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BMW 1M Coupe stops by Paris, doesn’t even stay for the show

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Filed under: Spy Photos , Coupe , Performance , BMW BMW 1M Coupe teasers – Click above for image gallery Between the 6 Series Coupe concept, the 5 Series Touring wagon and the new X3 crossover, BMW had plenty to show us this year at the Paris Motor Show . But the real surprise, as it turns out, may have been in the French capital during the show, it wasn’t even put on display. Instead, the Bavarian automaker took its currently-in-progress 1M Coupe out onto the city’s famous tree-lined boulevards, covered up and disguised, but did a suitably Parisian burlesque striptease to give us a glimpse at what to expect. Aside from the silhouette, all we can see are the front fender, headlamp (which is now taped-up in Zorro-esque fashion for some reason) and part of the air dam – all of which we saw before in the last teaser video – along with a newly-revealed section of the rear bumper and quad-pipe exhaust, plus the wheels protruding from the flared arches

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Autoblog Podcast #198 – Paris Motor Show, Lotus unveilings, Chevrolet Montana

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Filed under: Concept Cars , Podcasts , Etc. , Paris Motor Show , Buick , Cadillac , Chevrolet , Ford , Lotus , Nissan , Volkswagen , Electric Click above for the Autoblog Podcast in iTunes, RSS or listen now! Alex Nunez jumps in with Chris and Dan on Episode #198 of the Autoblog Podcast. The aftermath of the Paris Motor Show is a point of discussion, along with the Lotus product blitz. Moving to a completely different continent, we finish with the Chevrolet Montana before wrapping it all up by responding to some of your feedback

http://www.autoblog.com/podcasts/10-05-10-autoblog-E198.mp3

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Submit your questions for Autoblog Podcast #198

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Filed under: Concept Cars , Etc. , Paris Motor Show Click above to subscribe to The Autoblog Podcast in iTunes We’re recording Autoblog Podcast #198 tonight, and we’ve collected a few topics of discussion. Drop us your own feedback and questions below if you think there’s anything we’ve missed, or vote on your fellow readers’ submissions to help determine what we kibbitz about this evening. You can subscribe to the Autoblog Podcast in iTunes if you haven’t already to hear your question answered.

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Paris 2010: Ford pondering bringing five-door C-Max to U.S. [w/poll]

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Filed under: Europe , Paris Motor Show , Hatchback , Ford 2011 Ford C-Max – Click above for high-res image gallery Following the second press day at the Paris Motor Show at a drive event in Southern France, Ford’s global vice president of marketing, Jim Farley, let slip to Autoblog that Dearborn decisionmakers are mulling over whether to import the C-Max to the U.S. As you’ll recall, Ford has already committed to bringing over the C-Max’s larger line mate, the seven-seat Grand C-Max , a vehicle that Farley tells us won’t hit American soil until early in calendar 2012 (likely as a 2013 model). Unlike its bigger brother, the C-Max has conventional front-hinged rear doors (the Grand has a pair of sliders) along with a more aggressive roofline and rear graphic to complement its shorter wheelbase. Think of it as more of a pent-roof Focus wagon and less of a smallish minivan in the mold of the Mazda5 and you’ve got it

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Paris 2010: Ford pondering bringing five-door C-Max to U.S. [w/poll]

Paris 2010: 2011 Mercedes-Benz CL63 AMG mixes Wall Street and Miami Vice

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Filed under: Coupe , Performance , Paris Motor Show , Mercedes-Benz , Luxury 2011 Mercedes-Benz CL63 AMG – Click above for high-res image gallery Making the swap from a naturally aspirated 6.3- 6.2-liter V8 to a direct injection, twin-turbo 5.5-liter V8 hasn’t at all reduced the Mercedes CL63 AMG ‘s brawny beauty. The standard version gets 544 horsepower and 590 pound-feet of torque. Opt for the AMG Performance Package and you boost that to 571 hp and 664 lb-ft. All that power doesn’t come with a bigger fuel price, either: at 22 combined miles per gallon with the help of stop/start and the AMG Speedshift MCT seven-speed sport transmission, the new car posts a 25 percent increase in fuel economy over the 6.2-liter beast

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No Pun: Smart builds cardboard ForTwo

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Filed under: Concept Cars , Convertible , Budget , Europe , Paris Motor Show , Smart , Design/Style Cardboard Smart ForTwo – Click above for high-res image gallery Sometimes, the jokes write themselves. Artist Sarah Illenberger has partnered with Smart and the packing gurus at CD Cartondruck AG to build the world’s first ForTwo hemmed in high-quality reusable cardboard. Both the exterior and the interior of the car will be decorated with heaps of the recyclable material, and oddly enough, Smart says that it’s pulling the stunt to disprove the notion that its products aren’t disposable. We’re having a hard time wrapping our heads around that one.

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