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The Geneva Motor Show is the most important international event in the automotive world, but Europe keeps many of the cars on display for itself. Here are a few that you might have to buy a plane ticket for a test drive.![g208]()
General Motors just inked an alliance with French automaker Peugeot, but it's new 208 supermini isn't part of the deal.![gaclass]()
Mercedes-Benz has plans to sell its B-Class compact here next year, but it's sure to keep the smaller front-wheel-drive A-Class introduced in Geneva closer to home. Wait. What's that? It is bringing it to the U.S.? And with iPhone/Siri integration? Didn't see that coming.![bmax]()
Moving further down the alphabet, Ford's C-Max hybrid and plug-in hybrid crossovers are heading to its U.S. dealerships next year, but the Fiesta-based B-Max and its sliding rear doors won't be making the trip.![gfiesta]()
While we do get the standard version of the Fiesta, we won't have access to the Fiesta ST, a turbocharged 180 hp version that is about as hot as a little hatch gets.![gopel]()
If you beg GM badly enough it may decide to sell the compact Astra from its German brand Opel as a Buick in the states. This 276 hp OPC version? Better turn on the tears.![gcitgo]()
Czechoslovakia gets a version of the Volkswagen up! microcar via its Skoda brand, but we'll have to settle for the Tennessee-built full-size VW Passat.![gyaris]()
The Toyota Yaris Hybrid gets 80 mpg in European fuel economy testing. We'll never know how it does on the EPA cycle because it won't be sold in the U.S.
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