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With the Geneva Motor Show winding down, CarThrottle has covered 30 launches from the show. Now, they're all here in one place for you to view. A lot has happened at the show, with a large amount of production and concept cars unveiled. I was particularly surprised at the level performance cars that came out! While it exhibits automobiles of every class, size and shape,  it's clear the Geneva Motor Show is the show of choice for the world's high-end manufacturers to debut their wares. It's good to see high-end manufacturers still alive and kicking. Aston Martin probably was the biggest letdown from the show. Everyone had high hopes for it's revival of the Lagonda brand, and I don't think anyone suspected it would be brought back for a

Zagato is a Italian coachbuilder and design house steeped in tradition. Most of the time, the vehicles they produce wear another manufacturer's badge and are Zagato's interpreration of a specific model. With the Perana Z-One, Zagato is creating it's own, self-branded vehicle. While it's own creation (and self-branded) the Perana Z-One is a result of the design houses's collaboration with a South African performance and production company, Perana Performance Group. The proportions are perfect, helping to lend the V8 sportscar a perfect 50/50 weight distribution. While good looking, it's not particularly unique in the world of automotive design. I'm thinking more along the lines of the original Anteros (a coachbuilt vehicle based on the Corvette). To my eyes at least, this isn't a truly Italian design. The clean flow of lines

It has been 18 years since the last Aston Martin Lagonda was built, and if you remember, it was a stunning sedan. So it's quite a surprise that the new Lagonda Concept, unveiled at Geneva is not a competitor to the Rolls Royce Phantom, but a competitor to the Porsche Cayenne. According to Aston Martins press release, the Lagonda is "the luxury car of the future", whatever that means. It is suppose to launch the Lagonda Brand into a different direction that the traditional Aston marketplace. Instead of producing a heart stopping performance sports car (that Aston Martin is known for), or a lush performance limousine, the company chose to re-introduce their storied nameplate with a crossover. While the design is quite arresting, the whole Luxury

It's here and it's pure gorgeousness! After the endless leaks of teasers and tidbits of information on the Aston-Martin One-77 over the past (well, it seems like forever) we finally get an undisguised view of the the production vehicle. Finally, real headlights! Not the blacked out mockups that have been driving me crazy. Tell me that isn't amazing? The One-77 is absolutely fitting of it's role as the ultimate Aston Martin ever. Along with the new images of the exterior comes a reveal of what's under the skin. Aston Martin has on display at the Geneva Show the first completed carbon fibre and aluminum chassis that will underpin the car. In other words, you're looking at Aston Martin One-77 #1. Take a good look at that interior; it's the

Well, as expected, new pictures, details and information on the Quant concept has been released . We first got word of the car last month a little less then two weeks ago when the company leaked a teaser of the front end. With the new releases we find out a lot of information we didn't know previously; very little details were supplied along with the original teaser photo. I'm in serious like! Look at that long, flowing side body line that morphs right into the front fenders. It's a very futuristic look that still manages to be beautiful, an undoubtedly hard feat for designers to pull off. Beautiful and futuristic usually don't go together in the same sentence. I don't know about you, but for me it's hard to believe that's a Koenigsegg design!  Hopefully,

Introducing the fastest Hybrid ever, The Frazer-Nash Namir by Giugiaro. This shockingly (pun intended) orange dream machine is a colaboration between Italdesign Giugiaro, and a company named Frazer-Nash. According to the press release, Frazer-Nash is a company that specializes in the design, construction, and marketing of hybrid systems, and has a direct link to a historical automotive manufacturing company that was founded in the UK by Archie Frazer-Nash. The car sports a carbon fiber chassis, a gasoline rotary engine that displaces less than 1 liter, two electric motors (one in the front, and one in the rear), and a huge battery pack. The power output is reported to be in the range of 370HP, with a claimed 0-60 time in 3.7 seconds. The range is reported

Ford has released images and details on one of it's concepts set to debut at the Geneva Show tommorow, the Ford iosis MAX Concept (Ford's weird non-capitalization, not mine). Say hello to the next Focus! This time it will be a fully global one too, as part of Alan Mullaly's restructuring of Ford and the way it conducts business.  This is being done in order to save money by eliminating product development  overlap and also cost effiences due to increased economies of scale. The iosis MAX Concept offers a good preview of what to expect from the next generation Focus's style. This particular concept references the 5-door, Europe-only (for now, anyway) Focus C-MAX line. The iosis MAX is a continuation of Ford Europe's Kinetic design language onto the Focus. It's very nice

VW's has released pictures on information on the new Generation 5 Polo. This time around, the car will be coming to the U.S as well. This will help as VW further standardizes it's global lineup. Let's take a look! The Polo is a handsome hatch to be sure, beating all of it's competitors in the segment (Honda Fit, I'm looking at you) by leaps and bounds. The look is clean, chiseled and uniquely VW.  Far better then the current Polo; it's visually substantial in a way the previous model wasn't. VW style has taken a new direction starting with the Golf and Scirocco and it's one I like very much. VW is finding it's styling "mojo" again. I see a bit of retro Volkswagen in there, do you? VW

Wow! The Opel/Vauxhall Ampera is has been shown (officially anyway) and boy do I like it. Details and new pictures of this revolutionary electric vehicle can be found after the jump.    Look at that! Tell me that doesn't look incredibly more dynamic and futuristic then it's Chevrolet (and U.S) counterpart, the Volt. GM's European brands did a fantastic job with it's adaptation of the Volt for European markets. Like I said in my earlier, the Ampera has an almost conceptual look, as it displays prominently the new Opel styling language previewed by the GTC and Flextreme concepts.  Details inside the headlights have been changed along with the new, swooping intake design. The lighting is an more intense blue, and a new light pipe streaks throughout the lamp. The Volt's amber turn signal marker also disappears

Dacia, that Romanian car company that used to make obsolete Renaults behind the iron curtain is about to introduce their latest concept in Geneva. This will be their first crossover concept, and is aimed squarely at the softroader lifestyle market. It is decidedly different, with different door configurations at each side. The Left side looks like a traditional coupe, with a large conventional door. The Right side is more of a people carrier, with a pair of doors, only with a twist; The rear door is hinged at the rear, more of what the Americans call a suicide opening arrangement. This is clearly a styling exercise to try and vault Dacia into the minds of European Shoppers, and it comes on the heels of their