Excited Tiger Woods moving soon into his $60 million Florida mansion

Tiger Woods, the pro golfer who divorced on August 23 last year with Elin Nordegren, is now preparing to move into his sprawling 10-acre oceanfront mansion in Florida, which flaunts its own four-hole golf course. Elin Nordegren got a reported $110 million settlement from her cheating ex, but that doesn’t mean that the golfer is short on cash, with his lavish estate in exclusive Jupiter Island, Florida valued at about $60 million. Woods revealed his plans of moving into his new mansion on his blog, and he seems pretty excited. He said…

Pretty soon, I’ll be moving into my new home in Jupiter, Fla. I’m excited about that and even more excited about my new practice facility. It’s phenomenal.

The golfer’s Jupiter Island Practice Facility features four greens, six bunkers with different depths and kinds of sand, a video center and a putting studio. Before Woods got divorced, the couple spent a lot of time planning details of the 10,000 square foot luxury home. The estate comes with a tennis court, gym, diving pool, lap lane and a 100-foot running track. The house has large windows that offer breathtaking views of the Atlantic Ocean.

The architects’ plans say that the basement has a large wine cellar and perhaps a cinema and games area. The four buildings around the main house include a boathouse, golf training studio, a stand-alone garage and a big guesthouse.

Tiger Woods purchased the property in January 2006 for $44.5 million and then, tore down the existing house and rebuilt it.

Via: Daily Mail

I’m 17 and 22” tall

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Set for stardom ... 17-year-old Junrey
Balawing, just 22 inches tall

MEET Junrey Balawing, the Filipino who is about to become the world's smallest man - and a huge star.

At just 22 INCHES high, the 17-year-old is tinier than a one-year-old.

When he turns 18 on June 12, he will take the title - smashing five inches off the current record.

The titchy teen has not grown since his first birthday, struggles to walk and cannot stand up for long.

But he beams with pride when talking about his likely world record.

He said: "If I were the smallest man in the world, it would be very cool."

Junrey lives with his parents and three younger - but taller - siblings in a village in a remote region of the Phillipines' Zamboanga del Norte province.

He has to stay at home with his mum, Concepcion, while his sisters Jaycel, 13, and Jeanritch, six, and 11-year-old brother Jay-art go to school.

Concepcion, 35, says: "He needs my care every minute of every day. Junrey can only walk with some help and he can't stand for too long because he's in too much pain."

A hard life ... Junrey, second left, cannot stand
for long due to the pain

Charlie Saceda / Barcroft India

His parents carry him around much of the time. Blacksmith dad Reynaldo, 37, works away for most of the week but when he is home Junrey enjoys sitting on his shoulders and going for a wander in the village.

Concepcion noticed her son's growth was stunted as he neared his second birthday.

She said: "He was always sick and we noticed he wasn't growing so we took him to see a doctor but they were baffled."

When Junrey was 12 the same doctor advised the family to give him vitamins - but they could not afford them.

Despite his size, Junrey has a healthy appetite, tucking in to chunks of breads and corn. His fading green and white birth certificate - proving he was born in 1993 - takes pride of place in the family home.

He has learnt to write and draw and, when he can, he helps out at the family's basic yet comfortable farmhouse, feeding their chicken.

Concepcion added: "I would love to be able to work while my other children are at school but I can't leave Junrey.

"But he loves it when I tell him he's the smallest man in the world, he just smiles with pride."

The current title holder is Khagendra Thapa Magar, of Nepal, who is 26.4in tall.

Even before winning the record, Khagendra, born in a remote village, had become a household name on the Indian subcontinent.

Mini marvel ... Junrey, says it would be 'very cool' to be the world's smallest man

Charlie Saceda / Barcroft India

He turned 18 in October, taking the title from 27in Edward Nino Hernandez - who had only been awarded it eight days before.

The battle for the title had begun after the previous record-holder He Pingping from China died of a heart attack aged 21 in March last year.

A Guinness World Records spokesman said last night: "We are looking to review the claim when Junrey Balawing turns 18, which is when candidates for this title can officially apply for the record."

Hatice Kocaman, 21, from Turkey, is the world's smallest woman, at just 28in tall.

She suffers from a rare bone disorder which means she weighs only 15lb.

At just over 28in, American Stacey Herald is the world's smallest mum.

