Despite perception overly suffer carried on floating virtually ever since the debut of the Hornet notion in Geneva their year, Volkswagen would not be while Dodge through a platform to get a B-segment vehicle.

According to an report that is due for publication the Monday in the German magazine Automobilwoche, VW’s bid to share its Polo’s bases was too extreme for the German-American automaker. However, DaimlerChrysler’s plans to form the Hornet or a similar car plans to not be thwarted, as D.C. is much the system of negotiations in on Chinese, Japanese and European manufacturers.

Although such a may be a efficient hurdle for Dodge’s new sub-compact, the relationship between VW and Dodge to acquire a mini-van has been heard left intact.

We’re a great deal not carried out through our Geneva Motor Show coverage, as obscure vehicles carry on gentle up for the duration of the cracks a great deal within a week from the time the verify concluded. We learned just about the BlueCar during at GreenCarCongress, that has tracked the progress of such a electric automobile from the time of it debuted as a underlying thought at the preceding year’s Geneva show.

This year a running prototype was on screen and the organization had specs on hand. The BlueCar has a duration of 155 miles, a top rapidity of 78 mph, accelerates to 60 kmh (37 mph) in 6.3 moments and takes six hours to recharge fully.

Described as a “concept-car programmed everywhere a battery”, the Bolloré Group plans to create six greater number of prototypes and craft a creation site qualified of bringing about 10,000 battery agencies a year. The BlueCar, if produced, are able to costs accessible (gulp) $23,800.

Citroën’s legally debuting its badge-engineered Mitsubishi Outlander clone, the C-Crosser, at Geneva then month. As such, larger number of information and imagery is commencing to flow based on what i read in France. Of the two PSA Peugeot Citroen versions of the Mitsu, we as if the occurrence of the Citroen a lot a larger number of as opposed to its Peugeot stablemate. The pronounced chevrons are a lot simpler on the eyes as opposed to Peugeot’s “gaping maw” front-end look.

In terms of features, it is got particularly anything and everything you can get on the Outlander. Also value noting is overly the Citroën proposals a backup camera too am able to rating the view behind the SUV on the nav display — a sensible feature whose exclusion on the US car is curious, to say the least. We’re ensured it’ll appear if there is a clamor for it stateside.

The launch engine, co-developed among Ford, is a 2.2L HDi diesel investing in particulate filter giving 160 horsepower (156HP EEC) and 280 lb-ft of torque. It can solve up to 30% biodiesel, is mated to a six-speed manual tranny, and gas boom is a respectable 32.2 mpg in the combined cycle.

We brought you the Citroën version earlier, and aside according to the new face, presently ride’s really identical. Say hello to the Peugeot 4007, that is able to cause its debut in Geneva in on its sibling, the Citroën C-Crosser. Like we said, the two are interchangeable, so which suggests every becomes anything this source vehicle, the Mitsubishi Outlander, offers. Like the Citroën, the new Pug is powered by a 2.2L HDi diesel putting forth 160 hp (156 hp EEC).

Unlike the Citroen, the Peugeot is saddled surrounded by a have to manage alone a daddy can love. The giant mouthlike grille amongst its pronounced vertical components looks as if it’s such as it’d be a larger number of appropriate on a plankton-slurping baleen whale as opposed to an SUV. Also, note the added grillework behind the little bit hood-mounted lion badge. Suffice to say which we are primarily unmoved by the styling up front. You can investigate it (and the rest of the car) out in detail via the attached gallery.

An interesting aside on the name: The “00″ names are reserved for Peugeot vehicles overly are unusual and/or original, and outside the typical example range. The easily some Peugeot overly falls to such category is the nifty, sliding-doored 1007 city car.

As the Italians supposed to launch this minute attack on BMW’s MINI upcoming the debut of the hot-selling Fiat 500, a good amount things of the on their way “Alfa Junior” emerge in on every endorsement week. The inside scoop now units the new premium hatch for debut at the Geneva provide evidence later March, amongst an prepared European region launch coming October, one year of now.

Based on the right now sexy Giugiaro-designed Fiat Grande Punto, AR Project 955 is set to introduce the particularly highest quality of Italian automotive design and technology to the supermini segment. Sketches released hint the current Alfa’s Centro Stile drew inspiration for the front end out of the sexiest-thing-on-wheels 8C Competizione and the Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano for the tail, in a F430-style lip spoiler and a rear diffuser through twin tailpipes on the top-spec 230-hp version.

