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Geneva Motor Show 2016 : What to expect

By Grace Cunningham   |  

The highly anticipated Geneva Motor Show is just around the corner and with many car manufacturers set to reveal their latest offerings and concepts, here’s our overview of whats to come and from whom at the 86th Geneva Motor Show.

Ferrari
Ferrari have evolved the sporting Grand Tourer in their latest concept, the Ferrari GTC4Lusso, which will be unveiled by the prancing horse at the Geneva Motor Show. This is one definitely not to miss and is already set to be a firm favourite at Luxury Lifestyle Magazine HQ.

Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz have gone one step further than the rest with not only a vast array of debuts set for the show but also in a varied presentation deemed the ‘Dream Car Collection‘ set to please media and the public alike.

Mercedes-Benz Cars at the Geneva International Motor Show 2016: The dream-car initiative
Mercedes-Benz hint the open-top season with their Geneva Motor Show offering.

Bentley
Bentley will unveil the Flying Spur V8 S at Geneva for it’s world premiere promising to make a statement in the luxury sedan segment.

Infiniti
Not ones to miss out, Infiniti will grace the Geneva Motor Show with their European debut of the Q60 sports coupe and the QX30 premium active crossover. Joining them will be the further upgraded Q50.

New to the market and set for Geneva debut is the QX30.
One of two models set to be displayed in Geneva by Infiniti is the impressive QX30 premium active crossover.

Honda
Honda, will be gracing the Geneva Motor Show with the global debut of the highly anticipated Civic Hatchback Prototype whilst following from its global unveil in Tokyo, the Clarity Fuel Cell will also make its European Debut.

Subaru 
Fellow Japanese manufacturer, Subaru will show to the world, in it’s global debut, the ‘Subaru XV Concept’  teasing us only with it’s name and a concept picture leaving us waiting to find out the full details of their latest developments.

Geneva appearance set for new Subaru concept.
Subaru, you really are such a tease.

Peugeot 
Peugeot have taken steps forward with their vision for innovative and holistic business customer service with the release of the Peugeot Traveller i-Lab VIP 3.0 Shuttle concept set to be revealed in Geneva. With connectivity, design and comfort for the driver and passengers alike at the heart of the Peugeot Traveller‘s design philosophy, it promises to provide new, distinctive features that set the VIP shuttle apart from the brand’s SUV and car model range. In addition Peugeot will also unveil the new Peugeot 2008.

Business travel meets luxury with Peugeot Traveller Concept in Geneva.
Business travel to receive a substantial upgrade with Peugeot’s latest concept the Traveller i-Lab VIP 3.0 Shuttle.

Volvo
Following the launch of the XC90 in 2015, Volvo will unveil the new Volvo V90 in it’s first public appearance. It will be joined by the New Volvo S90, shown for the first time at the Detroit Auto Show in January, and the Facelifted Volvo V40, the best-selling Volvo model in the UK.

Maserati 

Maserati will be providing the global debut of the exterior form of the Levante, the first SUV in the brand’s more than one hundred year history: the new model completes the existing range of saloon and sports cars, extending the offering together with the Quattroporte, Ghibli, GranTurismo and GranCabrio models.

Maserati Levante completes the Maserati offering by branching out into the SUV market.
The Maserati Levante is built at the Mirafiori plant in Turin; the first cars have already come off the assembly line with the launch planned for this spring in Europe, to be followed by the rest of the world later this year.

ŠKODA
ŠKODA have revealed that they will be communicating and displaying their new approach to their design language in the SUV segment alongside it’s new show car – the ŠKODA VisionS – hinting at how the future SUVs from ŠKODA could look. After unveiling the design language change back in 2014 with the VisionC study, the VisionS will demonstrate how this has been transferred to the SUV segment whilst also maintaining traditional brand values.

Further details on the new design language can be found via ŠKODA’s YouTube channel with a special 4-part insight series.

VisionS set for Geneva Motor Show unveil.
In this teaser from ŠKODA they unveil the aesthetics to expect from their new design language in the SUV segment with the ŠKODA VisionS show car.

Other appearances set for the Geneva Motor Show include the Nissan GT Concept , the Kia Niro , the all-new Kia Optima Sportswagon, Kia’s first ever D-segment tourer (global premiere), the all-new Vauxhall Mokka X, China-based automotive R&D company, Techrules’  all-new concept supercar, featuring its’ patented Turbine-Recharging Electric Vehicle (TREV) system and a bespoke version of the McLaren 675LT Spider (its first public appearance).