Ford Fiesta ST Forums: 2010 Geneva Motorshow

Well after a random suggestion the bf, myself and a friend decided instead of traipsing Autosport or British Motorshow we would actually make a bit of a pilgrimage of it and go to Geneva Motorshow..you know.. "do it properly" as it were!

We flew out early-ish on Friday 5th, got to the hotel, dumped our bags and did a little bit of a walk about. We found this kick ass restaurant and had some really nice but HYPER expensive food there. When people say Swizterland is expensive they are not joking! After a very very early night we were up for a nice brekkie and to the show for just after it opened at 9am and we were there until 7pm!!

As we walked in there was one of my favourite bits.. There were trade stands for every single piece of garage equipment you could ever need. I have always said when I "win big" on the lottery I am fully kitting out a garage and this bit had every single thing I could possibly need. I nearly died happy! Anyway we got into the main arena and man alive this thing was huuuuuge! I would say it is easily 3-4 times bigger than British Motorshow if not a bit more.

Like I said we were there from 9am til 7pm and we managed to nearly miss out the Jaguar stand it was that big! A big thumbs down to the Jag people who put the XJ behind a roped off bit and locked all their cars.

Anyhoo there was every bit of exotica from Pagani, to Ferrari, Rolls Royce & Lamborghini, Aston Martin etc to the every day stuff from Peugoet, Citroen, Volvo, Ford, BMW & even Tata! There were tons of electric cars from almost every single manufacturer including Porsche and of course plenty of concept cars and world premiers.

So top cars of the day.. well I want to exclude things like Pagani & Lamborghini because thats almost cliche although they were very nice...

For me the top number 1 suprise car of the day was the Lotus Evora. It is just stunning inside and out. I disliked it completely when I first saw it but when I was up close and sat in one I was in love. It is small and you are cocooned with everything wrapped around you and focused to you but you arent clambering over whopping sills like the Elise & Exige (trust me I had to do that and embarassed myself infront of everyone lol)

Number 2 car of the day was the new Polo Gti. It is very grown up, looks solidly built and worth its money. It doesnt have a silly fancy OTT dash like the mk7 Fiesta with buttons every where.

Number 3 was for me the Golf R. Understated looks and plenty of power. It might be a bit heavy but on looks alone it won me over.

Number 4 was ther Renault Wind. I think this cute little car is going to be a hit in the same way the Puma, Tigra etc were. Cutsey little hairdresser type car.

BIGGEST biggest disappointment (I can hear certain people cheering already...) was the Renault Sport Megane 250. Its dash is terrible, awful, bland and more basic than the last which wasnt exactly plush! The wheel arches on it are stuck on not even moulded like .. well most other cars and the seats are horrid. I am sure its a capable car underneath all that nonsense but boy have they let that down by putting that disgrace of a shell on top.

Anyway my biggets personal disappointment had to be my camera's battery dying on me and even when I took pictures on my poor mobile phone camera that died too and I estimate I still missed out a good 1/3 of the show

Oh well! Lesson learned sadly!

Now for a selected few pics!

Awesome Lake Geneva

Friday night we went car hunting & this was my fave.

The view of Geneva train station from our room!

Waterless wash. Hmmm dont think I'll try that thanks..

What would Jesus (or is that JLC?) drive? Ahhh yehhh

BMW Tron Edition

New 5 series.. Hmmm... I dont think so.. Too big now..

The new X1 in "poo brown" as my mate Rob described it

Best stand/display of the show. Even I managed to get half decenbt pictures!

I'd happily take that over a TT

The epically blinding (literally) Mansory Roller ...

CF G Wagon? Ok sir!

Really like these! Couldnt get in it though!

Plenty bonkers concepts

Citroen guy up for a laugh. He was draped over the bonnet with a leg up but changed to this when I got my camera out

Sex weeee

Again suprisingly sweet and cute in real life but again couldnt get in it

I dont think this is actually Performance Blue but "Winning Blue"... Its apparently to celebrate the success in Monaco but its just paint and stripes so nowt special