Best of the 2012 Beijing Auto Show - Auto Shows

The world’s largest auto market gets a steller show

The 2012 Beijing Auto Show is playing host to an automotive industry well on the way to recovery, and one noticeably more careful when it comes to planning for the future. Automakers have learned not to take the good times for granted. Many of the brands on display here in China are as focused on boosting fuel mileage and the fun-to-drive quotient as they are overall sales. Lamborghini is stealing the spotlight in Beijing with the Urus, the brand's first sport-utility since production of the military-bred LM002 ended roughly 20 years ago. The Urus not only has supercar levels of style and horsepower, the 4-passenger SUV is expected to more than double Lamborghini's annual sales output. BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Citroën and others have delivered an array of concept and production cars that are bold and loaded with high tech features. One of them even delivers up to 138 mpg!