Switzerland is not a country that springs to mind when you think about cars. It doesn’t even produce cars on a large scale. Yet every March since 1905, it hosts the world’s most important motor show at its second-largest city.

The 2012 Geneva Motor Show opened its doors to auto journalists on March 6 and will remain open to the public from March 8 to 18. It hosts 260 exhibitors, including 30 major car manufacturers.

According to the organizers, visitors at the 82nd Geneva International Auto Salon will see 180 world and European premieres of all sorts. If we had to name a single characteristic, we would say that car designer seem to have gotten their “mojo” back, having penned many handsome models.

Some of them are mass production cars that will be available soon at a dealership near you, like the brand-new Audi A3 hatch, Mercedes-Benz A-Class, Volvo V40, Ford B-MAX and Kia Cee’d.

Sports car lovers will have a blast with the new Ferrari F620GT, BMW M6, Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse and the Porsche Boxster.

Those wanting to know what the manufacturers have in store for us in the future won’t be disappointed either thanks to concepts such as the Infiniti Emerg-E, Range Rover Evoque Convertible and Mazda Takeri sedan.

We’ll be constantly updating the list that follows so be sure to bookmark this page and check it out regularly.

NEW PRODUCTION CARS
Abarth 695 Tributo Maserati ABT Sportsline Audi A4 ABT Sportsline VW Up & Beetle AC Schnitzer 3-Series AC Schnitzer 328i Turbo AC Schnitzer BMW M5 Alfa Romeo Disco Volante Aston Martin Vantage V8 Q by Aston Martin Aston Martin V12 Zagato Audi A1 Quattro Audi A3 Audi A6 Allroad Audi RS4 Avant Audi TT RS Plus Bentley Mulsanne Mulliner BMW M550d xDrive BMW 6-Series Gran Coupe BMW 640d xDrive BMW M6 BMW M Diesel Models BMW M Performance Parts BMW X6 Facelift BMW X6M Facelift Brabus Bullit Coupe 800 Brabus Smart Fortwo EV Brabus Ultimate 120 Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse Carlsson Smart Fortwo Chevrolet Cruze Station Wagon Citroen Berlingo & Jumpy Facelift Citroen C3 Red Block Citroen C4 AIRCROSS Citroen DS3 R S.Loeb Dacia Lodgy FAB Design McLaren MP4-12C Ferrari California F/L Ferrari F12berlinetta Fiat 500L Ford B-MAX Ford Kuga Ford Fiesta ST G-Power BMW M5 Gemballa McLaren MP4-12C Hamann BMW M5 F10 Hamann Guardian Evo Cayenne Hamann McLaren MP4-12C Hamann Range Rover Evoque Hamann SLS AMG Hawk Roadster Honda Jazz Si Hyundai i20 Facelift Hyundai i30 Wagon Jaguar XF Sportbrake Kia Cee’d Kia Cee’d Estate Koenigsegg Agera Facelift Lamborghini Aventador J Lancia Flavia Cabrio Lexus RX Facelift Lotus Exige S Roadster Lotus Evora GTE F1 Edition Lumma Design CLR 600 GT Mansory Lamborghini Aventador Mansory McLaren MP4-12C Marussia B2 Maserati GranTurismo Sport Mazda MX-5 Special Edition Spring Mercedes-Benz A-Class Mercedes CL Grand Edition Mercedes-Benz SL63 AMG MINI Countryman JCW Mitsubishi Outlander MTM Audi Q3 & VW T5 Opel Astra OPC Opel Corsa Kaleidoscope Opel Mokka Pagani Huayra Carbon Edition Peugeot 4008 Porsche Boxster Renault Megane MY2012 Renault Zoe Rolls Royce Phantom Facelift Seat Ibiza Facelift Seat Mii 5d Skoda Citigo 5d Smart ForTwo Facelift SpeedART Porsche 911 Subaru BRZ Techart Porsche 911 Toyota Aygo Facelift Toyota Yaris Hybrid Volvo V40 VW Golf GTI Cabrio VW Polo GT Blue VW Up! 5d

NEW CONCEPT MODELS
Bentley EXP 9 F SUV Bertone Nuccio BMW M135i Citroen DS4 Racing EDAG Light Car Ford Tourneo Custom Honda CR-V Prototype Honda NSX Hyundai i-oniq Hyundai Veloster Turbo IED Cisitalia 202 E Infiniti Emerg-E Italdesign Brivido Italdesign Brivido GT Magna Steyr MILA Mazda Takeri MINI Clubvan Morgan Plus-E Nissan Invitation Nissab Juke NISMO Nissan Hi-Cross Peugeot 208 GTi Peugeot 208 XY Pininfarina Cambiano Range Rover Evoque Convertible Rinspeed Dock+Go Seat Toledo Prototype SsangYong XIV-2 Convertible Tata Megapixel Toyota FT-Bh CPT VW Passat Super Hybrid Valmet Automotive Dawn VW Amarok Canyon VW Cross Coupe Concept VW Up! Concept Series