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Geneva Motor Show Recap & Roundup

Friday, March 6, 2009

With the Geneva Motor Show winding down, CarThrottle has covered 30 launches from the show. Now, they’re all here in one place for you to view. A lot has happened at the show, with a large amount of production and concept cars unveiled. I was particularly surprised at the level performance cars that came out! [...]

Geneva 2009: Official Zagato Perana Z-One

Friday, March 6, 2009

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Geneva 2009: Official Zagato Perana Z-One

Zagato is a Italian coachbuilder and design house steeped in tradition. Most of the time, the vehicles they produce wear another manufacturer’s badge and are Zagato’s interpreration of a specific model. With the Perana Z-One, Zagato is creating it’s own, self-branded vehicle. While it’s own creation (and self-branded) the Perana Z-One is a result of the design [...]

Geneva 2009: The Aston Martin Lagonda Concept

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

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It has been 18 years since the last Aston Martin Lagonda was built, and if you remember, it was a stunning sedan. So it’s quite a surprise that the new Lagonda Concept, unveiled at Geneva is not a competitor to the Rolls Royce Phantom, but a competitor to the Porsche Cayenne. According to Aston Martins [...]

Geneva 2009: Production Aston One-77 Revealed!

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

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Geneva 2009: Production Aston One-77 Revealed!

It’s here and it’s pure gorgeousness! After the endless leaks of teasers and tidbits of information on the Aston-Martin One-77 over the past (well, it seems like forever) we finally get an undisguised view of the the production vehicle. Finally, real headlights! Not the blacked out mockups that have been driving me crazy. Tell me that isn’t [...]

Geneva 2009: Koenigsegg Quant Concept

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

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Well, as expected, new pictures, details and information on the Quant concept has been released . We first got word of the car last month a little less then two weeks ago when the company leaked a teaser of the front end. With the new releases we find out a lot of information we didn’t know previously; very [...]

Geneva 2009: A Hybrid Supercar, with a 50′s Nameplate; The Frazer-Nash Namir by Giugiaro

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

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Introducing the fastest Hybrid ever, The Frazer-Nash Namir by Giugiaro. This shockingly (pun intended) orange dream machine is a colaboration between Italdesign Giugiaro, and a company named Frazer-Nash. According to the press release, Frazer-Nash is a company that specializes in the design, construction, and marketing of hybrid systems, and has a direct link to a [...]

Geneva 2009: Ford iosis MAX Concept

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

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Ford has released images and details on one of it’s concepts set to debut at the Geneva Show tommorow, the Ford iosis MAX Concept (Ford’s weird non-capitalization, not mine). Say hello to the next Focus! This time it will be a fully global one too, as part of Alan Mullaly’s restructuring of Ford and the [...]

Geneva 2009: 2010 VW Polo MK V Unveiled

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

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VW’s has released pictures on information on the new Generation 5 Polo. This time around, the car will be coming to the U.S as well. This will help as VW further standardizes it’s global lineup. Let’s take a look! The Polo is a handsome hatch to be sure, beating all of it’s competitors in the [...]

Geneva 2009: Official Info on Opel/Vauxhall Ampera

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

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Geneva 2009: Official Info on Opel/Vauxhall Ampera

Wow! The Opel/Vauxhall Ampera is has been shown (officially anyway) and boy do I like it. Details and new pictures of this revolutionary electric vehicle can be found after the jump. Look at that! Tell me that doesn’t look incredibly more dynamic and futuristic then it’s Chevrolet (and U.S) counterpart, the Volt. GM’s European brands did a fantastic [...]

Geneva 2009: Dacia Duster Concept to Debut at Geneva

Monday, March 2, 2009

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Dacia, that Romanian car company that used to make obsolete Renaults behind the iron curtain is about to introduce their latest concept in Geneva. This will be their first crossover concept, and is aimed squarely at the softroader lifestyle market. It is decidedly different, with different door configurations at each side. The Left side looks [...]