GENEVA SHOW: The 2011 event as it happened

All our coverage in one handy spot

GENEVA COMMENT: Sky-high oil price as deliberate ploy?

4 March 2011

There was no getting away from oil this week at the Geneva show.

GENEVA: EV standardisation occupies the minds of auto execs

4 March 2011

The need for common standards for EV charging plugs and infrastructures was a key issue at the Geneva show.

GENEVA: GM CEO cautions against complacency, mulls oil instability

3 March 2011

General Motors says it still has some way to go in maintaining its recent positive performance that saw four successive quarters of growth.

GENEVA: Kia ‘democratises low emissions'

3 March 2011

Kia's new Picanto, unveiled at Geneva and on sale in late spring, will boast one of the most fuel efficient engines on the market, putting low emissions in reach of all motorists not just those who can afford hybrids, according to Joachim Hahn, head of powertrain engineering design and testing at Hyundai and Kia's European technical centre in Germany.

GENEVA: Top Gear puts Kia in the fast lane

3 March 2011

Just what is the value of having one of your cars thrashed round a circuit every week by a bunch of celebrities?

GENEVA: South Koreans set their sights on the mainstream

3 March 2011

Amongst all the glitz and glamour of the Geneva show and exotic machinery on display, it was arguably the South Korean companies who had the most interesting, and arguably most important models on display.

INTERVIEW: Kia UK managing director Michael Cole

3 March 2011

Kia had a busy time in Geneva this week as it unveiled its new frugal Rio and the redesigned Picanto. Simon Warburton talked to Kia's UK managing director Michael Cole, who noted his only real problem was the Slovakian plant being at full stretch to meet demand.

GENEVA: Land Rover shows 4WD plug-in diesel hybrid

3 March 2011

Land Rover unveiled its Range_e development model with plug-in hybrid diesel-electric powertrain at the Geneva show. It will launch diesel-electric hybrids in 2013 and expects to offer plug-in versions later.

EXCLUSIVE: GENEVA: GM hopeful UAW talks will have "no real drama": CEO

2 March 2011

General Motors says it is optimistic this year's pay negotiations with its unionised workforce in the United States will be concluded without drama.

GENEVA: Seat prepares for product onslaught

2 March 2011

Seat will launch four new models next year in its biggest product offensive to date, president James Muir said in Geneva.

GENEVA: : Mazda ‘will double fuel efficiency' with G2 Skyactiv

2 March 2011

Mazda is working on second generation Skyactiv technology which will double the efficiency achieved by the first generation which arrives this year.

GENEVA: Opel/Vauxhall promises new Ampera advertising

2 March 2011

A "brand campaign on wheels" is how Opel marketing chief Alain Visser describes getting the word out on the new Ampera, the company's Chevrolet Volt-based range extender electric car due to be launched in Europe later this year.

GENEVA: Nissan turns over a new Leaf

2 March 2011

Nissan's new Leaf electric car presents the company with its biggest opportunity and its biggest challenge, looking at the behaviour pattern of its customers.

COMMENT: GM-Opel double act spices up Geneva

2 March 2011

Dan Akerson and Nick Reilly's double act came as something of a surprise in Geneva this week.

GENEVA: Nissan GB shakes up dealer network

2 March 2011

Nissan GB says 10% of its dealer network has given up or will give up the franchise as the automaker seeks to drive up the quality of the customer experience.

GENEVA: De Tomaso looks to Italian government for Sicily loan guarantee

2 March 2011

Luxury automaker De Tomaso has asked the Italian government for guarantees underwriting a loan request to finance its proposed new operation in Fiat's Termini Imerese plant.

GENEVA: Vauxhall mines British seam with football sponsorship

2 March 2011

Vauxhall says it is looking to leverage its British heritage with the recent announcement it is to sponsor the national football teams of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

GENEVA: GM CEO publicly backs Opel despite losses

1 March 2011

Opel/Vauxhall parent General Motors has mounted a spirited defence of its subsidiary's disappointing fourth quarter performance that saw the European automaker post negative numbers.

GENEVA: Bringing Saab back to life

1 March 2011

A strong finish to 2010 with 11,000 worldwide sales is helping Saab look towards global sales of 80,000 in 2011, said sales chief Matthias Seidl, two months into his role.

GENEVA: Toyota sets the standard on problem solving

1 March 2011

Having come through a potentially disastrous recall problem which hit it hard, particularly in the US, Toyota now believes it sets the benchmark for dealing with problems.

GENEVA: Spyker sale was needed to let Saab grow

1 March 2011

The man who bought Saab had to sell his Spyker sports car business last week to fund the future of the Swedish brand - and he was sorry to "see his baby go".

GENEVA: Toyota EV makes European debut

1 March 2011

Toyota’s iQ-based EV prototype makes its European debut at the Geneva motor show on Tuedayas the latest model in an electric vehicle research and development programme that began 40 years ago.

GENEVA: Decision on UK Ampera assembly some way off

1 March 2011

A decision has still to be made on whether General Motors Europe's Opel/Vauxhall Ampera, with its revolutionary range extender drivetrain, will be made in the UK. But, if it gets the go ahead, it will not go onto the Ellesmere Port production lines for some years yet.