting some green credentials beneath its curvaceous metal skin. The Infiniti Essence concept, meant to ...

Geneva 2009 = Honda Insight + ASIMO Sebastian Blanco

How do you emphasize that your new hybrid is perfect for robot drivers? By introducing it in Europe with the help of ASIMO. That was Honda's strategy in Geneva recently when the new Insight ...

Geneva 2009: Fiat unveils new Multiair engine line Jeremy Korzeniewski

Fiat's not planning to give up its title as the lowest CO2-producing line in Europe any time soon. While diesel engines remain the best choice when carbon emissions are the main concern, the Italian ...

Geneva 2009: Chevy Spark interior designer speaks [w/video] 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

The Chevrolet Spark was one of the first cars our Geneva team saw when they arrived in town to cover the show. We got some nice shots of the interior of the vehicle (see 1, 2, 3), but we've now got some more info on the thoughts that went into stretching the two-door Beat concept into the Spark ...

Geneva 2009: Peugeot 908 HY, hybrid LMP1 racer 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Prominently featured in the center of Peugeot's stand at the Geneva Motor Show this week was the 908 HY. This experimental prototype was first unveiled last September as a test-bed for the next generation of Peugeot's Le Mans racers. Based on the extremely fast 908 HDi LMP1 car, this one adds a ...

Geneva 2009: Mitsubishi Global i MiEV prototype 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Debuting at the 79th Geneva Motor Show alongside the Mitsubishi i MiEV Sport Air concept was an i MiEV prototype that may have been the most relevant electric car of the show. Although quite similar to the i MiEV design we've been showing you for the past couple years, this is the global version of ...

Geneva 2009: NV200 may come to America with electric drive 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Nissan is getting into the light commercial vehicle market in the U.S. next year with its new NV2500 and, possibly, with the NV200 that debuted in Geneva this week. The NV200 is a compact van based on Nissan's European B-segment platform used for the Micra. It can be configured as a ...

Geneva 2009: Top ten diesels you can't get in America! 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

One of the first things you notice when you start wandering around the Geneva Motor Show is that virtually every major automaker offers diesel engines. Lots of them. Many of them are even in cars that we can get in the U.S. market but only with gasoline engines. As our regular readers know, I'm a ...

Geneva 2009: Lotus touts efficiency of new 2010 Exige S 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

"The same technology that makes a lightweight car a high performer also makes it efficient – how many cars have performance figures of 0 - 100 km/h in 4.77 secs but produce only 199 g/km CO2?" That question was posed by Mike Kimberley, Chief Executive of Group Lotus plc, and he's got a ...

Geneva 2009: Ford's next Focus, the iosis Max now with EcoBoost! 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Ford is preparing to make a major shift to smaller cars over the next few years, starting with the new Fiesta at the end of this year and the new European-based Focus next year. When that next-generation Focus lands in the U.S., it is expected to look a lot like the concept that Ford is showing ...

Geneva 2009: Toyota iQ3 in Astral Black with new 1.33l engine 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

The Toyota iQ has been doing the show (and museum) circuit for over a year now, but we've only seen the car in white. I mean, just look what happens in Google Image Search when you type in "Toyota iQ." Therefore, as excited as one might be about the new 1.33l Dual VVT-i engine that Toyota has ...

Geneva 2009: NLV Quant by Koenigsegg 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

The cars created by Christian von Koenigsegg are not renowned for being environmentally friendly. The car unveiled by Koenigsegg today in Geneva is in many ways diametrically opposed to the CCX and its variants. Rather than burning fuel to produce prodigious quantities of horsepower, the Quant ...

Confirmed: Ferrari going hybrid 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

One of the stated reasons that automakers send prototype race cars around tracks at high rates of speed is to further the development of new technology for their road-going automobiles. There's no higher form of automotive motorsport than Formula 1, so it stands to reason that fuel-saving ...

Geneva 2009: Ford Tourneo Connect BEV concept 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

When Ford announced at last month's Chicago Auto show that it would collaborating with Smith Electric Vehicles to bring an electric version of the Transit connect van to the U.S. market in 2010, they didn't actually bring a sample along. Here in Geneva the automaker did have a vehicle much like ...

Geneva 2009: Honda Accord Tourer Type-S 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

The car pictured above represents some of my favorite features in a main-stream car: it's a wagon and it's a diesel. I'm also fully aware that I am in a distinct minority on both counts among drivers in the U.S. market. This is the new European-market Honda Accord Tourer Type-S. We get the ...

Geneva 2009: Brabus smart ed revealed 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

The Brabus Tesla Roadster is no longer the only electric car that the tuning company will make for you. In Geneva today, Daimler unveiled the Brabus smart ed. The tricked out door frame and interior are just two of the ways that Brabus has made this lime green smart ed their own. The car also ...

Geneva 2009: Frazer-Nash Namir by Giugiaro 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Remember Frazer-Nas? The brand that was a famous British car maker long ago is still around, but it's no longer building cars. If you're at all familiar with the name Frazer-Nash, it probably isn't in the context of modern drivetrain technology like hybrid systems. In fact, hybrid drive systems ...

Geneva 2009: Clever EDAG "Light Car Open-Source" is like safety television for tailgaters 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

EDAG has presented its new "Light Car – Open Source" concept here at the Geneva Motor Show, and while it outwardly appears to look like any other nondescript electric bubble car, there's a lot of innovative content on the inside screaming for attention. It's hard to know where to start: ...