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Originally guessed to be verified at the Paris Motor Show in October of this moment year, the 2010 Saab 9-5 can not truly debut until the 2009 Geneva Motor Show in March of subsequently year.

While things of the new car are vague, we do recognize so it is centered on GM’s Epsilon II platform (unlike the new 9-3, now illusory to be downsized) and such a the styling is inherent to copy cues based on what i read in the Saab Aero-X. Back in November 2006, we identified the the most recent Saab 9-5 an octogenarian. In today’s contemporary automotive industry, the 9-5 has achieved centenarian status. It’s replacement won’t arrive fast enough.

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smann, the German manufacturers of the love-em-or-hate-em GT and Roadster, has plans to add V8 and V10 versions of its drop-top ideal the current is able to be introduced at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show. The modern Roadster lineup includes sole the MF3, that is powered by BMW’s 3.2-liter flat-six discovered in the the previous creation M3. The new MF4 and MF5 Roadsters can be powered by BMW’s 4.8-liter V8 and 5.0-liter V10 presently at last found in the fresh Wiesmann Coupe models. Unfortunately, Wiesmann a good deal has no plans to bid either the GT or the Roadster to the United States.

[Source: GTSpirit.com]

Originally predicted to be announced a while returning at the Geneva Motor Show, Peugeot has at last lawfully announced today at the Lisbon Motor Show the present the appealing RC Z idea will be able to go to production. Using styling cues according to the Audi TT and the classic Karmann Ghia, we guess this Peugeot would hold a winner on its hands investing in its new sporty coupe. While Peugeot has not yet announced things on how is able to be offered underhood of the creation machine, the thinking spent a version of the Mini’s 1.6 liter turbo four. We’ll be becoming all of the details over time, as the official creation version will be unveiled in 2009 at the Frankfurt Motor Show. European lendees plans to undergo previous crack at the RC Z when it goes on cash in on in the sprint of 2010.

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Considering the current fresh Formula One race cars share as that much in typical among aircraft as properties do providing actual road-going automobiles, marketing retired F1 cars at the airport The next thing you knew looks like it’s to force sense. Last period we brought you earliest bombshell something like the auction of former Sauber racers at the Zurich airport such a input seven Sauber single-seaters ranging based on what i read in the 1993 Sauber-Mercedes C12 (the team’s mainly F1 car, driven by JJ Lehto) to the 2004 Sauber-Petronas C23 (driven by Giancarlo Fisichella beneath Ferrari power). All are making auctioned off – without this engines – every investing in a initiating bid of Є200k.

On our way going back from Switzerland after the recently-concluded Geneva Motor Show, we had a gamble to see and photograph the one cars on rating at the Airside Center in Zurich’s Terminal A at which they will reside until the auction ends on March 25. What we saw includes the initial and penultimate Saubers brought up above, along amidst Jean Alesi’s 1998 C17, Kimi Raikkonen’s 2001 C20 (pictured above) and a good amount of specific ingredients the ought to be awesome paperweights. The rare choice to see such technically-advanced racing machines up conclusion and parked was a fantastic break based on the overpriced boutiques and duty-free shops additonally transferring flights, and the undergo in past customer depicted recently how intricately crafted such cars very are. See for yourself in our high-resolution image gallery by clicking the thumbnails below; greater number of things are around at saubercars.ch.

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The Magna MILA Alpin underlying thought car established in Geneva has gotten the consideration of both Mercedes and BMW. The button-cute 4-wheeler rode on a flexible platform, will utilize a variety of gas sources, climb 45-degree angles, and get up to 120 mph. Those capabilities, and the ability to be just rebodied and cost-effectively manufactured, own the two premium brands seeming at ways to bolster such a lineups and enviro-credentials.

Mercedes is legendary to be struggling on developing a 4-wheel-drive A-Class sedan. While the sandwich floors in the A-Class and B-Class cars got specifically produced to assist flexible drivetrains, it is open to examination opportunities through BMW. Those larger number of Bavarians in green and grey give the impression to be much !no! serious, in posession of involved Magna to discuss strategy and industry demand. The MILA are able to issue out a sound platform for BMW’s electric car rumblings, as good as cost-effective, outsourced manufacturing.

[Source: Auto Motor und Sport via TTAC]