Paris Motor Show Coverage

Today, with weeks to go before the opening of the Paris Motor Show, Chevrolet unveiled the production version of its Orlando concept. Regardless of what we think about the translation from concept to reality, it represents a shift in a new direction for Chevrolet: a smaller-than-minivan minivan. Will it work ...    Read more

Two years ago, Chevrolet rolled out its conceptual Orlando crossover at the 2008 Paris Motor Show. It's fitting, then, that Chevy's using this year's Paris show to take the wraps off its production-ready crossover of the same name. Overall, ...    Read more

Honda won't officially take the wraps off its 2011 Fit Hybrid until the start of the 2010 Paris Motor Show in September, but the automaker has been kind to release a few images and some preliminary specifications ahead of the Parisian debut. As has been long speculated, the ...    Read more

Most of Peugeot's recent showcars have illustrated an interesting idea: place a diesel engine up front, install an electric motor in the back, et voila: an all-wheel-drive diesel-electric hybrid! The idea seems to have won the French automaker over, as it's installed such a driveline in the new 3008 HYbrid4 ...    Read more

Europeans on holiday in the United States have their pick of relaxing summer destinations. In mid-August, however, the last place you might expect to see vacationers from the Continent, looking to escape the heat, is the rural Arizona desert. But that's where the sleuths at Motor Trend captured images of ...    Read more

Ahead of schedule and the Paris Motor Show, images of a brochure for the upcoming 2011 Mercedes-Benz CLS 'four-door coupe' have leaked online, giving us an advanced look at the final production-ready design. With so much build up to the real ...    Read more

As of late, Kia's forte seems to be bringing stylish cars to market that employ bold design to showcase new technology, if the Soul and upcoming Optima sedan's transformation from concept to production is any indication. Kia's latest surprise is an electric microcar, the ...    Read more

Set to debut at the upcoming Paris Motor Show, the next BMW 6 Series coupe looks to be a stunner, if the concepts preceding it are any indication. Today BMW also announced a production version of its Gran Coupe concept, essentially a four-door 6 Series. But ...    Read more

With the market for four-door coupes (and coupe-like sedans) exploding, BMW has announced plans to put its Gran Coupe concept car into production. The Gran Coupe will embody the concept's styling, and will slot in size-wise with the 6 Series coupe. ...    Read more

The hints just keep on coming. Last month, Lotus Cars issued a cryptic teaser image and a release that claimed a "dawn of a new era" would occur at the 2010 Paris Motor Show. A second release, issued by the British sports car manufacturer earlier today, suggests "new ...    Read more

Incroyable. The 2010 Paris Auto Salon is still a few months away, but the new 2011 Peugeot 508 sedan and station wagon have officially been unveiled online. Look familiar? It should, so long as you've been scoping out auto show coverage ...    Read more

We've heard Renault mull reviving the Alpine performance brand while simultaneously touting its future as being chock full of electric vehicles. Are these mutually-exclusive goals? Hardly -- and to help prove that point, the automaker will showcase this new DeZir EV sports coupe concept at the ...    Read more

We've been hearing rumors of a faster, more powerful Veyron for a long, long time. Now we have the official photos and info to verify the existence of the most extreme Bugatti Veyron. With 1200 hp coming from the revised 16-cylinder engine, it's not terribly surprising ...    Read more

What do Stonehenge and Lotus have in common? We’re not really sure. But Lotus decided to use the iconic U.K. landmark in a cryptic teaser image “previewing” the British brand’s new model set to be revealed at the Paris Motor Show in September. ...    Read more

We briefly saw the last generation Opel Astra two- and four-door hatchbacks in the U.S. as the Saturn Astra, and we’ll likely see the Astra sedan/Buick Excelle make its way over in Buick form. Unfortunately, we’ll never see the new 2011 Opel Astra Sports Tourer that ...    Read more

Is this really the next-generation Volkswagen Passat? Or is it another high-quality rendering being reported as a real photo, as was the Ford Explorer leak yesterday?There's no way to be certain, but it certainly looks consistent with what we've come to expect the car to look like. It was recently ...    Read more

Autocar is reporting that at the Paris auto show in October, a larger and lighter second-generation X3 will be revealed, carrying with it new technology from the upcoming 3 Series. Expect a new all-wheel drive system, and a ThyssenKrup-developed mechanical-electric steering system that will replace the ZF hydraulic setup found ...    Read more

Rumors and leaked scraps of information about the Lamborghini Murcielago successor have been trickling across the Internet for the better part of two years, and today a fresh set of rumors surfaced, claiming the car will debut this fall in Paris.We've heard many a rumor about the new big-banger Lambo, ...    Read more

Want to have a look at the next-generation Volkswagen Passat? Rumors suggest you may get a chance during the Paris motor show in September. According to reports from the Netherlands’ Auto International, the next-generation Passat is set to make its debut at the ...    Read more

The designers at Mini thought up the “Center Rail” storage system in the new Countryman crossover, but now it’s your turn to dream up ways to use it. To celebrate the Countryman’s launch, the automaker is holding an international design competition to create new Center Rail attachments. As seen ...    Read more

The 2008 Chevrolet Orlando concept debuted at the Paris auto show last year, and rumors surrounding the vehicle's future have run rampant ever since. First, we heard it wasn't coming to the U.S, but then received word the entire project was on hold. Now, Bob Lutz seems to ...    Read more

According to a Lamborghini press release, the four-door Estoque is not officially canceled. We reported yesterday that the Lamborghini Estoque was canceled due to the economy. Lamborghini quickly issued a vague press release that confirms the Estoque is not canceled. The press release also does not say anything ...    Read more

The head of Lamborghini's research and development has revealed that the Estoque has been shelved for now, due to the difficult economic climate."The timing and market conditions are just not right for an additional model line," Maurizio Reggiani told Autocar.The four-door four-passenger sedan, which initially debuted as a concept at ...    Read more

The Citroen GT supercar is currently only available on your PlayStation 3 - but according to Autocar, that might change soon.The Citroen GT is a supercar concept that debuted at the 2008 Paris motor show, designed and produced for the Gran Turismo 5 PlayStation 3 video game made by Polyphony ...    Read more