For car lovers, the first days of March are always exciting, as one of the most important events in the auto industry begins - the Geneva International Motor Show (international motor show). This year's motor show is number 85 in its 110-year history and impresses with presentations of visionary vehicles of the future and new models that will hit the roads in the coming months. We have reviewed some important innovations for you.
Geneva Motor Show (Salon International de l'Auto Geneva) or This year, the Geneva International Motor Show hosts more than 220 exhibitors, which were brought to the masses for viewing 900 exhibition exhibits. There aren't as many revolutionary innovations this year as usual, but the manufacturers have provided a bunch of excellent concepts that will successfully lead us into the future of motoring. We have summarized and collected some of the most important ones for you.
Supercars on steroids & concepts
Brand Aston Martin brought the ultimate to Geneva Vantage GT3, which hides 592 horses under the hood, which it squeezes out of the V12 engine. It can be yours for just over 340,000 euros. But that's not all, they also presented Vulcan, which can be described as a hypercar with more than 800 horsepower. The latter will be produced in extremely small numbers and only for selected collectors.
Audi he never fails us and brings at least one great concept every year. This time a concept Audi Prologue Avant indicates the future of this brand's station wagon models with new directions. He already showed it some time ago Audi Prologue Coupe.
That's right Audi greatly refreshed his R8, a flagship in the super sports class, which shares many technical details with its brother – the Lamborghini Huracan, and in its second generation comes with permanent all-wheel drive. It is even sharper and bolder.
With the GT concept - a study of a two-seater, Bentley goes where Aston Martin and Ferrari are today. Bugatti is celebrating and at the same time saying goodbye to the Veyron with the La Finale variant, which will be the last to be sold Veyron and that makes it something special. Ferrari brought the 488 GTB, the successor to the legendary Ferrari 458 Italia, which impresses with a V8 engine assisted by a turbo. With 660 horsepower, we see it on the side McLaren 675LT, also presented at the motor show.
The latter brought an even more brutal one to the fair McLaren P1 GTR, which hides 986 horsepower under the hood and has a collector's high final price of 2.7 million euros.
Lotus has introduced a revamped Euro 400, which promises more driving pleasure.
Mercedes but teases its fans with the AMG GT3, which represents the wet dream of every fan of the brand with a star and an off-roader G500 4×4, which has no equal in the offroad world.
Porsche boasts legendary 911-ico with the designation GT3 RS and its smaller brother Cayman GT4.
In the family "garage"
Let's leave the world of super sports cars and see what we can drive from Geneva to our "family" garage. Audi is teasing fast dads with a variant Audi RS3, probably one of the hottest "hot hatches" of this year's salon with 362 horsepower and acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h in a mere 4.3 seconds. BMW he showed live new series 1 in both 5-door and 3-door versions.
And a "bloated" family minivan BMW 2 Series Gran Tourer, which has an additional third row of seats and can host 7 passengers. Unique for BMW.
The DS brand finally "got rid" of the Citroen brand and became an independent car brand. DS thus presented slightly of the revamped DS5.
Ford he showed us Focus RS - the third generation of the most evil family "hatchback" with a furious 316 horses.
Honda presented the toxic Civic with the Type R label and the legendary city SUV - the Honda HR-V, which will hit our roads already this summer. Hyundai continues its model offensive and presents of the rejuvenated i30.
He also brought the new i20 coupe and a nice SUV to Geneva Hyundai Tucson.
Land Rover presented a renewed Range Rover Evoque, which after four years got a renewed face and slightly changed lines.
Opel he presented the wildest version of Corsa, which carries the OPC label. It promises 207 horses, which allow it to accelerate to 100 km/h in 6.3 seconds and reach a top speed of 230 km/h.
Renault wants buyers who like taller vehicles, so it's entering the SUV market with a cute one To Kadjar.
Too bad impresses the new generation Damage Superb for which we are the only one that will be a thorn in the side of both Volkswagen Passat, Audi A6 and Ford Mondeo.
For fast dads, Škoda offers a new vRS-badged Octavia with 227 horsepower, they say – the fastest Skoda ever. Poisonous! Toyota showed the renewed Auris and Avensis! Volkswagen does not rest and continues to coordinate and update all models in its range. Volkswagen Touran surprised with an extremely dynamic appearance in its third generation.
She keeps him company the new Sharan, equipped with new technologies and more economical and cleaner engines.
Volkswagen it is Passat dedicated version All track, which brings robust protective plastic, 4×4 drive and many "off-road" adjustments that will enable trips to more challenging terrain.
This year's auto show will be Volkswagen also filled in after winning the European Car of the Year award in 2015, which he received for Volkswagen Passat.
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