Best Cars of the two thousand seventeen Geneva Motor Showcase

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We can always count on the Geneva International Motor Demonstrate to produce, whether you’re looking for shocking concepts or the latest in European luxury cars, and two thousand seventeen is no different. From a Peugeot concept that might leave wagon fans salivating to a fresh Civic variant with more than three hundred hp and a manual transmission, the two thousand seventeen Geneva auto display brings together a wonderful mix of hot cars—keep reading for the favorites of Motor Trend editors who attended the display this year.

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2018 Range Rover Velar

The admiring gossip from rival designers and the milling crowds on the Land Rover stand at Geneva confirmed what we thought when we very first eyed it a few weeks back: The Range Rover Velar is a stunner. The exterior is a master class in proportion and surfacing, at once wonderfully extravagant and tightly disciplined, and the interior supplies an artfully modernist expression of luxury. The Velar will be remembered as one of those epochal production cars that debut at Geneva every decade or so. It’s that good. But is it too good? The competitively priced Velar could end up stealing sales from the more expensive Range Rover Sport. And it cruelly exposes Jaguar-Land Rover’s rampant cost cutting in the interior of the closely related Jaguar F-Pace. –Angus MacKenzie

Beyond the importance of packing the SUV gap inbetween the Evoque and Range Rover Sport, the Velar stands out for its sleek look. The SUV is enhanced by design details including flush door treats, blacked-out poles, exterior mirrors, and roof. Inwards, the vehicle is loaded with the tech Land Rover is infusing its SUVs with. –Alisa Priddle

Peugeot Instinct Concept

I’m a finish sucker for any long-roof car, and when said long-roof measures as low as this one does (the entire thing emerges to slide about two inches off the deck), my knees go wobbly. This car would have me cheering for PSA’s promised comeback to the U.S. market if not for the facts that A) the plug-in hybrid concept is a unspoiled fantasy, and B) it’s an autonomous car (OK fine, it does have a “drive” mode, but still…). –Frank Markus

I like how the grille fills the front of the car yet is not overpowering. And the LED headlights define it. Being a concept, there is no B pile, so the four doors can open broad to expose this four-seat shooting brake’s interior. The car is a plug-in hybrid with an output of three hundred hp and is an autonomous vehicle for the future. –Alisa Priddle

2017 Honda Civic Type R

I’ve never been a spectacle Honda Civic boy. I always respected the spectacle that models like the Civic Si suggested, but there was something clinical about them that just didn’t do it for me. The Honda Civic Type R switches all that. For such a traditionally conservative company, the Civic Type R is just so frantically immature in its styling—it’s got a bondage mask scoop! A big wing! THREE harass pipes. Why three? Who cares! But more significant than the styling, the Civic Type R shows up to have the goods a spectacle car needs, with a 306-hp turbo-four under the bondage mask, a six-speed manual, and goopy tires. –Christian Seabaugh

Vanda Electrics Dendrobium Concept

This concept from a Singaporean startup features some of the wildest GTE-Pro/GTLM class styling. The assets tapers even more dramatically in back than the Ford GT’s because its fully electrified drivetrain resides low in the chassis. Speaking of which, Williams designed it. Here’s hoping enough filthy rich folks express sufficient interest during the public days to bring this wild child to fruition. You just gotta love the easy-entry afforded by suicide butterfly doors and a rear-hinged roof! –Frank Markus

Bentley EXP12 Speed 6E concept

A tightly kept secret until exposed by Bentley boss Wolfgang Dürheimer, this gorgeous and exquisitely detailed concept was one of the genuine surprises of the two thousand seventeen Geneva Demonstrate. The EXP12 Speed 6e is not merely auto display eye candy, tho’. Very first, it previews some design elements of the next-generation Continental GT, which is scheduled to make its world debut later this year—take careful note of how far forward the front wheels sit compared with the current Conti. And 2nd, it will be used as a research contraption to detect whether Bentley customers would gravely consider buying and driving an electrical vehicle. The EXP12 Speed 6e’s mission is to prove that an electrified vehicle can be luxurious, charming, and deeply desirable rather than automotive muesli, a car you drive simply because it’s good for the planet. –Angus MacKenzie

