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TTAC: green concept cars are no fun

Click above for live shots of the Golf TDI Hybrid from Geneva Remember when Jim Press used vegetables as an illustration for green cars? TTAC writer Alex Kambas manages to make the same comparison, but for completely different reasons. "Like the vegetables of my childhood era, shoving green cars down my throat just because they're good for me won't make me want to buy them," Kambas opines. It seems that he feels that the Geneva Motor Show focused solely on green news, with nothing exciting to show the performance-minded drivers among us. ... Read more →

VIDEO: Saab designers discuss the aerodynamics of the 9-X BioHybrid Sam Abuelsamid

When Saab debuted the 9-X BioHybrid concept at the recent Geneva Motor Show, aerodynamics was a big part of the equation. The compact 9-X has a smooth, rounded nose, a raked back wrap-around ...

Geneva '08: Fiat 500 Aria, diesel, auto-manual and start-stop Sam Abuelsamid

Fiat showed a low emissions and low fuel consumption concept version of their tiny 500 at the Geneva Motor Show called the 500 Aria. The Aria is equipped with Fiat's 1.3L MultiJet diesel and the ...

Olive pits, rubberized coconut and Abaca fibers? Must be Mercedes' organic additions Sebastian Blanco

Mercedes has been working on putting bio-products into its cars for years, since well before AutoblogGreen got started. The company hasn't really been making any sort of announcements about its ...

Geneva '08: Honeywell turbochargers all over the floor Sam Abuelsamid

For a time in the mid to late 1980s following the second mid-East oil shock, turbochargers were all the rage. Carmakers were dealing with trying to meet the first round of CAFE requirements and new ...

Geneva '08: Saab 9-X BioHybrid wins Best Concept at show 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The Saab 9-X BioHybrid concept that debuted in Geneva this week has been picked as the Best Concept in show by the crew at AutoWeek. The 9-X is a vision for a new small Saab coupe to slot in under the 9-3 based on the next generation of GM's Global Compact Car platform. Two years ago Saab won the ...

Geneva 2008: Photos of just about everything 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Pininfarina Sintesi, the Th!nk Ox, the KTM X-Bow, the Audi R8 TDI Le Mans, the Toyota iQ, the Rinspeed sQuba, the John Cooper Works Mini (and Clubman), the Morgan LifeCar, Land Rover LRX in black, the Mercedes BlueEFFICIENCY C-Class and Vision GLK BlueTec hybrid, the Opel Meriva, the VW Sharan ...

Geneva 2008: Tata Nano is quite the hit 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

click photo to enlarge The Tata Nano, number one in the list of ten cheapest cars in the world, is a big hit at the Geneva Motor Show. Newspress is saying that the tiny and inexpensive Nano is drawing the biggest crowds at the show.The throngs aren't thronging just to see the car - we've seen it in ...

Geneva '08: Watanabe - No diesel hybrids for Toyota 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Diesel hybrids are popping up everywhere in Geneva this week from Volkswagen to Mercedes-Benz to BMW. One notable exception is Toyota. The hybrid pioneer has never shown a diesel hybrid and according to Katsuaki Watanabe, the company's president they have no plans to offer one. The problem lies in ...

Geneva '08: Th!nk announces the Ox, a new 5-seat electric car 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

click the Th!nk Ox for a high res gallery Th!nk, the Norwegian purveyor of electric cars that used to be owned be owned by Ford, has used the occassion of the Geneva Motor Show to show off their new vehicle platform concept. The Ox is a five-seat monocab design that has a space frame structure that ...

Geneva 2008: Ford lays out array of CO2 reduction measures 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

click to enlarge EcoBoost. The ECOnetic brand, including the Ford Fiesta ECOnetic, a car that emits under 100g/km of CO2 Flexifuel engines Compressed natural gas These four items are the cornerstones of Ford of Europe's attempt to reduce the environmental impact of the Blue Oval across ...

Geneva 2008: Hyundai HED 5 "i-mode" unveiled 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

click for high-resolution gallery of the HED 5 i mode Color me disappointed. When Hyundai teased the announcement of the HED-5 "i-mode" concept crossover about a month ago, the company was saying it would feature "exceptional fuel economy." These sorts of things are easy to promise in a concept ...

