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Spy Shots: Maserati Gran Turismo Spyder
Filed under: Spy Photos, Convertibles, Paris Motor Show, Maserati  Never underestimate a car guy on holiday. That's the lesson to be learned by Maserati, which apparently left a Gran Turismo Spyder mule in a lot somewhere in Modena.
An eagle-eyed tourist snapped off a handful of pics showing the two-piece roof and articulating trunk in its earliest stages of development. Expect the Gran Turismo Spyder to make its debut in Paris later this year, with sales beginning in early 2009.
[Source: AutoGespot] Read | Hybrids/Alternative, Green, Videos, Paris Motor Show, Chevrolet 
Click above to watch a video with slides of the production Chevy Volt
We got our first sneak peek at the production Chevy Volt last week, but a recent presentation by Bob Boniface, director of design for the Volt, has revealed a bit more. We've pasted a video of the presentation and slide show after the break, and in it Boniface notes how the concept's straight lines and tight corners have been smoothed over and rounded out in an effort to reduce turbulence. This streamlining improves the Volt's fuel mileage, range on...
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"Bonjour, Michel": Citroën C6 Office -- like KITT for French businessmen
Filed under: Concept Cars, Sedans/Saloons, Euro, Paris Motor Show, Citroen 
Click above for a gallery of the Citroen C6 Office
Citroën and Intersection magazine have integrated KITT-like visual style with a number of in-car distractions to create the C6 Office, a rolling style project aimed at European business overlords. It'll make its debut at the Cannes Film Festival, a favorite the yacht-and-helo set it's meant to appeal to. From there, it'll head to Paris Fashion Week for another go-round before the bourgeoisie, ultimately trickling down to the rabble at the Paris Motor Show in October.
The variety of partners involved in the...
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Ford Ka gets role in new Bond movie
Filed under: Paris Motor Show, Hatchbacks, Ford 
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Ka in the movies
 Ford's new Ka mini-car will be making its official debut at the Paris Motor Show in early October, but it already has a bit part in the next James Bond movie. Since the success of Casino Royale and the walk on part played by the then-new Mondeo, Ford has taken up the automotive product placement mantle in all Bond movies for the foreseeable future. Unlike the Mondeo, which Bond picked up from a Caribbean rental car counter, the Ka, which...
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Rendered Speculation: Audi S5 Cabrio
Filed under: Convertibles, Paris Motor Show, Audi, Rendered Speculation 
With spy shots already out in the open, so to speak, anticipation is running rampant on the upcoming convertible version of the Audi A5/S5 coupe. The cabrio is anticipated to replace the convertible version of the A4, and is tipped to make its debut at the upcoming Paris Motor Show. The photoshop rendering you see above was skillfully executed by Quinty, and gives us a pretty good idea of what the sporty S5 cabrio could look like. While its competitors opt for retractable hard-tops, the convertible A5 and S5 are expected to use a simpler (and lighter-weight)...
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Insignia Sports Tourer wagon revealed before Paris Motor Show
Filed under: Wagons/Estates, Euro, Paris Motor Show, Opel, Vauxhall 
Click above for high-res gallery of the Vauxhall Insignia Sports Tourer
The all-new Insignia is about to go on sale as a Vauxhall in Britain and an Opel throughout the rest of Europe, thereby replacing the Vectra sedan. It's a marked improvement over its predecessor in style, and we're eager for it to arrive in the States as the next-gen Saturn Aura. Vauxhall had the honor today of announcing the next version of the Insignia that will makes its debut at the Paris Motor Show in October: the Insignia Sports Tourer. That's a fancy way...
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Honda's Prius-killing hybrid gets a date: April 2009
Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Sedans/Saloons, Green, Paris Motor Show, Honda 
Click above for high-res gallery of Honda Hybrid spy shots
Hybrids are hot and Honda is anxious to get in on the action that Toyota's been unable to fully quench with its Prius hybrid sedan. We expect to see the production version of Honda's new hybrid, which will apparently not be called the Insight, to debut in October at the Paris Motor Show. Fortunately, Honda won't make us wait too long to buy its new hybrid, as the five-door hatchback is rumored to show up in dealer lots by April of...
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Audi reveals 2009 RS6 sedan, new A6 sedan and Avant
Filed under: Sedans/Saloons, Wagons/Estates, Euro, Paris Motor Show, Audi 
Click above for a high-res gallery of the 2009 Audi RS6 sedan.
It looks like we won't have to wait for the Paris Motor Show to get our first glimpse of the 2009 Audi RS6 sedan and it's lesser A6 siblings. Audi has released all the details on its new four-door M5-eater, packing a direct-injected, twin-turbo'd V10 putting out 580 hp and 479 lb.-ft. of torque. The same mill that powers the Avant version allows the sedan to sprint to 60 in 4.5-seconds on its way to an electronically-limited top speed of 155 mph....
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Rendered Speculation: Production Chevy Volt
Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Green, Paris Motor Show, Chevrolet, Rendered Speculation  The Truth About Cars' contributor Andrei Avavarii is one of those rare individuals with a real knack for using Photoshop. Being a dedicated car guy, Avavarii's photochoppery is often a very good representation of what a real production automobile could look like. Such is the case with his latest piece, which offers an early glimpse into the design of GM's most highly anticipated vehicle before it's finally released to the public sometime in 2010 (hopefully).
The most radical design element kept in this speculative-image are the transparent sections built into the upper...
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Suzuki Maruti Alto to debut in Paris
Filed under: Economy, Paris Motor Show, Hatchbacks, Suzuki, India 
Click above for two high-res shots of the new Suzuki Alto
Suzuki will bring its seventh-generation Alto to the Paris Motor Show this October, featuring stylistic and powertrain upgrades to compete with the best and brightest from the budget-oriented, compact class. Based on the A-Star concept introduced at last year's New Delhi Motor Show, the new model will be built in India by Maruti Suzuki's Manesar plant, and will likely packing a 1.0-liter engine which should make Euro V emissions regulations a breeze to exceed. Expect the new Alto to find its largest...
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