The 36-year-old, from Kentucky, has three kids with hubby Wil, 27, who is 5ft 9in.

Factbox: Forbes top 10 richest people in the world

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim is the richest person in the world for the second year in a row, Forbes said on Wednesday.

Here is the Forbes 2011 ranking of the top 10:

1. Carlos Slim (Mexico) - $74 billion, telecommunications

Slim, 71, first showed a business talent as a 10-year-old selling drinks and snacks to his family. After studying engineering, he founded a real estate company and worked as a trader on the Mexican stock exchange. Cigar-smoking Slim is known for a "Midas touch" in acquiring struggling firms and turning them into cash cows.

His enormous wealth contrasts starkly with his frugal lifestyle. He has lived in the same house for about 40 years and drives an aging Mercedes Benz, although it is armored and trailed by bodyguards.

He has become involved in combating poverty, illiteracy and poor healthcare in Latin America and promotes sports projects for the poor, but has never voiced plans to give away large chunks of his wealth to charity.

2. Bill Gates (USA) - $56 billion, Microsoft

Sensing the start of a personal computer revolution, Gates, 55, dropped out of Harvard University in 1975 to start Microsoft and pursue a vision of a computer on every desk and in every home. Microsoft went public in 1986 and by the next year, the soaring stock made Gates, at age 31, the youngest self-made billionaire.

In 2008 he stepped down from what is now the world's largest software firm to work at The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He has given $28 billion to it.

Together with his wife Melinda and Warren Buffett, he has also convinced 57 U.S. billionaires to sign up to the Giving Pledge and publicly vow to give away at least 50 percent of their fortune during their lifetime or upon their death.

3. Warren Buffett (USA) - $50 billion, Berkshire Hathaway

Buffett, 80, has run his Omaha, Nebraska-based conglomerate since 1965. Its interests run from railroads to ice cream.

In 2006 he pledged to give away 99 percent of his wealth to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and family charities. So far he has given $8 billion to the Gates Foundation.

4. Bernard Arnault (France) - $41 billion, LVMH

Arnault, 62, a friend of French president Nicolas Sarkozy, was educated at the prestigious Ecole Polytechnique and joined his father's construction company at 25. He earned the reputation of a ruthless corporate raider after pushing out shareholder rivals when he started building the LVMH group in the 1990s with the Louis Vuitton, Moet and Hennessy brands.

It is now the world's biggest luxury goods group. His image as a predator stuck to him afterward when he fought in vain to acquire Gucci in 1999 and 2000. Then this week he snapped up Roman jeweler Bulgari for $5.18 billion.

5. Larry Ellison (USA) - $39.5 billion, Oracle Corp

Ellison, the flamboyant Oracle founder and CEO, is known for his free, public outbursts against rivals such as German software maker SAP AG. The executive, supposedly a model for the "Iron Man" movie character Tony Stark, late last year attacked Hewlett Packard and its board for the abrupt and -- he said -- unfair sacking of longtime friend Mark Hurd. Ellison then hired him.

Ellison, who won yachting's America's Cup last year, is considered one of the "old guard" of Silicon Valley.

6. Lakshmi Mittal (India) - $31.1 billion, steel

London-based steel tycoon Mittal, 60, runs ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steel manufacturer.

Mittal's firm is largely funding a $29 million spiraling red tower, designed by Turner prize-winning artist Anish Kapoor and taller than New York's Statue of Liberty, that will soar over London's Olympic Park for the 2012 games.

In 2005 he spent $10 million to promote sporting talent and encourage potential Olympians in his homeland after he was disappointed by India's lone medal at the Athens Games.

7. Amancio Ortega (Spain) - $31 billion, retail

Amancio Ortega, 74, started his clothing business in the 1960s making dressing gowns in his garage in La Coruna. His company Inditex owns the Zara fashion house and is now the world's biggest clothing retailer. Ortega closely guards his privacy and does not give media interviews. He announced in January that he plans to step down as chairman of the company.

8. Eike Batista (Brazil) - $30 billion, mining, oil

A half-German college dropout who for years struggled to emerge from the shadow of his well-known father, Batista has long said he wants nothing less than to be Brazil's and the world's richest person. Everything about the 53-year-old -- from the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren sports car he keeps as decoration in his parlor to the "X" in the name of all his companies that represents wealth multiplication -- screams of unashamed ambition.

