Posts Tagged ‘europe’

Pininfarina family to lose majority share in own company

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Pininfarina Sintesi concept.Pininfarina has been in poor financial health for the last few years. The coachbuilding and design house's P&L sheet has been coated in red ink, with a 114.9 million euro loss last year and debt that's grown to 185.4 million e......

Geneva 2008: Lotus adds Europa SE for 2008

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Click above for a gallery of the Lotus Europa SE.As we reported earlier, Lotus has a new range of Europas for 2008, at least in their eponymous market. Still not coming to the States as far as we've heard, but with the "Eagle" already soaring, we think we can wait. Not that the Europa is a bad car,......

Fiat launching 5Hundred Cup racing series in Europe

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Things are getting a little racy for the Fiat 500. With just days to go before the race-inspired 500 Abarth is unveiled in Geneva, and just weeks to go before the 500 makes its racing debut in Melbourne, comes news of a new 500 racing series to take place in Europe. Called the 5Hundred Cup, the one-......

Update: Baileyspeed Blade gets makeover, pricing

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Back in November, we brought you the story of a real-life dream-to-reality car story. It was the tale of Neal Bailey, who was taking the best details of the cars he loved and creating his dream car.Neal emailed us last week to say he had done some work on his self-branded supercar, the Bailey Blade,......

Opel Meriva concept leaks out (again) ahead of Geneva

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Click above for more images of the Opel Meriva concept.Beyond the first sketch that surfaced and a sort-of leaked teaser last week, Opel has kept the Meriva out of the lime light until now. Courtesy of a few sites in Europe, we've been provided the first official unofficial images of the Meriva conc......

Tata to (finally) announce Jaguar, Land Rover purchase March 5 or 6

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
In what looks to be a merciful end to the world's longest foregone conclusion, Tata Motors will reportedly announce its purchase of Jaguar and Land Rover on either March 5 or 6. The announcement is expected after the first press day of the 2008 Geneva Motor Show, so as not to steal the limelight fro......

More leakage: New 2009 Volvo XC60 images appear

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
Click above for more leaked images of the 2009 Volvo XC60.Just this morning we showed you four leaked images of the upcoming Volvo XC60 CUV that will officially debut next month at the Geneva Motor Show. Those four have now been increased to include 13 leaked images that Carscoop found while rummagi......

Honda to preview new hybrid in Paris

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
Honda's plans to regroup its hybrid efforts are well documented. In addition to a new Civic hybrid, the automaker revealed that a production hybrid based on the sharp CR-Z concept is also in the works. We also know that a third hybrid model is being developed from the ground up, and we'll get to see......

Spy Shots: 2009 Range Rover Sport gets a nose job

Sunday, December 9th, 2007
Click above for more high-res spy shots of the 2009 Range Rover SportThe 2009 Range Rover Sport looks like it's getting a slightly revised face. After undergoing minor cosmetic surgery, the Sport comes out with grillework that's reminiscent of the Land Rover LR2's as well as a new front bumper. Out ......

Spy Shot: Euro Honda Accord Tourer snapped at pump

Sunday, December 2nd, 2007
click above to view more spy shots of Europe's 2009 Honda Accord TourerIn case you didn't know, the Acura TSX sold in the U.S. is basically the same car as the European version of the Honda Accord. So when we see spy shots of the old country's new Accord, we're interested because we're looking at th......