The Spider comes hot on the heels of the Alfa Romeo GT and Brera and gets an official launch in mid-January. One model was brought in at the request of the show organisers and it appears alongside other styling classics.

The Spider was named 'Cabrio of the Year' when launched at the Geneva Motor Show and will have a price tag of 52,000 when it goes on sale in six weeks.

And later next year Jaguar's new sports saloon, the XF, will go on sale in the luxury mid-size segment as a replacement for the S-Type. The SType went on sale in 1999 and 270,000 have been sold.