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BMW Fwd Concept, VW Golf and New Dacias Are Among Key Debuts in Paris September 2012 AUTOMAKERS Volume 01 | Issue 07 BMW fwd concept, VW Golf and new Dacias are among key debuts in Paris Key Paris debuts include (from left) the BMW Concept Activity Tourer, the Peugeot Onyx concept and VW Golf. Cars that will be important players in the marketplace will be An important debut for Ford is the mid-sized Mondeo, while among the debuts at the Paris auto show. General Motors Co.'s Opel and Chevrolet brands launch products in growth segments. Opel debuts the Adam minicar These include the Volkswagen Golf, Europe's best-selling car, and Chevrolet showcases the Trax crossover, a sister model to and the Renault Clio, the French automaker's best-selling the U.S. market Buick Encore. European model. French automakers will debut bread-and butter models, such The spotlight will also be on BMW as the company unveils a as the new Logan and Sandero cars from Renault's low-cost concept car based on its new front-wheel-drive platform, Dacia range, alongside glamorous show cars such as the which may eventually underpin up to nine smaller BMW Peugeot Onyx supercar concept. models and the future Mini range. AUDI Sportback follows the recent market that will be attractive to families who launch of the A3 three-door. The A3 is need a functional and versatile vehicle Audi will unveil the Crosslane Coupe the first Volkswagen Group car with lots of room and a high seating concept, which hints at the brand's underpinned by the company''s new position. The concept is a plug-in latest styling direction. The study also MQB architecture that will be used on hybrid powered by a 195-hp, 1.5-liter previews a small SUV called the Q2 set 40 different models by the Audi, VW, gasoline engine and an electric motor. to launch in 2014 as the smallest Skoda and Seat. The fwd platform, known internally as member of the Q family of SUV/ UKD, will underpin up to nine models crossovers. The Q2 would be a BMW for the BMW and Mini brands. It is a potential rival to the Mini Countryman. BMW's Concept Active Tourer previews key part of the automaker's goal of The brand will also debut the A3 a car that is likely to go on sale as a boosting annual sales to 2 million by Sportback and a convertible version of rival to the Mercedes-Benz B class. 2020 from 1.67 million last year. the RS 5 Coupe. The five-door A3 BMW said the concept shows a vehicle europe.autonews.com/GlobalMonthly September 2012 AUTOMAKERS Volume 01 | Issue 07 CHEVROLET half, as well as 10 percent of Citroen's torque increased by 30 percent. The global sales. With the C-Elysee and the front-wheel-drive Panda also gets two C4 L sedans, Citroen aims to boost new models - a Natural Power version sales in high-growth international equipped with 900c TwinAir engine markets such as the Mediterranean modified to run on gasoline and basin, China and Russia. methane and the Trekking model with a traction control system. DACIA FORD Chevrolet Trax The Chevrolet Trax will be the brand's first entry in the growing subcompact SUV/crossover segment. It is a sister model to the Opel Mokka and Buick Encore. The five-seat Trax will be offered in Europe with a choice of 1.4- Ford Mondeo and 1.6-liter turbocharged gasoline Dacia Sandero (top) and Logan engines or a 1.7-liter turbocharged New versions of the Logan sedan and Ford says the new Mondeo, its diesel. All-wheel drive is an option. The Sandero hatchback debut with a fresh European flagship, is the most premium Trax launches in Europe early next year. design that parent Renault hopes will version of the midsized car that it has It will be sold in 140 countries but not widen the appeal of the cars. They will built to date. It will also be more the United States. be the first Dacias with the brand's new economical to drive than the outgoing CITROEN styling that aims for leaner and crisper model with powertrain choices that horizontal lines, closer to Scandinavian include the automaker's new design. They be offered with engines downsized 1.0-liter gasoline engine, that are more fuel efficient than those which Ford says is a first in the midsized on the current cars, including Renault's segment, and a hybrid variant. The new 900cc gasoline engine and a four- Mondeo is a sister model to the Fusion cylinder 1.2-liter turbocharged gasoline in the United States. In Europe, the engine. Renault will apply the styling to Mondeo will have five-door hatchback, all the models underpinned by its M0 wagon and sedan versions and a entry-level platform to create a