2012 PARIS MOTOR SHOW - Mondial de l'automobile, Paris 2012: WHEN Press Days: MARCH 27-28 SEPT Visitors 29-14, 2012 WHERE Paris Expo - Porte de Versailles, Paris, France URL www.mondial-automobile.com

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Paris Motor Show LIVE: Smart Forstars Concept unveiled

Smart has recently pulled the wraps off its latest creation, the so-called Forstars concept, during the 2012 edition of the Paris Motor Show. Danger in MINI’s garden with its recently launched MINI Coupe because Smart is planning a rival for this model with the Forstars concept, which was officially presented to ...

Paris: Toyota looks back (and forwards) on 15 years of hybrids

Toyota is celebrating 15 years as the world's largest producer of hybrids at the Paris show by recalling how the programme began while planning to expand its foothold in the market. Satoshi Ogiso, the executive chief engineer of the product planning group, has been involved with the hybrid project since it ...

Paris: Mercedes looking for the right road to zero emissions

Mercedes will be the first company to market with a commercially available fuel-cell car in 2014, but has yet to decide on production volumes, how the car will be distributed or future escalation of the project, says Vice-President of Research and Development Prof Dr Herbert Kohler. "These are the questions on ...

Paris: Clio drives the change for Renault

When Renault launched its ‘drive the change' marketing slogan in 2009, it was hard for people "outside and inside the company" to understand it, said Marketing Director Stephen Norman. Now that the new Clio has made its debut that concept should be easier to grasp, he believes. "Clio is more than important, ...

Paris: Mazda flat out to meet CX-5 demand

Orders for Mazda's CX-5 crossover are running at three or four times the expected rate in Japan while Europe has 15,000 back orders, including around 1,000 in the UK. Jeff Guyton, head of Mazda Europe, said that annual CX-5 capacity was 160,000. "We're looking to stretch that to 200,000 this year ...

Paris: VW stays on course in a Greenpeace storm

Volkswagen is planning a rapid turn-out of new Golf-based models as it continues its seeemingly unstoppable drive towards becoming the world's No 1 automaker. Even a Greenpeace demonstration during the VW Paris press conference failed to ruffle the feathers of company executives. The new Golf, based on the VW Group's MQB super-versatile ...

Paris: VW reveals its missing links

A wider range of SUVs, two new engine families and electrified cars head Volkswagen's wish-list as it seeks to plug gaps in its range, says the company's Head of Research and Development, Dr Ulrich Hackenberg. The average CO2 figure for the VW range is currently 132g/km - just outside the 130g/km ...

Paris: Range Rover a Triumph of technology

Range Rover's reputation has been built on gripping products, but now you don't even have to think about that. One of the quiet revolutions in the latest Range Rover is TR2, not a Triumph, but a triumph of modern electronic and mechanical engineering which puts the famous British brand ahead of ...

Paris: Jaguar’s well balanced weight obsession

Weight distribution can make heads spin in the wrong hands, and thereby hangs a tale in the Paris show headline Jaguar F-Type sports car. Jaguar engineers became obsessive with saving weight and aiming for a near perfect weight distribution for their latest two-seater slingshot, so much that they matched a new ...

Paris Motor Show LIVE: Exagon Furtive-eGT electric sports car

Exotic carmaker Exagon Motors unveiled at the Paris Motor show the Furtive-eGT electric sports car. The Furtive-eGT is powered by latest-generation Siemens electric motors which get their energy from Saft batteries. The car's carbon body and running gear are developed with Michelin and the acoustics are the work of Focal. The ...