The Geneva show hails the beginning of auto show season in Europe. As the second big international auto show, after Detroit, the Geneva show is traditionally the kick-off of the spring selling season on the Continent, as well as a way for the world's automotive braintrust to gather over new concepts and production vehicles and gauge the state of the union.
The big thing about Geneva is that Switzerland has no native car industry, so the lakeside city is neutral territory for the world's automakers. In Detroit, Frankfurt, Paris and Tokyo, the big guns of the national industry hog the limelight, but in Geneva nobody has home field advantage - so the field is level for everyone.
Even so, some big auto brands found in the U.S. will be staging introductions at this year's Geneva show, the 78th, which opens to the press on March 4th and to the public, from March 6 to March 16. The Swiss show is shaping up with world introductions of the new Volvo XC60, Infiniti FX, and Ford's new global small car, the Fiesta.
TheCarConnection.com will be at the Palexpo to report live from the show floor. In the meantime, here's a preview of what's coming to the show itself--bookmark this page, subscribe to TheCarConnection.com's RSS feeds, and check back here often as we update you with the latest information on Geneva's debuts.
NEW VEHICLES
2009 Mercedes-Benz SL Preview by Marty Padgett (1/31/2008)2009 Mercedes-Benz SL63 Preview by Richard
Yarrow (2/8/2008)
The SL goes the 'Vette way with big, big displacement.
2009 Audi A4 Avant Preview by Marty Padgett
(2/19/2008)
Sweeping changes come to Audi’s compact wagon--and that’s just
the roofline.
2010 Ford Fiesta Preview by Paul Eisenstein and Marty Padgett
(3/4/2008)
A global compact-car party gets ready to make a stop in the States, for once.
2009 Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupe Preview by
Richard Yarrow (2/18/2008)
Geneva brings with it Rolls' new two-door.
2009 MINI Cooper John Cooper Works Preview by
Marty Padgett (2/25/2008)
MINI brings its performance brand in-house, and
ushers in a new era of teensy hotness.
2009 Volvo XC60 Preview by Richard Yarrow and Paul A.
Eisenstein (3/4/2008)
The safest Volvo ever--and the most beautiful, too?
2008 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 Preview by
Marty Padgett (3/3/2008)
Geneva's crowds get the high-powered Lambo
treatment.
2009
Infiniti FX50 Preview
by Bengt Halvorson (3/4/2008)
The Bionic Cheetah
gets a new look, and a louder purr.
2009 Bugatti Veyron Fbr Preview by Paul A.
Eisenstein (3/4/2008)
For those who think two are too many.
2009 Jaguar XKR-S Preview by Paul A.
Eisenstein (3/5/2008)
For European Eyes Only: Fastest Jag since XJ220
supercar
PHOTO GALLERIES
CONCEPTS
2009 Audi R8 Le Mans Concept Preview by Paul
A. Eisenstein (3/4/2008)
Clean and mean, this diesel sports
car rewrites the book.
2008 Morgan LIFECar Concept by Bengt Halvorson
(2/28/2008)
This concept's styling is a classy nod to the past, yet it
points to a hydrogen future.
2008 Rinspeed sQuba Concept by Marty
Padgett (12/17/2007)
Another deep dive into unreality, Swiss-style.
2008 BMW X5 EfficientDynamics Concept by Bengt
Halvorson (2/22/2008)
The concept of a 36-mpg X5 is something to get excited about.
2008 Hyundai HE-5 Concept by Richard Yarrow
(2/11/2008)
Hyundai breeds a new Geneva concept with families in mind.
BLOGS
Renault at Geneva: Megane Coupe, Koleos, and Active Drive
Opel Meriva: A Saturn in the
Offing?
Alfa 8C Spider: The Showstopper, Sans
Cliche
VW Scirocco Teases U.S. Dubheads,
Again
BMW X5 Vision Efficient Dynamics: Ultimate (Clean) Performance Machine
You Know You Want It: Ford Focus Coupe-Cabriolet
No Deals With Chrysler, says Nissan CEO Ghosn
Infiniti Goes Global: Targets Small Volumes, Big Profits
At Rolls-Royce, It’s What Wasn’t Mentioned
Fiat’s 500 Gets the Abarth Treatment
Mitsubishi Prototype-S Headed to the U.S.
Hyundai HED-5–Or Is the i-Mode?
Nissan Building Worldwide Momentum
Land Rover Readying LRX Concept for Production
Bentley Confirms New Green Strategy
GM Launches Next-Gen Hybrid System
The 9-1 in Disguise? Saab Reveals 9-X BioHybrid for Geneva
Lithium’s Working? Daimler and GM Promising Better Hybrids
Scirocco Pics Sweep the ‘Net, Tease U.S. Fans
Sportback Debut in Geneva: Mitsu Details Prototype-S
Lambo Numbers Gallardo LP560-4 For Geneva
GranTurismo S: Maserati Joins the Tweakers
Meriva Getting a Geneva Premiere
Toyota’s Low, Small iQ Gets Geneva Debut
Chevrolet Aveo Adds Hatch in Geneva
Fiat Punches up Midget 500 to Abarth Spec
Alfa 8C Spider Blows its Top for Geneva
OTHER SHOWS
2008 Detroit Auto Show Coverage by TCC Team
(1/14/2008)
Ford F-150, Hyundai Genesis and Corvette ZR1.
2008 Chicago Auto Show Coverage by Marty
Padgett (2/5/2008)
Detroit’s old news — here’s what the Windy City
promises.
2008 New York Auto Show Coverage by TCC Team
(2/5/2008)
New Nissan Maxima and more.
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