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SWISS SPOTLIGHT; Few concepts shine at Geneva show.(Geneva Auto Show)(Brief article)

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Byline: MATT DAVIS, BOB GRITZINGER, ROGER HART, GREG KABLE, DUTCH MANDEL

Maybe it was the heavy gray skies that finally gave way to two days of snow that put us in a bit of a funk during press preview days for the Geneva motor show. Or maybe the 2006 show is not meant to go down in history as one of the best in this land of neutrality, cheese and chocolate. Numerous times in the past, a little morsel of four-wheeled brilliance would surprise and delight, reinforcing to us that making the trip to the middle of Europe in the dead of winter is a great idea. Morsels this year were few and far between.

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