The Most Breathtaking Cars at the Geneva Motor Display
The world’s largest car brands are converging at the Geneva Motor Showcase this week to demonstrate off their best efforts of the year. Thousands will attend Europe’s very first major motor showcase of the year—and its most significant. Electrical technology, autonomous driving, and unspoiled horsepower were the superior themes. Here are the highlights. Photographs by Luke MacGregor and Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
The Huracán Performante comes with more power, better Pirelli P Zero Corsa tires, a re-engineered suspension, and upgraded traction control over its predecessors. It has six hundred forty horsepower on a naturally aspirated V10 engine and a more stabilized, lightening-fast, seven-speed, dual-clutch transmission. It also just smashed Porsche's old record at the famous Nurburgring track in Germany.
Photographer: Luke Macgregor/Bloomberg
Ferrari unveiled the speediest production car in its history. The Italian manufacturer is pushing the limit of how many autos it can sell without losing its allure. The eight hundred twelve Superfast has a 12-cylinder, 800-horsepower engine that accelerates to one hundred kilometers (62 miles) per hour in as little as Two.9 seconds, making it Ferrari’s most powerful production model ever. Priced at ‎€292,000 ($308,000) in Italy, the fresh flagship is already sold out for 2017.
Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
Pagani unveils its latest million-dollar, hand-built supercar, the Huayra Roadster. The machine is swifter than its forebear even tho’ it has the same guts of its predecessor: a 6.0-liter, twin-turbocharged Mercedes-Benz AMG V12 engine and a seven-speed, single-clutch paddleshift gearbox. It has the lighter weight and enhanced power of seven hundred sixty four hp vs. Seven hundred twenty two bhp for a zero-60 mph sprint time in fewer than three seconds. This is a fraction swifter than the Three.0-second coupe and among the very fastest cars in the world today.
Photographer: Luke Macgregor/Bloomberg
With this concept car, Bentley is exploring the possibility of a true all-electric vehicle for production. It’s a separate endeavor from the recently promised plug-in hybrid Bentayga SUV, due in 2018.
Photographer: Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg
This will be the world’s most expensive SUV with a price of $500,000. It’s Daimler AG’s latest extension of the top-of-the-line Maybach marque that it resurrected to take advantage of surging request for higher-end models. Limited to a run of 99, the SUV will have a V12 engine and a landaulet style, with a front row that’s covered and a retractable fabric roof in the back.
Photographer: Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg
The Sedric — derived from “self-driving car,” has sensors galore. Drivers — passengers? — would be able to speak guidelines to tell the car where to go, where to stop, and other instructions.
Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
Volkswagen’s  fresh four-door fastback will substitute the flopped $78,000 Phaeton luxury sedan as its namesake brand’s flagship model. The Arteon, featuring options for front-wheel and all-wheel drive, will be available very first in Europe, with deliveries in Germany kicking off in June. The price hasn’t been announced. The car targets buyers wanting the comfy, upscale rail of models like Mercedes-Benz’s €54,800 CLS coupe at a lower cost. 
Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
Lexus’s newest hybrid sedan is aimed squarely at Mercedes-Benz and Tesla. The LS 500h is an electric- and gasoline-fueled version of Lexus’s flagship sedan, with a V6 gasoline engine paired with two electrified motors, a petite lithium-ion battery, and the equivalent of three hundred fifty four horsepower on a multi-stage hybrid transmission that acts like a 10-speed gearbox. It will go from zero to sixty miles per hour in Five.Four seconds.
Photographer: Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg
Renault is hoping to shed its utilitarian mass-market photo by taking on Porsche with a fresh low-slung, high-end sports car. The limited-edition Alpine one hundred ten two-seater with a four-cylinder turbo engine is a revival of a once-popular model shuttered twenty years ago. Priced at €58,500, it’ll be the French carmaker’s most expensive passenger auto and can hit one hundred kilometers (62 miles) per hour in Four.Five seconds — about as quickly as a Porsche nine hundred eleven Carrera.
Photographer: Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg
Ford brought back the vintage Fiesta with a modern version. The next generation range, which goes on sale in Spring, includes the Fiesta Vignale, Titanium and Zetec as well as the ST. The range starts at £12,715 ($15,500).
Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
Volvo unveiled a revamped version of its best-selling XC60 that’ll contest with Audi’s Q5 and Mercedes-Benz’s GLC in a crowded marketplace for compact sport utility vehicles. Going on sale this year, the vehicle takes its design cues from Volvo’s successful top-of-the-line XC90 SUV and features the same safety systems, such as driving assistance to prevent head-on collisions. It can also steer and brake by itself up to a speed of one hundred thirty kilometers (80 miles) an hour on highways.
Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
British automaker McLaren’s 720S is a supercar even more extreme than its predecessor, the 650S Coupé. McLaren’s latest mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive two-seater is lighter and quicker than the 650S, with a twin-turbocharged Four.0-liter V8 engine and a weight of Two,828 pounds. Company executives say it can hit sixty mph in Two.8 seconds and reach one hundred twenty four mph in 7.8 seconds. Top speed is two hundred twelve mph. List price in the U.S. will treatment $290,000, about 5% more than previous models.
Photographer: Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg
This is the European debut of the fresh GLA line, with an extended range of engines, specific visual highlighting and updated equipment lines. For example, the previously optional bi-xenon headlamps were substituted by LED headlamps. Customers have a choice inbetween three chassis variants. 
Photographer: Luke Macgregor/Bloomberg
This plug-in hybrid concept is a more pared-down version of the i-Cockpit that Peugeot very first announced in 2010. Its large, five-spoke wheels, colorful lighting, taillights and promised three hundred horsepower are strong steps for the French automaker.
Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
This four-door concept version of the coupe has a sports hybrid system that puts a V8 gasoline engine and an electrified motor. Mercedes says the car will have a “wooing electrical range” and a total power equivalent of nine hundred horsepower.
Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
The Crossback has room for five adults, harshly the same as an Audi Q5; other competitors include the Lexus NX, Audi Q3, Range Rover Evoque and BMW X1. The DS7 is due out in the U.K. by January 2018. Expect prices to embark around £28,000.
Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
This is the rear-wheel-drive version of the popular Huracan V10 sportscar from the Italian brand. The car includes Pirelli PZero tires shown here and exclusively developed for the rear-wheel drive Huracán, which sit on Nineteen” Kari rims. Specially contoured steel brakes and aluminum brake disc pots help with weight reduction and improved cooling on this latest Huracan to hit the market. 
The Most Breathtaking Cars at the Geneva Motor Demonstrate
The Most Breathtaking Cars at the Geneva Motor Display
The world’s thickest car brands are converging at the Geneva Motor Showcase this week to showcase off their best efforts of the year. Thousands will attend Europe’s very first major motor display of the year—and its most significant. Electrical technology, autonomous driving, and unspoiled horsepower were the superior themes. Here are the highlights. Photographs by Luke MacGregor and Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
The Huracán Performante comes with more power, better Pirelli P Zero Corsa tires, a re-engineered suspension, and upgraded traction control over its predecessors. It has six hundred forty horsepower on a naturally aspirated V10 engine and a more stabilized, lightening-fast, seven-speed, dual-clutch transmission. It also just smashed Porsche's old record at the famous Nurburgring track in Germany.
Photographer: Luke Macgregor/Bloomberg
Ferrari unveiled the speediest production car in its history. The Italian manufacturer is pushing the limit of how many autos it can sell without losing its allure. The eight hundred twelve Superfast has a 12-cylinder, 800-horsepower engine that accelerates to one hundred kilometers (62 miles) per hour in as little as Two.9 seconds, making it Ferrari’s most powerful production model ever. Priced at ‎€292,000 ($308,000) in Italy, the fresh flagship is already sold out for 2017.
Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
Pagani unveils its latest million-dollar, hand-built supercar, the Huayra Roadster. The machine is swifter than its forebear even tho’ it has the same guts of its predecessor: a 6.0-liter, twin-turbocharged Mercedes-Benz AMG V12 engine and a seven-speed, single-clutch paddleshift gearbox. It has the lighter weight and enlargened power of seven hundred sixty four hp vs. Seven hundred twenty two bhp for a zero-60 mph sprint time in fewer than three seconds. This is a fraction quicker than the Trio.0-second coupe and among the very fastest cars in the world today.
Photographer: Luke Macgregor/Bloomberg
With this concept car, Bentley is exploring the possibility of a true all-electric vehicle for production. It’s a separate endeavor from the recently promised plug-in hybrid Bentayga SUV, due in 2018.