A top-class speedboat racer who was married to a famous Rio de Janeiro Carnival queen, Batista dined with U.S. pop star Madonna in Rio last year and, according to local reports, handed her a check over dinner for $7 million as a donation for her social projects.

He has a burning ambition to transform Rio into a modern, thriving city. Just before Rio was awarded the 2016 Olympic Games, he bought up a nearby marina that will be a hub of the games -- an example of his eye for a well timed deal.

9. Mukesh Ambani (India) - $27 billion, petrochemicals, oil and gas

A chemical engineer by training, Mukesh, 53, dropped out of an MBA from Stanford University and joined Reliance in 1981.

Mukesh, who said in 2009 he would take a two-thirds pay cut after the Indian prime minister's comments on "vulgar salaries," gave his wife a private jet on her birthday. He also splashed out $1 billion on a 27-story home. He has a volatile relationship with his younger brother Anil, and they have fought over interests from oil and gas, retail, telecoms, entertainment, financial services to infrastructure.

10. Christy Walton & family (USA) - $26.5 billion, Wal-Mart

Christy Walton is the widow of John Walton, who was the son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton. Sam Walton built the global Wal-Mart empire from a single dime store in Arkansas. It is now the world's largest retailer.

(Reporting by Michelle Nichols; Editing by Gary Hill.)

Budak terumbu karang di China

TUBUH badan Li Shenghan kelihatan seperti terumbu karang.

BEIJING - Seorang budak lelaki berusia empat tahun, Li Shenghan dari Shenyang, timur laut China menghidap penyakit kanser yang ganjil dikenali sebagai acute manocytic leukemia dengan menyebabkan kulit badannya seperti cangkerang, lapor sebuah akhbar semalam.

Pada mulanya keluarganya mengesan terdapat bintik kecil di lengannya setahun lalu tetapi ia kemudian disilap diagnosis sebagai gigitan serangga.

Bintik kecil itu terus membesar dan merebak ke seluruh tubuhnya termasuk di dalam mulut dan di bawah kelopak mata menyebabkan dia kelihatan seperti terumbu karang hidup.

Doktor-doktor berkata, budak tersebut memerlukan rawatan kemoterapi untuk menghalang kanser tersebut merebak ke tulang sumsum.

Namun, ibunya, Mu Xiaojie dan bapa budak itu, Li Wenrui yang memperoleh pendapatan kurang 1,061 yuan (RM490.76) seminggu tidak mampu untuk membiayai rawatan perubatan.

Ibu dan bapanya juga tidak mempunyai simpanan wang selepas ia digunakan untuk membiayai rawatan anak mereka setahun lalu.

Menurut ibunya, doktor-doktor mengesyaki penyakit itu disebabkan pencemaran atau alam sekitar.

Walaupun budak itu menjalani pemindahan tulang sumsum dan rawatan kemoterapi untuk mengubati penyakitnya, doktor-doktor memberinya peluang 50-50 untuk budak tersebut terus hidup. - Agensi

The rise of the ultra-yacht

Super-sized yachts

Mega yacht 'Eclipse' leaving the dock in Germany. Photo: Getty

With two helicopter landing pads and a German missile-defence system, the mega-yacht owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich is just too big to be real, but it is.

The Eclipse is stunning, a real eyeful. The sleek, white mega-yacht is the world's largest and most expensive private yacht at 557 feet (169.77 metres), or more than 1 1/2 football fields. It cost an estimated $US1.2 billion ($A1.19 billion) and is the world's ultimate ultra-yacht.

The yacht is owned by the Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich. He owns the Chelsea FC soccer team in England and earned his fortune in Russian oil and commodities.

The 44-year-old Abramovich is generally listed as the 50th richest person in the world.

The ship's features include two helicopter landing pads, a hangar for two helicopters, a 50-foot (15.24 metres) launch, a German missile-defence system, underwater motion-and-heat sensors and - if rumours are true - anti-paparazzi lasers to protect Abramovich's privacy.

No one seems to know whether such an anti-paparazzi shield really exists. According to English media, the Eclipse is equipped with lasers that sweep surroundings and when they detect a digital camera, they shine a bright light at the camera to prevent photographs.

