Can’t say we’re too surprised about this. After many lesser leaks, and Lamborghini’s several-month-long, piece-by-piece Aventador reveal, the first uncovered Aventador picture comes to us by the way of Web leak.

The picture is a scanned magazine pictorial from Evo Magazine Croatia and gives a nice look at the front end and roof of the newest Lamborghini. Unfortunately, there’s only one leaked shot so far, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see a few more leaks–if not an official Lamborghini reveal–within the next day or two.

Until then, we have this brilliant, red front end to stare longingly at. [via WCF]

(Auto Express mock-up) Looks worse than I could have ever imagined...

Surprise, surprise. Another luxury crossover is coming our way. This time it’s from Bentley. According to Auto Express, a crossover is one of three Porsche-platformed Bentleys being planned over the next few years.

The crossover, which may be called the Cross Continental, would share a platform with the Cayenne, but would get a more premium interior and feature W12 and V8 engines borrowed from the Continental GT. Cost is being speculated at around 120,000 pounds ($195,000).

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Another sexy Geneva debut, the B99 is designed by Italian design firm Bertone in cooperation with Jaguar. The concept is meant to give us a look at the possible direction that Jaguar could take with a new small sedan that it is planning for 2013/2014.

Bertone sought to compact the dimensions of the sedan, while maintaining an equal weight distribution over the wheels. So, instead of designing a rear-oriented fastback, Bertone cut out the B-pillar and made reverse rear doors. This structure gives the B99–which is named for Bertone’s 99th anniversary–the shorter dimensions that Jaguar is looking for, with a look removed from fastback models like the XJ and XF.

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It’s the all-new Pantera revival!! Oh, no it’s not. It’s a rather frumpy, plain-looking four-door crossover. Bummer.

To be fair, we knew De Tomaso wasn’t coming back with a 2012 Pantera, but we’re still trying to understand why they chose this run-of-the-mill “sport luxury car” to come back on scene with. But Gian Mario Rossignolo’s revived De Tomaso badge’s first car will be the SLC, and it will debut in Geneva in just under two weeks. The first picture of the car comes courtesy of an unveiling for the Italian government yesterday.

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There’s most certainly a joke about the FF being a dog in here, but I think the story about the best footage yet of the Ferarri FF coming from a dog-sledding duo really outshines any attempt at such a comparison. So right to the story…

Somewhere in the mountains of Europe, Ferrari was doing some testing of its first-ever 4WD, and dog sledders just happened to be passing by and they just happened to have a video camera filming the FF’s every move. While they only got about 30 seconds worth of footage, it’s some of the cleanest shots yet that we’ve seen of Ferrari’s shooting brake. Who knew it would come from mushers?

Hit the break and see what these resourceful sledders were able to come up with. [via GT Spirit]

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Got two minutes? Put them to good use by seeing some of the sweetest footage yet of the Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4. Yeah, it’s still in camo, but you’ll get a good look at Lambo’s all-new flagship from just about every angle–including some footage from inside the cabin. Plus you’ll get to hear that sweet 691-hp V12 purr and purr.

The video was originally leaked by Dutch website Autogespot and appears to be official Lambo footage. Wherever it’s from, it’s worth watching. First the jump, then the play button. [via WCF]

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We had heard that Pagani was making its all-new Huayra compliant with U.S. regulations, and now it’s official: the Italian supercar-maker will be sending the gullwinged Huayra our way. If you haven’t been following, that will make the Huayra the first Pagani to be sold in the States–the Zonda didn’t comply with U.S. regulations.

The Huayra, which will debut next month in Geneva, will make it here sometime later this year.

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Bentley may come up a little short when it comes to a list of the world’s fastest cars, but it does have one speed record: fastest speed on ice. Bentley announced this week that a Continental Supersports piloted by Juha Kankkunen hit a world-record-breaking ice speed of 205.48 mph. Bentley took the record from itself: Kankkunen set a 199.83 mph ice record in a Continental GT in 2007.

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It’s that time of year where auto manufacturers jump the gun on Geneva and start showing their cards a little early. Porsche has introduced the Panamera S Hybrid today, its second hybrid production model.

The new Panamera uses the same hybrid system as the Cayenne S Hybrid: a 380-hp combination of a 3.0-liter supercharged V6 engine and a 47-hp electric motor. Porsche calls the car “the most efficient Porsche of all time” and claims that it will get about 34.5 mpg here in the States. The car can travel up to one mile by way of electric power alone, and can use the motor, engine or combination of both to power the wheels. The sprint to 60 mph comes in 5.7 seconds and top speed is 167 mph.

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