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The Show Must Go On: Italy's Bologna salon forges ahead without automakers

Local auto shows overseas like the one in Bologna don't really make a blip on our radar screens. Manufacturers might, upon occasion, use the venues to unveil a new product variant of generally limited consequence, but aside from the big shows in the United States, the significant foreign debuts for the U.S. market take place at the major shows like Geneva, Frankfurt, Paris and Tokyo. But if you thought the big shows were hit hard by a cost-conscious industry in remission, that's nothing compared to what Bologna's local show organizers are ... Read more →

EXCLUSIVE: Nissan pulls out of most 2009 auto shows Chris Paukert

Autoblog has learned that Nissan is withdrawing its presence from the fiscal 2009 show season, with the following exceptions: Geneva, New York, Shanghai, and Tokyo. That means that Nissan will still ...

REPORT: Sydney Motor Show scrapped, Melbourne to go on Jonathon Ramsey

Eight automotive brands failed to make the trip to this year's Detroit Auto Show. Compare that to last year's Sydney Auto Show in Australia, where eighteen brands declined the offer to showcase their ...

Muy Triste! Barcelona Motor Show scrapped for 2009* Noah Joseph

With every major city and its suburbs hosting their own auto shows, we can't be everywhere. Most major news occurs at the major auto shows, but this year, our absence will be missed at one less auto ...

Autoblog Podcast #89 Dan Roth

It's time for Autoblog Podcast #89. Of course we run over what's been in the garage lately – you'll know what reviews to anticipate. Our big item this week is recapping what we saw in Geneva and ...

Geneva '08 Preview: Kia SOUL Burner comes early 1 year ago on Autoblog

The product leakage continues as we're packing our bags for Geneva. This time, Autoweek.nl has released images of the Kia SOUL Burner Concept, one of three concepts that the Korean automaker will be unveiling in southern Switzerland. The SOUL is obviously taking aim at the Scion xB, which took the ...

Geneva '08 Preview: Spyker to unveil long-wheelbase C8 1 year ago on Autoblog

The current standard-wheelbase Spyker C8 Laviolette Spyker may be down, but it's not out. The Dutch exotic automaker has fallen on some hard times, but that's not going to stop it from moving forward with at least some of its plans. The C12 Zagato has been postponed indefinitely, but at the ...

Tokyo Motor Show: Suzuki Palette vs. Daihatsu Tanto 2 years ago on Autoblog

The 2007 Tokyo Motor Show ended last week, but today we're cleaning out our closet of yet-to-be published posts from this biggest of biannual Japanese auto shows. click above image to view just how much legroom this truly mini vans have Pity poor Suzuki. Japan's vast market for mini vehicles has ...

Tokyo Motor Show: Daihatsu HSC is one slippery little sucker 2 years ago on Autoblog

The 2007 Tokyo Motor Show ended last week, but today we're cleaning out our closet of yet-to-be published posts from this biggest of biannual Japanese auto shows. click above image for more live pics of the Daihatsu HSC Concept We missed the Daihatsu HSC at Frankfurt somehow, but stumbled across ...

Tokyo Motor Show: Suzuki Pixy & SSC 2 years ago on Autoblog

The 2007 Tokyo Motor Show ended last week, but today we're cleaning out our closet of yet-to-be published posts from this biggest of biannual Japanese auto shows. There's more than a hint of Toyota's PM, i-Swing and i-REAL series about this concept. But where Toyota admits that the driver may ...

Tokyo Motor Show: Nissan Pivo2 2 years ago on Autoblog

The 2007 Tokyo Motor Show ended last week, but today we're cleaning out our closet of yet-to-be published posts from this biggest of biannual Japanese auto shows. Click above image to view more live pics of the crab-like Pivo2 from Nissan After a few days of regurgitating the same old story to ...

Tokyo Motor Show: Suzuki Kizashi 2 2 years ago on Autoblog

The 2007 Tokyo Motor Show ended last week, but today we're cleaning out our closet of yet-to-be published posts from this biggest of biannual Japanese auto shows. click above image for more live shots of the Suzuki Kizashi 2 concept Following the debut of the first Kizashi concept in Frankfurt, ...

