Morgan's Plus E Electric Roadster Has A Manual Transmission

One selling point for electric cars is that they have massive heaps of torque available from a standstill. This largely negates the need for multiple gear ratios, but that hasn't stopped Morgan from trying out a five-speed manual transmission on their new Plus E electric car.

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Lotus Exige S Convertible: We Don't Hate It

Recent announcements from Dany Bahar's Lotus tend to be met with a mix of skepticism and dread. When we got a weird notice that Lotus would present a new convertible at Geneva, we expected the soft, Evora-based worst. Happily, the new convertible is an open version of the hardcore Exige S.

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Infiniti Emerg-E: Silence Is The New Vroom

This new concept is the first time Infiniti's ever tried to build a mid-engine car. Adding to the complexity, it's the only one by any manufacturer where the mid-mounted engine doesn't actually drive the wheels. Infiniti's Emerg-E concept, while named like a powder you'd mix in water to help ward off colds, is the…

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This Is The Strangest Electric Car You'll Ever See

You may know that the Fisker Karma isn't built by Fisker. It's actually outsourced to Finland and assembled by a company named Valmet Automotive. And Valmet's built this electric concept car for Geneva called the "Dawn." It looks like it may have melted.

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2013 Porsche Boxster: Entry-Level Slot Car Gets Electric Steering,…

The engineers at Porsche must be raising glasses of Hefeweizen in celebration, because they've built a new Boxster S that's longer, wider, lighter, faster, and almost guaranteed to be a hit for the company.

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The Italdesign Giugiaro Brivido Concept Is A Beige Killer

German car companies and Italian design house Italdesign Giugiaro have always been linked in what's typically been an axis of awesome. VW made this official recently when the automaker snapped up a majority of Italdesign. Think of this when you gaze upon the sleek design-forward Brivido Concept, which just debuted in…

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The Honda NSX Says Good Morning from Geneva

That blue tarp in the shape of a supercar reflected in the glare of Honda’s teleprompter is the car we’ve been waiting about a hundred years for. It’s the new NSX moments before its reveal! We’re very pleased to be here with it too.

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Ford Fiesta ST: The Hot Hatch We Were Promised

A prophet once foretold of a fiesty hot hatch with a divinely EcoBoosted engine that provided enough power to please the masses. That prophet was named Justin or Amos or something. The faith of the righteous has been rewarded with the Ford Fiesta ST and its sub 7.0-second 0-to-60 mph time.

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Volkswagen Cross Coupé Concept: Many Motors, Modes

Volkswagen says they have no plans to produce the Cross Coupé concept (which, with four doors, doesn't really seem like a coupé), but this thing seems so packed with new tech it's a pretty safe bet we'll be seeing bits of it all over the Volkswagen Group's fleet.

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Mercedes A-Class: 'A' is for 'Attack'

The Mercedes-Benz presence at the Geneva Motor Show will be spearheaded by the new A-Class. The Golf-sized hatch may be an unlikely standard-bearer for the three-pointed star, but it is a crucial part of a new Mercedes marketing direction.

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Lamborghini Aventador J: The Fastest Way To Eat Bugs And Ferraris

This is the Lamborghini Aventador J (not Unica). It's a very, very open variation of the Aventador. The J (the appended letter is taken from the "Appendix J" FIA motorsport rules that describes the various classes of cars) uses the the 12-cylinder version Lamborghini Aventador flagship as its base. What makes it truly…

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