Pavle.com.au has attended this year’s 2010 Geneva Motor Show in Switzerland.
The massive event spans over two weeks with the media program taking up two days, lending to the fact it is one of the world’s biggest and most attended motor shows.
Here is a selection of photographs from this year’s motor show.
Pavle.com.au has exclusive spy photos of the latest road-tearing monster from the FPV stables.
Paul Maric from CarAdvice told readers:
After breaking news of a supercharged FPV in June, 2009, Pavle.com.au photographers have snapped the next installment in FPV’s feisty line-up. Either that or it’s the lead vehicle in Back to the Future IV.
It’s common knowledge that FPV will ditch the BOSS V8 in July this year due to emissions regulations. In place of the well-served BOSS V8 will be the all new V8 developed in America for the Ford Mustang. According to sources within Ford, Ford will name the supercharged FPV the GT-H. What makes the vehicle pictured above so unique is that it’s the first manufacturer application of a supercharged Coyote V8 anywhere in the world.
The task of handling the supercharging effort has been left with the nut-job engineers at FPV who have graced us with things like the XR6 Turbo and F6 310. I don’t know about you guys, but that to me can only mean one thing – fun.
Along with wider rear tyres to cope with extra power (expect around 275mm, up from the current 245mm offering), quad exhaust pipes will be fitted to all Coyote laden FPVs and the XR8 or its replacement. In addition to the quad exhaust pipes, the GT-H ringleader will feature dual inlets on the front bumper bar, suggesting an intercooled supercharger will be used to belt extra power out of the 5.0-litre V8.
The red vehicle spotted back in June, 2009 by our eagle eyed spy photographers was an early development mule. The blue vehicle pictured above appears to be undergoing final testing in preparation for a circa July launch. While out photographers simply raved about the supercharger whine back in 2009, this time around they have captured audio of the supercharged Falcon undergoing acceleration testing – make sure you listen to the exhaust.
In addition to rumours suggesting the uptake of the GT-H nameplate, Ford may also ditch the XR8 nameplate, opting instead for XR50, signifying the 5.0-litre engine capacity.
Exclusive audio of the supercharged V8 accelerating was also captured and can be viewed here:
Paul Maric of CarAdvice.com.au tests the all new Volkswagen Golf GTI. Pavle.com.au photographed the vehicle, here’s what he had to say:
“The definition of perfect is: exactly fitting the need in a certain situation or for a certain purpose, entirely without any flaws.
Perfect is the word you would use to describe the Mark V Volkswagen Golf GTI. Everything about it was sound and exactly as it should be. Like most other motoring enthusiasts I was left scratching my head, wondering how Volkswagen could possibly improve on the Mark V GTI.
Enter stage left, the Mark VI Volkswagen Golf GTI.
Any motoring tragic worth his name would give up his Peter Brock Polariser for a drive of the new GTI, I certainly wasn’t an exception. Everything about the exterior makes the heart flutter. The sweeping headlights and characteristic GTI red stripes add to the emotion of the package.”
Pavle.com.au spy photographers have been busy this month. In addition to the FPV Coyote V8 and Territory Diesel scoops, the snap happy spies have captured exclusive interior photographs of the Aussie developed Ford Ranger T6 mules.
The Ford Ranger (dubbed the T6) is expected to be ready for the 2012 model year.
Ford Australia is engineering the T6 Ranger with a 2.0-litre variant of the EcoBoost I4 four-cylinder engine. Predicted to produce around 170kW and 325Nm of torque, the engine will provide plenty of torque for the Ranger’s main applications.
In addition to the petrol EcoBoost engine, Ford will retain the 3.0-litre Durtorq 3.0-litre TDCi engine currently in use. The EcoBoost engine will feature Ford’s dual-clutch six-speed automatic transmission, in addition to a six-speed manual option.
Hot off the heels of the release of Holden’s SIDI engine range, Holden has been sprung testing what has been dubbed as the VF Commodore.
The VF Commodore is rumoured to receive a revised front end and interior. Sources within Holden suggest evaluation of prototypes is currently underway with road traversing vehicles (such as the one pictured), along with public workshops on its design elements.
In addition to the design revision, Holden is likely to introduce a turbocharged four-cylinder engine into the Commodore range, allowing the vehicles to use BioFuel, similar to that currently on offer from Saab.
The iTi (Intelligent Turbo Injection) engines will be capable of using E85 ethanol fuel in a bid to possess a greener image.
Pavle.com.au will keep you posted with further details as the come to hand.
With the whole world falling over in economic hardship, Mitsubishi Motors Australia Limited (MMAL) is set to release a lightweight version of its race-bred Japanese sports car, the Evolution X.
While the name is yet to be nutted out, it may carry Ralliart insignia and be marketed toward people who want to use the car solely for racing purposes, while still being able to drive the vehicle on the road.
Powered by the same four-cylinder, 2.0-litre turbocharged engine, it’s set to produce 217kW at 6000rpm and remain available with either the five-speed manual gearbox for the six-speed dual-clutch gearbox.
While the lightest Evolution X currently weighs in at 1,532kg, the lightweight Evolution X is set to slash weight by almost 100kg, seeing the vehicle tip the scales at just 1,457kg.
CarAdvice.com.au‘s Matt Brogan road tests the 2009 Mini Cooper S Chilli Cabrio.
“While money can’t buy you love, it certainly can buy you a whole lot of fun, and when it comes to the Mini Cabrio, less roof really does mean more woohoo!
The Mini Cooper S Cabrio Chilli, we’ve just tested sits just under the mighty John Cooper Works edition on the Mini Cabrio line-up, and on top of the Cooper, Cooper S and Cooper R52 models.
While it might carry a hefty price tag with our road test model optioned to just shy of $55,000, the amount of enjoyment squeezed in to this impressive little package is absolutely incontrovertible.”
With a great deal of Camaro development occurring in Australia, it may come as no surprise that countless prototypes have been caught testing around Holden’s Victoria homeground.
This time around though the photos consist of production ready convertible Camaros, ready to be shipped to the United States of America in left hand drive form.
Our photographers have caught a whole line-up of cars ready to be boxed up and shipped overseas featuring an array of soft top colours.