Tokyo Motor Show: Suzuki X-Head 2 years ago on Autoblog

The 2007 Tokyo Motor Show ended last week, but today we're cleaning out our closet of yet-to-be published posts from this biggest of biannual Japanese auto shows. click above image to view more live pics of the Suzuki X-Head Remember the Suzuki Samurai, the lightweight 4x4 much maligned for being ...

Tokyo Motor Show: Daihatsu Mud Master-C 2 years ago on Autoblog

click above image to view more live shots of the Mud Master-C Didn't Space 1999's Moon Base Alpha have a couple of these in the garage? Looking like a Mitsubishi Delica that's spent too much time in the boil wash, Daihatsu's Mud Master-C is a kei car, but with lofty ambitions. This is far from ...

Autoblog Podcast #79 2 years ago on Autoblog

We lead off Autoblog Podcast #79 with the most important news of the week. Seriously, this rocked the car world. Vin Diesel and Paul Walker are returning to the Fast and Furious franchise for F+F IV. w00t! Moving on to more important news (like anything at all), we touch on the then impending and ...

Autoblog Podcast #77 2 years ago on Autoblog

We're back with Autoblog Podcast #77, and it's a Frankfurt-recap extravaganza. We discuss our favorite picks, as well as touching on some of the numerous highlights from the monster-sized show. We got a glimpse of the Jaguar XF in person, and it's better in person, but can it save Jaguar? BMW ...

GALLERY: Girls of Bologna Motor Show 2 years ago on Autoblog

We've noticed that you all seem to like pictures of ladies leaning against concept cars, so we thought that even though we didn't attend the Bologna Motor Show ourselves you might enjoy a gallery of the girls of Bologna on this lazy Friday. The gallery comes courtesy of Motorionline.com, and for ...

VIDEO: the dramatic Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione 3 years ago on Autoblog

The production version of Alfa Romeo's sensuous 8C Competizione coupe made its debut at the Paris Motor Show. While our excitement continues to grow for Alfa's planned re-emergence into the North American market, the celebrated Italian marque has graced us with yet another video of its ...

Paris Motor Show: Audi R8 cutaways 3 years ago on Autoblog

Normally, anyone guilty of cutting up a beautiful supercar such as the Audi R8 would have us looking to perform the same treatment on the perpetrator. In this case, however, we'll let the crime go unpunished, since this peak under the skin of Ingolstadt's new Autobahn burner gives us a chance ...

VIDEO: Renault Nepta concept 3 years ago on Autoblog

Among the interesting concepts we'll be seeing this week at the Paris Motor Show is the Renault Nepta, an innovative four-seat gull-wing cabrio, images and details of which we brought you earlier this month. Renault has been kind enough to give us this additional glimpse of the Nepta smoothly ...

British Motor Show to get a name change? 3 years ago on Autoblog

If you went to the recent British Motor Show, save your ticket stubs -- that may be the last "British Motor Show" ever. The Car Connection reports that the show's organizers may be changing the name of the event to the London Motor Show, consistent with most of the world's major auto shows which are ...

Wales to get first-ever auto show 3 years ago on Autoblog

Who'd have thought the Welsh are required to travel all the way to England to catch an auto show, but it's true -- as of right now, Wales is the only country in the United Kingdom without its own auto show. On August 26, 2006, however, that's going to change. The first-ever Wales Motor Show ...

Busan Motor Show 2006 comes to a close 3 years ago on Autoblog

The 2006 Busan Motor Show in South Korea has ended and Car Design News has a modest pic gallery of some of the more interesting autos on the show floor. The SsangYong Actyon Sports, for instance, is a pickup version of the Actyon compact SUV and looks like the love child of a Pontiac Aztec and ...

Skoda making a comeback 3 years ago on Autoblog

Volkswagen subsidiary Skoda Auto announced Thursday that its 2005 net profits more than doubled to about $329 million, setting a new company record. Unit sales were up 9-percent overall, to 492,111, driven by a 28.4 percent rise in sales of Skoda's Octavia sedan. Sales of its Fabia model fell ...






Autoblog Podcast #155: 'Twas the night before LA...

Chris, Dan, and Editor Paukert go over some LA Preview action and quietly whoop it up on the podcast.

 
 

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