Geneva 2008: Photos of the Mercedes BlueEfficiency on the stand 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

click to enlarge Aside from the flying members of the Great Chinese State Circus, who presented an extract from their European tour show of Swan Lake, the stars of the Mercedes stage at the Geneva Motor Show were the C 350 CGi BlueEFFICIENCY and the Vision GLK BlueTEC Hybrid. Joining the acrobats ...

Geneva '08: Bentley to go 120g/km well to wheel by 2012 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Green has long been a color associated with Bentley going back to their Le Mans victories in the 1920s. In those days - before race cars became rolling billboards - they were painted in colors specific to their countries of origin, with British cars running in green. These days however, going green ...

Geneva '08: The 3+1 seat Toyota iQ 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

click the Toyota iQ for high res gallery Toyota is officially jumping into the ranks of companies building city cars with the Geneva Motor Show debut of the new iQ. The 9.8ft-long iQ has a 78.8in wheelbase and seating for 3+1 in an assymetrical configuration. With such a short span between the ...

Geneva '08: Ford Fiesta ecoNetic, under 100g/km of CO2 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the Fiesta for a high-res gallery We got our first look at the production version of the 2009 Ford Fiesta a couple of weeks ago and most of you were overwhelmingly positive about it. The new Fiesta is coming to America in at least four-door sedan and very likely hatchback form as well. Last ...

Geneva '08: GM announces new second-generation mild hybrid system 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click to enlarge In mid-2006, General Motors released their first mainstream hybrid vehicle with first Saturn Vue Green Line. Prior to that the company had offered a mild hybrid system in the Silverado pickup but since that was really only offered in limited volumes to fleet and commercial buyers, ...

GM to make "major" hybrid technology announcement Tuesday 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

GM will make a "Major Technology Announcement" related to hybrids at the Geneva Motor Show tomorrow. We invite your speculations on the nature of the announcement in the comments below, and we promise full coverage early tomorrow morning. You can watch a live webcast of the announcement by GM ...

Geneva '08: Saab 9-X BioHybrid concept, ethanol, hybrid, solar and aero 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the 9-X BioHybrid for a high res gallery var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Saab_9_X_BioHybrid_concept_ethanol_hybrid_solar_and_aero'; Saab is giving the world a preview of their newest model with the 9-X BioHybrid that's debuting in Geneva this week. The new 9-X is a premium compact ...

Geneva '08: Opel Meriva concept 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the Opel Meriva concept for a high res gallery For several years GM's European operations have been offering a tiny van-like vehicle called the Meriva. The current Meriva is a pretty conventional looking tall wagon based of the B-car Corsa platform. It's now just about time for a refresh of ...

More pictures of the BlueEFFICIENCY C-Class 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

When Mercedes officially announced the BlueEFFICIENCY line of C-Class luxury sedans the other day, the company only showed us one picture: this one. Soon after, we got a small handful of other images, all of them highlighting the BlueEFFICIENCY traits of better engines, improved aerodynamics and ...

Geneva '08: Audi Q7 V12 TDI heads to production! 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click image for a hi-res gallery of the Q7 V12 TDI The next stage of Audi's performance diesel onslaught is about to begin at the Geneva Motor Show. A year before we saw the mighty Audi R8 V12 TDI at the Detroit Auto Show, Volkswagen's premium brand showed the same engine in the Q7 V12 TDI Concept ...

Geneva 2008: Italdesign-Giugiaro Quaranta shows off hybrid drivetrain 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image above for more pictures of the Quaranta "Nature has never been so powerful." So sayeth Italdesign Giugiaro. Hmmm, nature has a tendency to be pretty darn powerful, but we suppose we'll let that one slide, considering that all they are trying to do is hype up their new ...

Geneva '08: Lotus Exige 270E Tri-Fuel runs on gas, ethanol and methanol 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the Exige for a high-res gallery var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Gas_E85_or_Methanol_Lotus_Exige_270E_tri_fuel_sports_car'; Back in mid-2006, Lotus unveiled a flex-fuel E85-capable Exige 265E that was being used as a technology demonstrator. Lotus has used the 265E to learn about ...

