With the covers being whipped off new models left, right and centre, press day at the 88th Geneva International Motor Show yesterday (6 March) was mind-bogglingly hectic as usual. We have shared 10 show stars with you already, here are 10 more of the latest cars to have been unveiled…
Eight more cars not to miss at the Geneva Motor Show
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BMW 8-Series
BMW’s reborn 8-Series is really going to be something special judging by the concept car having its world premiere on BMW’s stand at Geneva. It’s a beauty. The 8-Series’ second coming has been a slow process, via official leaks of coupes, convertibles, M8s and a GTE race car that competed at Daytona this year. But now there’s something new: the 8-Series Gran Coupe, as previewed by the concept at Geneva. Bring it on, we say – along with the rest of the 600bhp family.
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Aston Martin Lagonda Vision Concept
Wow, stand back, it’s luxury, Lagonda style, and there’s not a combustion engine in sight. Aston Martin’s vision for Lagonda is for it to be the world’s first zero emission luxury brand – but first it has to get at least one model into production. And this new concept shows what we can expect: it’s big, fast, luxurious and fully electric with all the latest autonomous-driving hardware. It’s a foretaste of a new super-green, super-luxury model from the company, said by one agency to be the world’s fastest-growing automotive brand.
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Mercedes-AMG GT Coupe
Last year at Geneva we saw an AMG four-door concept and now here we have the production reality. Aiming to fill the shoes of the big-power V8 version of the Merc CLS, this new standalone AMG model inherits the aggressive look of the concept and the dramatic proportions of the CLS (on which it is based) and adds a lift-up tailgate for hatchback practicality. With over 600bhp and 0-62mph in 3.2sec is it all over for the Porsche Panamera?
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Range Rover SV Coupe
Wherever you look at Geneva this year there is a new SUV, but only one of them comes with a Bentley-beating £240,000 price tag. And that’s on the latest, coachbuilt, super-lux version of the car that started the luxury SUV trend: the good old Range Rover. It’s called a coupe and has only two doors – just like the way the Range Rover began life in 1970 – but the alloy body is mostly all new and a little more dynamic looking, while the four-seat interior gets a bespoke, hand-crafted makeover. 557bhp provides enough shove for 0-62mph in 5.3 seconds, making this the fastest-ever full-size Range Rover.
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Toyota Supra
Yes, it’s back. What began life as a hot Celica and ended up (in 1996 in the UK) as something of a supercar giant-killer with a cult following, is again about to inject some vim into Toyota’s sporting line-up. With bulges in all the right places, a huge fixed rear wing, straight six twin-cam motor up front and rear-wheel drive, the MkV Supra promises 335bhp for 0-62mph in 3.8 seconds and handling courtesy of a jointly-developed platform with BMW (its half of the project will be the new Z4, not at Geneva). The production road car is being previewed at Geneva by a concept of the Gazoo Racing Supra – everyone says it’s pretty close to what we will be able to buy.
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Lexus UX
The Lexus stand is a must-see at any motor show these days, if only to see what bulges, slashes and curves the designers will come up with next. At Geneva this year the story is all about the world debut of the UX, the firm’s new compact SUV. Most polarising Lexus yet? It’s certainly brave. But do you know what, we rather like it. Under the skin is an all-new platform that Lexus says delivers the agile handling of a hot hatch. Also on the stand is the first European sighting of the three-row, seven-seat, long wheelbase RX.
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Polestar 1
Geneva 2018 is the first big motor show when Polestar shows us what it is made of. Formerly developer of hot Volvos (and before that a race car constructor), Polestar is now out on an electric-car limb within the Geely-owned Volvo empire, and Geneva is our first sight in the flesh of its debut model. First impressions of the petrol/electric hybrid Polestar 1? Fantastic! And they are still talking about 600 horsepower for the 2+2 coupe…
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Cupra Ateca
Another familiar badge making its debut as a brand at Geneva this year is Cupra, formerly of Seat fame. It’s still very much part of Seat, as one look at its new model for Geneva confirms, but there are no Seat badges and the focus is very much a sporting one. It may be an Ateca SUV at heart but under the show spotlights the Cupra Ateca looked an enticing proposition in line with its mission to bring super-sporty premium SUV performance to the masses. This 296bhp Ateca can do 152mph and get from 0-62mph in 5.4 seconds.
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