Best of Geneva

Welcome to Geneva... Away from the hardcore 599s, hardcore Murcielagos and, er, hardcore MiTos, there was plenty of other good stuff in Geneva. Here's the best of what we found.

Aston V12 Vantage: The little Aston with the massive engine looked great on the show floor, all beefy and angry and thoroughly good.

Rolls-Royce 200EX: They're still describing the 'baby Roller' as a late concept, but the 200EX looked production-ready to us. Jolly good.

Pagani Zonda R: The global carbon fibre shortage was explained by the presence the Zonda R. It's the final, hardest, fastest Zonda… but it was missing an engine cover. Maybe that's the weight saving.

Giugiaro Frazer-Nash Namir: Here's that all-electric Giugiaro supercar we told you about, the Frazer-Nash Namir. Looked good - if a bit 1980s - but the press didn't seem to be looking at the car...

Mini-Ring: Next to Nissan's GT-R Spec V was this, a scale model of the Nurburgring. Presumably because the Spec V will be fast around the the full-sized one. You can stand on it and everything.

McMerc SLR Stirling Moss: The speedster version of McLaren's SLR made a welcome appearance on the Merc stand. Check out this month's issue of Top Gear for an even closer audience with the windscreenless hypercar.

Mercedes E500 AMG: And right next door was this, AMG's first shot at the new E-Class. The big saloon looks good with a pumped-up body, but we'll still hold out for the E63, ta.

Chrysler's floor: Do not adjust your sets. This was the Chrysler's show stand - OK, there were a couple of cars scattered in between, but it gives a good hint where they're at financially, eh?

BMW Gran Turismo: Still can't fathom BMW's big coupe-SUV-hatch-saloon thing. Which probably means it'll be a massive success and confound us all. Damn you, X6...

Volvo S60: Volvo's big saloon concept looked, er, good. In a sort of sensible, Swedish way. Definitely very safe, too. No one well over it or got trapped in it the whole time we were at the Volvo stand.

Alfa MiTo GTA: These are the exhausts from the hot new MiTo. Expect to see them disappearing away from the lights ahead of you - and then torque-steering into a ditch - in the very near future.

Lexus RS 450h: 148g/km of CO2. That's what you really need to know about Lexus's new hybrid SUV. Even if you're dubious about the greenness of a big 4x4 hybrid, that's an impressive figure.

Alpina B6 GT3: Proof that alloy-nicking scallies get everywhere, as Alpina's excellent GT3 racer sat looking wheelless and a bit sorry for itself. Fell off the back of a lorry, mate...

Mazda3 MPS: Extensive Top Gear research revealed that it is possible to get an entire human foot into the MPS's massive bonnet scoop. But not back out again. Oops.

Skoda Fabia Scout: When a man with an effeminate duster is more exciting than your new jacked-up city car, you know you're in trouble. We tried to get excited about the Fabia Scout, we really did. We failed.

Honda Asimo: Honda's scarily human little robot turned up to, er, hand out a few coffees to chief execs. And drew a bigger crowd than Arnie Schwarzenegger on the VW stand next door. Fight, fight, fight…

Bugatti Veyron: Pre-show rumours of a new 1300bhp Veyron proved unfounded, but we did get this rather fetching two-tone special edition to keep us happy. We're easily pleased like that.

Bentley Supersports: We started with a Brit, so we'll end with one: the 621bhp biofuel Bentley. And who said the Geneva show this year would all be small boring cars?