SBARRO ESPERA EVOLUZIONE

Designed and built by 25 French students in just 13 weeks, the Evoluzione three-seater concept uses a 133kW Audi 1.8-litre turbo engine. From the disparate front and rear styling, it’s clear half were inspired by Lambo’s Sesto Elemento while the other half were fixated on KTM’s X-Bow.



SBARRO TWO FOR 100

Odd name for an even stranger car. Apparently Franco Sbarro studied American dream car concepts from the 1950s in penning this fighter plane cockpit on his trademark hub-less wheels. Maybe he got a Jetsons boxset for Christmas.



SBARRO SPEED’R

Originally shown in Paris last year, the Speed’R was possibly the second most pollutant car on show after the 111-year-old Lohner Porsche hybrid. Why? Because it uses Alfa Romeo’s glorious-sounding, notoriously dirty old V6.



MAGNA STEYR MILA AEROLIGHT

This A-segment four-seater weighs 700kg and is powered by a 2-cylinder engine that burns compressed natural gas for an impressively low CO2 emissions figure of 55g/km. The lightweight concept features body panels described as a ‘hovering shell’, which is rather appropriate, seeing as it looks like an exotic tortoise.



WIESMANN SPYDER CONCEPT

Apparently in response to customer’s calls for a ‘purist’ model, Wiesmann showed its Spyder design study. Yes, it has no doors or windscreen, weighs less than a tonne and is powered by a 313kW 4.0-litre V8, but why did they let Salvador Dali’s protégé style the thing?



ABARTH SCORP-ION

Another design student project, this time from IED. The Scorp-Ion is an all-electric two-seater that explores the essence of the Abarth brand, independently from current Fiat-based offerings. Sadly, your next Punto will look nothing like this.



LOHNER PORSCHE HYBRID

The Semper Vivus (Latin for always alive) was a meticulous recreation of Ferdinand Porsche’s petrol-electric hybrid for Vienna coachbuilders Lohner & Co. First built in 1900, it featured two combustion engines, a battery and an electric hub motor. The modern recreation was driven onto the stage in a great cloud of toxic exhaust gases.



MORGAN 3 WHEELER

The weirdest production car at Geneva by some margin, Morgan’s C02-cutting, V Twin bike engined 3 Wheeler is a ‘fusion of old and new.’ So you get 1930’s styling, a ‘bomb release’ starter button, an exposed chassis and an aluminium tub complete with WWII paint-job. New items include that 86kW motor, a Mazda 5-speed gearbox, modern safety measure and low emissions. Oh, and a R300 000 price tag… before taxes and duties.



SAAB PHOENIX

New design chief Jason Castriota’s 2+2 coupe is said to preview the design direction of future models, while introducing Saab’s new ‘Aeromotional’ design language. We weren’t the only ones scratching our heads saying ‘Okay, but what makes it a Saab?’



RINSPEED BAMBOO

Wackiness personified, Rinspeed’s Frank Rinderknecht hopes the BamBoo ‘irritates’ mainstream car makers who he accuses of building ‘over-engineered metal creatures’. Instead his salmon and lobster-hued, glorified golf cart has a waterproof beach blanket for a roof, displays your Facebook status on the grille and is started with a Swiss army knife. Nuff said.