Paris motor show 2010: full A-Z guide

Dacia
Nothing new here: we’d already seen the Duster earlier in the year. Expect to see it in 2012 when Renault launches its popular budget brand in the UK.
Dacia Duster

Exagon
The Furtive-eGT won the ‘best of the rest award’ at Paris. It’s a range-extender hybrid from a consortium of French companies and it could make production in 2012.
Furtive e-GT

Ferrari
The stunning Ferrari SA APERTA will impress showgoers with its design, but disappoint those with deep pockets with the fact it’s already sold out. There was a stop-start California on the stand, too; we’ve driven it.
Ferrari SA APERTA

Fiat
A small, but significant stand from Fiat. On it were several versions of its familiar 500, but it’s the TwinAir model that’ll interest showgoers the most. The two-cylinder technology impressed journalists; will the public go for it?
Fiat 500 Twinair

Fisker
Years in the making, the covers finally came off the production Fisker Karma at Paris. Saloon, convertible and an unspecified other body style will be offered from next year. Fisker aims to build 15,000 units per year.
Fisker Karma

Ford
The full new Focus range make its debut in Paris. The controversially styled ST was the star, alongside hatchback, saloon and estate models. Ford also showed off its new Fiesta WRC contender, which will take on Mini and Citroen next year. Econetic versions of the Ka and Mondeo were confirmed, too.
Ford Fiesta WRC
Ford Focus ST

Honda
There was no press conference or fanfare from Honda at Paris this year. Instead the firm chose a quiet reveal for the new Jazz Hybrid; expect this cleaner, greener variant of the popular supermini to become a best seller.
Honda Jazz hybrid

Hyundai
Hyundai chose not to launch a new concept at Paris, instead focusing on two new production cars: the ix20 mini MPV and a facelifted i10. There was also a head-turning i20 Sport, developed with involvement from Mercedes tuning firm Brabus.
Hyundai i10
Hyundai ix20
Hyundai i20 Sport Edition

Infiniti
The latest version of Infiniti’s new BMW 5-series-rivalling M saloon was shown off, the M35h hybrid. There was more interesting news to come from Infiniti, however. The firm is also planning a 1-series rival and there was even talk of an out and out sports car.
Infiniti M hybrid

Jaguar
The Jaguar C-X75 was of the undoubted stars of the show. The jet-powered shock supercar looks like it could into production tomorrow. Whether it will remains to be seen, but its looks will influence Jag’s next-generation of sports cars.
Jaguar C-X75

Kia
Kia’s all-electric Pop was one of the most attractive and innovative concepts seen at the show. Kia’s next city car, perhaps? Also on the Kia stand was a European debut for its Optima and the latest models in Kia’s Ecodynamics sub-brand, all with impressively low CO2 figures.
Kia Pop

Lamborghini
If the build-up to the Lamborghini reveal was tedious (it released six teaser pics over a month), the car itself was anything but. The evil-looking Sesto Elemento concept shows off the ‘future of the company’. And if it looks as good as this, where do we sign?
Lamborghini Sesto Elemento

Land Rover
The Range Rover Evoque was another highlight of the show. The stunning three-door model was impressive enough, but Land Rover also put out a picture of the five-door model. Expect to see that at Los Angeles in November.
Range Rover Evoque

Lexus
Lexus didn’t grab too many headlines at the show. Its new CT200h hybrid hatchback was shown in production form alongside facelifted IS and IS-F models.
Lexus CT200h
Lexus IS facelift
Lexus IS-F facelift

Lotus
It’s hard to summarise just what an impact Lotus made at Paris. Its presentation, crudely littered with celebrities and even a cameo from Bob Lutz, revealed six new models: Elise, Elan, Esprit, Elite, Eterne and City Car. Oh, and two new Evoras: the hardcore S and an auto’.
Lotus Elise
Lotus Elan
Lotus Esprit
Lotus Elite
Lotus Eterne
Lotus City Car

Maserati
Just one new car from Maserati, but one we’re keen to try. The Granturismo MC Stradale is a more powerful, lightweight version of the S.
Maserati MC Stradale

Mazda
Despite revealing it in the build-up to the show, Mazda chose not to display its new stunning Shinari concept; that’ll come at Geneva next year. Instead, there was a facelifted 2 and a 20th anniversary celebration of the MX-5.
Mazda 2

