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2013 Geneva Motor Show: The Wrap-up

Geneva 2013 was a vintage year, with several huge releases battling for the attention of the press and showgoers. Italian makers ignored the political chaos at home and threw down the gauntlet with three massive releases. Ferrari could steal a show


Geneva 2013 was a vintage year, with several huge releases battling for the attention of the press and showgoers. Italian makers ignored the political chaos at home and threw down the gauntlet with three massive releases.

Ferrari could steal a show with a commemorative teaspoon, but of course the big event was all about LaFerrari. Just 499 will be built - with almost 800 of them already spoken for. (Rock Scissors Paper, anyone? - Ed.)

The new car looks and sounds incredible, and has real presence. It's a finer and more purposeful-looking car than the Enzo ever was, in this correspondent's opinion. It just looks right.

Knowing what was coming, Lamborghini also launched its own wacky new supercar, the Veneno.

Like the super-limited edition Reventon before it, the dramatic-looking €3m ($3.8m) machine briefly held the world's attention on the Monday night as the VW Group held its own mini-show.

Alfa Romeo's 4C, which we first saw two years ago in Geneva, finally rolled out in production form and looked as stunning as it always has.

The specification has been bedded in, too: 179kW and 350Nm of torque, with maximum twist hitting at 1600rpm and staying there for most of the rev range. A flyweight 850kg gives the the tiny car a power-to-weight ratio of the powerhouse BMW M5.

What other unveilings held our short attention spans?

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