Australian T3 - May 2018

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SHOW STOPPERS

Packed with the hottest motors and the latest car tech, this year’s

New York International Auto Show is one heck of a crowd pleaser.

Nick Odantzis reveals the best on show

Each year the Big Apple is host to the most
legendary car show around, and this year’s
New York International Auto Show has more
than 1,000 vehicles on display over four
floors. There’s an eclectic mix of metal, from
burly muscle cars to electric concepts, and
there’s even a few family wagons thrown in.
Of course, when we say family wagons,
what we mean is Audi’s brand-new 331kW
RS5 Sportback (it’s got four seats and a big
boot, duh), which is the wilder version of the
regular S5 Sportback, complete with oodles
of carbon fibre, an irresponsible amount
of power and four-wheel drive.
Want more space, and speed? There’s
Maserati’s take on the mega SUV: the
Levante Trofeo. Obviously it’s a huge hunk
of metal, but it also has a V8 with 440kW

• enough to take your kids to space.

Hyundai’s luxury arm, Genesis, showed

off the 2019 G70 luxury four-door sedan,

which takes on the Germans at their own

game. A new Sport version with a six-speed

manual gearbox aims to put the fun back

into comfortable daily drivers, though

the 272kW automatic is not exactly dull.

Actually, it kind of is dull compared to

the other car Genesis brought to the show:

its Essentia GT concept. Penned for a 2022

release, it’s a curious mix of vintage and

futuristic, with a carbon monocoque chassis,

hybrid electric setup, butterfly doors, and

a design that looks like it just rolled out of

Tony Stark’s garage. It’s said to be powered

by high-density batteries, with rumours that

they may even be solid-state cells, giving it

a Tesla-shaming range and a charge time

of just a few minutes.

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