The 83rd Geneva Motor Show is one of Europe's most prestigious auto events

对这位偶然的观察者来说，第83届国际日内瓦车展是关于超级跑车制造商之间的摊牌，一场正午的比赛是用巨大的发动机、一码波澜的碳纤维以及书中的每一项技术技巧来进行的。随着迈凯轮、法拉利和兰博基尼在国际市场的首次亮相，这三家公司都在技术上超越了其他公司，而其他行业则不得不退居二线。

其结果是，彻底的创新在地面上很薄弱，特别是在销售低迷、失业、工厂倒闭和整个行业低迷的时期。车展的工作是消除日常生活的沧桑，投射出进步、辉煌和乐观的光辉、快乐的形象。为此目的，大多数制造商都取得了成功，尽管地面上的兴奋程度有点低。

奢侈品行业仍然活跃，日内瓦是一个传统的展示，更深奥的制造商和调谐公司，地狱-执意提高动力输出和外观的主要汽车制造商的异国情调限量版-Startech，Techart，Carlsson，Mansory，AC Schnitzer，卡恩和哈曼都表现出不同程度的无味。还有大批精品跑车和SUV制造商在展览上，他们都在大声疾呼，要建立一个由来自中国和中东的资金驱动的小而有利可图的市场。

欧洲仍然是世界设计中心的模棱两可的贵族态度开始瓦解。在日内瓦，观致汽车在世界范围内首次亮相。观致汽车是一个全新的中国品牌，将在欧洲大众市场上亮相。

无论是高端还是低端，你自己挑吧。这款超便宜的汽车不会消失，新兴的印度、中国和南非等市场将比豪华马匹多出数以百万计的经济型汽车，即使后者得到了所有的关注。我们只能希望，同样水平的智慧和专业知识被用于为大众制造世界汽车。

电力推进正慢慢渗透到主流市场，即使销售仍未达到应有的水平。焦点已经转移到小技巧和小工具上，比如车内互联网，这些似乎终于成熟了。宾利(Bentley)的应用程序支持飞刺，它允许车主通过智能手机控制卫星导航、温度和其他后座设施，但法拉利新推出的Siri集成FF车型与iPad Minis相抗衡。福特(Ford)、标致(Peugeot)和沃克斯豪尔(Vaux Hall)都提供移动互联网，以及智能手机、Siri和Spotify(沃尔沃的例子)更好的整合。

点击画廊，看看我们选择的汽车和概念，从2013年的展览。

Bentley Flying Spur: The new-generation Flying Spur is a handsome beast, a drastic improvement on its predecessor. Set apart visually and psychologically from the Continental GT Coupe, the Flying Spur is going for all-out luxury, with a sophisticated in-car internet set-up and the traditional lashings of leather and wood

Mclaren P1: Just 375 McLaren P1s will be made, at £866k each. Hybrid powered, carbon built, the P1 goes head to head with a new offering from Ferrari. It has the kind of deeply-sculpted, vented and curvaceous aero bodywork needed to keep this kind of car on the straight and level at such colossal speeds. But we can't help but feel that the P1 - like the Lamborghini Veneno and the LaFerrari - loses in elegance what it gains in performance

Morgan Plus 2: The prize for most tasteful show stand goes to boutique British car-builder Morgan. Dove-grey bodywork, tan leather, timeless lines and the welcome addition of a bespoke Morgan bicycle mounted on the rear... motoring doesn't get more evocative than this

Lamborghini Veneno: Lamborghini will make precisely three Venenos - all pre-sold to customers who presumably consider the McLaren and Ferrari to be rather common. Charitably described as 'striking', the Veneno appears to have fallen out of a billionaire's packet of top trumps: £3m each, outlandish performance and even more extraordinary in appearance