visual gasoline-hybrid sedan variant. The Mondeo will go on sale next autumn. Citroen DS3 Cabrio brand identity for Dacia and the M0 program. Renault aims to sell more HYUNDAI Citroen showcases its upscale DS line than 1 million cars this year based on with the DS3 Cabrio and will also the low-cost M0 platform, including unveils the C-Elysee and the C4 L models such as the Logan, Sandero, sedan, two cars that are part of the Duster SUV and Lodgy minivan. brand's international growth strategy. The DS3 Cabrio is based on the DS3 FIAT subcompact launched two years ago. Fiat unveils the new-generation Panda Citroen launched its DS line with the 4x4 with two new engine versions: an Hyundai i30 three-door DS3 in 2010, followed a year later by 85-hp, 900cc TwinAir turbocharged the DS4 and the DS5 last November. gasoline powerplant with 40 percent With the three-door version of the i30 The DS line represented 15 percent of more torque than the engine it replaces compact car, Hyundai continues a the brand's sales in Europe in the first and a 75-hp, 1.3-liter diesel with European product offensive that has europe.autonews.com/GlobalMonthly September 2012 AUTOMAKERS Volume 01 | Issue 07 made larger rivals nervous. The selling Carens a tougher competitor to The concept further develops the automaker aims to attract more European minivans such as the Renault brand's fresh styling direction called younger buyers to the brand with the Scenic, Ford C-Max and Volkswagen Lexus Finessse that was seen on the LF- i30 three-door. The car has a sportier Touran. The new Carens has a lower LC coupe concept at the Detroit auto look than the five-door version with roofline and longer wheelbase to give show in January. The LF-CC features longer doors, a sharply-raked beltline the vehicle a sleeker look and more the brand's new mesh-patterned grill and a more angular silhouette. Hyundai interior room. The Carens will replace while the bodywork has sharp, sculpted expects the three-door to account for both the outgoing model and the angles and elegant curves. 10 percent of 120,000 annual sales of larger Carnival/Sedona minivan when it MAZDA the i30 in Europe. goes on sale across Europe next spring. Kia will also debut the three-door JAGUAR The Mazda6 station wagon will debut variant of it latest Cee'd compact car. in Paris after the automaker unveiled Called the Pro_Ceed, the car has a the sedan version at the Moscow auto sportier look than the five-door and show in August. Both models will offer wagon variants already on sale. in Europe the automaker's new 2.2-liter LAND ROVER Euro6-compliant diesel engine, as well as a 2.0-liter gasoline unit. MERCEDES-BENZ Jaguar F-Type The Mercedes CLS Shooting Brake. a station wagon variant of the brand's The F-Type two-seater heralds the coupe-styled, four-door CLS, gets its brand's return to its sporting tradition auto show debut. Mercedes will after decades spent focusing on luxury preview its new S class with a sculpture sedans. The F-Type will launch as a called Aesthetics S. convertible next spring and a coupe Land Rover Range Rover version is expected to follow around 12 MINI months later. With the rear-wheel-drive Land Rover says the new Range Rover F-Type, Jaguar aims to win new will match the refinement of luxury customers, especially younger buyers. sedans. High-end versions are likely to The car will be the brand's fourth and challenge upcoming super luxury SUVs smallest model, joining the XJ luxury from Maserati and Bentley. The Range sedan, the mid-range XF sports sedan Rover arrives in showrooms toward the and the XK four-seat convertible and end of next year. coupe. LEXUS Mini Paceman KIA BMW continues to expand the lineup of its UK-based Mini brand with the Paceman. The two-door is a sportier version of the Countryman crossover introduced last year. It will go on sale early next year as Mini's seventh model. The Paceman has almost identical front Lexus LF-CC styling to the Countryman but Kia Carens overturns a Mini tradition by using With the LF-CC coupe-cabriolet horizontal rear lights instead of vertical Kia hopes an attractive design and concept, Lexus hopes to draw attention lights. roomy interior will make the slow- away from its German premium rivals. europe.autonews.com/GlobalMonthly September 2012 AUTOMAKERS Volume 01 | Issue 07 NISSAN efficient engines. The Clio will be the first Renault model to get a new 90-hp, three-cylinder, 900cc turbocharged gasoline engine that delivers the performance of a normally aspirated 1.4-liter powerplant, according to the automaker.
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