The traditional start of the fair in Europe this year has a wide range of new products. At the Geneva Motor Show (March 3 - 13), automakers will give a foretaste of what new products will be launched on the market in 2016. It's trendy, green, practical and fast, but also - as always on the expensive pavement at Lake Geneva - not affordable for everyone.
The genus is for the first time SUV the best-selling vehicle segment in Europe. For years, new crossovers have been flooding the markets, of course the trend does not stop at the motor show. This is how Audi shows its Q2 city SUV to the world public. Based on the A3, it will compete against the BMW X1 or Mercedes GLA. Skoda has already announced the premiere of a seven-seater SUV study that anticipates the design of a future model above the compact Yeti. Group sister Seat is also planning several SUV models, and the first in production version is likely to be on view in Geneva.
Completely new vehicles are also entering the SUV market from Asia, bringing two trends together: the two compact SUVs Toyota C-HR and Kia Niro unite their economical drive, both come on the market with a combination of petrol and electric motors , Not an SUV, but also electrified is what can be seen at the Hyundai stand: With the Ioniq, the Koreans are introducing a compact sedan that is to be launched as a pure e-car, hybrid and plug-in hybrid.
This year Show on Lake Geneva is once again living up to its reputation as a large stage for racy sports cars. Above all, the over-athlete Bugatti Chiron will be presented for the first time in Switzerland. More than 100 orders have already been placed for the bolide - without the customers having tested the most powerful (reportedly around 1.500 hp), fastest (more than 400 km / h), most luxurious and most exclusive production super sports car in the world could. The 40 copies of the 770-horsepower Lamborghini Centenario, which is also celebrating its premiere in Geneva, should already be sold out. And the McLaren 675LT Spider also plays in the league of super athletes, warming the hearts of fans without a roof and with 675 hp.
Eleven fans prayed that Porsche could have heard them now and brought a fairly pure 911 with manual transmission and naturally aspirated engine to Geneva - as a limited edition 911R. The Jaguar F-Type SVR was launched as a coupé and convertible in the summer, setting an extremely sporty fragrance brand at a top speed of 332 km / h. The comeback of the Gumpert Apollo, which, thanks to Chinese investors, was apparently breathed new life into a Geneva premiere, could also be quite extreme. Classic, classy and similar to the S-Class convertible, the open Mercedes C-Class is also set to debut in early March.
But longing models for the smaller budget are also represented at the fair - including two icon-goers that have been expected for a long time: On the one hand, Renault will present the serial model of the Alpine. On the other hand, Opel is showing the ideal successor to the GT from 1968 with a hot front mid-engine concept car.
With so much trendy technology on the one hand and sporty goose bump models on the other hand, the classic models should of course not be forgotten: after the S90 sedan, Volvo is now introducing the V90 estate car. The successor to the V70 looks a little less angular than its predecessor. The Kia Optima is also making its debut with a big mouth; the Koreans had already shown such a study in Switzerland last year. The identical Proace / Traveler / Spacetourer vans from the Toyota / Peugeot / Citroen cooperation have also specialized in plenty of space for many people. So it's quite tangible at Lac Leman in March.
