All Paris 2008 articles
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Chevrolet Orlando concept
The Orlando is a new study for a potential crossover 7-seat MPV/SUV based on the new Chevrolet Cruze sedan, also launched at Paris last week.
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Ferrari California
The mainstream press reaction to this car has been quite negative, mostly due to the idea of Ferrari offering a Mercedes SL competitor and that somewhat-contrived side feature line.
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BMW 7 Series
When the last seven series was launched in Frankfurt 2001 there was the biggest outcry in the recent history of car design.
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Nissan Nuvu concept
At first glance the Nuvu seems to be a Tokyo show car that got on the wrong boat: it is a small whimsical concept that looks set to go on to have no impact in any production design Nissan.
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Honda Insight
Honda love recycling old model names and applying them to new cars - and the Insight is the latest example.
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Audi A1 Sportback concept
At first sight this is a simple development of the red Metroproject Quattro we saw last year in Tokyo but with five doors, not three.
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Volkswagen Golf
This is the latest version of the biggest selling car in Europe. Billed as the Golf 6, although commonly recognised as more of a Golf 5.5, the new car differs in every exterior panel relative to its predecessor, bar the roof.
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Citroën C3 Picasso
The C3 Picasso looks set to define a vehicle typology pioneered by Toyota with the first generation Yaris Verso and then Renault with the Modus: a car that sits between the conventional European ‘B-sector' hatchback, the B-sector based light utility MPV defined by the Renault Kangoo, and the mono-space B-sector ...
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Venturi Volage
Major OEMs have just started to make a lot of noise about electric powered cars, but Venturi has been making them for four years. On their home turf in Paris last week they unveiled the Volage, a concept car in every sense of the term except that it is set ...
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BMW X1 Concept
This was a surprise launch from BMW and less of a concept than merely a preview of the forthcoming production model.
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Mazda Kiyora concept
The Kiyora is one of those cars that at first sight don't immediately grab you, yet on closer inspection contain a wealth of new ideas that as a sum are highly impressive.
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Mini Concept Crossover
This concept design previews a similar-sized SUV crossover from Mini just as the Concept Frankfurt / Tokyo / Detroit / London previewed the Clubman production design.
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Chevrolet Volt
The Chevrolet Volt is making its international show debut at Paris a week after being unveiled in Detroit at the GM centenary celebrations.
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Pininfarina B0 concept
The B0 (B-Zero) is a show car spoiler of an electric production car due in just over a year as the first Pininfarina-branded production car.
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Mercedes-Benz Concept Fascination
Car Design News has previously noted how the ‘sports shooting brake' appears to be undergoing something of a revival recently in concept cars and here we see the latest Mercedes-Benz offering on this body format.
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Peugeot RC HYmotion 4 concept
One of the emerging themes in the last two years has been the appearance of the low-slung 4-door supercar, for example the Aston Martin Rapide, the forthcoming Lagonda sedan, Porsche Panamera, Fisker Karma - and the new Lamborghini.
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Citroën Hypnos concept
This crossover coupé-SUV develops themes from the C-Metisse concept shown at Paris two years ago and adds some creative new ingredients for Citroën design language.
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Renault Megane
This third generation Megane from Renault is probably the most significant new production debut here at Paris.
