Gallery: Geneva’s biggest wings

Everybody loves a good rear wing. Here at Top Gear towers, we're particularly fond a massively inappropriate, horrendously oversized rear wing. If it manages to actually aid the car's dynamic properties, so much the better. If not? Doesn't matter.

So at this year's Geneva Motor Show, the assembled TG.com editorial staff were in Disneyland, because there were a number of giant rear spoilers on display to make even the most ardent minimalist profiler weep with joy.

This is not an exact science, it's not even art. It's just a celebration of Really Bloody Massive Rear Wings in all their pylon-reinforced glory. Have a click through the gallery and let us know your favourite from the list.

And, if you get a spare minute, tell us your favouritest rear wing profile... in the world.

Pictures: Rowan Horncastle

Sure, the 911 GT3 RS gets a lovely new 4.0-litre non-turbo engine making a healthy 493bhp and 354lb ft of torque. It's got a fancy double clutch gearbox and rear wheel drive, lots of lightweight materials and wider tracks.

Swing around to the back however, and you'll find a monster rear wing. It works, too, Porsche's Andreas Preuninger telling us "we can produce serious downforce at the front end which allows us to have a rear wing much higher than it has been before."

Andreas, Top Gear salutes you.

Read the full story on the new Porsche 911 GT3 RS

This is the hardest and most extreme Aston Martin in the history of Aston Martin, and as such, requires a setup that most other Astons just can't reach.

Things like a 7.0-litre naturally aspirated V12 kicking out over 800bhp, a six-speed sequential gearbox, a modified carbon tub from the One-77 and much aero.

And, you will have noticed, a rear wing big enough to make a Cygnet actually cry.

Read the full story on the Aston Martin Vulcan

So here we are then, the car to do battle with the Ford Focus RS is here, at long last. Honda's new hot hatch hero packs a mildly disturbing 306bhp channelled through those poor, poor front wheels.

Sure, the engine's a stormer, but look more closely at the aero: a large front splitter, swollen wheelarches, new front intakes, a deeper rear diffuser than the last Type R concept, and a rear wing that doubles as a runway strip. Banzai!

Read the full story on the Honda Civic Type R

It's a circuit-bound Subaru WRX STI, built by the Japanese manufacturer for the 2015 Nürburgring 24 hour race. You'll notice the flared arches, lots of splitters and diffusers, and of course, a Really Massive Rear Wing. We don't need to say much more than that.

Top Gear very much likes being in the company of Christian von Koenigsegg. Top Gear very much likes being scared witless by Christian von Koenigsegg's creations, too. Witness then, one of his Geneva showstoppers, the Agera RS.

It's essentially a diet version of the exclusive One:1 hypercar, here producing 1160bhp from a 5.0-litre V8. It'll do silly straight line speeds, but Koenigsegg has worked hard on profiling the aero to make sure it goes around corners correctly, and not on fire (the One:1 is even aiming for an outright ‘Ring record later this summer).

And so, pinching tech from the One:1, you get lots of winglets and cornering prowess (1.8g cornering force) and, a lovely rear wing.

[Cue applause]

Read the full story on the Koenigsegg Agera RS and Regera

A more extreme version of a car so extreme it raised Clarkson's voice by many octaves? Erm, yes please. The GTR is a harder version of the P1, packing 986bhp from its modified 3.8-litre twin-turbo V8.

And forget everything else, because this P1 GTR sports the most outlandish, ludicrous and downright brilliant rear wing we've seen in years. It produces 660kg of downforce at 150mph. It sits more than 400mm above the rear bodywork and it's mounted on carbon fibre pylons. Yes, pylons.

Read the full story on the McLaren P1 GTR

Merc's new GT3 poster boy is based on the GT roadcar, but doesn't get that car's 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8.

Nope, plumping for good old fashioned natural aspiration, the GT3 boasts the old SLS GT3's 6.2-litre V8, and in a further nod to just how outrageous it is, check out the rear. It's practically a satellite, able to pick up messages FROM MARS.

Read more on the Mercedes-AMG GT3

The look of the second gen Audi R8 - the fastest and most powerful production Audi of all time - may not be a radical departure from its predecessor. But it's amazing what some slatty bodywork and a big wing can do to mix things up a bit.

This is the new R8 LMS, a 585bhp GT3 race car from the Four Rings To Rule Them All. With an LMP1-esque carbon fibre rear crash structure and bits nicked from the R18 Le Mans car, it's a trick bit of kit. It also has a whopping great wing on the back, for which we are most thankful.

Although it's no shrinking violet, the aero appendage is actually smaller than the old LMS's. A new, more aero efficient floor/diffuser combo does the main job of sticking the car to the track, meaning the spoiler has shrunk slightly. But it's still big enough for us.

Now, who thinks Audi should try and graft it onto the road car?

A harder version of Lamborghini's subtle, gentle and quiet Aventador? Yes please. It's the LP750-4 SV, and as the name suggests, packs more power (740bhp), a lighter weight (50kg saving over the ‘regular' Aventador), an 8,500rpm rev limit and of course, a massive, fixed, carbon fibre rear wing.

Sometimes, things are just better with a massive, fixed, carbon fibre rear wing.

Read the full story on the Lamborghini Aventador SV