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To honor the Citröen 2CV ’s 60th birthday, fashion house Hermès created this special edition for the Paris Motor Show . While we weren’t impressed by the gaudy crime-against-taste that was the Bugatti Veyron Fbg par Hermès , the more pedestrian (or equine, to be more correct) 2CV strikes a chord with us. The leather and cotton canvas added to it accentuate the timeless lines and paired-to-the-bone interior, two things most modern cars are missing. The full release follows the jump. galleryPost('hermes2cv2', 6, 'Hermes Citroen 2CV'); 2CV HERMÈS, A TASTE OF LUXURY The 2CV celebrates its 60th birthday during the Paris Motor Show, on 7 October 2008. To celebrate the event, Hermes has designed a made-to-measure outfit that highlights the vehicle's ever-friendly and generous forms. The 1989 2CV 6 Spécial, repainted in brown, gains a natural leather trim on the door facings, interior rearview mirror, gear knob, steering wheel and driver's sun visor. For an even more elegant...
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The Paris Motor Show press days have wrapped up, but if you missed some of last week's live coverage, here are some of the most trafficked posts from the show along with a couple more we added earlier today. Be sure to visit the full posts where you'll find more pictures, press releases and analysis. Citroën GTbyCITROËN Concept galleryPost('gtbycitroenlive', 6, ''); Pininfarina B0 Concept galleryPost('PininfarinaB0Concept', 6, ''); Honda Insight Concept galleryPost('HondaInsightCLive', 6, ''); Lamborghini Estoque Concept galleryPost('estoquelive', 6, ''); Aston Martin One-77 galleryPost('AstonMartinOne77CLT', 6, ''); Mini Crossover Concept galleryPost('miniext2paris', 6, ''); galleryPost('miniint2paris', 6, ''); Peugeot RC HYmotion4 galleryPost('RCHymotion4', 6, ''); Mercedes ConceptFASCINATION galleryPost('mercedesconcfascparis', 6, ''...
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Ben smuggled back a couple gigs of additional images from the Paris Motor Show last week, including these shots inside and out of the Mini Crossover Concept . We got a live look at the diminutive soft-roader last week during the show, but these images give you quite a bit more detail, particularly of the laser globe center stack thingamajig. The whole car has kind of a split personality: It's the biggest Mini yet actually appears, from certain angles, more true to the original Mini than the regular version of the car. We'll see what the results are should they make it into showrooms. Press release reproduced after the jump. galleryPost('miniext2paris', 9, 'Mini Crossover Concept In Paris'); galleryPost('miniint2paris', 12, 'You Think iDrive Is A Pain In The Ass'); The MINI Crossover Concept. The MINI brand is continuing its overwhelming story of success - now taking a new approach with the MINI Crossover Concept. This Design Study offers a fascinating...
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Ben smuggled back a couple gigs of additional images from the Paris Motor Show last week, including these shots inside and out of the Mini Crossover Concept . We got a live look at the diminutive soft-roader last week during the show, but these images give you quite a bit more detail, particularly of the laser globe center stack thingamajig. The whole car has kind of a split personality: It's the biggest Mini yet actually appears, from certain angles, more true to the original Mini than the regular version of the car. We'll see what the results are should they make it into showrooms. Press release reproduced after the jump. galleryPost('miniext2paris', 9, 'Mini Crossover Concept In Paris'); galleryPost('miniint2paris', 12, 'You Think iDrive Is A Pain In The Ass'); The MINI Crossover Concept. The MINI brand is continuing its overwhelming story of success - now taking a new approach with the MINI Crossover Concept. This Design Study offers a fascinating...
