Los Angeles. Christmas (ish). Only two words make any meaningful sense, and - for those in the car industry - it's not Die Hard. It is of course, 'motor show'.

Yes, Top Gear headed to the home of Hollywood to witness California's premier car show, and the reveal of some big hitting metal.

Fiat finally unveiled the 124 Spider, while Porsche did the honourable thing and turned the GT4 Cayman into a track-only Clubsport model.

Not only that, Volvo showed us a concept car interior that lacked the, um, car bit, while away from the more serious stuff, there was something called a 'Hellhog'.

Wild Boar Hellhog
Ladies and gentlemen, we give you' the HELLHOG.

Taking inspiration from the excellently-named Dodge Hellcat, it's a tuned-up triple axle, six-wheeled Jeep Wrangler. With of course, a Hellcat V8 engine.

America's answer to the Kahn Huntsman and our new favourite thing. Mainly because 707bhp wasn't enough, so they turned it up to 757bhp. Then added winch.

Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport
Three months. That's the amount of time it took Porsche to decide on a gearbox for this, the new Cayman GT4 Clubsport. An indication of how seriously Porsche is taking what appears to be a rather excellent little track car.

A manual was under consideration (just imagine) until Porsche decided a paddle-shift dual-clutcher would be more accessible for rookie racers.

Elsewhere, you'll find the front axle and lightweight rear strut suspension setup from the 911 GT3 Cup car, and the same Carrera S-derived 3.8-litre flat-six from the road car.

Very want.

Subaru Impreza concept
See those sharp lines? You'll see them on the next Subaru Impreza.

This Sedan concept comes after a similarly styled five-door Impreza hatchback was pirouetting under the spotlights at the Tokyo show just a few weeks ago.

It shows that the firm is serious about its new 'Dynamic x Solid' design language and will be taking it on to the next generation of Scooby.

We also found out that the next Impreza will also be the first model to adopt a standardised platform, one that'll be used to underpin every single Subaru model from now on.

Volvo 26 Concept
We know what you're thinking, 'where's the rest of it?'

Well, Volvo's concept isn't an extremely lightweight car, rather a design study into the Swedish firm's interiors of the future. Interiors that work in tandem with those pesky autonomous robots, no less.

As long as it can be legislated, in a few years time Volvo drivers will have the option to switch between three modes: Drive, Create or Relax.

In Drive, everything is pretty normal: you use the pedals to stop and go, and a steering wheel to change direction.

But selecting either of the other two modes sees the interior shape-shift as the steering wheel will retract into the dashboard, the seats recline and various screens slice into your vision so you can watch High School Musical 2 on the way to work. Just like you've always wanted to do.

Spira4U
Designed to be one of the safest and cleanest vehicles on Earth, this three-wheeled oddball is made of fibreglass and foam. It can be powered by either electricity or petrol, can float on water (in case of flash floods), is steered via a tiller, controlled like a motorbike, entered via a roof-mounted porthole and can even be parked vertically by just tipping it onto its back window.

Where do we sign?

Mercedes-Benz GLS
Most of Mercedes' stand was filled with this, the gargantuan GLS 63 AMG. It's the replacement for the GL, and this 577bhp 63 AMG heads the lineup for Merc's big new SUV.

West Coast Lowrider
We wouldn't be in Los Angeles without seeing a small wire-wheeled, hydraulic-filled lowrider.

Range Rover Evoque convertible
At this time of year, sun-kissed Los Angeles is the perfect place to launch a scalped Evoque. What's your take on the new Rangey?

Jaguar XE all-wheel-drive
At the other end of the Jaguar Land Rover stand was this: the new all-wheel-drive Jag XE.

Four-wheel-drive XEs will be available next year but only in the 178bhp, 2.0-litre diesel fitted with an auto 'box.

Infinti QX30
Would this very brown all-wheel-drive only Infiniti crossover lure you away from purchasing a Mercedes GLA, Audi Q3 or BMW X1? Well, the posh arm of Nissan sure as hell hopes so.

Calco Surfer
This awesome custom is owned by famous ventriloquist, Jeff Dunham. He had it fully restored  recently after it went into disrepair once being made for a surf magazine publisher back in the Sixties.

Now, which way is the beach again?

Fiat 124 Spider
You lot have been quite vocal about this, the new MX-5 based Fiat 124 Spider.

Alfa Romeo Giulia
Not much to report from Alfa, unfortunately.

Engineers are still revelling in the fact that the 503bhp Giulia is still the fastest-ever saloon to record a time round the Nurburgring. But they've since changed the name of the top-spec from Quadrifoglio Verde, or 'QV', to simply Quadrifoglio. Oh, and it's been delayed by another six months.

Mercedes-Benz SL
Merc's SL has had the nip'n'tuck treatment. It's got new wheels, bumpers and colours, plus the introduction of Active Body Control. Lovely.

Kuhl Racing Nissan GT-R
Recognise this? Of course you do. Like looking at the sun and then having a searing imprint on your eyes, its SEMA's modified GT-R from Kuhl.