Ferrari LaFerrari: The name isn't exactly user friendly, but Ferrari managed to pull off a good, old-fashioned exclusive with their world reveal at Geneva, generating huge media interest. Like the McLaren, the LaFerrari is hybrid powered and strictly limited (to 499). Intended as a successor to the legendary Enzo, the LaFerrari will help maintain the stiff rivalry between supercar-makers

Rolls-Royce Wraith: A self-conscious step back from the vulgar power squabbles of the supercar makers, the Wraith is still the most powerful and sporty Rolls-Royce ever built. To our eyes it looks the part, although the Deco-esque sweep of that long fastback body isn't to everyone's taste. No one buys a Rolls to make a subtle statement, though, and the Wraith is cinematic in its styling. From £215,000

Spyker B6 Venator: Few companies can pull off lurid combinations of signature design and fancy materials without descending into outright kitsch. Spkyer have always been more adept than most at balancing rich tastes with fine design, and the new B6 carries on that tradition

Alfa Romeo 4C: The 4C has been long-awaited - a cute mid-engined two-seater drafted to be the saviour of the troubled Italian marque. Designed to compete with the likes of Porsche's Cayman S, the production-ready 4C inexplicably ditched its elegant headlights in favour of some awkward plastic units that don't help the car's looks. Still an exciting prospect, nevertheless  

Aston Martin Rapide S: Aston has updated their elegant Rapide, re-working the grille and upping the power output of this fabulous four-door  

Porsche GT3: The flagship 911, the latest GT3 is verging on the cartoonish, such are the bumps and lumps of its bolstered bodywork. Set next to its new Italian rivals it is almost invisible, making it still the subtlest supercar on the market

Volkswagen XL1: One of the undeniable stars of the show, the XL1 is production-ready car of the future, an electric two-seater with a clean, teardrop-shaped body shell, carbon-composite construction and a host of other tech firsts. VW will only commit to building 250 - the car's sophistication is such that it'll need specialised servicing - but maybe, just maybe, it's a welcome sign of the shape of things to come

Pininfarina Sergio: One of the most famous design houses of all presented their re-interpretation of the Ferrari 458, an homage to both the prancing horse and the company's founder, Sergio Pininfarina. Decked out in 1970s-era red and gold, the open-topped Sergio is true, old-school Geneva  

Bertone Jet 2+2: Bertone's Jet 2 was a one-off shooting brake built around the Vanquish model in 2004. Now the company has given the same treatment to Aston's Rapide, creating the four-door Jet 2+2. Big, bold and handsome, the new car (built for a private collector) was displayed alongside the original

ItalDesign Giugiaro Parcour concept: Now part of the VW Group, the famed design house ItalDesign has had a hand in countless beautiful concepts. We can't help but feel it missed the mark with this year's Parcour concept, a crossover interpretation of an iconically angular 1970s-style supercar. It is vast; imagine an Alfa Montreal on a Land-Rover chassis

Rinspeed microMAX: Going all out in the opposite direction to his peers, Frank Rinderknecht's Rinspeed showed the microMAX, a mobile office on wheels designed with an eye to a future of autonomous swarms of multifunctional vehicles ferrying execs from A to B. In comparison, Franco Sbarro, Switzerland's other maverick car designer, brought out a brace of his greatest hits in lieu of anything new. And the autonomous concept resurfaced on Edag's stand and in AKKA's Ling & go concept

Touring Disco Volante: The first outing for this elegant coupe is a welcome one given the brashness of its near neighbours. Carrozzeria Touring's reworked Alfa is a piece of automotive perfection

Roding Roadster: A neat two-seater courtesy of German boutique builder Roding, BMW-powered and built strictly to order, with high-quality carbon bodywork and interior. In stark contrast is Milan-based Soleil Motors's perverse Anadi. The Anadi is a rebodied last-generation Corvette, given an allegedly luxurious makeover and light restyle. The end result is unimpressive, hamstrung by cheap materials, with clashing colours and an absurdly amateurish brochure

