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Dacia to introduce production version of Duster at 2010 Geneva show

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 by Renault's 1.5-liter 103 hp diesel engine for a claimed 44.4 mpg (U.S.). That engine is expected to be joined by a similarly powerful gas engine for launch. The styling will likely be toned down quite a bit from the concept, including discarding the rear hinged back doors. Given that Dacia is Renault's budget priced brand, the Duster will be ... Read more →

Geneva 2009: Chevy Spark interior designer speaks [w/video] Sebastian Blanco

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 ...

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 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: 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: 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 iChange in the flesh 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

With automakers pouring into Geneva from around the world, it's largely up to Rinspeed to hold down the home fort here in Switzerland, and the quirkiest of niche automakers never disappoints. So this year we made sure to swing by Rinspeed's show stand right away to take in its latest concoction. ...

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 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 ...

Welcome to Geneva! Meet the 2010 Chevrolet Spark! 47 mpg (U.S.)! 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

The Autoblog/AutoblogGreen team is just rolling into Geneva this morning for one of the biggest auto shows of the year, and look what we found before we even got out of the airport: Sitting in the Chevrolet media lounge right by the train station is the brand-new Chevrolet Spark. Essentially a ...

Opel releases official photo of new Ampera ER-EV 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Last week, Opel staffers foolishly left the new Ampera parked outside its Russelsheim, Germany headquarters in plain view of a photographer. There were of course no real surprises in the resulting shots, sincee the Ampera is essentially a Chevy Volt with new front and rear fascias. Opel has now ...

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: Lotus to unveil Omnivore concept engine 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Next week at the Geneva Motor Show, Lotus Engineering will unveil its Omnivore concept engine. As the name implies, the Omnivore is designed to consume whatever is fed to it. The Omnivore is a flex fuel engine that is designed to extract the maximum amount of work regardless of what type of fuel is ...

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 ...

International Motorcycling Federation shows off electric motorcycles at Conference 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

The International Motorcycling Federation (FIM), the world governing body of motorcycle racing, is holding its "Conference Meetings" and, as a way of introducing attendees to what it believes is the future, is hosting a display of electric motorcycles from several manufacturers. If you happen ...

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. ...

Geneva Preview: Hyundai ix-onic concept SUV 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Hyundai doesn't miss a detail in their lengthy announcement of the new ix-onic concept compact SUV that the company is bringing to Geneva. At first glance, figuring out how to pronounce the name was unclear - is it icks-onic? Eye-x-onic? - but then eight letters and a dash come to the rescue: ...

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