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Encyclopedia > Geneva Auto Show

The Geneva Salon International de l'Auto (or Geneva Motor Show) is an annual auto show held in March. The show started in 1930. The show is held at Palexpo, a giant convention center. Geneva (French: Genève) is the second-most populous city in Switzerland located where Lake Geneva (French: Lac Léman, but the Genevois are fond of calling it Lac de Genève) empties into the Rhône River. ... An auto show or motor show is a public gathering of automobile manufacturers which includes demonstrations of current automobile models, new debuts, and concept cars. ... March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... A convention center is a large, cavernous public building with enough open space to host public and private business and social events for the surrounding municipal and metropolitan areas. ...


2005

The following major introductions were made at the 2005 Geneva show: 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...

The Alfa Romeo 159 is a compact sedan to be introduced in production form at the 2005 Geneva Motor Show. ... The Alfa Romeo Brera is a 2+2 coupe introduced in production form at the 2005 Geneva Motor Show. ... The Aston Martin V8 Vantage was first seen at the Geneva motorshow. ... Audi A6 C4 (fourth-generation) Audi S6 The Audi A6 is a series of automobile models under Audi brand. ... ssssss ... The BMW 3-Series is a line of compact sedans manufactured by BMW since May, 1975. ... Categories: Automobile stubs | BMW vehicles ... 2001 BMW 750iL The BMW 7-Series is a luxury saloon (sedan) made by BMW. It replaced the New Six models in 1977. ... Daewoo Matiz (M100) The Chevrolet Matiz (also Spark) is a micro car made by GM Daewoo. ... 2003 Daewoo Kalos hatchback The Chevrolet Aveo is a subcompact car built by Korean GM Daewoo, a subsidiary of General Motors. ... The Citroën C1 is a minicar developed by PSA Group ( Peugeot/ Citroën) in a joint-venture with japanese group Toyota Motor Corporation. ... The Citroën C6 is a large automobile manufactured by Citroën of France, sold from 2005 and presented for the first time at the 2005 Geneva Motor Show. ... The Daihatsu Sirion is a 4-door small car. ... The Ferrari F430 is a sports car automobile, the replacement for the Ferrari 360. ... The Fiat Croma, an automobile from Italian manufacturer Fiat, produced from 1985 to 1996, and from 2005. ... Categories: Automobile stubs | Toyota vehicles | Rear wheel drive vehicles | Luxury vehicles ... Maybach 62 The 57 and 62 were the first Maybach brand models after the automobile brands revival, produced by DaimlerChrysler. ... The B-Class is a small minivan from Mercedes-Benz, introduced in March 2005 and sold in Europe since late in spring of the same year. ... The Peugeot 107 is a minicar developed by PSA Group (Peugeot–Citroën) in a joint-venture with Japanese group Toyota Motor Corporation. ... The Zafira is a car from General Motors, branded as an Opel in Europe, except for the UK, where it is branded as a Vauxhall. ... The Astra is a General Motors (GM) small family car, badged as an Opel in continental Europe, a Vauxhall in the United Kingdom, a Holden in Australasia, and a Chevrolet in Latin America. ... Second-generation Saab 9-3 The Saab 9-3 is a midsize luxury-sport car made by Saab of Sweden. ... New Toyota Aygo at 2005 Belgrade Automobile Fair Toyota Aygo is a small car (3. ... The Volkswagen Passat is a midsized car built by Volkswagen AG. It falls between the VW Golf/Jetta and VW Phaeton in the current VW production line-up. ...

2004

The following major introductions were made at the 2004 Geneva show: 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Audi A6 C4 (fourth-generation) Audi S6 The Audi A6 is a series of automobile models under Audi brand. ... The Chrysler Crossfire is an automobile sold by DaimlerChryslers Chrysler marque. ... C5 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 at the Memphis Motor Speedway, 2004 The Chevrolet Corvette is a sports car first manufactured by Chevrolet in 1953 and is built today exclusively at a General Motors assembly plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky. ... Mercerdes-Benz SLK 200 (11/2004) The Mercedes-Benz SLK-Class is a small luxury 2-door roadster. ... Mercerdes-Benz SLK 200 (11/2004) The Mercedes-Benz SLK-Class is a small luxury 2-door roadster. ... The Mini is the name of a rather petite car produced from 1959 to 2000, and the name of a newer one known as New MINI launched in 2001. ...

External link

  • Official site (http://www.salon-auto.ch)

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AUTO SHOW: Future glimpsed in Geneva (729 words)
GENEVA, Switzerland -- The dominant players at the Geneva auto show tend to be cute European city cars, diesel-powered vehicles and those quirky French and sexy Italian designs, but several vehicles bound for U.S. shores also made their debut Tuesday.
While Geneva may seem an odd place to unveil a car to be built in Belvidere, Ill., the Caliber is expected to be every bit as international as the Neon it replaces, which was sold in about 25 countries.
At the Chicago show, Honda showed a concept that was a thinly disguised version of the coupe and the high-performance Si models.
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