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SUVs, high-end sports cars provide the roar at Geneva show

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Jaguar Land Rover CEO Ralph Speth poses alongside the
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Automakers are putting a slew of new sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and high-performance sports cars on display at the Geneva International Motor Show as they try to keep up momentum in an industry facing uncertainties from Brexit and possible changes in US trade policy.

Jaguar Land Rover on Tuesday showed off its Range Rover Velar, a sport-utility that promises crisp handling and acceleration. General Motor’s Opel division unveiled the Crossland X, based on a platform shared with PSA Group.

The vehicle is a sign of more to come, since PSA Group has agreed to buy loss-making Opel from GM. The Crossland taps into a trend of building ever-smaller SUVs, this one is a little shorter than the Astra compact hatchback that serves as the brand’s mainstay

PSA Group itself had a new SUV, from its high-priced brand DS. The DS7 Crossback has headlights that adjust to driving conditions and distinctive scale-pattern rear brake lights

 

Analysts say consumers like SUVs’ higher riding position in traffic, and the perceived added space to carry things.

A speciality of the show in wealthy Geneva is breathtaking hypercars — sports cars with ever-bigger engines and quicker acceleration. This year is no exception. The Geneva show opens to the public on Thursday and runs through March 19 at the Palexpo Exhibition Centre next to Geneva’s airport.

McLaren’s 720PS sports car caused a pedestrian traffic jam at its unveiling as journalists and industry workers crowded the display stand to take pictures and cell phone video of the sleek, bright-orange speedster. Weighing only 1,283 kilograms unfuelled, the car’s 720 horsepower engine pushes it to 100km/h in only 2.9 seconds, with a top speed of 341km/h. Delivery to customers starts in May; prices in the UK start at 208,600 pounds ($252,400, Dh931,873).

Ferrari’s 812 Superfast has flaps that shift position to improve aerodynamics, and a giant 6.5-litre, 12-cylinder engine. The Huayra Roadster from Italy’s Pagani shows striking design, with sweeping curves and side mirrors on curving pylons.

Executives were often asked about the impact of Britain’s pending departure from the European Union after a referendum last year. The terms of the departure from the free-trade bloc have not been negotiated, leaving executives expressing hope for an amicable divorce that does not impose heavy import taxes, or tariffs.

Jim Farley, Ford Motor Co. executive vice-president and president of Ford of Europe, noted the company has about 15,000 employees in the UK and about half of them make engines that are shipped to Europe, installed in vehicles and sometimes re-imported into the UK.

“So any kind of tariff for us in the whole industry would be a huge headwind and also for customers, you know, the prices would be much higher,” he said. “We’re very optimistic that the UK and the EU will work out a non-tariff agreement for our sector.”

Automakers also face uncertainty from proposals by US President Donald Trump to impose a border tax on imported autos. If enacted, such a tax could disrupt current production arrangements, especially for automakers who import into the US from plants in Mexico

source : gulfnews

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