AN_080903_supp_1-5 PM.qxd 9/22/08 12:32 PM Page 1 Sponsored by AN_080903_supp_1-5 PM.qxd 9/22/08 12:32 PM Page 2 PAGE 2 Hybrids take As environmental concerns be- Citroen’s Hypnos and Peugeot’s come increasingly important, au- Prologue concepts will show that Audi RS6 tomakers will showcase electric PSA/Peugeot-Citroen plans to be and hybrid powertrains at the a leader in introducing diesel- 2008 Paris auto show. electric hybrid powertrains. Audi Renault will unveil the Ondelios PSA aims to introduce hybrid Audi will debut a near-produc- will go on sale in Europe in concept, which is powered by a diesels on upper-medium cars tion concept for its new A1 March 2010. There are no plans 2.0-liter diesel engine and electric and crossovers in 2011. hatchback. The entry-premium to sell the A1 in other markets motors on the front and rear Other hybrids that are scheduled car will compete with BMW’s such as the US. wheels. to be at the show include: 1 series and Mini models. Audi likely will launch three- and Although there are no plans to Honda’s Insight gasoline- Adding the A1 to its lineup is five-door A1 variants as well as build the futuristic SUV-styled electric hybrid hatchback part of Audi’s strategic goal to a convertible. crossover, Renault will continue BMW’s mild-hybrid version of sell 1.5 million cars a year by The car could also get a mild hy- to develop its hybrid technology. the 7 series. 2015. brid drivetrain that would use a Audi will aim the A1 mainly at small electric motor to give the young male buyers who want a engine a power boost. sportier-looking car than the The Paris concept will be a de- Mini. The A1 will cost about velopment of the Metroproject €20,000. Quattro plug-in hybrid concept About 100,000 A1s will be built that Audi unveiled at the Tokyo annually in Audi’s factory in auto show last autumn. Brussels, Belgium, starting at Unlike the three-door Tokyo the end of 2009. The car likely car, the Paris concept will have five doors. Audi also will show a new ver- sion of its most powerful A6 – BMW 7 series an RS6 powered by a twin-tur- bocharged, 580hp 5.0-liter V10 engine. RS cars are Audi’s ultimate high-performance BMW will unveil trim level, positioned above S models. The RS6 will go on sale in October priced at 7-series hybrid Audi Metroproject concept €105,550. BMW BMW will show a mild-hybrid offering lots of new technology on concept of its new 7-series flag- the car including an eight-speed Brilliance ship sedan. transmission, four-wheel steering, The concept will combine a in-car Internet access, and a night- 407hp gasoline engine with a 15 vision feature that warns drivers of Brilliance Jinbei Automotive will Brilliance has added safety and kilowatt electric motor to cut people near the roadway. show four cars in Paris. comfort features such as addi- CO2 emissions by 15 percent. The new 7 series has a smoother, The Chinese automaker will dis- tional airbags, antilock brakes BMW needs its latest 7 series to more elegant look than the cur- play its lower-medium BS4 and and power windows. BS4 prices be a hit to lift spirits at the com- rent model. Critics said the cur- upper-medium BS6 sedans, BC3 start at about €8,160 in China. pany, which is undergoing a deep rent car’s flame-surfacing exteri- coupe and BS2 small hatchback. Brilliance has not said when the restructuring. or design was ugly, although All four cars already are sold in BC3 and BS2 will be sold in Eu- BMW will target Mercedes-Benz many other carmakers are copy- China. ropean markets. S-class customers when the fifth- ing the styling. The BS4 will compete in the State-owned Brilliance is BMW’s generation 7 series goes on sale in The new 7 series “will contribute same segment as the Volkswa- joint venture partner in China. It Europe starting in November. a great deal” to achieving the car- gen Jetta and Skoda Octavia. is based in Shenyang, near Chi- BMW wants the 7 series to topple maker’s 2012 profit targets, ac- IIt will go on sale in Germany na’s border with North Korea. the S class from its position as cording to BMW CEO Norbert Re- shortly after the Paris show with world’s top-selling upper-premi- ithofer. prices starting at €15,990. Oth- um sedan. Last year, the 7 series BMW also will show a concept for er European markets will get the was No. 3 in the upper-premium its X1, a premium SUV that will be car later. An Octavia with the segment with global sales of the smallest and cheapest of the