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Saab on the road to independence

You’ve got to feel for Scandinavian car makers Saab and Volvo. Both swallowed up by big US car makers, and both now being abandoned in a vulnerable position after years of integrating their once independent products in to their parents infrastructure, they must wake up every day wondering if this is the day it all goes bang. Ford is simply trying (increasingly desperately) to off-load Volvo, but GM, which is in a much more precarious position than Ford, has now abandoned its Swedish child in a desperate attempt to appease Congress and survive.

Maserati GranTurismo Sport (2012) first official pictures

This is the new Maserati GranTurismo Sport, a more powerful and more aggressively styled version of the Trident’s big GT that will be unveiled at the Geneva motor show in March 2012. How is the Maserati GranTurismo Sport different from all Maserati’s other GranTurismo models? The GranTurismo Sport effectively replaces the GranTurismo S, and sits one rung below the hardcore GranTurismo MC Stradale.

Geneva motor show 2012: CAR's A-Z review

Welcome to CAR's landing page for the 2012 Geneva motor show at Palexpo in Switzerland. We'll be reporting live from the Geneva auto show with news, reviews, blogs, picture galleries, video and more. Come back to this motor show homepage for all developments on Monday 5, Tuesday 6 and Wednesday 7 March 2012 and follow the CAR Live Blog for real-time news reports.