2010 Geneva: Canadian passports denied

[svgallery name=”2010 Geneva NOT Coming”] Story and photos by John LeBlanc GENEVA–With the continuing globalization of the auto industry, the differences between cars sold from country to country is becoming smaller each year. For example, the 2012 Ford Focus is virtually the same car, whether it’s sold in Canada, China or the Canary Islands. Yet, […]

2010 Geneva: Coming to Canada

[svgallery name=”2010 Geneva Coming”] Story and photos by John LeBlanc GENEVA–If I had to pick a theme for this year’s Geneva Motor Show, it was the endless parade of hybrid supercars that debuted in the Palexpo halls. Debuts like the Ferrari 599 Hybrid, Porsche 918 Spyder Hybrid or Lotus Evora 414E Hybrid – seemingly politically […]

2010 Geneva: Audi shocks with A1 Wankel hybrid

[svgallery name=”2010 Geneva Audi”] Story and photos by John LeBlanc GENEVA – As predicted, Germany’s Audi went and debuted this afternoon a third E-Tron electric vehicle concept, this time based on the not-coming-to-North America premium subcompact A1 that also was unveiled here in good ol’ fashioned gas and diesel formats. With a certain Mr. Timberlake […]

2010 Geneva: Bertone creates Pandion-ium

[svgallery name=”2010 Geneva Bertone Pandion”] Story and photos by John LeBlanc GENEVA – Full disclosure: When I saw the first PR images of Italian design house Bertone’s Geneva concept, the Alfa Romeo Pandion, it came across as a bit of a rip take-off of BMW’s recent Vision EfficientDynamics. Now that I’ve seen the concept up […]

2010 Geneva: Along came a Porsche Spyder

[svgallery name=”2010 Porsche 918″] Story and photos by John LeBlanc GENEVA –As the first significant presentation of this year’s media day, Porsche christened the 2010 Geneva show with a bit of a surprise. We already knew a bit about the next-gen 2011 Cayenne SUV coming to Canada later this year. And 911 GT3 R Hybrid […]

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