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Ben's gone to bed now, and the Paris Motor Show press days have wrapped up. Whether you agree or disagree, here's the top ten most trafficked posts from the last two days, compiled in order of popularity from most trafficked to least. Be sure to visit the full posts where you'll find more pictures, press releases and analysis. 1.) Citroën GTbyCITROËN Concept galleryPost('gtbycitroenlive', 6, ''); 2.) Pininfarina B0 Concept galleryPost('PininfarinaB0Concept', 6, ''); 3.) Honda Insight Concept galleryPost('HondaInsightCLive', 6, ''); 4.) Lamborghini Estoque Concept galleryPost('estoquelive', 6, ''); 5.) Aston Martin One-77 galleryPost('AstonMartinOne77CLT', 6, ''); 6.) Mini Crossover Concept galleryPost('MiniCrossoverConceptL', 6, ''); 7.) Peugeot RC HYmotion4 galleryPost('RCHymotion4', 6, ''); 8.) Mercedes ConceptFASCINATION galleryPost('mercedesconcfascparis'...
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The 2009 Mitsubishi Colt is being brought in line with the rest of the Mitsubishi lineup, style-wise. You’ve probably already spotted the biggest new feature: the Lancer-style gaping front grille. While it makes the four-door somewhat confused-looking, that grille really sharpens up the three-door, especially in Ralliart guise. Three engines are offered: a 1.1-liter with 75 HP, a 1.3–liter with 95 HP and a 1.5 with 109 HP. The Ralliart adds a turbocharger to that 1.5 for 150 HP, making it a seriously interesting proposition for lovers of small, quick cars like us. The previous generation 1.1 was a hoot to drive, delivering extreme practicality from its flexible interior and huge character from its three-cylinder engine. Let’s hope this new model delivers more of the same. galleryPost('mitsucoltlive', 6, 'Mitsubishi Colt'); 1 - Next Generation Colt Following 267,000 units of the first generation Colt Mitsubishi Motors has wished to capitalize on this success and follow up...
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We brought you word of the Joule all-electric MPV yesterday, a South African entrant in the new electric car wars, and now we have live shots of the Joule on the Paris show floor. The little Afrikaaner is produced by a new tech company called Optimal Energy and was designed by a former Jag stylist — though we're going to have to take their word for it. According to Optimal, the Joule is all-electric with motor-driven front wheels and in-wheel magnetic propulsion at the rear, delivering a range of 125 miles on a single battery pack or 250 miles with two — impressive. We also like how Joule is a play on South Africa's notorious blood-diamond trade as well as a reference to energy — if you can't make fun of yourself, who can you make fun of? Presser after the jump. galleryPost('jouleparislive', 15, 'DeBeers Wants You To Drive A Joule'); Joule is Africa’s first battery electric engineering masterpiece from Optimal Energy. The silent passenger MPV...
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Sometimes it can be hard to distinguish a clean, green Hybrid model from its dirty, polluting counterparts. Thankfully, Kia’s designers have seen fit to equip the Kia Soul Hybrid with subtle hybrid badges to alert consumers to the presence of its 1.6-liter gasoline engine mated to a 180 volt, 5.3Ah lithium polymer battery pack and the 48 MPG figure the combination is capable of. It looks like this is actually going to be a production model, just one that’s been gussied up for the show floor with a clear polycarbonate hood and underfloor, revealing both the powertrain and battery pack. The Hybrid also debuts the full-length retractable canvas roof that will be optional across the Soul range. We’ll let you digest the rest of the facts and figures, but we’re finding the Soul increasingly appealing, even with over-the-top badges. galleryPost('kiasoulhybridlive', 6, 'Kia Soul Hybrid');
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Here we are at the end of the 2008 Paris Motor Show with all of these extra images again in our camera. Unfortunately, we can't use them because those hard working booth professionals (we decided to use the local vernacular spoken by gents in hushed and reverent tones, "les hôtesses") keep walking in front of the production cars and concepts. We don't feel too bad because we know they're doing their job of informing inquisitive journalists of the merits of the vehicles and demonstrating features too complicated for the journos to figure out. While we normally would just toss these into the recycle bin and be done with them, we figure some of you out there may want to see how many shots we have to grudgingly go through before bringing you the best possible coverage from the show. galleryPost('parisboothprofessionals', 30, 'The Booth Professionals Of the 2008 Paris Motor Show');
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newVideoPlayer("/estoque.flv", 494, 300,""); When the Lamborghini Estoque sedan was revealed at the Paris Auto Show nobody was completely surprised that it was a four-door. With the upcoming crop of super sedans like the Aston Martin Rapide and Porsche Panamera , a concept Lamborghini sedan just seemed like the trendy thing to do. But we're still left wondering "why?" This is Lamborghini we're talking about, a company that built its brand image on massive scoops and spoilers, not elegance. Of course, as you can see in this video of the official unveiling, Lamborghini CEO Stefan Winkelmann explains that it's all about dollars and lack-of-sense.
