Okay, so top five Supercars at the Geneva Motor Show 2019.
And we start somewhere rather at the high end of the scale
on the Bugatti stand with this. The Bugatti La Voiture Noire.
Let me check I pronounced that right. Yes, I have.
It is a one-off.
We'll start off with the elephant in the room and that's the price.
This thing will set you back, if you could actually buy one,
eleven million euros before tax.
You can't because it's a one-off and somebody's already bought it,
but that makes it the most expensive new car that has ever been made.
But actually, when you look into the backstory behind this car,
that price is quite fitting.
It's inspired by the Type 57 SC Atlantic,
Jean Bugatti's Type 57 Atlantic, in fact.
Only four cars were ever built. between 1936 and 1938.
Three of which exist, one of which went mysteriously missing,
and that was Jean Bugatti's car, La Voiture Noire.
And this is a resurrection of that car if you like.
Just to give you an idea of how expensive SC Altantics are these days.
Ralph Lauran, or Ralph Lauren even, he of the Polo shirt fortune, has one.
He was offered a $100 million for his, and he told them where to stick it.
So, yes, it's only right that this thing should be ludicrously expensive.
But what is it?
Underneath, there is quite a lot of Chiron.
It uses the same engines. That 8-litre, W16, quad-turbo engine,
the same DSG gearbox, 1500 horsepower, four-wheel drive.
But you may have noticed with the proportions, it's a lot longer.
It's lower, it's sleeker, there's an extra 250 mm, I'm told, in the wheelbase,
which doesn't sound like much but makes a huge difference
when you're looking at the car from here.
It's lower, it's sleeker, it's more of a GT car.
So, usefully Bugatti has parked a standard Chiron, just over there.
Next to it is a Divo.
That's the limited run, they're only making 40 of those.
That's five million quid, that's two and a half million quid,
and then this is the one-off. The big one.
And there's plenty of design detail to try and absorb with this thing.
First of all, six exhaust pipes, as you do,
a nod to the Type 57 there. That had effectively had six peashooters
compared to these enormous cans they've got coming out the back here.
Absolutely gorgeous.
The paint, as you get closer, you start to see the carbon fibre weave.
It's this shiny gloss carbon fibre.
It's immaculate, of course, as you'd expect.
I do like these wheels. They're basically cheating, aren't they?
If we paint a bit of silver on the rubber,
it will make them look bigger than they actually are.
Nice try, Bugatti.
And you'll notice this light strip running right down the bonnet of the car,
through the windscreen wiper and down the centre line of the car.
Again, that's another nod to the Type 57.
It's an exciting car.
but it has to be said, has the world gone mad
when cars can cost 11 million quid, plus tax? Look...
That car over there, two and a half million quid.
One of the very fastest cars the world has ever produced.
Is this five or six times more expensive?
Worth six times as much as that over there? No, it's not.
This is a point, this is a junction where engineering meets art.
It's a one-off. And if this guy wants it enough
he'll pay whatever money he can.
The world's gone mad, it's stupid money.
Do you know what, let's just not talk about cash anymore,
let's stand back and admire it because as a one-off piece of sculpture...
it is a crazy, crazy thing.
Strap yourselves in for this one. This is the brand-new Koenigsegg,
the brand-new Koenigsegg Jesko.
It is an all new car from the ground up,
but the big headline here is this is, sort of,
the world's first 300 mile an hour car.
The version you see here has quite a large rear wing on the back,
and quite a large front splitter and quite a lot of downforce going on.
But I've heard from Christian von Koenigsegg himself,
they are going to do a lower downforce version,
that could, theoretically, according to his simulations,
hit the fabled 300 miles an hour.
Obviously, they've no plans to do it yet.
They need to find a location,
they need to find a driver mad enough to do it.
They need to find a tyre company to get on board, of course,
but the science says it's possible. And that's good enough for us.
What can I tell you about the car? It's made entirely from carbon fibre.
Koenigsegg makes pretty much all this carbon fibre themselves in the factory.