The bridge and Abramovich's master suite are fitted with bulletproof glass and both are armour-plated. There are intruder-detection systems aboard.

Its 12-seat anti-piracy submarine would be launched through a hatch in the ship's hull and it could dive to about 160 feet (48.77 metres).

Exactly what features the Eclipse may contain are difficult to say. The ship was built under great secrecy and many details have been widely reported but not confirmed.

I encountered the Eclipse in two Caribbean ports: Bridgetown on Barbados and Philipsburg on the Dutch side of the island of St Maarten.

The ship is an awesome sight on the water. It says megabucks. It was a major topic of conversation among cruise ships in the Caribbean, leading to numerous Google searches by passengers.

It has guest cabins (most reports say 11 or 24), two swimming pools (one of which can be drained and converted into a ballroom for dancing), several hot tubs, a cinema, an aquarium, a library, a private garden, three dining rooms, a gym with sauna, steam room and Jacuzzi, a small medical clinic and a disco hall. There is a 6 foot (1.83 metres) cinema screen in each guest room.

The roof opens on the 5,000 square feet (464.52 square metres) master suite to allow Abramovich and girlfriend Daria Zhukova, a former model, to sleep under the stars, according to some reports.

The ship with its nine decks requires a crew of 70, has a cruising speed of 22 knots and a maximum speed of 33 knots.

It surpasses the previous No. 1 private yacht in the world by 24.5 feet (7.47 metres). That yacht, the Dubai, is owned by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai. It is now No. 2 at 532.5 feet (162.31 metres). It was built in 2006.

The Eclipse weighs 14,330 (299.37 tonnes) is 70.5 feet (21.49 metres) wide.

It was built in the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany, from early 2007 to mid-2009, under great secrecy and launched on June 12, 2009, tested in Denmark and Norway and delivered to Abramovich on December 9, 2010.

There has been considerable debate on the exact length of the Eclipse, but the 557 foot (169.77 metres) measurement is generally accepted by Forbes and other publications. A few places list 533 feet (162.46 metres). Abramovich's people won't comment, but the motor yacht is registered in Bermuda.

The Eclipse is the latest addition to Abramovich's private navy. He also owns the 163 feet (49.68 metres) Sussurro and the 374 feet (114 metres) Luna.

He gave his former yacht, Le Grand Bleu (the 18th-longest yacht in the world at 370 feet (112.78 metres)), to associate-friend Eugene Shvidler in 2006. He also sold the 282 feet (85.95 metres) Ecstasea to an Egyptian and gave the 377 feet (114.91 metres) Pelorus (No. 17 in the world) to ex-wife Irina in a 2007 divorce settlement.

Abramovich already owns the world's largest private jet, a Boeing 767 nicknamed the Bandit.

In St Maarten, Abramovich's giant was anchored near Hollywood director Steven Spielberg's new boat, the 282 foot (85.95 metres) Seven Seas.

The director of Jurassic Park, Jaws and the Indiana Jones movies acquired the sparkling blue yacht in late 2010 from a Dutch shipbuilder.

That boat, with a price tag of about $US200 million ($A198.25 million), includes an infinity pool with a glass wall on which movies can be projected and a theatre with a screen that is 15 foot (4.57 metres) by 6 foot (1.83 metres).

It offers room for 12 guests along with an owner's suite, a study, a lounge and a private exterior deck with a whirlpool. It is rich with walnut, teak and rosewood.

The bottom of the swimming pool, when drained, can be shifted upward to become a helicopter landing pad.

Spielberg and his wife, Kate Capshaw, were photographed on the boat around Christmas, jet skiing at St Bart's in the Caribbean.

Spielberg's boat can travel at speeds of 20 knots and requires a crew of 26. It is also available for charter: The reported price is $US1.3 million a week.

Rumah dijual RM98.18 juta selepas dibeli RM2.45 juta

RUMAH yang mahu dijual Andrew Holeshowski pada harga RM98.18 juta di Oxshott, Surrey.

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LONDON - Seorang jurutera awam berbangsa Poland, Andrew Holeshowski mahu menjual sebuah rumah agam pada harga £20 juta (RM98.18 juta) SETELAH DIA MEMBELI RUMAH ITU pada tahun 1993 dengan harga kurang daripada £500,000 (RM2.45 juta), lapor sebuah akhbar semalam.