Geneva '08 Preview: More Saab concept details trickling out 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Details continue to trickle out the concept that Saab will unveiling in Geneva next week, although images are still restricted to the one shown above. It's now being reported that the car will be called the 9-X BioPower BioHybrid rather than the 9-1X. As previously discussed, the 9-X will run on ...

Geneva '08 Preview: Mila Alpin 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Magna International's Austrian contract car building division, Magna Steyr, will be showing the third in a series of concepts at the Geneva Motor Show next week. Like its Magna Innovation Lightweight Auto predecessors, the new MILA Alpin is focused on minimal mass. In this case it's designed as an ...

Geneva '08 Preview: Mercedes-Benz announces Vision GLK BlueTec Hybrid 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the GLK Hybrid for a high-res gallery Mercedes-Benz has just released details of the new Vision GLK BlueTec Hybrid concept they'll be showing at the Geneva Motor Show next month. The concept that's coming to Switzerland builds on the GLK Freeside we saw in Detroit by adding a mild hybrid ...

Geneva '08 Preview: Volkswagen Sharan BlueMotion 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the Sharan BlueMotion for a high-res gallery After introducing BlueMotion variants of the Passat, Polo and Golf within the past year, Volkswagen is extending the low-CO2 badging to its largest model yet, the Sharan minivan. The BlueMotion models are specifically tuned for low fuel consumption ...

Geneva '08 Preview: Volkswagen Passat Variant TSI EcoFuel 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the Passat for a high res gallery At the Geneva Motor Show next week, Volkswagen will be premiering a new natural gas-fueled version of the Passat that they are calling the EcoFuel. Unlike most natural gas-fueled cars, which tend to be down on power compared to their gasoline equivalents, the ...

Geneva '08: Webasto LiGHT concept opens up 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click above for a gallery of the Webasto LiGHT concept. Webasto is a European manufacturer of sunroofs and retractable roofs. In order to demonstrate their latest top technology they have commissioned the construction of a concept to be displayed at the Geneva Motor Show. The LigHT concept was ...

Geneva '08 Preview: Volkswagen Golf TDI Hybrid concept 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Volkswagen has confirmed the speculation that they will indeed be displaying a diesel-hybrid Golf at the Geneva Motor Show next week. The Golf TDI Hybrid will in fact be a strong parallel hybrid capable of running off either the diesel engine, an electric motor or both. As expected, start-stop ...

Geneva 2008 preview: Pininfarina's Sintesi design revealed 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Following weeks of sketches and hints, the carrying case (by which I mean the vehicle) for the unique hydrogen fuel cell system in the Pininfarina Sintesi has been officially unveiled. The striking Pininfarina design - note the crazy-big windshield and the double side windows - houses an ...

Geneva '08 Preview: Zenz concept targeting 78.4mpg 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The big auto shows in Frankfurt, Paris, Detroit and Tokyo all skew toward the hometown brands. With Switzerland having no significant auto industry of its own, the Geneva Motor Show carries on the Swiss tradition of neutrality. That means that Geneva attracts all kinds of small manufacturers and ...

Geneva '08 Preview: SsangYong to show off diesel-hybrid SUV 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click image for a gallery of the SsangYong Actyon SsangYong is a Chinese-owned Korean vehicle manufacturer, primarily of trucks and SUVs that are best known for their ability to make people look away in horror. In recent years, they have managed to create some of the most aesthetically-challenged ...

Geneva 2008 Preview: Mercedes-Benz GLK diesel-hybrid 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Mercedes-Benz debuted the new GLK compact SUV at the Detroit Auto Show in January with a 2.2L four-cylinder Bluetec diesel. For its European coming out party in Geneva, the company will reportedly fit the GLK with a diesel-hybrid powertrain. According to Automotive News, the concept will use a 204 ...

Italdesign-Giugiaro to show green concept in Geneva 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Giorgetto Giugiaro has designed more cars than we could name, but while most of them have been crowd-pleasers, not so many have been earth-friendly. Included in the Car Designer of the Century's projects are nitrous-spewing gas-guzzlers as the Lotus Esprit, the Bugatti EB112, the DeLorean DMC-12 ...

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