The 2012 Geneva Auto Show was a spectacle of beauty and excess within the wide world of cars. From enigmatic concepts to multi-million dollar exotics, the infamous Switzerland-based automobile buffet did not fail to impress. This is our round up of the top 10 hottest cars we saw on the show floor. Sit back and get your drool buckets out. 10. Fisker Karma Set aside your thoughts on the...
In Italian, Berlinetta means "little saloon," though Ferrari's latest F12 Berlinetta supercar resembles more of a nuclear powerplant than a dusty gin joint. The key element of the Ferrari F12 Berlinetta is that it's the most powerful Ferrari to date, boasting a 740HP naturally aspirated V12. The F12 spews 80% of its 509 lb.-ft. of torque to the rear wheels from a 2,500 RPM range all the...
Out of all the exotic multimillion-dollar high performance automobiles exhibited at the 2012 Geneva Auto Show, the Pagani Huayra arguably stole the show. Based on Horacio Pagani's mouthwatering Zonda supercar, the Huayra boasted refined ergonomics for better handling, complete carbon fiber bodywork and Futurist-inspired aesthetics that made us feel as though Uberto Boccioni himself had...
The pickings are slim these days for aesthetically pleasing hybrid vehicles, but BMW aims to change that with its i8 plug-in hybrid concept. We got a chance to see the i8 concept at the Geneva Auto Show, and the car was even hotter in person. The car's low profile and swooping, gull wing doors and aggressive lines are borrowed from the hyper-sport world of exotic speed machines. Its...
It's not often you get to touch a $2.8 million Lamborghini that lacks a windshield, but here in Geneva, Switzerland, TechnoBuffalo capitalized on the opportunity. Jon Rettinger gives us the play-by-play aside the Lamborghini Aventador J, the windshieldless Hyper Sport with a brooding 6.5-liter V12 engine that spews out 700HP. The Aventador J's model name is a nod to the FIA World...
Fellow Buffalo gearheads unite! Jon Rettinger and I will be flying to Geneva, Switzerland tomorrow to cover the 2012 82nd International Motor Show. We'll be immersed in otherworldly concept vehicles, brand new production machines and various other automotive whimsies and oddities like alternatively powered cars and conversions. I'm excited to get a chance to touch the world's fastest...
Hyundai’s stealthy i-oniq concept hybrid has been uncloaked, and the vision tantalizes the ocular receptors. With a design that suggests a three-way love triangle between a Fisker Karma, Tesla Model S and Porsche Cayenne, the Hyundai i-oniq is indubitably a futuristic display of sex on wheels. Although brute in external appearance, the Hyundai i-oniq is rumored to be fairly docile...
The Toyota FT-Bh Concept hybrid is a glimpse at what a compact hatchback might look like in the movie Tron. Within recent days, Toyota has teased its FT-Bh mystery machine via a 21-second YouTube clip that whisks together clandestine flashes of illuminated trim and undulous architecture. With its steering wheel aimed at maximum fuel efficiency, Toyota claims the new concept will put...
With the Geneva Auto Show less than a month up the road, I thought it would be fun to postulate the wackier attractions that we might see in Switzerland. Some of these concepts have been drifting about for years, though none of them have ever made it to mass production. Will this be the year? Leave your predictions in the comments. Michelin Tweel Airless Tires Imagine a world where...
I like squid / My high-brid / One sixty-seven / Green car heaven – The Notorious NK, from “Hypnotizing Myself With Awful Rhymes” I don’t care how many times it shows up on Entourage, or how seeing one on the street always makes me do a double-take. I want to love it, but I always wind up thinking, “Man, the Porsche Panamera is one weird-looking automobile.” The 167 mph Hybrid I’m...