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Geneva 2009: Fiat unveils new Multiair engine line

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 automaker has invested plenty of research and development into its Multiair technology for gasoline powerplants. The latest engines using this tech were unveiled earlier this week at the Geneva Motor Show, as expected. Nearly all automakers have some form of variable valve technology. Fiat's system is unique in that it uses an electro-hydraulic ... Read more →

Geneva 2009: Peugeot 908 HY, hybrid LMP1 racer Sam Abuelsamid

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 ...

Geneva 2009: NV200 may come to America with electric drive Sam Abuelsamid

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 ...

Geneva 2009: Top ten diesels you can't get in America! Sam Abuelsamid

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 ...

Geneva 2009: Lotus touts efficiency of new 2010 Exige S Jeremy Korzeniewski

"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 ...

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: 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: 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: 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 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 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 Preview: Protoscar teases new LAMPO electric sportscar 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Back in January, Swiss design company Protoscar revealed that it would debut a new electric sportscar called the LAMPO at the Geneva Motor Show. With that date right around the corner, the firm has released a bunch of new photos and details about the concept. The all-wheel drive vehicles uses ...

Geneva preview: smart limited edition three 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

The original smart car was designed to be easily customizable, to give each owner a car that looked just how they wanted it to look. But, why bother with your own Batmobile wings when Daimler is constantly churning out new variations of the fortwo model? The latest version is the "edition ...

Volvo to bring V70, S80, XC60, and XC70 DRIVe models to Geneva 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Last year at the Paris Motor Show, Volvo introduced the world to its first three DRIVe models, which feature a slew of changes, including efficient diesel engines, manual gearboxes, stop/start, lowered ride height, aerodynamic tweaks and low rolling resistance tires. All of these modifications ...

Geneva Preview: Bentley Continental Supersports, 621 hp ethanol beast 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

In spite of being part of the Volkswagen Group, Bentley has opted to not go the diesel route in its efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Instead, the Continental Supersports becomes the most powerful Bentley ever through the use of E85 as a fuel. Bentley has added flex fuel capability to ...

Geneva Preview: Kia No 3 Concept MPV 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Unlike many automakers, Kia isn't backing off of its involvement in auto shows just yet. At the Geneva Motor Show next week, Kia will reveal a new concept and two variants of its compact c'eed. The No 3 is an oddly named concept for a compact people mover. The No 3 is basically a tall 5-door ...

KTM may introduce new green vehicle in Geneva 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

KTM made major headlines when it first announced it was entering the four-wheeled market back in 2007 with the X-Bow roadster. Since then, the Austrian manufacturer, more commonly associated with race-ready two-wheeled machinery, has announced its intentions to further probe the alternative ...

Opel Ampera caught undisguised in Germany 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Sources suggest that General Motors is readying the Opel Ampera for an expected debut at the Geneva Motor Show next month. The Ampera will be the first production vehicle in Europe using the Voltec powertrain that should make its first appearance in the Chevy Volt in 2010. We got an early sneak peek ...

Geneva Preview: Porsche to publicly debut Cayenne diesel 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Porsche started building the new Cayenne diesel SUV several weeks ago but the German sports car maker will publicly show it for the first time at the Geneva Motor Show in a couple of weeks. Like its platform-mates the Volkswagen Touareg and Audi Q7, the Cayenne uses the VW group 3.0L TDI V6. ...

Ethanol-fueled eco Bentley to offer 630 horsepower 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Admittedly, there isn't much saving of the earth that's going to be done with a 630-horsepower twin-turbo 12-cylinder behemoth of a powerplant, but you've still got to give credit to Bentley for massaging another 30 horses from its already massively powerful W12 engine. We've taken a long look at ...

Geneva Preview: Details on Rinspeed iChange concept filter out 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Last month, we learned that Rinspeed would be debuting another of its crazy concept vehicles at the Geneva Motor Show, now a few more details about the Swiss-designed vehicle, along with a ton of new images, are making the rounds. Concept cars from Rinspeed are always a bit wacky, and this one ...

Geneva Preview: Mitsubishi to show prototype of global iMiEV concept 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

At the Geneva Motor Show in a few weeks, Mitsubishi will be showing a second electric car concept in addition to the iMiEV Sport Air they recently teased. This one is called the Prototype iMiEV concept and at first glance it looks much like the iMiEV that we've been seeing for the past year and ...

Fiat and Alfa Romeo to introduce new engine line in Geneva 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

The biggest news of the year so far has been the proposed strategic global alliance between Chrysler and Fiat, two automakers that have drastically differing lines spread across drastically different markets. Certainly, that deal with the American automaker isn't all that Fiat has going on, and the ...

Geneva Preview: More information on the 2010 Chevy Spark w/VIDEO 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

It's less than a month until the Geneva Motor Show and the unveiling of the 2010 Chevy Spark. For those of you that have been paying attention for the past two years, the Spark is the production version of the Beat concept that debuted at the 2007 New York Auto Show. Compared to the Beat, the ...

Geneva Preview: Honda may intro diesel-powered Accord Type S 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

If Autocar is right, Honda will be launching its first high-performance diesel model in the shape of a new Accord Type S. The new S is expected to be shown at the Geneva Motor Show next month. The Euro Accord, which we get here as the Acura TSX, will get propulsion from an upgraded version of the ...

Geneva Preview: Mazda3 with direct inject and auto stop to debut w/VIDEO 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

The 2010 edition of the Mazda3 lineup will get rounded out at the Geneva Motor Show next month with the debut of the new MazdaSpeed3 and its 2.0L direct injected four cylinder with intelligent auto stop. The MazdaSpeed3 is the turbocharged high performance variant of the lineup. However, the ...

Bentley lets out teaser video for new green supercar 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Bentley hopes that eco-friendliness can go hand-in-hand with extreme horsepower in its new green supercar, which is so far known only as the Extreme Bentley. Engines that are properly tuned to run on ethanol can make plenty of power and, as the most powerful Bentley ever produced, the Extreme ...

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