Geneva 2009: Seat Leon Ecomotive with 99 g/km of CO2 and 62 mpg U.S. 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Amid all of the fanciful green concept cars debuting in Geneva like the Rinspeed iChange and the Magna Steyr Mila EV comes something a little more standard looking: the SEAT Leon Ecomotive concept. As you can see from the large lettering all over the car, this concept seats four while emitting ...

Geneva 2009: Ruf Greenster evolves the electric Porsche concept 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Last fall, Porsche high performance tuning specialist Ruf announced that it had built a prototype electric sports car called the eRuf which was essentially a lithium ion battery-powered 911. That was just the beginning of the story as the company has brought the Greenster here to Geneva. The ...

Geneva 2009: Magna Steyr Mila EV concept 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Like most other suppliers, Magna International and its contract manufacturing unit Magna Steyr are pushing hard to diversify into the area of hybrid and electric powertrain components and systems. In January at the Detroit Show, Magna International and Ford announced a collaboration on the ...

Geneva 2009: Mitsubishi iMiEV Sport Air 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Mitsubishi revealed the latest iteration of its iMiEV Sport this morning in Geneva, the Sport Air. This year's version is marginally longer (20 mm) and taller for what Mitsubishi describes as a "more technical" look to the tear drop shape. While the new concept doesn't look dramatically ...

Geneva 2009: Opel goes Voltec, Ampera coming in late 2011 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

concept General Motors Europe boss Carl-Peter Forster began this morning's press conference in Geneva with an acknowledgment of the dire financial straights that the entire industry is experiencing right now. Forster also candidly admitted that GM is currently investigating all options when it ...

Geneva 2009: Bentley goes flex-fuel, new powertrain in 2012 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Bentley CEO Franz-Josef Paefgen promised an all-new more efficient powertrain for his lineup in 2012 but declined to give details. In the meantime, he acknowledged that bio-ethanol is an important stepping stone to a greener future as is lighter weight. To that end Bentley introduced its ...

Geneva 2009: Rinspeed's Abarth-based E2 concept 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Usually one concept is enough to put Rinspeed on the map here at its home-turf Geneva Motor Show, but this year the quirky Swiss coachbuilder doubled down with a modified Fiat 500 that hugs the road and the planet at the same time. Joining the innovative iChange on its show stand, the Rinspeed ...

Geneva 2009: Volkswagen reveals Polo BlueMotion concept, 87 g/km CO2! 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Volkswagen revealed the all-new Polo concept, expected to come to the US market in the next couple of years. This new B-segment car comes in three- and five-door hatchback flavors with a range of gas and diesel engines, but the leader of the pack is the BlueMotion model with 96 g/km of CO2 ...

Geneva 2009: Ford's all-electric Tourneo Connect 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Ford couldn't be bothered to actually bring a battery-powered version of the Transit Connect to the Chicago Auto Show last month (but they did show off four gasoline-powered versions and announced the BEV there). People visiting the Geneva Motor Show will get a more personal experience with ...

Geneva 2009: Ampera comes branded with Opel and Vauxhaull badges 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Holden. Chevy. Opel. Vauxhall. These are the brands that we so far know will get a version of the plug-in Volt. Granted, the Europeans will call it the Ampera, but under all those models will be the Voltec technology that gives the sedan a 60-km (37-mile) electric-only range and a 500-km (310 ...

Geneva Preview: Volkswagen unleashes the goods on new Polo 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Volkswagen is trotting out its new fifth-generation Polo at the Geneva Motor Show tomorrow, but we've got a slew of details and images of the new model to share today. Looking very much like a shrunken Golf, it may take a trained eye to tell the difference between the VW's latest hatchbacks at ...

Geneva Preview: Ford iosis MAX concept hints at next-gen Focus 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

We have to wait until tomorrow to actually see the Ford iosis MAX concept for ourselves (via out team at the Geneva Motor Show), but we do know what it'll look like and that it'll have a 1.6L EcoBoost four-cylinder engine that is 20 percent more efficient than other similar gas burners. Our ...

Geneva 2009: Kia c'eed hybrid and ISG 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Kia is showing off two new and fuel-efficient variants of its compact c'eed here in Geneva this week. The first, which is going on sale immediately, is the c'eed ISG, or Idle Stop and Go. The ISG, as the name implies, features an auto start-stop system that is claimed to improve urban fuel ...

Geneva Preview: Magna debuts new EV concept 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Auto supplier Magna Steyr has chosen the Geneva Motor Show to unveil its new mila ev concept vehicle. You may recall that Magna is currently working with Ford on a production version of the Focus-based electric car that the Blue Oval is expected to launch as a production model in 2011. Like the ...

Geneva 2009: Dacia introduces its first concept, the 44.4 mpg Duster 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Renault's low-cost Romanian-based brand Dacia is unveiling its first concept vehicle here at the Geneva Motor Show this week. The Duster is a 14-foot long crossover with some seriously aggressive looks. Like most concept vehicles, the rear doors are also rear hinged allowing unimpeded visual ...

Officially official: Peugeot to offer re-badged Mitsubishi i MiEVs 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

While the partnership between Mitsubishi and Peugeot to bring electric vehicles to market has been officially official for some time, the deal we told you about that would see the Peugeot lion logo perched proudly on the nose of the Japanese automaker's i MiEV hasn't. Until now. On the eve of the ...

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