Toyota claims Prius will be Australia’s greenest car

Toyota has stretched the latest fuel efficiency tests of its new Prius a little to claim, “It’s official. The new-generation Prius will be Australia’s greenest car when it is launched in July this year.”.

The claim is based on figures released by Toyota Europe were local testing has shown that the third-generation Prius will emit just [...]

2009 Geneva Motorshow Index

2009 Geneva Motorshow Index

Bugatti Veyron ‘Bleu Centenaire’ 100th anniversary special
Toyota Verso at Geneva Motor Show
Dacia Duster concept at Geneva Motor Show
Nissan NV200 at Geneva Motor Show
Aston Martin Vantage V12 at Geneva Motor Show
Nissan aims to launch diesel hybrid by 2010
Toyota & Subaru’s sports car 2 years away
Ford Iosis Max concept – 2009 Geneva Motorshow
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Toyota Verso at Geneva Motor Show

Toyota is launching a production version of the redesigned Corolla Verso medium minivan, which originally launched in 2004, at this year’s Geneva Motor Show.

The new version, based on the new Avensis platform, will do without the “Corolla” part of its name, and will simply be called Verso.

Dacia Duster concept at Geneva Motor Show

The Duster, partly designed by Renault, is Dacia’s first concept car and is on show as a centre piece of the Dacia stand at this year’s Geneva Motor Show.

The concept aims to merge sporty coupe styling on the exterior with the robust and spacious interior characteristics at the core of the Dacia brand.

Nissan NV200 at Geneva Motor Show

The Nissan NV200 is an all-new passenger vehicle derived from the NV200 light commercial vehicle.

Its predecessor, the Nissan Kubistar, shared its platform and body with the Renault Kangoo, and although the NV200 has its own body style, it will again based on the Kangoo.

Aston Martin Vantage V12 at Geneva Motor Show

Aston Martin has showcased its 6.0-litre V12 Vantage at Geneva boasting 0-100 times of 4.2 seconds from the 380kW / 568Nm engine.

Production will be limited to between 300 and 500 units annually.

Volvo CEO confident of brand’s future

With the Swedish government acting as guarantor on 90 percent of a 5 billion kronor ($853 million AUD) loan – with Volvo having to find a backer for the remaining 10 percent – Volvo CEO Stephen Odell (pictured below) is now confident the future of Volvo is on the up-and-up.

Speaking from the Geneva Motor Show [...]

Brilliance BS2 aims to undercut European Golf sales

Brilliance Jinbei Automotive says it plans to offer its BS2 model as a competitor to the Volkswagen Golf by undercutting Europe’s best selling hatch by some 5,250 euros ($10,315 AUD).

Brilliance’s importer, HSO Motors Europe, showed a near-production version of the BS2 at the Geneva Motor Show today (pictured above) which it plans to commence selling [...]

Nissan aims to launch diesel hybrid by 2010

Nissan unveiled a concept car at Geneva today under its Infiniti luxury brand that it plans to adapt for production as a diesel-electric hybrid car for the European market by 2010.

The Essence two-seater coupe (as pictured) is currently fitted with Nissan’s proprietary hybrid system and a 447kW 3.7-litre, turbocharged V6 petrol engine.

Toyota & Subaru’s sports car 2 years away

The Toyota & Subaru low entry sports car is back! Some had suggested given the current climate, the project had been canned but new reports from Geneva say otherwise.

The Toybaru, as some call it, will be the first car built by Toyota and Subaru. It will feature Subaru’s famous boxer engine and be driven via [...]

Ford Iosis Max concept – 2009 Geneva Motorshow

Perhaps the closest look at the future of the Ford Focus. Ford’s Iosis Max concept car which has just been unveiled at the Geneva Motorshow showcases the continuing evolution of Ford’s future designs. No doubt many of the design ideas seen here will find their way on to the new Focus due in 2010.

Of course [...]

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