Holeshowski, 64, dan isterinya, Sophie, 51, berkata, mereka telah membelanjakan berjuta-juta pound sterling untuk melakukan kerja-kerja pengubahsuaian bagi menaikkan harga rumah itu.

Jurutera itu tiba di England dengan isterinya pada akhir tahun 70-an dengan hanya mempunyai wang tunai £1,000 (RM4,905) sahaja di dalam poketnya.

Rumah agam yang berkeluasan 2,694 meter persegi itu mempunyai sembilan bilik tidur, empat bilik di kotej, dua kolam renang, garaj untuk 20 buah kereta, panggung wayang dan landasan untuk helikopter. Terletak di Oxshott, Surrey dan dibina pada tahun 1880, penghuni rumah itu akan dapat melihat rumah pemain skuad bola sepak England, John Terry yang tinggal berhampiran dengan rumah tersebut. - Agensi

Plenty of horse wower in Geneva

On a supercharge ... 5-litre V8 XKR-S is capable of 186mph

It was sheer Swiss bliss for playboys, footballers and lottery winners with tons of new supercars.

The exotica firms wheeled out their beauties for those immune from biting taxes and fuel costs. No show would be complete without a new FERRARI - and Chris Evans, Simon Cowell and co would have been delighted with their latest supercar superstar.

It's the Ferrari 4x4 - their first-ever production four-wheel-drive model - called the FF.

The front-engined V12 four-seater GT replaces the 612 Scaglietti two-plus-two coupé, but also aims to attract a new kind of "all-roads, all-weathers" buyer.

It's also the Italian firm's most powerful four-seater ever. The FF will have a new 6.3litre V12 producing 651bhp which will deliver 0-62mph in 3.7 seconds, and a top speed of 208mph. The previous 612 managed the sprint in four seconds and hit 199mph.

Despite the addition of four-wheel drive, the FF weighs 1,790kg - 50kg less than its predecessor. That also helps restrict fuel consumption, with the FF returning 18.3mpg and 360g/km when specced with the HELE stop-start system, down from 13.8mpg and 470g/km respectively. Prices will be around £220,000.

Plus fours ... Ferrari FF comes with four seats and four-wheel drive

Not far behind Ferrari for wow factor were PAGANI. The incredible HUAYRA - pronounced 'why-eera' - is the long-awaited replacement for the iconic Zonda.

It pumps out a ferocious 700bhp from the 6litre V12 Mercedes AMG engine, delivering 0-62mph in just 3.2 seconds and a Bugatti-rivalling 235mph top speed.

This all comes at the eye-watering price of £1million. And there's even a roadster and more powerful S version on the way!

But in no way were the Brits outgunned for jaw-droppers.

ASTON MARTIN have brought back the VIRAGE which was last built in 1998 - and this new model is the lovechild of the DB9 and DBS. It has a 6litre V12 engine and 490bhp delivering 0-62mph in 4.6 seconds. And, being an Aston, it will come with an exclusive £150,000 price tag.

The JAGUAR E-Type hits 50 this week in Geneva - and, to celebrate, they have launched a blistering new version of its spiritual successor, the XK Coupé. The XKR-S gets a re-tuned supercharged 5litre V8 to boost power to 542bhp. Top speed is 186mph and 0-60mph is an Aston-beating 4.2 seconds. The XKR-S will come with a price tag of just over £90,000.

The proper successor to the E-type is on its way later this year, designed by Scot Ian Callum. It'll be a stunner.

Zonda way ... Pagani's stunning new Huayra will top 235mph

RANGE ROVER had several new lean and green new models - but they also had their AUTOBIOGRAPHY Ultimate Edition - their most expensive model ever.

It costs £120,000 and is a luxurious off-road limousine with a host of extras, even iPads with access to movies, email and internet. There are also limo-like back seats, a refrigerated drinks cabinet and aluminium laptop tables. There are two V8 engines available, one petrol and one diesel, but both come mated to an eight-speed automatic gearbox.

Only 500 of the bespoke Ultimate Editions will be built.

MASERATI have a hardcore GRANCABRIO - which was already one of the best-looking cars in the world - now it's even more breathtaking.The Sport uses the 4.7litre V8 from the recently-launched MC Stradale GranTurismo coupé. This delivers 444bhp - up 11bhp on the standard GranCabrio.

