After the first day of releases, Paris has delivered an exceptional group of new supercars. Jaguar provided the biggest surprise with this C-X75 Concept. Looking like a modern day XJ220, it’s another concept which hints at the future direction for electric supercars.

Lotus released a record five new concept cars at their Paris conference and said it was the dawn of a new era. The most exciting of these marks the return of the Lotus Esprit. This is joined by the 2014 Lotus Elite, the Lotus Eterne hybrid sedan and a new Lotus Elan.

Finally, Audi showed two new concepts which followed the design language introduced with the e-tron last year. The first of these is the quattro concept. Audi also revealed a spyder version which has a chopped windscreen and a TDI engine coupled with electric drive to the front axle.