Seat Bocanegra 03 March 2008 by Tim Pollard What’s new on Seat’s Geneva Motor Show stand?It’s all about the new Ibiza on the Mediterranean-themed Seat stand today. Forget the Bocanegra badge, this concept is a thinly veiled teaser for the new... Read more ...
Seat Bocanegra (2008): first official pictures 03 March 2008 by Tim Pollard What’s new on Seat’s Geneva Motor Show stand?It’s all about the new Ibiza on the Mediterranean-themed Seat stand today. Forget the Bocanegra badge, this concept is a thinly veiled teaser for the new... Read more ...
Saab 9-X Biohybrid concept (2008): first official pictures 03 March 2008 by Phil McNamara Saab will enter the premium hatch market around 2010, with the production version of this 9-X Biohybrid concept. Unveiled at a sneak preview on the eve of the Geneva Motor Show, the 9-X Biohybrid is a... Read more ...
Saab 9-X Biohybrid concept 03 March 2008 by Phil McNamara Saab will enter the premium hatch market around 2010, with the production version of this 9-X Biohybrid concept. Unveiled at a sneak preview on the eve of the Geneva Motor Show, the 9-X Biohybrid is a... Read more ...
Volkswagen Scirocco unveiled 03 March 2008 by Mark Nichol VW has finally taken the wraps off the new Scirocco, 15 years after killing off the last generation coupe. Due to be officially unveiled at Geneva 2008, the Golf-based Scirocco has a pleasingly... Read more ...
Morgan Lifecar and Geneva show stars 28 February 2008 by Ben Pulman Morgan will line up at the 2008 Geneva Motor Show with its most impressive range of cars ever. The Lifecar concept, the first production AeroMax, a revised Aero 8 and a new 4/4 will all feature. The... Read more ...
Vauxhall Meriva concept (2008): first official pictures 28 February 2008 by Ben Pulman This is Vauxhall’s new Meriva, and it will be the first mini-MPV with suicide doors. The car in our pictures is the concept, set to be unveiled at next week’s Geneva Motor Show. It gives us huge hints... Read more ...
Volkswagen Scirocco and eco-tech at Geneva 28 February 2008 by Ben Pulman Volkswagen will show off the new Scirocco and a Golf TDI Hybrid concept at the 2008 Geneva Motor Show next week. The Scirocco will come with four engines, in TDI and TSI forms, ranging from a 1.4 TSI... Read more ...
Audi TT TDI (2008): first official pictures 27 February 2008 by Mark Nichol The diesel TT is here. Audi will unveil the TT TDI Coupe and Roadster at the Geneva Motor Show next week. It was always an obvious thing to do, yet it’s taken the Ingolstadt slowcoach ten years to... Read more ...
Caterham RST-V8 Levante (2008): first official pictures 26 February 2008 by Mark Nichol This is the Caterham RST-V8 Levante, an example of what happens when a chirpy British sports car turns over to the dark side. The Levante is the work of RS Performance, which has taken an SV chassis,... Read more ...
Mitsubishi Prototype-S (2008): first official pictures 26 February 2008 by Ben Pulman Welcome to the new Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback. Although this concept is badged Prototype-S, this is the five-door version of the latest Lancer, and it will be launched in autumn 2008. The concept,... Read more ...
Maserati Granturismo S (2008): first official pictures 26 February 2008 by Tim Pollard It’s only a year since Maserati whisked the covers off the delectable Granturismo and the Italians are unveiling a new, more powerful version. The Granturismo S receives a heart transplant from the... Read more ...
Maybach’s £678k Landaulet (2008): first official pictures 25 February 2008 by Mark Nichol Maybach has announced it will put the Landaulet, a semi-convertible based on the Maybach 62 S limousine, into production thanks to an ‘overwhelming response from the public’. The Landaulet was first... Read more ...
Mini and Mini Clubman John Cooper Works (2008): first official pictures 24 February 2008 by Mark Nichol Just take it in for a moment. That’s the Mini John Cooper Works you’re staring at, all 208bhp of it. Mini will unveil this steroidal version of the already beefy Cooper S at Geneva 2008 before opening... Read more ...
Renault Laguna GT (2008): first official pictures 22 February 2008 by Chris Chilton There are no Renaultsport badges anywhere on the new Renault Laguna GT but the crack chassis team have been hard at work under the skin. The same people who brought us the brilliant Clio Cup are... Read more ...
BMW Vision Efficient Dynamics (2008) 22 February 2008 by Tim Pollard BMW has already scooped CAR’s green award for its Efficient Dynamics eco package being rolled out onto its current range. But at the 2008 Geneva Motor Show, the Bavarians will unveil their vision for... Read more ...
Vauxhall Meriva concept teaser (2008) 21 February 2008 by Glen Waddington It's suicide time for Vauxhall's mini-MPV. This sneak preview of the Meriva concept to be unveiled at the 2008 Geneva Motor Show reveals suicide-style rear doors that will be a production certainty... Read more ...
Chrysler 300C facelift (2008): first official pictures 21 February 2008 by Tim Pollard The Chrysler 300C is one of those rare ‘unfaceliftable’ cars, you might think. But that hasn’t stopped them having a fiddle with this striking saloon - and this is the first glimpse of the... Read more ...
