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18/02/2012
2012 Geneva Motor Show: The Premieres

From 8-18 March 2012, it’s that time again: this year will see the 82nd Geneva Motor Show, one of the most important dates in the automotive calendar. Here, the industry presents its new models, production-based concepts, recent design trends and futuristic visions for the world to see. Once again, Classic Driver compiles a guide to this year’s premieres.

Abarth 695 'Tributo Maserati'

Adding to the increasingly impressive roster of new metal to be displayed at the upcoming show is the Abarth 695 Tributo Maserati. Based on the Abarth version of the chic Fiat 500C, it follows the homage theme of last year’s ‘Tributo Ferrari’... more >>

Audi A1 Quattro

Audi has revealed a new range-topping 253bhp quattro version of its popular A1 supermini, set to go on sale in limited numbers in the second half of 2012... more >>

Audi A6 Allroad

Fashionable off-road style, but without the increased consumption of a full-blown off-roader: with deliveries starting in the spring, this is the sturdy all-road version of the current Audi A6 Avant – a civilised alternative to the Q7... more >>

Audi RS4 Avant

After a four-year break, the Audi RS4 is back. Available only as an estate (‘Avant’) model, it not only retains the previous model’s V8, but also picks up a design flourish or two from an older four-ringed icon... more >>

Audi TT RS Plus

Audi has unveiled the ‘plus’ version of its TT RS, releasing an additional 20bhp from the 2.5-litre engine and, more surprisingly, making it capable of 174mph... more >>

Bentley Mulsanne 'Mulliner Driving Specification'

Bentley will launch a more sporting version of its flagship Mulsanne at this year’s show. To ‘Mulliner Driving Specification’, the 184mph saloon now has a driver-selectable ‘Sport’ setting for its air suspension and steering, a raft of sporting features inside the cabin and unique, 21in wheels... more >>

Bentley EXP 9 F

To anyone who feels that Bentleys epitomise restraint – and who still remembers the time, decades ago, when the cars were little more than Rolls-Royces minus the Spirit of Ecstasy – then here is one of the most ambitious examples yet of Bentley's radical thinking: a £150,000 SUV... more >>

Bertone Nuccio Concept

Bertone will celebrate its 100th birthday at the Geneva Motor Show by revealing a new sports car design study. Initial sketches of the Nuccio concept show a low, wedge-shaped sports car with a mid-engine configuration – not unlike the legendary Lancia Stratos Zero concept of 1970... more >>

BMW 6 Series Gran Coupé

With the Mercedes CLS, Porsche Panamera and Aston Martin Rapide achieving widespread praise over the last few years, BMW has finally – albeit belatedly – jumped into the four-door coupé niche with its new 6 Series Gran Coupé... more >>

BMW M Performance

BMW’s M division has been a pioneer of high-powered petrol engines for some time – but now it’s turning its hand to performance diesels, as it introduces the first three models of its new M Performance Automobiles range... more >>

BMW M135i

You can’t beat the big-engine-in-a-small-car format, and when said car has the BMW propeller badge on it, well, be prepared to burn Tarmac... more >>

BMW M6

Now with eight cylinders instead of ten, 4.4 litres, twin turbochargers and 560HP, the new M6 Coupé and Convertible are the fastest two-door cars that BMW has ever made for the road. They will go on sale in the UK on 15 September 2012, priced at £93,795 for the Coupé and £98,995 for the Convertible... more >>

Bugatti Grand Sport Vitesse

It will be a case of bienvenue! to the fastest Bugatti roadster yet, and maybe au revoir! to the Veyron range in general when the 1200PS ‘Grand Sport Vitesse’ is launched at this year’s show... more >>

Disco Volante 2012 by Touring Superleggera

As the wraps come off “the fastest Ferrari ever built”, the first thing to hit us is that the new high-performance 12-cylinder is not called the F620 GT after all… it’s the F12berlinetta, boasting an exceptional new engine and a ‘proper’ mid-front-engined format... more >>

Ferrari F12berlinetta

Jaguar XF Sportbrake

Spy pictures of a modestly disguised XF estate (or ‘Sportback’, in Jaguar-speak) show the British company’s 2012 contender in the important ski holiday/holiday cottage/school run class, dominated in the UK by Audi, BMW and Mercedes... more >>

Lamborghini Aventador J

For several months now, the centrepiece of Lamborghini’s Geneva showstand has been the subject of much speculation. Now, it can be revealed in its windowless, pillarless and downright lawless glory – it’s the one-off, million-pound-plus Aventador J... more >>

Maserati GranTurismo Sport

Maserati’s offering at the show is the new GranTurismo Sport, to be launched as a replacement for the current GranTurismo S... more >>

Mercedes-Benz SL 63 AMG

Hot on the heels of the Mercedes SL roadster unveiled at January’s Detroit Motor Show comes the even-higher-performance flagship – the SL 63 AMG... more >>

MINI Clubvan Concept

MINI describes the target market for its new concept as “premium small businesses”. Here’s a van in true classic Mini style, offering maximum interior space within the minimum possible footprint... more >>

Morgan Plus 8 Roadster

Following an eight-year sabbatical, the Plus 8 returns to the Morgan line-up. But don’t expect a revolutionary departure from the company's values; the car will maintain its predecessor’s characteristics of large displacement and low weight... more >>

Pininfarina Cambiano

Just a day after Bertone released computerised images of its forthcoming Geneva show car, Pininfarina followed suit by showing some renderings of its Cambiano concept, also due to make its debut in Switzerland... more >>

Porsche Boxster

This is no mere facelift: the latest Boxster, which goes on sale in the UK in April, has an all-new lightweight body, new flat-six engines with direct petrol injection, a “completely revised chassis” and a genuine evolution in styling... more >>

Range Rover Evoque Convertible

If the idea of a 4x4 roadster feels slightly strange, don’t forget two granddaddys that begat the entire off-roader genre: the immortal Willy’s JEEP and the original post-War Land Rover... more >>

Rolls-Royce Phantom Series II

Rolls-Royce claims to be “embracing the finest principles of its founding father” with the Phantom Series II it’s presenting at Geneva. More precisely, the principles by which Sir Henry Royce urged his employees “to take the best that exists and make it better”... more >>

Text: Classic Driver

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