We recently attended the Paris Motor Show as guests of Peugeot. Here we bring you a photo gallery of some of our favourites of the show, as well as a few oddities that also appealed to us…
The Peugeot 208 GTi 30th Anniversary Edition (the 30th anniversary of the original 205 GTi, that is) featured an incredible two-tone gloss red/matt black paint job that added another 8 hours to its production time!
Something artistic on the Fiat stand to remind us how small the original 500 was while launching the new, even bigger 500X SUV…
The original – and utterly gorgeous – wooden buck used to form the Fiat 500.
Suzuki managed to nick the coveted “oddest slogan of the show” prize with this cracking mangling of the English language at the unveiling of the new Vitara!
The stunningly sexy Mercedes-AMG GT.
Only a man in pink pastel slacks could enjoy THIS paintjob…
Gorgeous old Honda F1 car, with a sneaky, almost hidden guest appearance from the 2015 F1 engine that will be in the back of the McLarens behind it!
The Peugeot 2008 Dakar car is a brutally purposeful piece of kit.
The 2008 Dakar is, surprise, surprise, actually a 2WD. This allows Peugeot to take advantage of larger wheels and tyres, as well as giving it more flexibility with its fuel options.
The new smart fortwo was an exercise in lowercase brilliance, especially in the special “Edition One” wild colours.
Fell oddly in love with the weird little Liger city cars, especially this “off-road” model…
Another Ligier!
Another Ligier!
Another Ligier! The path from a Formula 1 team to oddball city car manufacturer must have been a wild one…
Not as brutal looking as it once was, the Mercedes-AMG C63 married its new name up with some sleekly sext looks.
The Peugeot Exalt concept car from Beijing got a refresh and a new paint job for Paris..
The Peugeot Quartz was a show-stealing hybrid SUV with big power and sexy looks. It hints at the future for Peugeot, both in terms of models (more SUVs!), styling and technology.
The brilliant little factory and customer 208 T16 rally cars!
For 200,000 Euro you too can have a factory-built car capable of competing in the Asia/Pacific Rally Championship. Really! Just ask Peugeot Sport and they will build one for you!
The 208 Hybrid Air was hidden over in the corner of the Peugeot stand, letting its Citroen brother (the Cactus ) take all the glory, but its technology was equally fascinating – both cars featured compressed air hybrid drivetrains that were capable of delivering 2L/100km!
The Ferrari 458 Speciale A (for Aperat – which means “open” in Italian) was stunning.
The Nissan IDx concepts were as startling small and perfectly formed as they were when they were revealed at the 2013 Tokyo Motor Show…
Nissan MUST make these a reality…
… ESPECIALLY THE NISMO!
The rather awesome Civic Type R concept!
A small electric Hummer. Nope, we have no idea why either…
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