CAR's journos on the ground at the 2012 Beijing motor show - Gavin Green and Tim Pollard - met at the end of the first press day to chew over the salient points of the Chinese auto show. Watch them in our video debrief above - and you can read Gavin's full review of the Beijing motor show and read 10 ...
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- 25 April 2012
Welcome to CAR's landing page for the 2012 Geneva motor show at Palexpo in Switzerland. We'll be reporting live from the Geneva auto show with news, reviews, blogs, picture galleries, video and more. Come back to this motor show homepage for all developments on Monday 5, Tuesday 6 and Wednesday 7 March 2012 and follow the CAR ...
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Tim Pollard and Stephen Worthy,
06 March 2012 19:11
Welcome to CAR Magazine's coverage of the 2012 Geneva motor show. Our motor show team is at the Salon International de L'Auto in Palexpo, Geneva, and will be reporting live from the auto show to bring you all the new car news, analysis, photo galleries, comment and gossip from Switzerland. Follow the CAR Live Blog here, and we'll update it ...
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Ben Whitworth,
16 September 2009 17:21
The top trends at Frankfurt motor show 2009 1. Carbonfibre. From the tub in the oddball Volkswagen L1 to the wing mirrors of the Mercedes SLS, the glossy black woven stuff, both real and fake, is everywhere.2. LED Lights. Impossibly white and bright, no glitzy concept or top-end German model is complete without a liberal sprinkling of the blinding lights. ...
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Ben Whitworth,
02 October 2008 12:04
Mercedes’ new Project Fascination – easily the best-looking car from Stuttgart in a long while – took centre stage on Daimler's stand, followed by the new S400 Blue Hybrid, a grenade-proof Pullman stretch limo, en electric smart and a new biturbo diesel. A busy stand. No wonder it took almost half an hour to unveil them all! Tell me more ...
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By Gavin Green and CAR reader reporter Sandy T,
23 July 2008 00:29
Mercedes were one of the few premium brands to bother making an appearance at the 2008 London motor show and, although there were no whizz-bang world debuts, there was a reminder of just how busy the car maker has been recently. What’s new on the Mercedes stand? Not much. There’s not even one of the new AMG SL65 Black Series, ...
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Tom Clarkson,
25 June 2008 12:26
CAR Online's Grand Prix reporter Tom Clarkson presents his guide to how each of the cars will perform at the British Grand Prix. First up, the Ferrari F2008... FERRARI F2008 The class of the field at aero-sensitive tracks such as Barcelona, Magny Cours and Silverstone. The red cars topped the testing times at the ’Stone last week and they enter the ...
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Guy Bird,
21 April 2008 17:34
Feedback on the forthcoming Mercedes GLK has been mixed to say the least. The final production version at the Beijing motor show is – as predicted – little changed and still ugly, especially in the side profile. However, in ‘on-road’ guise it does have some saving graces… There are still two versions then? It seems so. Of the two, the ...
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Ben Barry,
04 March 2008 17:14
What’s new on the Mercedes stand? Quite a confusingly long list when you include facelifts and revised engines. But the big story is the Vision GLK Bluetec hybrid, a concept SUV with a four-cylinder diesel engine mated to a hybrid module. It delivers 224bhp and 413lb ft torque while emitting a class-leading 157g/km CO2. Other than the GLK, the SLK, ...
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Jack Rix,
12 June 2007 10:10
Brooklands Centenary Festival: the lowdown The world’s first purpose-built race track will celebrate 100 years of motorsport this weekend - 100 years to the day after opening its banked turns in 1907. A spectacular recreation of The Grand Opening Parade will see some of the track’s most famous racers taking to the old circuit for the first time in almost ...