Showing posts with label Geneva Auto Show. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Geneva Auto Show. Show all posts

Saturday, January 26, 2008

2008 Geneva Auto Show Preview: European Honda Accord Tourer Teaser Images

According to some some sources, Honda will unveil a new version of Accord this year at the Geneva Auto Show. Some teaser images of the European Accord Tourer Concept, the station-wagon model of the Accord Tourer, are circulating the web these days which show some design ideas of the Japanese company.

Although we didn’t see the “final product”, from these teaser images we can make a good image of how to car is going to look. The new headlights and the chromed door-handles seem to be the best features for this latest concept. The Tourer concept will pe powered by the new 2.2-liter four-cylinder iDTEC diesen engine, first presented this year at the Detroit Auto Show.

Also, it’s said that Honda will unveil the Acura TSX destined for the U.S. market.

2008 Geneva Auto Show Preview: Three-Door Mazda2

Mazda made an official announcement about the new Mazda2 which will be unveiled at 2008 Geneva Auto Show in March. The new model is a three-door version which has the same dimensions like the five-door version, also the Japanese company said that there will be available the same engine line-up.

According to Mazda, this hatchback mode will attract more customers from Europe. They said that the car weighs about 1,000 kg and apparently the engines have high fuel efficiency and low carbon-dioxide emissions.

In December 2007, Mazda2 was rated 5-stars by Euro-NCAP at their safety tests, also it received an impressive 20 automotive awards.

For Geneva ‘08, Mazda prepared other three cars, it’s the Taiki Concept, Mazda5 Hydrogen RE Hybrid and the Mazda RX-8 four-seater-four-doors sports car.

Spyker C8 Laviolette Ready For The 2008 Geneva Auto Show

Spyker is an exclusive automaker which was founded in 2000 by Victor Muller and Maarten de Bruijn. The purpose of this reborn company is to produce super sports cars like C8 and C8 Laviolette. For the Geneva Auto Show which will take place this in year in March, they are planning to unveil a new version of C8 Laviolette.

The previous model was based on Audi’s A8 4.0-liter engine which was delivering 400 HP and had a top speed around 300 km/h. The new version will be called C8 Laviolette LWD and it will feature a glass-roof-line. We expect them to maintain the power-train and we also heard that the wheelbase will be longer.

We will have to wait to see what they prepared for the forthcoming auto show.

 
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