Geneva Preview: Mercedes-Benz F800 Style a sneak peek at next CLS-Class

Filed under: Concept Cars , Hybrid , Sedan , Geneva Motor Show , Mercedes-Benz , Design/Style , Electric , Luxury Mercedes-Benz F800 Style – Click above for high-res image gallery The Mercedes-Benz F800 Style concept car that’ll debut at the Geneva Motor Show next month is highly-touted by Mercedes-benz’s press release scribes for its green-car tech, but what’s probably of greater interest to most of you is its styling, which is everyone’s first peek at what the next-generation CLS-Class sedan is going to look like. To that end, get ready for a nose section whose grille apes that of the SLS AMG , plus enough flame-surfaced bodywork to make one envision Chris Bangle , sporting a set of Groucho glasses to mask his true identity, clandestinely moonlighting at Benz. The rear doors are sliders, because it’s a concept, and you need to give the people a clear view into the swoopy, sci-fi passenger cabin. Props to Mercedes PR for gamely making it sound as if there’s an actual practical application for those doors, though (see the attached press release)

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Geneva Preview: Lexus CT 200h gets teased

Filed under: Hybrid , Geneva Motor Show , Japan , Hatchback , Lexus , Luxury Another Lexus hybrid is coming, and it’s coming soon. Remember that solid gold Lexus LF-Ch Concept we saw last year at the Frankfurt Motor Show ? We referred to it as something of a deformed puffer fish with some nice Lincoln Concept C cues. Well guess what

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Geneva Preview: Alfa-based Pininfarina Spider concept to make its debut

Filed under: Concept Cars , Convertible , Performance , Geneva Motor Show , Europe , Alfa Romeo , Design/Style , Luxury Pininfarina is celebrating its own 80th birthday, as well as Alfa Romeo’s 100th, by unveiling a new concept at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show . The Pininfarina Spider show car is, naturally, a two-seat roadster based on Alfa Romeo mechanicals. It’s intended to pay tribute to the longstanding relationship the design house has had with the Italian automaker throughout their histories.

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