Fornasari Gigi: Another firm with a wilful streak of eccentricity. Fornasari showed their Gigi 311 GT, a retro-styled sportscar with potential. The interior-less concept was flanked by the chunky 99 crossover and the brutal, faceted Hunter, invoking the ghost of the late-lamented Lamborghini LM002 from the 1970s

Fornasari Hunter: a fearsome slice of autotmotive brutalism

Exagon Furtive e-GT: The name doesn't inspire, but the Furtive was one of the better realised independent showings at Geneva. A four-seat all-electric sports GT, the Furtive bucks the trend by being attractive, practical and tasteful. We'll follow this firm with interest

Tesla Model X: Still a concept, but very likely to make it to production (maybe with more conventional doors), the Model X is Tesla's crossover. The interior is dominated by a dashboard that is like a super-sized iPad

Subaru Viziv Concept: Gullwing doors also feature on the Viziv, Subaru's attempt to inject a little zest into a relatively lacklustre product range. Expect a production-car version within two years, hopefully building on the success of the company's great BRZ coupe  

Mitsubishi CA-Miev Concept: As one of the few mainstream makers of pure EVs, Mitsubishi is a technological leader. The CA-Miev concept triples the range of the current production version and adds wireless charging, paving the way for the next-generation electric car

Mitsubishi GR-HEV Concept: Pick-ups aren't exactly big sellers in Europe, and it's hard to see how an all-electric flatbed will light up America's heartland. Nonetheless, the Japanese company is keen to gauge reaction to such radical ideas

Toyota i-Road Concept: As well as showcasing the forthcoming droptop GT86, Toyota sprung a surprise with this tiny commuter car, the i-Road. A 2+2, the electric three-wheeler has active suspension that lets it lean, motorbike style into the corners

Audi A3 g-tron: We've seen the e-trons, Audi's electric range. Now let's welcome the g-tron, natural gas-powered variants of the company's big sellers. The A3 g-tron promises vast range, low emissions (especially when combined with the company's proposed wind-power synthesised gas) and everyday practicality

BMW 3-Series Gran Turismo: Hatchbacks are back. BMW uses the 'Gran Turismo' name to add exotic spice to the return of this venerable body style. The 3-Series GT is larger and more spacious than its saloon sibling, hopefully finding a home among those who need a little more space

Mercedes-Benz A45 AMG: A high-performance variant of the company's new A-Class hatch, the A45 is a fiery little sportscar made all the more aggressive in this lairy 'Edition 1' trim

Volkswagen Cross-Up!: Our favourite city car gets the butch treatment with add-on bits and raised ride height. No four-wheel drive, sadly, but it still exhibits a Tonka Toy-style solidity

Peugeot 2008: Another crossover hits the market, this time in the burgeoning compact sector. Following on the heels of the elegant 208, the new 2008 has a similarly pleasing shape - no wayward styling or awkward details here. Deserves to do well  

Renault Captur: The 2008 will go head to head with the new Captur, Renault's retort and an equally well-sorted design. Both companies are hoping these highly customisable urban SUVs will help turn round their fortunes in the European market

Nissan Resonance Concept: The European debut of this hefty SUV, the Resonance previews the upcoming second-generation Qashqai, the company's mega-seller

Honda Civic Tourer Concept: Yet another thinly veiled production car in concept form, the Civic Tourer Concept epitomises contemporary automotive design: expressive, flowing and a little bit busy

Honda NSX: The Japanese car-maker has been touting its upcoming NSX supercar around the world's autoshows for several years. Anticipation is growing - with no launch date in sight - but the basic building blocks look to be there: elegant, hi-tech and driver-focused

Mercedes-Benz SLS E-Cell: Another eagerly awaited supercar, the all-electric SLS will be made in strictly limited numbers, with handling and acceleration to rival its petrol-powered sibling

Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Convertible: The Corvette is an American icon, and with an all-new model waiting in the wings, Chevrolet chose Geneva to reveal the droptop version  

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