Golden return ... Aston announce the first Virage since 1998

Expect prices around £110,000. On sale here in October.

But perhaps the best news was a supercar that WON'T cost a fortune to run.

The CITROEN METROPOLIS is a striking limo to take on the Jaguar XJ, Merc S-Class, BMW 7 and Audi A8. It'll replace the ageing C6 which was also a ground-breaking design. And this Metropolis would even put Nicolas Sarkozy's missus Carla Bruni in the shade for elegance and beauty.

At 17ft 5in long and 4ft 7in high, it's imposing and would make a real statement if Citroen put it into production. The French firm claims it'll use a hybrid set-up with a 2litre V6 petrol engine linked to an electric motor to deliver 460bhp, while emitting just 70g/km.

Striking ... Citroen's stunning new limo is set to take on Jag XJ and Merc S-Class

For the environmentally-friendly billionaire who has everything, ROLLS-ROYCE have the world's most luxurious electric limousine - with batteries included.

The PHANTOM offers zero-emission motoring for a frugal 2p a mile - compared with 40p a mile for the standard Phantom.

That's great economy for a Roller. Only one snag - it costs £1m to buy!

Mission iPossible drives BMW on

Mission iPossible ... BMW's stunning electric car

THIS is BMW's sensational new electric car which offers supercar performance and nearly 90mpg.

Tom Cruise will drive the electric/diesel hybrid i8 in new Mission Impossible film The Ghost Protocol.

And it will go on sale in 2013 as part of a radical brand of BMW electric/hybrid cars.

The brand, launched this week in Munich, will be called BMWi - with the first models an electric city car, the BMW i3, and the high-performance i8 coupé.

The i3 will be a zero-emission all-electric supermini with room for four and a range in excess of 100 miles. It is aimed at commuters around the world. But the car that will change the image of electric motoring will be the stunning i8, a four-seat coupé with supercar performance, but fuel economy of nearly 90mpg, a range of 435 miles and CO2 emissions of less than 100g/km - and that means no road tax.

The incredible performance comes from a relatively small 1.5-litre turbo diesel, boosted by two electric motors, that delivers 0-62mph in 4.9 seconds and a top speed of 155mph. Expect a price around £100,000 plus.

BMW's Sales and Marketing boss Ian Robertson said the new brand and cars would "radically alter the motor industry and set a new benchmark for premium electric cars".

He added: "These cars and the i brand will shift the game and shape the future of motoring.

"It will change the way we build cars with new materials and production techniques and the way we drive."

He said it was too early to talk prices for the new cars but said that the i3 - despite being a small city car - would have a premium price and cost more than such rivals as the Nissan Leaf and Chevrolet Volt.

Luxury The ground-breaking brand follows a decision at the weekend by Rolls- Royce, also owned by BMW, to develop an all-electric Phantom as the first ultra-luxury electric car.

And BMW are also working on plans for an electric Mini - the German Group own Mini - to complete their electric range.

To that end BMW have been testing a fleet of 600 prototype electric Minis in the UK and around the world for the last two years.

And research from those drivers who took part in the Mini electric trials has been vital in developing the BMW i3 city car.

iBrand ... BMW hope their i cars will shape the future of motoring

2011 Geneva Motor Show: The Supercars

Geographically located in between the supercar capitals of Europe, Switzerland is where the world's automakers come to showcase the latest array of mouth-watering, bank-balance-tempting exotic sports cars. And this year's Geneva Motor Show didn't disappoint in the least.

In between all those luxury sedans, upscale sport-utes and premium hatchbacks were a blinding assortment of six-figure supercars seemingly capable of bending the very laws of physics. Standing out from the crowd were brand-new offerings from Ferrari, Lamborghini and Pagani, new takes on old favorites from Maserati, Aston Martin and Jaguar, concept cars from Alfa Romeo, BMW and Wiesmann and more.

We went to Geneva to check them out with our own eyes (and lens) – follow the jump to see what we found, and click the images to view the full galleries from our sister-site Autoblog.

Among the most eagerly anticipated of the new debuts was the all-new Pagani Huayra. The oddly-named supercar from Modena replaces, at long last, the much-loved Zonda that stood for years as a favorite among those in the know. The new Huayra, packing a Mercedes AMG V12 engine, looks much better in red and in person than it did in the first batch of beige images released when the car was initially announced, leaving us with little doubt that the Huayra will be as sought-after as the Zonda it replaces.