Fiat 500 Abarth (2008): first official pictures 20 February 2008 by Tim Pollard Watch out Mini, the Fiat 500 – CAR’s car of the year 2007 – is getting the high-performance treatment. The Abarth version unveiled today is pitched as a new interpretation of the Sixties road racer,... Read more ...
Alfa Romeo 8C Spider (2008) 19 February 2008 by Tim Pollard Drool on. Alfa Romeo will formally unveil the production version of the 8C Spider – a limited run of 500 soft-tops – at this spring’s Geneva Motor Show. It’s powered by the same 4.7-litre V8 producing... Read more ...
Kia Soul concepts 19 February 2008 by Tim Pollard Kia will show a glimpse of its new Soul soft-roader at the Geneva Motor Show on 4 March 2008, previewed in this teaser shot. The Soul is a departure for Kia in the same mould as the Fiat Sedici/Suzuki... Read more ...
Volvo XC60 (2008): first official pictures 19 February 2008 by Tim Pollard Volvo has finally sanctioned official shots of the XC60 – a junior version of the XC90 SUV that has helped turn around the fortunes of the Swedish company. Yes, it’s another crossover entering an... Read more ...
Peugeot 308 GT THP and 308 SW (2008): first official pictures 19 February 2008 by Mark Nichol Peugeot is hammering the final nails into the coffin of the 307 with two new additions to the 308 range – a warmed-up 308 GT THP and a practical SW estate – both due to be unveiled at the Geneva Motor... Read more ...
Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupe (2008): first official pictures 17 February 2008 by Mark Nichol BMW continues to stretch the Rolls-Royce range every which way (have they confused it with the 3-series famiy?) and today it unveils the new Phantom Coupe. Think of it as a two-door gentleman’s... Read more ...
Vauxhall Zafira (2008): first official pictures 15 February 2008 by Tim Pollard Vauxhall is about to give its Zafira MPV – Britain’s best-selling people carrier – a spruce-up. The facelifted model arrives in time for the new March 2008 ‘08’ number plate, but buyers will be hard... Read more ...
Ford Fiesta (2008): first official pictures 15 February 2008 by Tim Pollard You’re looking at Ford’s new Fiesta. The new supermini shares around half its parts with the Mazda 2 – which means the newcomer is the same size as today’s Fiesta but slightly lighter. Its diet will... Read more ...
March 2008 wallpapers added 13 February 2008 by Ben Pulman We've added eleven new images to our Wallpaper gallery from the March 2008 edition of CAR Magazine. Click here to see the new wallpapers. CAR Magazine has the best photographs of the world's most... Read more ...
Toyota iQ and Urban Cruiser (2008): first official pictures 13 February 2008 by Tim Pollard Toyota hasn’t bottled it, thank goodness. This first photograph of the iQ shows that the production version of this fascinating mini has kept all the cheeky charm of last year’s show car, which won... Read more ...
Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (2008): first official pictures 13 February 2008 by Tim Pollard Porsche today unveils a new, more powerful version of its 911 racer. The GT3 RSR competes in GT2 long-distance races, including Le Mans, Spa and the 24-hour Nurburgring event and will benefit from new... Read more ...
Hyundai HED-5 and Eco-Dynamics 11 February 2008 by Ben Pulman Hyundai will unveil a concept for an i30 MPV at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2008, as well as a new range of production-ready environmentally friendlier cars. The six-seater concept, dubbed HED-5,... Read more ...
Renault Koleos (2008): first official pictures 11 February 2008 by Ben Pulman Renault’s first proper 4x4 is here. After the disappointment of Scenics clad in black 'off-road' plastic, we finally have the Koleos SUV, unveiled today. It's the fruit of a surprisingly mixed... Read more ...
BMW M3 race car (2008): first official pictures 11 February 2008 by Ben Pulman Porsche and Ferrari watch out. BMW is returning to the American Le Mans Series in 2009 with the M3. And it’s going to be quick. Tweaked by BMW Motorsport, the 4.0-litre V8 will produce 485bhp and... Read more ...
Honda Accord (2008): first official pictures 11 February 2008 by Tim Pollard Stop peering in disbelief – this is the new Honda Accord. Yes, it’s an all-new model that looks suspiciously like the old one. Even Honda calls it ‘an evolution of the current model’ and it’s the big... Read more ...
Mercedes SL63 and SL65 AMG (2008): first official pictures 08 February 2008 by Ben Pulman SL63 AMG. Remember the name, because it’s what Lewis Hamilton will be looking at all year. Mercedes has let its in-house tuners AMG loose on the recently facelifted SL, and the result is not one but... Read more ...
Dodge Challenger SRT-8 (2008): first official pictures 07 February 2008 by Ben Pulman Finally the Dodge Challenger SRT-8 is here. Unveiled at the Chicago Auto Show this week the striped orange muscle car is running a Hemi V8. That means 425bhp and 420lb ft from 6.1-litres. Dodge hasn’t... Read more ...
Hummer H3T (2008): first official pictures 07 February 2008 by George Chapman The new Hummer H3T will boast a five foot long flatbed rear. Shown at the recent Chicago Auto Show, this revised version is heavily based on the existing H3 and will be sold in North America, Europe... Read more ...