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Geneva Automobile Salon 2013 - Part 3
Geneva Automobile Salon 2013 - Part 3
Now we come to my favorite car of the salon, the Alpha Romero C4. You can see many design influences such as Pagani and Lotus, but the car is still very Alpha. The planning is for this car to be make in small quantities in the Maserati factory.
Note the flowing hips and shoulder of this design. It is one of the few cars, such as the Evora, that has a node where all the lines of the car come together. This is high behind the door, I guess this would be called high on the C pillar, and makes for total visual satisfaction.
Maserati, what can one say.
Austin Martin, very nice details, but somewhat boring.
The new Jaquar the F-Type. IMHO a hearty attempt to make a Jaguar (Ferrari) California, unfortunately not quite successful. What bothers, the chrome vents behind the front wheels that seem to be the rage with designers this year. We will see others. But the rear of the car shows overweight hips, anything but sweldt. Unfortunately.
Morgan was apparently planning an outing, who wouldn't just love to joint them?
Mansory is one of Germany's top car pimpers. Isn't that Aventador in dark gray carbon just gorgous? Why doesn't Lambo do that directly?
This BMW is showing us its close relationship with Jaguar.
BMW is showing, as far as I can see, the same electric concept cars they showed last year.
Even AMG is getting in on the electric game (even though we don't believe them).
Smart we believe somewhat more, but their specs claim 145km with just 17kWh of battery. That makes about 117Wh/km, a figure that is impossible to reach in my experience. 200 Wh/km is still a very good figure for a small car. That would give 85km from that battery. No wonder that no-one gets the range claimed.
If you can tell me what this is I will be very happy. It looks like the designers just love '60s styling.
I didn't realise that there was anything interesting at the RR stand, but apparently there is, in the back of this vehicle.
This message has been edited by DonCorson on 2013-03-16 15:17:14
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Thank you!! That was fun
I have to say, I thought almost every car shown was ugly as He**. Things are so over the top.... classic design is dead. Long live classic design.
Thanks for the report Don !
Those supercars are really going over the top lately ... now i wouldn't mind driving one if i could afford it :-) ... my preference would go to McLarens P1 but also Koenigsegg (with their Hundra) deserves my respect, what Christian Von Koenigsegg has acco...
I was somewhat...
....disappointed with the 4C. So stumpy and lacking in coherence. But not as disappointing as the welds in the 4th photo of the Lamborghini V-thingy. :-)
Haven't seen the 4C in the flesh yet ..
... and that is no weld my friend, it's just glued .... nothing to worry about ... all is under control :-) ... . Bim
Don't know what happened there ...
.... but i find it really awkward ... but then the car was probably built together with a serious deadline .... :-) They should have done better ... like maybe replacing the already 10 year old Gallardo ? Not that the Gallardo is a dated car (well, techni...
I really like the new Aventador and the new Ferrari F12.
Thanks for the report Don! And I don't see anything here that I imagine I would love more than the Ferrari F12 and Lamborghini Aventador. The new special Lamborghini and special La Ferrari are interesting to look at, but so far don't look beautiful in the...
Excellent report Don, thanks so much for delivering those pics
Love the Maclaren P1, radical flowing style, and yellow happens to be my color. Many other killer cars there! Now back to work ;) Cheers, Tim
Veneno is very 'Decepticon' looking..
Thanks a lot for sharing the photos, Don. Cheers.