geneva 2012

Nobody packs it in like the Geneva Motor Show. Every spring, the exposition boasts more debuts than we could count on all the fingers on all our hands combined. It's a mind-boggling venture to cover it all, but with this year's show now behind us, it's time to look back on all there was. And for ...

If SsangYong is known for anything, it's trucks. The aspirational Korean marque brought out a handful of new pickups and SUVs while in Geneva, but the real showstopper on the SsangYong stand – if there is such a thing – is the XIV-2 concept. The concept's name is more contrived than ...

If BMW isn't willing to give us an authentic M-ified 1 Series, we'll have to settle for the next best thing, and that's the M135i, the latest performance package from the marque's motorsport division. Based off the three-door F20 variant of the Euro-only 1 Series, the M135i isn't quite the ...

It isn't only the Mercedes-Benz SL-Class that's celebrating its 60-year milestone, the S-Class coupe – now called the CL-Class – has been around (sort of) since the 1952 300S. Its birthday cake comes in the form of the CL Grand Edition, a hand-finished version of the already ...

Between the Fiesta ST, Tourneo van concept and the new Kuga (that's Escape to us Colonists), Ford had plenty to showcase this year at the Geneva Motor Show. But one of the most pivotal – for its European operations, anyway – is the B-Max. A mini-minivan based on the Fiesta platform, ...

The Honda Fit (Jazz in most other markets) has been a decent success here in Canada. It's economical, somewhat fun to drive and not painful to look at. But it just seems to lack something. Oh, right, sportiness and a bright red Si or SiR badge! To earn the Si designation, the versatile econocar ...

In the fine tradition of the Celebrity Wagon, the Bow Tie teams brings out this: The 2012 Chevrolet Cruze Wagon. We kid, but in all honesty, the Cruze Wagon isn't just a more utilitarian take on one of our favorite C-segmenters – it's an attractive one to boot. And speaking of boots, the ...

Guess we called this one from the outset. Looking like a Mulsanne that just ate a Continental Flying Spur for breakfast and a GT for lunch, the Bentley EXP 9 F concept was the biggest disappointment – and we mean that literally – of the Geneva Motor Show. Apparently, Bentley must have ...

The relentless expansion of M-engineered and branded wares doesn't just stop at the M diesel quadruplets and the M135i. Here in Geneva, BMW announced the latest line of M performance parts that spans the spectrum from appearance bits to powertrain upgrades. M Performance exhausts will be ...

It's been said before, but Jaguar doesn't seem to know how to make a bad-looking car these days. Take the current XK, for example. It's been around since 2006 and has largely gone unchanged aside from a slight nip/tuck for the 2012 model year, but it's arguably one of the most beautiful coupes in ...