It's a thing of beauty, it's naked, it's polished up to a fine sheen.
And every tiny, little piece is aligned and looks perfect.
It's a piece of art as much as it is a Supercar.
In the back, no hybrid nonsense.
This is a 5-litre, V8, twin turbo engine, 1280 horsepower,
on normal 95-octane gas.
Or 1600 horsepower on E85.
Yeah, that's where that incredible top speed comes from.
You notice the wheels down here, the lightest wheels they've ever produced.
And also, a bottle of Jesko beer. Look at that, now that is a car company.
Three hundred miles Supercars and beers to celebrate with.
That's why we Koenigsegg you see.
And right on time, here's the engine. The 5-litre V8.
A thing of absolute beauty.
That's the thing. This is engineering to the nth degree,
but they never ever forget that people want to look at these things,
stare at these things, perv on these things.
Ohlin dampers there, the Triplex suspension.
That stops the car squatting when it's under acceleration.
A carbon fibre tub, a little bit wider, a little bit higher,
a bit more space for your occupants inside.
And, get this, they've developed their own 9-speed, multi-clutch gearbox...
There are six clutches, I think, for forward, one for reverse.
...from scratch.
You can't buy a gearbox off Bugatti...
No gearbox out there will take the torque this engine is producing.
So you just produce your own one.
That is the Koenigsegg way.
That is the integrity we love about this company.
It's just a stunning thing.
You'll see all the people just gathering around it.
It's like moths to a flame.
The other thing to mention is that name. Jesko. It's rather special.
Jesko is the name of Christian von Koenigsegg's father.
He was the man that helped him out when he was just a 22 year old
with a dream of owning his own Supercar company.
He bankrolled in, he stuck around for five years,
held him by the hand and made the company the success it is today.
So this is Christian's way of saying to his father,
"Daddy, I love you. Thank you for making my dreams come true."
And what a tribute this car is.
Alright, it's new Ferrari time.
This is the F8 Tributo.
Basically, a replacement for the 488 GTB.
And if I was to keep things really, really simple,
the best way of describing this is a 488 Pista for the masses.
A slightly less hardcore version of the Pista,
because, basically, its spec sheet reads a lot like the hardcore 488.
But it won't be limited in numbers. This one will be available to everyone.
So, back there, you've got the same 3.9-litre, twin turbo V8,
producing 711 horsepower. That is the same as the Pista
and it brings it in line with the McLaren 720S.
It's exactly the same output as the McLaren.
Nought to 62 in 2.9 seconds, same as the Pista, same as the McLaren.
Top speed 211 miles an hour.
Again, same as the Pista, one mile an hour slower than the McLaren.
Disappointing.
Styling changes. Most of those, the most dramatic ones,
are at the front end. You'll see as it comes around on the turntable.
It's a lot sharper.
A lot more angles on the headlights, the nose protrudes there,
and you've got this. The S-duct.
So that's something that was featured on the Pista.
Air was jammed through there, up here.
The whole front of the car acts like a spoiler
jamming it down into the road.
You'll see the engine cover as well. The Perspex, perforated engine cover.
A little nod to the Ferrari F40 back there.
It is a gorgeous thing.
It's somehow a muted reaction to a brand-new V8, mid-engine Ferrari.
Somehow, we expected the step after the 488 to be a bigger leap than this.
After all, the 488 was an evolution, and albeit a big one from the 458 Italia.
So, are we disappointed?
Not really, it's a brand-new Ferrari. It's an exciting car.
And if it brings Pista performance to the masses
well it can only be a good thing.
You join us at pretty much the most exciting spot
in the entire Geneva Motor Show,
because, look, it's the Aston Martin Valkyrie.
I didn't know this was going to be here. This is verification prototype 001.
The first car to have that incredible Cosworth V12 installed into the back.
This is a very exciting moment. Look, touch it. It's actually real.
Six and a half litre V12, over 1100 RPM...
We now know, with the hybrid system, this is going to produce 1160 horsepower,
in a car weighing just over a ton.
