Austerity is over, the supercar is back
OK, really it’s the maker of an especially exotic line of hyperfast track cars. But it feels like there should be a blanket Scandinavian term for many of the new cars this week at the Geneva Motor Show. All austerity measures seem to be called off. Consider this the year of the supercar.
For example, Aston Martin showed its 800-horsepower, 2 million Vulcan. Mercedes showed a AMG GT3 race car with a 600hp V8 engine that screamed like a banshee as it rolled on stage to wild applause during its debut; Ferrari unveiled the turbocharged and (relatively) efficient 488GTB; Lamborghini showed an extended version of its Aventador called the LP 750-4 Superveloce (Aventador SV for short). As if the Aventador wasn’t aggressive enough.
