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NY Show News

Kia's N.Y. duo

Kia showed the sporty, Spectra-based Koup Concept car and the face-lifted 2009 Kia Optima at the New York show. The bright-red Koup Concept has a 2.0-liter turbocharged four, which produces 290 hp and 289 pounds-feet of torque.

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Geneva Show News

Many new faces make their debuts

VW and VW-trained designers use Geneva to highlight the styling directions of their cars

Volkswagen, Seat and Kia used the auto show to highlight the design directions their brands plan to take.
VW�s Scirocco coupe highlights a fresh, friendlier look that will appear on future models.
Seat�s Bocanegra concept showcases a new simple but sporty design language for the carmaker.
The front-end styling of the Kia Soul will be one of the key elements of a new face that Chief Design Officer Peter Schreyer plans for the Korean brand.
VW says the Scirocco�s narrow double band across the grille will be used on other new models.

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Chicago Show News

Chicago's Greatest Hits

Strolling through McCormick Place last week, our car guy found a lot more to like than he expected.

Editor's note: We turned Richard Truett, one of our ace car guys, loose at the Chicago Auto Show and asked for his unvarnished opinion. We asked for it, and we got it. Here's Truett's report from the Windy City. One question we'll have when he returns: Does he really think Ford can turn a delivery van into a funky vehicle that will pry young people away from their Scions?
CHICAGO — Here's what I was thinking as I headed off to the Chicago Auto Show last week: The reborn Dodge Challenger was a flash-in-the-pan muscle

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Detroit Show News

Dates for 2009 Detroit auto show announced

DETROIT -- Organizers of the Detroit auto show have announced that the 2009 show will take place January 11-25, 2009, at Cobo Center in Detroit.
Press previews will be conduct January 11-13, 2009 followed by the industry preview on January 14-15. The annual black-tie charity preview gala will be held the evening of Jan. 16. Public days will be held January 17-25.
This year's charity preview raised $6 million for children's charities, according to an e-mail released by the organization.
Additionally, organizers reported that of 58

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LA Show News

L.A. auto show: the hits and misses

Concepts from VW, Hyundai and Nissan impress; Audi and Lincoln prototypes not so hot

LOS ANGELES -- While auto shows tend to feature a little bit of this and a little bit of that, a sizable number of debuts here touted their brands� environmental friendliness.
The apparent aim was to win share in a stagnant market.
Here�s a look at what worked and what didn�t.

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Tokyo Show News

Hybrids become unavoidable

TOKYO — For automakers, the hybrid powertrain is starting to feel as inevitable as death and taxes. Every manufacturer is working on one, whether it wants to or not.
Engineers say that hybrid powertrains are complex and expensive, with a big battery pack to put somewhere. Some think that modern diesels are a better bet — clean, less expensive than a hybrid and efficient.
Yet hybrids have caught on with the public as the environmentally responsible choice, thanks in large part to Toyota's brilliant marketing. So other

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Frankfurt Show News

Citroen to unveil new C5 next month

On October 18, Citroen will brief the press on the next generation upper-medium C5.
The public debut could be as early as the Brussels auto show in January, Citroen sources say. In the first quarter of 2008, the C5 will add a station wagon version.
Designed under Citroen head of design Jean-Pierre Ploue, the Citroen C5 Airscape concept study that debuted this month at the IAA in Frankfurt revealed many details of the production version of the new C5.
The new C5 is an evolutionary development of PSA's upper-medium platform 3, which

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Paris Show News

Concept will preview Honda global hybrid

Honda plans to show a concept version of its forthcoming small global hybrid at the Paris auto show in September. The car is expected to provide a clear picture of the production car, company sources say.
The new vehicle, set to reach European markets in spring 2009, is a key part of Honda CEO Takeo Fukui�s strategy to broaden the appeal of hybrid models by making them more affordable. Fukui has said that he wants 10 percent of Honda�s total passenger car output to be hybrid powered by 2010.
Smaller and cheaper
Honda has said

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