2018 Volvo XC60

I like that this is not a baby XC90, but is more raked with a brief overhang in front and a nice character line on the sides. Thor’s Hammer headlights extend to the updated grille. Inwards is clean Scandinavian design, and I love the introduction of driftwood as the latest soft pore wood with a light decorating that does not take away the washed out look or the texture of the wood. –Alisa Priddle

The Volvo XC60 has never truly had the same sort of brand cache as the XC90, but with the smaller crossover’s fresh styling and the same powertrains as its big brother, I’d be astonished if Volvo didn’t have a hit on its arms. I was primarily skeptical that Volvo’s fresh design language would scale down to the smaller XC60, but it works. Albeit it lacks the outright elegance of the XC90, the XC60 has a sportiness that should indeed help it appeal to junior buyer. If that doesn’t do the trick, the beautifully crafted interior and many powertrain options—from a turbo-four (T5) and super-turbocharged I-4 (T6), to a super-turbocharged I-4/electrical motor plug-in hybrid combo (T8) indeed ought to. –Christian Seabaugh

Alpine A110

The sweet little Alpine A110 is the long-awaited production version of the affordable mid-engine sports car Renault-Nissan has been taunting us with for years. The car is built on a bespoke extruded aluminum chassis that’s packaged in aluminum panels styled to recall the classic Alpine coupes of the 1960s. The engine is an aluminum block, 1.8-liter inline-four mounted transversely behind the cabin, driving the rear wheels through a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission. With at least two hundred fifty hp on tap to haul around less than Two,400 pounds, the powertrain should produce outstanding spectacle. The Alpine looks way better built and better tooled than an Alfa Romeo 4C, and it should be significantly cheaper than a Porsche Cayman. Just the thing to spice up your friendly local Nissan dealer’s showroom… –Angus MacKenzie

My photo albums are packed with shots of vintage Alpine A110s, most of them blue, so the notion that an all-aluminum production car faithful to the original’s design but improved by spinning the engine around to a mid/rear configuration is gravely drool-worthy. That there are no plans to import this one to the U.S. is perhaps the bitterest frustration of the demonstrate. –Frank Markus

2018 Porsche Panamera Sport Turismo

I’m cheering this Porsche on, hoping it does for shooting cracks what the Panamera (and A7/S7) have done for luxury/sport hatchbacks: made them cool, desirable, and frequently copied. Of course, the geek in me wishes this bodywork was suggested with the nine hundred eighteen Spyder-inspired Turbo S E-Hybrid drivetrain parked just meters away on the Porsche stand. –Frank Markus

I don’t think anyone expected Porsche to build this wagon, but I’m sure glad it did. At face value, the Panamera Sport Turismo is just a slightly longer version of the Panamera fastback, but the design scales up beautifully, providing the Panamera Sport Turismo a beautiful, purposeful form. –Christian Seabaugh

Mercedes-AMG GT Concept

The Mercedes-AMG GT concept is indeed a four-door sedan, but it is sleek and ready to leap. Shown with a gorgeous glossy crimson paint, the car has a long bod, and the spandex hood extends with a nose that juts out in an aggressive yet elegant manner. In back is an intriguing center harass with a carbon-fiber diffuser that wends its way around the harass. –Alisa Priddle

The Mercedes-AMG GT was the flawless car to establish the AMG brand, and the GT Concept is the car that’ll ensure it has a future. Albeit it’s still a concept, make no mistake that this car is destined for the streets. Overlook the yellow-gold trim on the wheels, camera-pod mirrors, and dumb center-exhaust tail pipe, and you’ve got a beautiful, slick form of a four-door fastback that’ll be much lighter for potential owners to justify than a two-seat coupe. The best part is that under the bondage mask the AMG GT concept signals the way forward for the brand with a Four.0-liter twin-turbo V-8 paired with an electrified motor and all-wheel-drive system that’s good for almost eight hundred hp and a 0-60 mph time of less than three seconds. –Christian Seabaugh

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