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4 unusual facts about Geneva Motor Show


Ford EUCD platform

2007– Ford Galaxy (code name CD340) large MPV (introduced at the 2006 Geneva Motor Show)

The first EUCD cars were introduced at the 2006 Geneva Motor Show: Volvo's S80 and Ford's S-MAX and Galaxy, which share about half of their total parts, for example, the steering columns on the Galaxy, S-Max and S80 share 80 percent of their parts.

Proton P2-30A

Plans for a Proton Savvy replacement were first revealed with the introduction of the Proton EMAS hybrid city cars at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show.

ZF 9HP transmission

Land Rover & Jeep will demonstrate the world's first nine-speed automatic transmissions for a passenger car at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show.


Aston Martin DB7

The prototype was complete by November 1992, and debuted at the Geneva Motor Show in March, 1993, the car was styled by Ian Callum and Keith Helfet.

Covini C6W

In 2005 a slightly revised version debuted at the Salon International de l'Auto, featuring new wheels, new roof structure and a refreshed interior, and went into limited production of 6-8 cars per year, as a result of a tie-up between PMI and Covini Engineering.

Koenigsegg Agera

The Agera R made its debut at the March 2011 Geneva Motor Show — with a ‘Speed Racer' livery theme, special Michelin tires and a Thule Roof Box – although its existence as a production car was already announced prior to this.

Lamborghini Aventador

The Lamborghini Aventador is a two-door, two-seater sports car publicly introduced by Lamborghini at the Geneva Motor Show on 28 February 2011, five months after its initial unveiling in Sant'Agata Bolognese.


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Hugo Spowers

Hugo Spowers (born 1960) is a British entrepreneur-engineer who co-ordinated the development of the Morgan LIFEcar sports car project that was launched at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2008, and the Riversimple Urban Car.

MultiAir

Multiair technology was patented by Fiat in 2002; it was launched at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show to be available in the Alfa Romeo MiTo.

ÚVMV 1100 GT

It was exhibited at Plzeň Expo and the next year at the Geneva Motor Show.

Variable compression ratio

SAAB Automobile rekindled interest in variable compression when they introduced their SVC engine to the world at the Geneva motor show in 2000.