Photographer: Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg
This will be the world’s most expensive SUV with a price of $500,000. It’s Daimler AG’s latest extension of the top-of-the-line Maybach marque that it resurrected to take advantage of surging request for higher-end models. Limited to a run of 99, the SUV will have a V12 engine and a landaulet style, with a front row that’s covered and a retractable fabric roof in the back.
Photographer: Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg
The Sedric — derived from “self-driving car,” has sensors galore. Drivers — passengers? — would be able to speak directions to tell the car where to go, where to stop, and other instructions.
Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
Volkswagen’s  fresh four-door fastback will substitute the flopped $78,000 Phaeton luxury sedan as its namesake brand’s flagship model. The Arteon, featuring options for front-wheel and all-wheel drive, will be available very first in Europe, with deliveries in Germany kicking off in June. The price hasn’t been announced. The car targets buyers wanting the comfy, upscale rail of models like Mercedes-Benz’s €54,800 CLS coupe at a lower cost. 
Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
Lexus’s newest hybrid sedan is aimed squarely at Mercedes-Benz and Tesla. The LS 500h is an electric- and gasoline-fueled version of Lexus’s flagship sedan, with a V6 gasoline engine paired with two electrified motors, a puny lithium-ion battery, and the equivalent of three hundred fifty four horsepower on a multi-stage hybrid transmission that acts like a 10-speed gearbox. It will go from zero to sixty miles per hour in Five.Four seconds.
Photographer: Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg
Renault is hoping to shed its utilitarian mass-market pic by taking on Porsche with a fresh low-slung, high-end sports car. The limited-edition Alpine one hundred ten two-seater with a four-cylinder turbo engine is a revival of a once-popular model shuttered twenty years ago. Priced at €58,500, it’ll be the French carmaker’s most expensive passenger auto and can hit one hundred kilometers (62 miles) per hour in Four.Five seconds — about as quickly as a Porsche nine hundred eleven Carrera.
Photographer: Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg
Ford brought back the vintage Fiesta with a modern version. The next generation range, which goes on sale in Spring, includes the Fiesta Vignale, Titanium and Zetec as well as the ST. The range starts at £12,715 ($15,500).
Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
Volvo unveiled a revamped version of its best-selling XC60 that’ll challenge with Audi’s Q5 and Mercedes-Benz’s GLC in a crowded marketplace for compact sport utility vehicles. Going on sale this year, the vehicle takes its design cues from Volvo’s successful top-of-the-line XC90 SUV and features the same safety systems, such as driving assistance to prevent head-on collisions. It can also steer and brake by itself up to a speed of one hundred thirty kilometers (80 miles) an hour on highways.
Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
British automaker McLaren’s 720S is a supercar even more extreme than its predecessor, the 650S Coupé. McLaren’s latest mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive two-seater is lighter and swifter than the 650S, with a twin-turbocharged Four.0-liter V8 engine and a weight of Two,828 pounds. Company executives say it can hit sixty mph in Two.8 seconds and reach one hundred twenty four mph in 7.8 seconds. Top speed is two hundred twelve mph. List price in the U.S. will treatment $290,000, about 5% more than previous models.
Photographer: Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg
This is the European debut of the fresh GLA line, with an extended range of engines, specific visual highlighting and updated equipment lines. For example, the previously optional bi-xenon headlamps were substituted by LED headlamps. Customers have a choice inbetween three chassis variants. 
Photographer: Luke Macgregor/Bloomberg
This plug-in hybrid concept is a more pared-down version of the i-Cockpit that Peugeot very first announced in 2010. Its large, five-spoke wheels, colorful lighting, taillights and promised three hundred horsepower are strong steps for the French automaker.
Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
This four-door concept version of the coupe has a sports hybrid system that puts a V8 gasoline engine and an electrical motor. Mercedes says the car will have a “wooing electrical range” and a total power equivalent of nine hundred horsepower.
Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
The Crossback has room for five adults, toughly the same as an Audi Q5; other competitors include the Lexus NX, Audi Q3, Range Rover Evoque and BMW X1. The DS7 is due out in the U.K. by January 2018. Expect prices to embark around £28,000.
Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
This is the rear-wheel-drive version of the popular Huracan V10 sportscar from the Italian brand. The car includes Pirelli PZero tires shown here and exclusively developed for the rear-wheel drive Huracán, which sit on Nineteen” Kari rims. Specially contoured steel brakes and aluminum brake disc pots help with weight reduction and improved cooling on this latest Huracan to hit the market.