Mercedes
No concepts on the Merc stand this year, just production cars. The new CLS shows the styling direction for the next-generation of Mercedes’ cars, while there was also a four-cylinder S-class and a debut for the new CL AMG models.
Mercedes CL65 AMG
Mercedes CLS
Mercedes S250 CDI

Mini
Mini’s rapid expansion spilled into scooters at Paris with two electric concepts. Of more interest was the new Countryman WRC car – and the confirmation that Brit rally star Kris Meeke will drive it.
Mini Countryman WRC
Mini Scooter E

Nissan
Two new models from Nissan at Paris: one you can buy – the revised GT-R – and one you can’t – the ‘interestingly-styled’ Townpod. There’s more power for the GT-R as well as a few styling changes; we’ll be reviewing it later this month.
Nissan GT-R
Nissan Townpod

Peugeot
Peugeot’s electric Veyron beater, the EX1, was never intended for the show. Instead the firm showed off the styling direction of the next 208 – and a possible 2008 model – with its high-riding HR1 concept, as well as production versions of the 508 and 3008 diesel-hybrid, the first car of its kind.
Peugeot 3008 Hybrid4
Peugeot 508
Peugeot HR1

Porsche
Porsche’s new CEO Matthias Mueller spilled the beans on a possible return to F1. There was no 918 Spyder Geneva-style shock from Porsche this time; instead it showed two more 911 variants, the Carrera GTS and the Speedster.
Porsche 911 Carrera GTS
Porsche 911 Speedster

Renault
The undoubted star of Renault’s show was the DeZir concept, the first of six planned by new design boss Laurens van der Acker. Also impressive was the new Zoe concept, which previews the next Clio. There was also a production Twizy and minor facelifts for the Laguna and Espace.
Renault DeZir
Renault Latitude
Renault Twizy
Renault Zoe

Rolls-Royce
Five design concepts showing just how customisable Rolls-Royces can be dominated the firm’s stand. All five had special Paris motor show plaques and will be sold off after the show.
Rolls-Royce design concepts

Saab
The big news from Saab wasn’t product; it was a tie-up with BMW to supply turbocharged 1.6 petrol engines. Saab also revealed plans for all-wheel drive hybrids and electric cars. The future looks bright – if it can survive the present.
Saab and BMW in engine tie-up

Seat
Hearing VW Group CEO Martin Winterkorn discuss his desire to buy Alfa wouldn’t have gone down too well at Seat, VW’s current ‘sporty’ brand. The firm’s show star was a new version of its electric IBE concept, now driveable and with an interior.
Seat IBE

Skoda
Green cars were the theme of Skoda's Paris show stand. It launched its first ever electric concept - the Octavia Green E Line - and also showed off its next-generation of Greeline models, including Yeti and Superb models for the first time.
Skoda Greenline models
Skoda Octavia Green E Line

Smart
Smart was, like Mini, another small carmaker that moved into electric scooters at the Paris show. The concept was displayed next to the facelifted Fortwo range, including a rather garish tuned Brabus example.
Smart escooter
Smart Fortwo

Toyota
Toyota was probably glad to escape the media spotlight at Paris after a turbulent year dominated by the recall scandal. Its main show star was the Yaris-based Verso S mini MPV, while a subtly tweaked iQ was also shown. There was confirmation of a Yaris hybrid, too.
Toyota Verso-S

Vauxhall
The Astra GTC concept was one of the best looking concepts at the show, certainly finding more favour than the Focus ST the VXR model will rival. Less exciting was the Astra ST, but that’s a crucial model in terms of Astra sales.
Vauxhall Astra GTC
Vauxhall Astra ST

Volkswagen
There wasn’t much to excite on the Volkswagen stand, the new Passat saloon and estate models being the main models to speak of. There was a CrossTouran model, too, but that’s not coming to the UK.
Volkswagen CrossTouran
Volkswagen Passat

Volvo
We’d already seen the new Volvo S60 and V60 this year, so Volvo gave their ‘naughty’ new models a sporty R-design makeover. New CEO Stefan Jacoby was fronted up to the media for the first time, too.
Volvo S60 and V60 R-Design
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