Arguably even more anxiously awaited was the Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4. After months of teasers and spy shots, the Raging Bull marque finally unveiled its all-new supercar under the flood lights on the Geneva show floor to rave reviews. Replacing the old steel-framed Murcielago with a completely new carbon-fiber monocoque, the Aventador drives 700 metric horsepower to all four wheels from an all-new engine through a new type of gearbox with an F1-inspired suspension that, all together, promise blinding levels of performance.



Pagani and Lamborghini weren't the only Italian automakers presenting new supercars in Geneva, as Ferrari arrived with the new FF. Succeeding the lackluster 612 Scaglietti, the Ferrari Four is an all-wheel-drive "shooting brake" (that is, somewhere in between a hatchback and a station wagon with a sleeker profile) that seats four and packs a new V12 engine. The intriguing new flagship model was proudly showcased in duplicate at Ferrari's impressive show stand as well as at designer Pininfarina's (alongside the De Tomaso Deauville).



Ferrari's sister company Maserati, meanwhile, unveiled the ultimate variant of its GranTurismo range with the new GranCabrio Sport. The four-seat convertible packs the same 450-horsepower, 4.7-liter V8 engine as the GranTurismo MC Stradale, but offers wind-in-your-hair cruising for you and three of your best friends. (If they're not your best friends now, you can bet they will be after you give 'em a ride in this beauty.)



Another storied sister company Alfa Romeo wowed with the spritely 4C concept, seen for the first time here in Geneva. Envisioned as a more accessible successor to the achingly beautiful 8C Competizione, the 4C packs a much smaller four-cylinder engine (hence the name) and was unveiled in a tempting matte red paint scheme to critical acclaim. If built for public consumption, it could provide a decidedly more latin-flavored alternative to England's Lotus.



The fun wasn't all left up to the Italians, though, as the Germans got in on the supercar action as well. BMW presented its concept for a technologically-advanced roadster in the form of the Vision ConnectedDrive which is strictly a show car, but its ingredients could find their way into future production models from Munich.



Niche automaker Wiesmann, also powered by BMW engines, presented its Spyder concept that boils the existing Wiesmann Roadster into a more stripped-down, if not necessarily attractive, package.



Meanwhile Gumpert – producers of the lightning-quick but ugly-duckling Apollo supercar – presented the new Tornante with a sleeker form designed by Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera of Milan.



Heading further north, Swedish supercar-builder Koenigsegg presented the final production version of the new Agera as well as the even more extreme new Agera R. Capable of burning E85 bio-ethanol, the Agera R's twin-turbo V8 produces as much as 1,115 horsepower for a 2.9-second sprint to sixty.



The British were well represented as well by former sister companies Aston Martin and Jaguar. The former unveiled the new Virage, a luxurious V12 grand touring coupe based on (and slotting into the line-up in between) the DB9 and DBS models. Jaguar meanwhile presented the ultimate version of its XK coupe to take in the form of the XKR-S. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the original XKE, the limited-edition XKR-S offers up 550 horsepower from its supercharged V8 for a 4.2-second 0-60 time.



Finally the Japanese joined in on the action with the Nurburgring package for the Lexus LFA. For an extra $70k over the $375k list price on a "regular" LFA, the Nürburgring package offers extra power, aerodynamics and other enhancements that make the V10-engined supercar even more extreme. A pretty good note on which to finish our coverage of this year's Geneva Motor Show.

Lamborghini Aventador & Ferrari Four Sold Out for 2011

Can't decide between the Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 and the Ferrari Four? One's a front-engined hatchback and the other a mid-engined wedge, but form factor aside, the two have more in common than you might think. They've both got new V12 engines bigger than six liters and with over 600 horsepower. They're both all-wheel drive, each tops the range from arch-rival exotic Italian automakers and cost upwards of $300,000. So which one would you take?

Even if you have the cash on hand, you'll still have a while to think it over. Because according to reports, they're both sold out for the rest of the year. Lamborghini earmarked 700 units for 2011, Ferrari 800. But they've all reportedly been spoken for. So take your time deciding which you like better. And then buy both. Hey, if you're gonna dream, might as well dream big