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  1. mhh

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    #1 mhh, Aug 7, 2008
    Anyone been? Any good?
     
  2. yasmin

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    #2 yasmin, Aug 7, 2008
    I have been to the Paris show a few times. Not as good as Tokyo, Detroit or any of the European shows, but still worth a visit.
    But don't go to Paris JUST for the show, you'll be dissapointed.
     
  3. SPEEDCORE

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    #3 SPEEDCORE, Aug 8, 2008
    If you ever been to any Australian Car Show, you know that they can't get any worst :p
     
  4. Fil-Ski

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    #4 Fil-Ski, Aug 8, 2008
    Adelaide Motor show would have to be the worst in Australia unless Darwin or Hobart have one.
     
  5. IanB

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    #5 IanB, Aug 8, 2008
    Not as interesting as Geneva, can be very crowded, narrow walkways and crowding make visibility difficult. Catering is tres ordinaire. Retromobile is the best Paris autoshow.

    Lots of other motoring sights in France of course, Le Mans museum, Mulhouse Museum, etc.
     
  6. mhh

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    #6 mhh, Oct 16, 2008
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    Went yesterday and today. The environment is the main theme. Hybrids everywhere amongst the mainstream manufacturers. The busiest place was around the Ferrari stand although there was a queue to look at the Nissan GTR too.

    It is a huge show - Sydney or Melbourne would fit easily into any one of the 8 halls. The crowd wasn't too bad early in the day but quickly builds. Every manufacturer seemed be here except Holden ;)

    The California looks good - makes the F430 look pretty old.

    Here's a few assorted pics.
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    #15 PAP 348, Oct 16, 2008
    Nice pics mate! Thanks for sharing! :):)
     
  16. jeffQV

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    #16 jeffQV, Oct 16, 2008
    Interesting cars, thanks for the pics. Paris in Spring is awesome, one of my fav cities.
     
  17. kerrari

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    #17 kerrari, Oct 16, 2008
    Excellent! Thanks, especially for the Fcar and FIAT pics!
     
  18. IanB

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    #18 IanB, Oct 17, 2008
    It is a kit car! It has a Camry engine FFS!

    I haven't had time to get to the show this week, but the car showrooms on the Champs Elysees are in motor show mode and have a number of interesting prototypes in them - worth a look if you're here over the weekend. Toyota have the Lexus supercar concept from last year and Renault the new Megane coupe.

    ps. thanks for posting the pics.
     
  19. Modeler

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    #19 Modeler, Oct 17, 2008
    I think they could wind up selling a lot more Californias in colours other than red than has been the norm.
     
  20. fivesix

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    #20 fivesix, Oct 17, 2008
    the 7 series seems to lack everything when compared to an S class? I thought they would have tried to make it less plain... :S
     
  21. alexm

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    #21 alexm, Oct 17, 2008
    Thanks for sharing the pics! cool.

    These little things look like those cartoon accidents where starts off as normal car and goes between trucks in traffic and both car and driver squashed flat lol
     

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