Geneva Motor Show: A High Dollar Debutante ball

While manufacturers such as Fiat, Ford, General Motors and Volkswagen have trouble in Europe with bloated inventories, declining sales and the red ink, many luxury brands are State of profits and record sales. As a result, an unprecedented number of ultraexpensive cars new is mixed among the creations of 130 or made Beaver in Geneva.

Ferrari, Lamborghini, and McLaren will be unveiled the prices above $1 million vehicles. Limited edition of sport cars Lamborghini may set a record for vehicular excess; the car is common to carry a price tag more of 4 million $.

Not far behind in terms of stratospheric prices, will be new vehicles with six digits of Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Aston Martin and a wide range of manufacturers the shop, and design houses that make the Geneva show an annual Carnival of automotive excess.

Price, of course, is not necessarily proportional with the meaning. Here are some important, but not necessarily as expensive, beginner, who will make an appearance:

Alfa Romeo 4 c This sports coupe, which the company called "Compact supercar", will be built in a factory of Maserati and lavished with technologies derived from Ferrari. Later this year, the 4 c will lead Alfa back to the United States market after an absence of 20 years. According to the Geneva standards, the car is a bit a bargain, with a price in the mid - 5-digit range.

100Th anniversary of Aston Martin Vanquish To celebrate 100 years in business, Aston produced a limited series of 100 special editions of his Vanquish coupe, offering features previously available only in its $2 million and more hypercar of the One-77. Versions of the centenary are also planned for Vantage, DB9 and fast.

Bentley Flying Spur To differentiate themselves more away from the Continental GT coupe and move more upscale in price and presence, the Flying Spur sedan gets its own platform and treatment of style. Engineering advances will exit the pump of his W-12 up to 616 horsepower engine.

Chevrolet Corvette convertible Something of a surprise as a European debut – especially so shortly after the cut has been shown in Detroit in January - the Stingray convertible will make its first appearance in Geneva. The car appears at the New York auto show this month and reach showrooms in December.

Ferrari F150 Successor in limited edition Ferrari Enzo supercar, codename F150 (no relation to the Ford pickup), will be finally shown in Geneva after months of teasers. If you could buy one - and you can not, because as said Sergio Marchionne, CEO of Fiat group, the car is already sold out, you would have about 1.3 million $. Production of the monster 900 horses should be limited to 499 cars, 100 more than the Enzo.

Hyundai ix35 fuel cell This car started to roll, the line, last Tuesday in Ulsan, South Korea. Hyundai said that in fact the first automaker to offer a vehicle manufactured by hydrogen fuel cell in series. The annual production of this variant of the crossover Tucson is not should reach 1,000 units until 2015.

McLaren P1 To not be forged by Ferrari in the pricing, exclusivity, or horses, McLaren displayed the production version of its P1 supercar with horses 903, a price of 1.15 million $ and a production run only 375.

Qoros 3 m A Chinese-Israeli Chery Automobile and the Israel Corporation, this nascent brand holding company hopes to begin selling cars in Europe this year. The compact sedan 3 Qoros will be shown at Geneva, as well as two concept cars, including a hybrid crossover.

Rolls-Royce Wraith A version two doors of the Ghost sedan with a sloping fastback roof, this new coupe expected to reach customers in the fourth quarter.

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