The performance of this thing is going to blow our minds.
A couple of new bits on this.
The interior, a bit more finished.
You can see the screens either side for the wing mirrors,
the central screen, the steering wheel with another screen in the centre of it.
That's all new stuff, we haven't seen that before.
We haven't seen these either. These are the cameras for wing mirrors.
And if we come around the front...
I don't normally get excited about windscreen wipers,
but this one is a bit special.
All carbon fibre. I'm told it's a triple blade system.
So, as it wipes across the screen it actually rotates
to make sure it stays in contact with the glass.
Oh, my word. This is the most exciting car ever,
and I'd better get out the way before I get a bit of a trouser tent on.
Believe it or not, that's not even why we're here.
The main reason we're here on the Aston Martin stand
is because there are new cars. Another hypercar.
When I heard that Aston Martin were going to bring a new hypercar to the Geneva Show
I thought that's ridiculous, they've already got one. It's the Valkyrie.
But the idea here is that is such a special thing.
Three million quid, the Valkyrie.
But there's space underneath it.
So this is called the AM-RB 003.
It is a hypercar.
Performance on a plane with the Ferrari LaFerrari.
I'm guessing but about 1000 horsepower, about a million quid.
Four-wheel drive, it's a hybrid,
and the big news here is
back there we've got a brand-new V6 twin-turbo engine,
with added batteries and motors to get it up to the performance.
That's an all new engine, built in-house, designed in-house by Aston Martin.
I mean, if the Valkyrie wasn't enough to get me excited...
Look at this. And guess what, that's not even it.
Here it is. Another mid-engine car. A third mid-engine car.
Let's count them up. Valkyrie, 003, and now this, the Vanquish Vision Concept.
A mid-engine Supercar, a direct rival to the Ferrari F8 and the McLaren 720S.
This is the more affordable end of the scale.
So, three million for a Valkyrie, a million or so for a 003.
Let's say two or three hundred grand for one of these.
It features an aluminium chassis, not the carbon tubs on the other ones.
And, like the 003, it's got a brand-new twin turbo V6 in the back.
Again, with hybrid assistance, but slightly less than the 003.
So, think for this one, a power output beginning with a seven.
That's what you need these days,
to keep up with the mid-engine Supercar elite.
It's a thing of beauty though.
Whereas the others are aero-obsessed in varying degrees,
this one's a little bit purer, a little bit smoother at the front.
Less downforce, of course.
A more elegant design. It's what Aston does better than anyone.
Elegant design. And this just exudes it.
Look at these details, look at this camera for a wing mirror.
The way that thing curves around.
The way the side straight here feeds into the door.
I'm getting a little bit gushy.
And I do realise, by the way, that we said this was the top five Supercars,
and these three are just going to count as one,
otherwise we'll run out of numbers,
and I wanted you to see all three of them in a row.
Tell you what, Aston Martin doesn't do things by halves.
I think I need a lie down.
Here we go then, a proper, no-nonsense Yorkshire bred Supercar.
This is Ginetta's brand-new Supercar.
There isn't a name, they won't tell me, because the press conference is later.
The spoil-sports.
But we can get a good look around this thing.
It is 600 horsepower, naturally aspirated V8.
It's going to cost just under 400 grand.
They're going to make 20 of them in the first year,
they may make a few more, but around 70 percent of them are sold already.
It's quite useful the way they've set up the stand.
That car over there is their road car heritage.
And the car behind me, that's their new LMP1 car.
So the idea is that this is both of those coming together.
The road knowledge, the racetrack knowledge,
and now you can have this incredible looking machine.
I'll be honest, when we first saw the pictures,
it's quite a shocking thing to look at.
but in black, it tones it down a little bit.
I'm more of a fan.
And here's a USP for a car of this calibre.
It's actually got a big boot. You can get two sets of golf clubs in there.
Which is nice to know.
So, that's it. That's your top five Supercars
from the Geneva Show 2019.
Excited? I am.