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Geneva motor show 2009 A-Z preview and review

By Tim Pollard Motor Shows 04 March 2009 11:00 Welcome to CAR Online's coverage from the 2009 Geneva motor show. This is your one-stop shop for news, photographs, blogs, video, analysis and comment on every new car launch. Click on our quick links below to jump to our new content:• The CAR blog live from Geneva• Videos of new cars at Geneva - video footage has been moved to page 2• A-Z of every new car launch• Photo gallery from Geneva• News from CAR's reader reportersFULL A-Z OF EVERY NEW CAR• Alfa Romeo Mito GTA concept • Aston Martin DBS Volante and One-77• Audi A4 Allroad and TT RS• Bentley Continental Supersports biofuel• BMW Concept 5-series Gran Turismo• Bugatti Veyron Blue Centenaire• Chevrolet Spark• Citroen DS Inside concept• Dacia Duster concept• Ferrari 599XX and HGTE• Fiat 500C convertible• Ford Iosis Max concept• Honda Insight hybrid car• Hyundai ix-onic concept• Infiniti Essence concept• Jaguar XFR and XKR• Kia No.3 concept MPV • Lagonda Concept car• Lamborghini Murcielago LP 670-4 SuperVeloce• Lexus RX450h hybrid SUV• Maserati Granturismo S Automatic• Maybach 57 and 62 Zeppelin• Mazda 3 MPS• Mercedes E-class saloon and E-class Coupe• Mini John Cooper Works Convertible• Mitsubishi i MiEV Sport Air• Nissan Qazana• Opel Ampera• Peugeot 3008• Porsche 911 GT3 and Cayenne diesel• Renaultsport Megane 250 and new Scenic/ Grand Scenic and Renaultsport Clio 200• Rinspeed iChange and E2• Rolls-Royce EX200 concept• Saab 9-3X• Seat Exeo ST and Leon and Altea facelifts• Skoda Yeti and Octavia Greenline and Fabia Scout• Toyota Verso and Prius• VW Polo 12.10pm Nearly the endI'm flying back to Blighty at 2.00pm, so my time at Geneva is drawing to an end.

How CATIA helped to create the SilverBull concept bike

Dassault Systèmes' latest CATIA has helped a French industrial designer to realize his concept bike, SilverBull. Strate Collège graduate Marc Boulangé set out to create a concept that would integrate both engineering and design into a finished product that would showcase the qualities of both disciplines. Boulangé calls his vision of design ‘Mechanical Poetry', and has described how it is thanks to CATIA technology that his cherished SilverBull project came to creation.

Two top Ford execs to retire

Two top Ford Motor Co. executives, CFO Lewis Booth and global product development chief Derrick Kuzak-- both key architects of the automaker's recovery--will retire on April 1, the automaker said Thursday. Booth, 63, will be succeeded by Bob Shanks, Ford's vice president and controller.