Paris Motor Show Coverage

At the Paris Motor Show in September, Chevrolet will unveil the Trax compact crossover. The Trax will go on sale in 140 different countries, but Chevrolet says it's not coming to the U.S. The Chevrolet Trax isn't a huge surprise, given that in March we saw patent drawings previewing a ...    Read more

Having already partnered with musician and producer Swizz Beatz, Lotus Cars has now joined forces with German tuning company Mansory Design. Lotus has enlisted Mansory as its official customization partner, and the two companies will consummate their relationship by launching a new vehicle at the Paris Motor Show later this ...    Read more

We can’t get enough Porsche variants, which is why we were eager to see the newest Cayenne family member at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show this March. Unfortunately, it looks like the 2013 Porsche Cayenne GTS won't actually debut at the Swiss show. Instead, Autoevolution is reporting that the automaker wants the ...    Read more

We’ve seen photos and show cars, but nobody outside of the Blue Oval has yet actually driven it, or lived to tell about it. Yes, we’re talking about the highly-anticipated Ford Focus ST. Although the performance variant of Ford’s bread-and-butter hatch is always anticipated and welcomed ...    Read more

Lamborghini wowed us all at last year’s Paris Auto Show with the Sesto Elemento concept and not surprisingly, there have been plenty of rumors swirling around the ultra-light and fast concept. Less than a year later, it appears that the Sesto Elemento is “in the advance stages of ...    Read more

Although the official company line is that Volvo is dropping wagons from its U.S. product lineup, our sister publication Motor Trend found this V60 wagon cruising the streets of upscale Los Angeles suburb Malibu yesterday. With the discontinuation of the V70 in the U.S. in favor of the more crossover-like XC70 ...    Read more

At the 2010 Paris Auto Show, the lusciously-styled and American-designed Fisker Karma looked to be rapidly nearing production. Today, Fisker appears to keep charging down that path by unveiling a configurator for the plug-in hybrid. The Web applet contains some neat graphics, ...    Read more

Audi unveiled the Quattro concept at the Paris Motor Show last week as a celebration of Quattro's 30th anniversary, and Audi currently has an engineering team working on a plan to put the car into limited production. ...    Read more

In 1992 Jaguar built an astonishing supercar in the XJ220, but has since abandoned the realm that now includes wonders like the McLaren F1, Ferrari Enzo, and Porsche Carrera GT. ...    Read more

Stepped away from your Blackberry, PC, or iPad for the week? Here are a few of the top news stories for the past week, along with some racing action you may want to tune into during your weekend. This week at the 2010 ...    Read more

The Paris Motor Show is only held every other year -- so in celebration of the 2010 show going on now, we've rounded up some of our favorite Parisian debuts from years past. Think you can identify the car above? Send ...    Read more

It's no secret that Volkswagen Group Chairman Ferdinand Piech wants to add Alfa Romeo as an eleventh automotive brand to his company's already formidable stable that includes the likes of Audi, Bugatti, and Lamborghini. In the spirit of a soap opera, ...    Read more

The Paris Motor Show is only held every other year -- so in celebration of the 2010 show starting later this week, we've round up some of our favorite Parisian debuts from years past. Think you can identify the car above? ...    Read more

At the 2010 Paris Motor Show, Lotus took the opportunity to unveil no fewer than five concept cars. That's a lot for any automaker, but particularly significant for Lotus, which currently has a lineup of just three models for sale in the United States. ...    Read more

The last time the name Callaway was mentioned on this site was in reference to a noted Corvette tuner looking to craft a high-performance Chevrolet pickup truck. This time, however, the Callaway refers to Callaway Golf, which has officially a partnership with Lamborghini to develop future technologies and ...    Read more

Smart showed us its electric scooter concept prior to its debut at the Paris Motor Show, and today the German automaker revealed another two-wheeled electric vehicle. Although requiring slightly more effort than the escooter, Smart's ebike concept is just as green. Unlike ...    Read more

After seeing Kia's Pop concept in person, we can confirm the electric city car is as intriguing to view in person as it is in photos. The automaker was more than forthcoming with images of the show car prior to its unveiling, but we've just received some details ...    Read more

It has the lights, the widened body, the stance, and the appropriate tires. This Mini Countryman WRC is currently in Paris but it's ready to hit the rally stages. The Mini ...    Read more

Toyota made waves when it entered NASCAR in 2007, marking the first time a foreign automaker entered the stock car racing series. It won't, however, be the last -- we hear Volkswagen's interested in dipping its giant corporate toes into the waters. The news of ...    Read more

Land Rover may have just introduced the 2012 Range Rover Evoque at the Paris Motor Show, but has just announced plans that the Evoque range will soon grow. Confirming our suspicion from spy photos, Land Rover has officially announced that it will build a five-door version of the ...    Read more

The BMW "Concept" 6 Series made its debut in Paris today, clearly foreshadowing the upcoming 6 Series replacement. Now it's just a matter of time before we get the real thing. Leaving the Bangle-era firmly in the ...    Read more

To state the obvious, one of the reasons the Paris auto show is unique is because the French automakers are on their home turf. We see Renault, Citroen, and Peugeot at the Geneva show each year, but their most exciting cars always debut in Paris. DeZir is the latest Renault ...    Read more

It's well known that Porsche hopes to launch a hybrid version of its Panamera sedan sometime next year, but is the company also working on a plug-in hybrid variant?According to the company's newly installed CEO and president, the answer is yes -- and quite possibly one with a turbocharged V-8.Mathias ...    Read more

Is it a car? Is it a van? Is it an SUV? According to Nissan, its Townpod concept, which debuted this morning at the 2010 Paris Motor Show, is a little of everything. Externally, designers blended a number of ...    Read more

Bentley recently revealed its restyled 2011 Continental GT and will publicly unveil the car at the Paris Motor Show tomorrow. Ahead of the car's debut, Bentley has announced that its latest luxury coupe will start at $189,900, excluding delivery fees. That ...    Read more