GEMBALLA AVALANCHE

Is there something distasteful about launching a car called Avalanche at the quite-near-the-Alps Geneva motor show? Well, yes. And that’s not where the taste shortfall ends. Gemballa’s third-generation Avalanche (yep, there have been two more) was one of many eye-wateringly modified supercars at spring’s Swiss show, and perhaps the worst. Based on the already time-warping Porsche 911 Turbo, it gets another 276bhp (taking it to nearly 820bhp), as well as not just a ginormous wing, but an actual fin at the back. It makes the 2017 F1 grid look aerodynamically reserved. And we’ve not even mentioned that it’s a lurid shade of purple…