BMW i8 Concept Spyder Beijing witnessed the unveiling of a drop-top version of BMW's already acclaimed i8 hybrid electric supercar as the brand prepared the public for the imminent launch of its electric 'i' sub-brand in 2013. The third i-based concept is a two-seater open-top closely based on the i8 hardtop coupe, but adds dramatic scissor-doors and a pair of electric scooters under the transparent tailgate while taking away two seats through a shortened wheelbase. BMW promises 354hp, a 5.0-second 0-62mph time and 94mpg from the carbon-fibre masterpiece

如果规模等于动力，那么北京国际汽车展览会现在可以说是世界上最重要的汽车展览会了。

去年的法兰克福车展可能提供了更多的全球车展，但北京汽车上周向公众开放了六天，其中展出最多的车型是1125辆，而法兰克福的1012辆。尽管中国作为世界上最大的汽车市场的地位依赖于数百万辆降价的小型货车和廉价轿车，但它也对高端西方汽车品牌的金融稳定性至关重要。这个国家现在是法拉利的第二大市场，也是宾利最大的市场：仅在2012第一季度，英国品牌的销量就猛增了85%。

因此，北京汽车每隔一年在上海举办类似活动，这并不令人意外，它引起了国际上最广泛的兴趣。2012年世博会是西方品牌向中国消费者展示最新产品的另一个重要营销(和销售)机会。它还为准备向更成熟的西方市场出口最新车型的中国国内汽车品牌提供了一个购物窗口。

北京国际展览中心占地23万平方米，举办了120场全球发布会，其中包括兰博基尼(Lamborghini)豪华SUV概念、梅赛德斯概念跑车(一辆精巧的四门预览CLA生产轿车，希望能模仿其更大的CLS兄弟的成功)以及维多利亚·贝克汉姆(Victoria贝克汉姆)推出的特版Rover Rover Evoque。在100多个世界第一，这里是壁纸的2012年北京车展前十名。

BMW i8 Concept Spyder

Citroen DS Numero 9 concept This beautiful shooting brake-style hatchback heralds the new face of Citroen's upmarket and successful DS sub-brand. Chalking up 200,000 sales in two years with the DS3, DS4 and DS5, Citroen announced in Beijing that another three models are on their way - an SUV and two saloons - and that the Numero 9 concept would inform their styling. Despite the car's large proportions - it's 4.93m long with a 3m wheelbase - the concept's plug-in hybrid powertrain is said to be good for 295hp, 166mpg and 39g/km of CO2. Citroen should make it

Citroen DS Numero 9 concept

Citroen DS Numero 9 concept

Citroen DS Numero 9 concept

Chery @Ant concept Information on Beijing Auto's most convincing far-future concept from a Chinese domestic brand was sparse, but the Chery @Ant suggests a scissor-doored pair of vehicles able to dock with each other and travel in an energy-saving car-train style. File this particular concept under 'ambitious but unlikely', but don't underestimate Chery overall: despite its young age (it was founded in 1997), it has just signed a joint venture to manufacture Jaguars and Land Rovers in China

FAW Hongqi L9 The L9 represents an unashamed exercise in Chinese retro-car design, harking back to the Hongqi limousines of the late 1950s, 1960s and 1970s that used to ferry Chinese officials and their visiting dignitaries. FAW (First Auto Works) is the company behind the original limo and now makes the less standout Hongqi HQ3 limo, as well as joint ventures with Mazda, Ford, Toyota and VW

Geely Englon SC7-RV Owners of the London Taxi Company and more recently Volvo, Geely recently installed ex-Ford and Volvo design master Peter Horbury as the group's creative boss. Thus the company is another one to watch. Its new Englon SC7-RV has a particularly provocative 'London cab in a fat suit' styling

Lamborghini Urus Big and sporty 600hp SUV concept it may be, but Lamborghini has also set out its stall to make the production version, 'beat all comparable competitors when it comes to CO2 emissions'. Not a phrase formally associated with the brash Italian brand but welcome all the same. Expect a lot of lightweight carbon fibre on the showroom model, due circa 2015, to help achieve that laudable aim. And expect the SUV - by dint of being able to house four people and their luggage comfortably - to quickly become its bestseller. Indeed, Lamborghini says it could move 3,000 units per year, nearly trebling recent total annual sales

Lamborghini Urus

Lamborghini Urus

Lamborghini Urus

Great Wall Haval E concept Another scissor-doored electric wondercar comes courtesy of Chinese manufacturer Great Wall. The concept is based on Great Wall's existing top-selling Haval SUV. And the brand, which sold nearly 400,000 vehicles in 2010, will this year launch into Western markets like the UK - albeit with a more mundane budget pick-up. Still, GW is one to watch

Mercedes Concept Style Coupe This concept made big headlines in Beijing for its clean lines and the news that some 90 percent of its features are due to remain on the production model. Formally confirmed as the CLA at the press conference, it is set for a mid-2013 on-sale date. As Mercedes' exterior designer Mark Fetherston told Wallpaper*: 'The CSC is more similar to the production car than the Concept A was to the A-Class. It's very, very close. The concept's wheels are bigger and details like the wing mirrors and door handles will change, but essentially this is the production car'

Mercedes Concept Style Coupe

Mercedes Concept Style Coupe

Mercedes Concept Style Coupe

Mercedes Concept Style Coupe

MG Icon This MG concept evidently has the thoroughly modern Nissan Juke small crossover in its design sights while its front face also gives a nod to the past - as well as the MGB sportscar that celebrates its 50th birthday this year. Now that the marque is owned by Chinese 'big four' player SAIC Motor Corporation, don't be surprised if a toned-down version of this concept makes production in a few years for both China and the UK  

Range Rover Evoque Victoria Beckham edition Real rose-gold plating on the grille of a Range Rover will no doubt offend diehard off-roaders, but then they wouldn't buy the largely on-road-focused Evoque anyway. This fashion flourish aside, Victoria Beckham's first auto-branding exercise is more assured than most fashion-auto collaborations, featuring a slick matt finish, black alloys and less-is-more clear rear lights that light up red only when braking. Inside, baseball-glove stitching on semi-aniline leather seats exudes quality and soft mohair carpet-mats feel good enough to take off your shoes for. And you won't find a Beckham logo anywhere, although each customer gets a hand-signed 'care book' to match the bespoke luggage set. VB clearly wants the car to stay subtle - and, at £79,995 and limited to 200 units worldwide, exclusive

Range Rover Evoque Victoria Beckham edition

Range Rover Evoque Victoria Beckham edition

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