Whether it's pushing speed and performance boundaries or
redefining expectations of luxury and technological advancement, the
cars of the Geneva Motor Show are invariably leaders in their class. All
the big companies prioritize this one week in March as a time to show
off their very best and most advanced automobiles, and Geneva rarely
disappoints. This year's edition features a new special edition
Lamborghini, a successor to Bugatti's Veyron, Aston Martin's DB11, and a
variety of other unveilings and innovations. To keep up to date with
all the happenings from the show floor, stay tuned right here.
Major Updates
- Aston Martin unveils the stunning DB11
- Aston Martin's DB11 is the gorgeous Bond car of the future
- Lamborghini's Centenario is a gorgeous celebration of an extreme legacy
- Bugatti’s Chiron is the beastly, faster-than-fast, 1,500hp Veyron successor
The indefensible supercar
Oh, you shameless, unrepentant hedonists. Baubles of billionaires, playthings of playboys. You are the supercar, and in this age of environmental calamities and have-everythings and have-nots, you are indefensible.
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The retro-futuristic Morgan EV3 could almost be a Star Wars pod racer
Are you in the market for a car that has charm, panache, old-school design, and zero emissions? Allow me to present the Morgan EV3. It's an all-electric version of the wonderful Morgan three-wheeler.
With a 20kWh lithium battery, the 64-horsepower, 1,100-pound trike can get from 0 to 60 in well under nine seconds, and can reach nearly 100 mph. In "eco" mode, Morgan says it's good for 150 miles, or 50 miles in the driver-focused "sport" mode — think faster acceleration, better throttle...
150 miles of all-electric rangeAston Martin unveils the stunning DB11
You'd think after seeing the latest Bugatti, Lamborghini, and Koenigsegg have to offer I would be feeling jaded by this point, but Aston Martin's DB11 has me thrilled and excited all over again. Unlike the extraterrestrial supercars unveiled earlier in the morning, the DB11 is within reach for mortal Earthlings. It has four seats (albeit with negligible leg room at the back), a trunk that can fit two golf bags, and a comfortable interior decorated with a Bang and Olufsen audio system. Oh, and...
The most powerful, efficient, and pretty DB yet -
Watch a diesel scandal protester storm the stage at Volkswagen's press conference
Dieselgate is still hurting Volkswagen, and as time goes on, the symptoms are getting stranger. A random guy wearing a Volkswagen uniform got on stage during the German auto giant's Geneva Motor Show press conference Tuesday, carrying a "cheat box" prop that he placed underneath the Up! compact that was in the middle of being presented. The exchange that followed between the man and Volkswagen's passenger car chief Juergen Stackmann — who was on stage at the time — is kind of amazing:
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Aston Martin's DB11 is the gorgeous Bond car of the future
There are few car badges in the world with deeper history than Aston Martin's DB line, made most famous by James Bond's beautiful, tricked-out DB5 in 1964's Goldfinger. Now, there's an all-new DB ready for its debut: the DB11, complete with a 5.2-liter twin-turbocharged V-12 that's good for 600 horsepower. Unsurprisingly, it's enough motivation to make this the most powerful DB model Aston has ever produced.
The company's press release notes that the DB11 is "heralding a new design era for...
Available later this yearKoenigsegg's Regera is the hybrid nemesis of Bugatti's Chiron
Probably the wildest thing about Bugatti's new 1,500hp super sports car is that it's not alone in being able to produce that much power. There's also the Koenigsegg Regera. This car was one of the stars of 2015's Geneva Motor Show and it returns today in an even more splendorous cherry red, with over 3,000 changes under its belt and a lighter and more efficient form.
Breathtakingly fast, and just as beautiful -
Lamborghini's Centenario is a gorgeous celebration of an extreme legacy
2016 would have been the year of the 100th birthday of Lamborghini founder Ferruccio Lamborghini, and the storied Italian carmaker is celebrating the occasion with an extremely limited edition of 40 Centenario hypercars. This one-off design is built around a carbon fiber monocoque and Lamborghini's most powerful engine to date. It can produce 770hp, which seems almost quaint by the epic standards of the 1,500hp Bugatti Chiron and Koenigsegg Regera, but it propels the Centenario from 0 to...
