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1. Touring Superleggera Berlinetta Lusso
It’s a Ferrari F12 underneath, but the Berlinetta Lusso’s clean, mildly retro bodywork is so much more elegant, don’t you think? It takes centre stage on Milan-based styling house Touring Superleggera’s stand (alongside the Mini Superleggera concept from spring 2014, still doing the motor show rounds) with a limited production run of five cars planned. Mechanically it’s unchanged from the F12, powered by the same 730bhp 6.3-litre V12 and with 0-60mph done with in around three seconds.
2. EDAG Light Cocoon
German engineering outfit EDAG has a fine tradition of building oddball show cars to show what it can do, and its latest effort doesn’t disappoint. Its bodywork is formed of branch-like, skeletal structures created predominantly by 3D printers, believe it or not. They’re clad in weather-proof textiles, covering a host of LEDs which gently change colour, revealing the spider-web like construction beneath.
3. Mercedes-Benz G500 4x4²
It’s quite hard to ignore the mutant G-class towering over the Mercedes stand. The G500 4x42 takes its monster truck suspension and portal axles from the six-wheeled G63 AMG 6x6. Excessive in the extreme, but there’s no questioning its ability – extremely dextrous axle articulation and multi-storey ground clearance means it really is virtually unstoppable off-road – as long as you don’t need to fit through any narrow gaps. Officially it’s a concept, but a production version will almost certainly go on sale later in the year. Handy for the school run in the Himalayas.
4. Kahn Flying Huntsman
Bradford-based Kahn Design has clearly decided that anything Mercedes can do, it can do just as excessively. The Flying Huntsman like a ghostly pirate ship but is in fact a six-wheel drive Land Rover Defender powered by GM’s 6.2-litre LS3 V8 with nearly 430bhp. As well as an extra axle it adds another 1.2 metres in length to the Defender 110 it’s based on. Kahn’s touting the Huntsman as a concept but that’s not to say a few keen Geneva punters with stout chequebooks and stouter taste in cars won’t be able to order one.
5. Italdesign Giugiaro Gea concept
Since driverless cars seem an inevitability, Italdesign reasons they may as well be stylish. This electric luxury saloon concept has a conventional driver’s seat and steering wheel for manual driving, and a cabin designed to be as roomy as possible, with the right-hand seats able to convert into a bed when the car’s in ‘piloted’ driving mode. Otherwise the interior and exterior are relatively conventional, apart from those incredible 60-spoke wheels which measure a gargantuan 26 inches in diameter. Good luck getting to sleep on bumpy roads…
It’s a Ferrari F12 underneath, but the Berlinetta Lusso’s clean, mildly retro bodywork is so much more elegant, don’t you think? It takes centre stage on Milan-based styling house Touring Superleggera’s stand (alongside the Mini Superleggera concept from spring 2014, still doing the motor show rounds) with a limited production run of five cars planned. Mechanically it’s unchanged from the F12, powered by the same 730bhp 6.3-litre V12 and with 0-60mph done with in around three seconds.
2. EDAG Light Cocoon
German engineering outfit EDAG has a fine tradition of building oddball show cars to show what it can do, and its latest effort doesn’t disappoint. Its bodywork is formed of branch-like, skeletal structures created predominantly by 3D printers, believe it or not. They’re clad in weather-proof textiles, covering a host of LEDs which gently change colour, revealing the spider-web like construction beneath.
3. Mercedes-Benz G500 4x4²
It’s quite hard to ignore the mutant G-class towering over the Mercedes stand. The G500 4x42 takes its monster truck suspension and portal axles from the six-wheeled G63 AMG 6x6. Excessive in the extreme, but there’s no questioning its ability – extremely dextrous axle articulation and multi-storey ground clearance means it really is virtually unstoppable off-road – as long as you don’t need to fit through any narrow gaps. Officially it’s a concept, but a production version will almost certainly go on sale later in the year. Handy for the school run in the Himalayas.
4. Kahn Flying Huntsman
Bradford-based Kahn Design has clearly decided that anything Mercedes can do, it can do just as excessively. The Flying Huntsman like a ghostly pirate ship but is in fact a six-wheel drive Land Rover Defender powered by GM’s 6.2-litre LS3 V8 with nearly 430bhp. As well as an extra axle it adds another 1.2 metres in length to the Defender 110 it’s based on. Kahn’s touting the Huntsman as a concept but that’s not to say a few keen Geneva punters with stout chequebooks and stouter taste in cars won’t be able to order one.
5. Italdesign Giugiaro Gea concept
Since driverless cars seem an inevitability, Italdesign reasons they may as well be stylish. This electric luxury saloon concept has a conventional driver’s seat and steering wheel for manual driving, and a cabin designed to be as roomy as possible, with the right-hand seats able to convert into a bed when the car’s in ‘piloted’ driving mode. Otherwise the interior and exterior are relatively conventional, apart from those incredible 60-spoke wheels which measure a gargantuan 26 inches in diameter. Good luck getting to sleep on bumpy roads…
