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You'd be brave to pick the star of Geneva before the show is over. But you'd be blind to overlook the lead set by the Giugiaro Brivido.
Styled by design maestro Giorgetto Giugiaro, and built at his Italdesign Giugiaro studio in Turin, the sleek hybrid supercar doesn't have a bad angle. A lanky streamlined carbon-fibre and aluminium body of close to 5 metres, set off with panorama roof, bisected gullwing doors and talons of LED lights. It's pure Italian supermodel.
The hybrid system comprises a Volkswagen-sourced, front-mounted 265kW/460Nm 3.0-litre V6 engine matched with an electric motor to give a total of 300kW/600Nm, delivered to the rear wheels via an eight-speed automatic transmission.
The press kit says the car will get from 0-100km/h in 5.8 seconds - no match for most Italian supercars - but can reach a top speed of 275km/h.
It's something of a technology showcase, with cameras (instead of side mirrors) feeding into steering wheel-mounted monitors, touchscreens for the instrument cluster and airconditioning controls - which descend from the headliner - and the almost mandatory iPad docking station.
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