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The Bugatti Chiron is the world’s fastest road car
The Bugatti Chiron is ready to claim the title of world's fastest car, declared Bugatti President Wolfgang Durheimer at the unveiling of the car today at the Geneva Motor Show.
Though the Chiron is electronically limited to 261 mph in road mode, with all the restrictions lifted the car should go considerably faster — though Bugatti won't share what it thinks that highest speed will be.
The Chiron will produce 1,500 horsepower from its 8-liter, W16 engine, and will move from 0-60 mph in less...
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The Rolls-Royce Black Badge turns ‘murdering out’ into an elegant art form
A Rolls-Royce can be customized — made bespoke, in RR-speak — in a nearly infinite number of ways.
From custom paint and leather colors to the starlight headliner (which can be built to illuminate the night sky of a particular day and time), nearly anything is possible. But sometimes even the standard blank slate isn't enough for Rolls-Royce's most demanding customers.
That's why the company has dropped the blank slate for a black slate, appropriately called the Rolls-Royce Black Badge.
dark, brooding, and gorgeous -
Volkswagen's Phideon is a big luxury sedan that you can't have
Remember the Phaeton? In many markets, Volkswagen's big, ultra-luxe flagship sedan is still sold — but sales in the US ended years ago. Now, there's a Phaeton successor, sort of. Except you can't have it, unless you happen to be in China.
Meet the Phideon, which will be built in China through VW's local partner, SAIC. It's described as a four-door coupe — a paradoxical term used to describe an ever-growing number of cars like the Mercedes CLS, BMW 4 Series and 6 Series Gran Coupes, and the...
Unless you're in China -
The unbelievable €2.4 million Bugatti Chiron in pictures
There are many absurd facts about the Bugatti Chiron that was just introduced today ahead of the Geneva Motor Show. Its top speed is electronically limited — limited! — to 261 miles per hour. It can reach 125 miles per hour in 6.5 seconds, which may very well be faster than the time it takes your personal vehicle to reach half that. And the base price is an astounding €2.4 million ($2.6 million), which you can presumably run up with options and customization. Nothing about this rare machine...
Wonderfully excessiveBugatti's $2.6 million supercar has diamonds in the speakers
As if 1,500 horsepower, a $2.6 million price tag, and two metric tons of carbon fiber, aluminum, titanium, glass, and leather weren't enough to set the Bugatti Chiron apart, this new supercar also comes with speaker tweeters made out of diamonds. Each of the four tweeters in the car features a one-carat diamond membrane for what's supposed to be unsurpassed precision and aural fidelity. The company recruited by Bugatti to provide these ultra exclusive speakers is Accuton, and it has a helpful...
This isn't madness, this is Bugatti -
Bugatti’s Chiron is the beastly, faster-than-fast, 1,500hp Veyron successor
How do you introduce a car like the Bugatti Chiron? This is the successor to the Veyron, the most epic exercise in over-engineering that the car world had known until today. The new Chiron turns the Veyron's extreme specs up another notch: 0 to 100km/h in less than 2.5 seconds, four enlarged turbochargers, and a total power output of 1,500hp. Maximum speed is limited to 420km/h for road use, the tires have been specially developed by a Bugatti-Michelin partnership, and the 8-liter W16 engine...
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This is the Centenario, Lamborghini's next ultra-limited-edition hypercar
It's gone now, but Lamborghini briefly posted a video on YouTube this morning of its next ultra-limited-edition car, the Centenario — a 770-horsepower tribute to the 100th birthday of company founder Ferruccio Lamborghini that'll debut at the Geneva Motor Show this week. Power comes from a naturally aspirated (not turbocharged!) V-12 that propels the car from 0-62 mph in just 2.8 seconds; anything under three seconds is solidly in hypercar territory, so yes, the Centenario definitely...
770 horsepowerThe Volvo V90 wagon might be the most Volvo car ever
I love the new Volvo XC90 SUV. I also love the new Volvo S90 sedan.
But while much of Volvo's recent success has come from that SUV, Volvo's heritage — and much of the company's greatest successes — have come from the station wagon. And, with the new Volvo V90, the Swedish carmaker is looking to take over the segment once again.
Sadly, it's a part of the market that has been crushed in recent years by crossovers and SUVs. But for certain folks (especially those living in Vermont, Colorado,...
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