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newVideoPlayer("/Aston-One-77.flv", 494, 300,""); The Aston Martin One-77 has only been partially unveiled at the Paris Auto Show to all but a select few monied d-bags, but Aston have now just released this first official video of the $1.9-million masterpiece, you know, for us plebes. There's a few quick glimpses of the actual car here, but mostly it's just Aston CEO Dr. Ulrich Bez and designer Marek Reichman hyping up the limited-production car, babbling on about emotion and essence. We just wish they'd show us the whole thing already. [via Aston Martin ]
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newVideoPlayer("/Aston-One-77.flv", 494, 300,""); The Aston Martin One-77 has only been partially unveiled at the Paris Auto Show to all but a select few monied d-bags, but Aston have now just released this first official video of the $1.9-million masterpiece, you know, for us plebes. There's a few quick glimpses of the actual car here, but mostly it's just Aston CEO Dr. Ulrich Bez and designer Marek Reichman hyping up the limited-production car, babbling on about emotion and essence. We just wish they'd show us the whole thing already. [via Aston Martin ]
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With Ben all by himself at the Paris Motor Show , we've been back here across the pond bringing you his on-the-ground coverage. Here's everything revealed so far on the second day of the show, compiled in order of popularity from most trafficked to least. Be sure to visit the full posts where you'll find more pictures, press releases and analysis for all the best Paris has to offer from the day's coverage. And check back later when we'll bring you even more. Subaru Boxer Diesel galleryPost('subarudiesel', 6, ''); Subaru Impreza Diesel, Forester Diesel and Legacy Diesel galleryPost('imprezadiesel', 3, '');galleryPost('foresterdiesel', 3, '');galleryPost('legacydiesel', 3, ''); Chevy Volt, Plugged In galleryPost('voltplugin', 3, ''); Venturi Volage Concept galleryPost('venturivolage', 6, ''); Lotus Evora Interior galleryPost('evoraintparis', 6, ''); Chevy Orlando...
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BMW's latest — and smallest — new crossover concept is the BMW X1 , seen here on the floor yesterday at the Paris Auto Show . It looks a little more robust in person than when we saw leaked press shots earlier in the week, but it's still hard to get excited about another crossover, particularly one that looks, and is bound to drive, like the underwhelming X3 we already have, only with less room. If BMW had managed to turn the potential of the 1-series into reality, we might be singing a different tune. They didn't, so we aren't. Press release after the jump. galleryPost('x1parislive', 9, 'The BMW Concept X1 Is Where Your M Car Dollars Have Gone'); The First Sports Activity Vehicle in the Premium Compact Segment: The BMW Concept X1. Once again the successful history of BMW X models is opening up the door for further inspiration in the development of innovative vehicle concepts: The BMW Concept X1 offers all the thrill of agile and versatile mobility...
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Yeah, we said it: The Chevy Orlando Concept shown here on the Paris Auto Show floor is the spiritual successor to the Pontiac Aztek . And in this case, we mean that as a complement: The Aztek had a ton of great interior features going for it, and the Chevy Orlando takes that post-minivan people-mover spirit and wraps it in sharp-looking sheet metal. The Orlando seats seven, has five doors and is based on the Cruze platform, meaning it has a shot at actually being really fuel-efficient, particularly with its Euro 2-liter diesel. We're not sure how much fun it would be hauling seven folks around with a 1.4-liter turbo motor here in the states, though, so it'll be interesting to see how — and if — it evolves for our market. galleryPost('orlandoextparis', 9, 'Chevy Orlando Concept On The Paris Show Floor'); galleryPost('orlandointeriorparis', 12, 'Inside The Seven-Passenger Chevy Orlando Concept'); Chevrolet Orlando show car signals entry...
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