same-sized engine starts at 44,421 compared with S-class carmaker’s X range, which in- €16,340. The BS4 will be the sales of 85,000 and 71,760 sales cludes the X3, X5 and X6. carmaker’s second model of the Lexus LS. Based on the 1-series entry-pre- sold in Europe after the BS6. “We are aiming at conquest sales,” mium car, the X1 will go on sale in The BS4 will cost more in Eu- Philipp von Sahr, BMW’s head of the fourth quarter of 2009. Prices rope than in China because sales for Germany, told Automobil- are expected to start at €34,00 in Brilliance BS4 woche, Automotive News Europe’s Germany. The X1 will be built at sister publication. BMW’s plant in Leipzig, eastern To attract new customers, BMW is Germany. Paris auto show 2008 Sponsored by AN_080903_supp_1-5 PM.qxd 9/22/08 12:33 PM Page 3 PAGE 3 Cadillac center stage Cadillac will show the CTS station wagon, which could help boost Chevrolet will give a European Megane, and Ford will introduce the US luxury brand’s poor Euro- debut to the production Volt the second-generation Ka. pean sales. electric car, which was first un- But don’t count out glamour Called the CTS Sport Wagon, the veiled September 16. entirely. Lamborghini’s coupe- car will have a 250hp, 2.9-liter Nissan’s Nuvu is an early look at a styled four-door concept will be turbocharged V-6 diesel engine production-ready electric car set among the showstoppers. in Europe. The CTS wagon will go to launch in Japan and North on sale in European markets America in 2010. starting next summer. Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon Amid the hybrid and electric Want another copy? hype, carmakers will unveil new For a printer-friendly PDF generations of models that are version of the Paris auto big sellers. show preview, go to: Chevrolet Volkswagen will show its new autonews.com/paris08 Golf; Renault will debut the latest Chevrolet will unveil the Orlan- do and Cruze, two models that it hopes will attract more families to the Citroen to debut brand. It will also give a Euro- hybrid diesel pean debut to the pro- duction Volt plug-in electric Citroen car that was first unveiled Sep- Citroen will show its Hypnos hybrid tember 16 in Detroit. concept and the C3 Picasso small The new Chevrolet Camaro minivan. coupe will have its European The Hypnos will debut a new debut. Chevrolet Cruze diesel-electric hybrid powertrain The Orlando concept previews that PSA/Peugeot-Citroen plans an SUV-styled seven-seat cross- to introduce in 2011, company over that could become a rival sources say. to cars such as the seven-seat Citroen said that with the Hypnos Nissan Qashqai+2. it aims to merge coupe-like per- Citroen C3 Picasso The boxy-styled Or- formance with sedan-like ele- lando combines the gance and SUV roominess. tures,” Citroen brand boss Gilles characteristics of an Its 200hp engine has fuel con- Michel said. “We will also target SUV, minivan and sumption of 4.5 liters per 100km the young, urban household,” he station wagon. and CO2 emissions of 120 grams added at a press event in Paris to Chevrolet has not dis- Chevrolet Volt per kilometer. introduce the model. closed whether the Orlando will Citroen’s boxy-styled C3 Picasso The C3 Picasso will go on sale be built. But the concept shows medium sedan that will go on will compete with the Opel Meriva, starting early next year. that the brand is getting ready sale in global markets starting Renault Modus and Nissan Note in Citroen will produce the minivan to expand into the multipur- next March. It will be one of the small minivan segment. in its Trnava, Slovakia, factory, pose family vehicle market us- Chevrolet’s core new models. Citroen sees senior citizens and starting with 93,000 units in ing an SUV design. In Europe, the Cruze which re- small urban families as potential 2009, rising to 110,000 in 2010. The Orlando is based on the places the Nubira, will be of- buyers for the C3 Picasso. The C3 Picasso’s vertical rear end lower-medium Delta architec- fered with 1.6- and 1.8-liter “We will target seniors who are means the minivan offers 500 ture from Chevrolet’s owner, gasoline engines and a 2.0-liter moving from a minivan or a sedan liters of luggage space, a large General Motors. The concept common-rail turbodiesel. down to something smaller, but amount for the segment. uses the same 150hp, 2.0-liter The Cruze will be built in multi- not necessarily in a lower price The C3 Picasso will have three diesel engine as the Cruze.