Geneva Auto Show's Perfect Storm of Tech and Exotica

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eneva auto show's perfect storm of tech and exotica

This year's Geneva auto show was one for the record books, featuring rare

supercars, concepts, important new models, and the debut of Apple CarPlay

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The +uracan, amborghini's replacement for the Gallardo, was -ust one of th

e big product unveils at the show

.ome auto shows fi//le, hitting a dead /one in product cycles so that manuf

acturers have little of note to announce This year in Geneva, the opposite happened, with automakers from every segment showing off exciting new mod

els and concepts

There were supercars and hypercars There were compact .01s and hot hyb

rids There were cars of the past and of the future And Apple -oined a cou

ple of automakers to give the first public look at CarPlay, formerly known a


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The show stealers were the exotics, vehicles that sell in limited 3uantities at

prices ranging from a hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars The ambo

rghini +uracan was actually the most accessible of these cars, the one you

might see on the .trip in 1egas or racing around "iami 4t updates amborghi

ni's entry5level model with new styling language and 6$# horsepower

7rit5company "caren attempted to show up the 4talians with the more clini

cally named 68$., a supercar that works as an evolution of the company's "

P&5#%C model 7oasting 6 horsepower and carbon5fiber construction, the

68$. is a car you would be lucky to see at a track day

+owever, for sheer power, the +uracan and "caren pale in comparison to t

he 9oenigsegg 2ne(#, which the .wedish company variously referred to as a

hypercar and a megawatt car The term :megawatt: comes from the 2ne(#'s

#,$$$ kilowatt power output, which converts to about #, horsepower Th

e car on the show floor exhibited insanely impressive engineering and detail, n

ot to mention cleverly placed '#' badges Also, carbon fiber wheels turn it up

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randt 7ugatti edition after the first weekend, at over ?% million each

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