Fellow Brit Bentley will also show the 2017 Mulsanne, with three variants, including an extended wheel base version and a much-needed update to its old-school Flying Spur, with a new V8 edition. The base Mulsanne will continue the 505-horsepower 6.75-liter V8 that gets to 60 mph in 5.1 seconds; the Speed variant gets 530 hp with a sprint time of 4.9 seconds. They’re worth a look.

Aston Martin will stage a major world debut of the DB11, the replacement for its excellent DB9. And McLaren will show a bespoke version of the P1 and its new 675LT Spider, which is limited to only 500 examples worldwide. (McLaren says it has already sold all of them.) The car in Geneva will have a satin, carbon-fiber retractable hardtop and rear seating area, with a "Longtail" Airbrake coated on the bottom with a natural carbon-fiber weave. The car’s front bumper, end plates, side skirts, side intakes, and rear bumper are also finished in carbon fiber.

The most prestigious British heritage brand, Rolls-Royce, has said it’ll show a “Black Badge” version of its $300,000 Ghost. Details are under embargo, officials said.

The Crazy Outliers 

Now for the oddballs: British carmaker Morgan has said it will unveil a production electric version of its 3 Wheeler in Geneva—this one is expected to refine the version it showed at the 2015 Goodwood Festival of Speed. Pagani will show the Huayra BC, a faster version of the Huayra supercar. And Croatian carmaker Rimac says it will show the $940,000 Concept_One electric super-car. 

If the 1,088-hp production version of the Croat car does hit stores, it’ll compete against cars like the Ferrari La Ferrari and McLaren P1. The company said Concept_One will hit 60mph in 2.6 seconds, with a top speed of 221mph.T

The debut is a little suspect because Rimac has promised to produce this car since it showed a prototype in 2011. It makes sense that the company would hype the car as much as possible for Geneva; to compete for attention against all those expensive SUV rigs, you’ve got to go big.

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