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Geneva 2010: Schumacher looks shifty
Dan Trent writes:
First car out onto the Mercedes stand at today’s Geneva press conference was the new F1 Safety Car - the Merc SLS. But of course we already knew about this because its driver Bernd Mayländer had told me about it a few weeks back on the AMG Winter Sporting event. No sign […]
Posted: March 2nd, 2010 under Motor Show.
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Geneva 2010: Super cool Ford Focus press pack
Dan Trent writes:Another press conference, another pitched battle for the press pack and inevitable USB stick containing the relevant info, this time at Ford. But, hey, it was worth the ruck for this one - check out the mini Ford Focus USB stick!Given the amount of info I’ve just had to plough through on […]
Posted: March 2nd, 2010 under Motor Show.
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Geneva 2010: The press pack scrummage turns ugly
Dan Trent writes:Lordy there are some pushy hacks here at Geneva. And it’s the same at every press conference. Beaming girls appear with headsets for the translation of the CEO’s presentation and elbows, tripods and press passes fly as they get instantly swamped by a horde of desperate hacks. Presentation over the same pack […]
Posted: March 2nd, 2010 under Motor Show.
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Geneva 2010: green is the word
cj hubbard writes:
Some small initial amusement at this year’s Geneva motor show comes from Ferrari’s super secret, embargoed up the wazoo 599 with F1-style hybrid system. Which is finished in bright metallic green with a black roof…
Exactly like Skoda’s new vRS hot hatch.
Even the shade of green is similar.
Spooky.
Well, not really. But mildly amusing, nonetheless.
If […]
Posted: March 2nd, 2010 under Motor Show.
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Geneva 2010: early in the morning
cj hubbard writes:
Well, here we are once again at the Geneva motor show. This is just a quick update from me in the press room – which is quiet enough at the moment.
This shot shows the ‘English’ desk. Expect to see a heat haze over these computers by about 10am.
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Coolest vehicle at the VW preview […]
Posted: March 1st, 2010 under Motor Show.
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Coolest vehicle at the VW preview event
Dan Trent writes:So, what was the coolest vehicle to drive down the catwalk at last night’s VW preview event? Bugatti 16C Galibier? Nope. Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Superleggera? Nah. And, sorry Walter Röhrl, your 918 Spyder was pretty cool but even this beast was bettered. By a Segway. OK, an off-road Segway. With a dude […]
Posted: March 1st, 2010 under Motor Show.
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Budget airline to first class wheels
Dan Trent writes:The chronology here is slightly out of kilter but here is the scene from earlier when we arrived from our budget flight to Geneva to be greeted by our man Tim and his very spangly Audi A8 - the Audi A8 we’ll be rolling around in for the next couple of days. Quite […]
Posted: March 1st, 2010 under Motor Show.
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Live from the VW preview event at Geneva
Dan Trent writes:First up apologies for the lousy quality picture - must get myself a better phone. Anyway, it shows the scene before me as the crowds gather beside the catwalk set up at the now traditional VW group preview evening ahead of the official press day at Geneva tomorrow. This is a great […]
Posted: March 1st, 2010 under Motor Show.
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By posh pickup to Geneva
By Peter Burgess:The annual pilgrimage to the Geneva motor show takes numerous forms, from a day in and out on EasyJet, to a full week taking in some skiing. Most of the MSN team of eight going to the show are here for three days but I’m lucky enough to add in a bit […]
Posted: March 1st, 2010 under Motor Show.
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If we’re a bit quiet…
Dan Trent writes:
If the blog isn’t quite it’s usual vibrant self over the immediate day or two don’t worry - we’re still here. In fact, yes, we’re most definitely still here, our preparations for next week’s Geneva show somewhat taking over our lives. It’ll all be worth it though because we’ll […]
Posted: February 25th, 2010 under Motor Show.
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