The Toyota Setsuna is a concept car and an art project. The two-seater convertible mirrors the boat, but not only in shape. Most of the car is made of wood, specifically Japanese cedar (external panels) and birch (frame). It is powered by an electric motor.
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After two concepts, Toyota presented the production Toyota C-HR in Geneva, its first hybrid crossover that maintains the sharp lines of the concept. It is based on Toyota's new TNGA platform, which is also based on the latest generation of Prius and will also be the basis of most future generations of Toyota vehicles. It is the second production hybrid crossover to debut in Geneva. The second is the Kia Niro, which is its main competitor alongside the Nissan Juke, Mazda CX-3, Honda H-RV, Fiat 500X and Opel Mokko.
Tires don't usually get much attention, especially at auto shows where cars reign supreme, but this year was different. Goodyear shocked the public with its bold vision of tires. The Goodyear Eagle-360 tire is round! The American tire brand is reinventing the tire with the spherical tire. It is based on 117 years of tire manufacturing experience and imitation of nature. And how does it hold up to the car? Goodyear prepared for this question as well.
Despite the fact that it is the first production car with a single body design and three different environmentally friendly drives (hybrid, plug-in hybrid and electric or EV-drive), the Hyundai Ioniq remained relatively unnoticed in Geneva (unjustifiably) compared to the innovations with classic drives. The Ioniq is the harbinger of new times at Hyundai, and it is not just a gauntlet thrown at the Toyota Prius, as it heralds the further development of hybrid and also electric drives of the Korean brand.
In Geneva, Kia showed the Kia Niro model, its first hybrid crossover, an economical, sleek and mouse-quiet gasoline-electric SUV. It is built on the same ecological platform as the Hyundai Ioniq and is indeed Kia's dedicated hybrid. It is a global model that will attract a lot of interest also on the Slovenian market, where it will appear in the third quarter of 2016. It will be manufactured in Korea, and the design was contributed by Kia's design center in California and Namjanga.
Pininfarina brought the H2 Speed racing car concept to Geneva, which, as the name suggests, runs on fuel cells, while the Speed "trailer" betrays its racing character. The designers drew inspiration for the design from the past concept of the Ferrari Sigma racing car and added some futuristic features to it. They were supplied with a pair of electric motors by the GreenGT company, and the H2 Speed squeezes out 503 horses.
Audi filmed an advertisement for the Audi SQ7 TDI in Slovenia, which competes with the Red Bull Alpha Jet on a 300-meter track at the Skoke sports airport near Maribor. Who will win this seemingly unequal match?
Aston Martin is launching the DB11 in Geneva, a super coupe that sends the gray-bearded DB9 to a well-deserved retirement. It is the first GT, apart from Bond's DB10 model from the film Spectre, in more than a decade. Many things happened during this time, including Aston Martin getting a new president and marrying Mercedes, which, as expected, was reflected in the car. All these changes are embodied in many ways by the DB11, the first production Aston Martin with a double-digit number.
The Mercedes-Benz C Cabriolet is the first C-class cabriolet, a kind of "Mini-Me" S-cabriolet, which clearly derives from the limousine or. the coupé derivative of the Mercedes C. It boasts a soft movable canvas roof, and the "bra" can be removed or put back on in less than 20 seconds, up to a speed of 50 km/h. It turned heads for the first time at the Geneva Motor Show, and in the summer it will also be on the roads.
The Lamborghini Centenario is certainly the fastest "centenarian" under the sun, and it is certainly the fastest Lamborghini in history. Only 40 examples of this 770-horsepower beast will be produced, and the jubilee series is already sold out in advance, although as much as 2 million euros are being demanded for the supercar, made to commemorate the centenary of the birth of the company's founder! It was put on display at the Geneva Motor Show.
Audi has unveiled the Audi Q2 in Geneva, a compact crossover that is the lowest in the Audi crossover food chain, taking the title of entry-level model. It is a children's version of the sports SUV, which is smaller than the Audi A3 Sportback model, measuring only 4.19 meters in length. But don't let that mislead you, the compact SUV Q2 hides a lot inside. With it, the Germans are targeting young, urban and dynamic drivers.
As Nissan announced in Geneva, where it delivered its vision of intelligent mobility, the honor of the first vehicle in Europe with guided driving mode technology will go to the Qashqai SUV. Their vision aspires to a car without emissions and accidents with the worst possible outcome, because as CEO Carlos Ghosn said, "our (Nissan's, op. p.) vision of intelligent mobility is the basis for guiding customers around the world to a safer and a more sustainable future''.