2008 Paris Motor Show Explained

2008 Paris Motor Show
Genre:Auto show
Venue:Paris Expo Porte de Versailles
Location:Paris
Country:France
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The 2008 Paris Motor Show took place from 4 October to 19 October 2008, in Paris expo Porte de Versailles.

This edition of the Paris Motor Show featured a high number of hybrid and electric vehicles (EVs), that led a blogger with The New York Times to ask, "Who killed the non-electric cars?".[1]

Concept cars

Production cars

Motorsport cars

Taxis du Monde

As usual, Hall 8 hosted a special exhibition. In this edition, the subject was "Taxis du Monde" (Taxis from around the world), and it featured a variety of taxi vehicles from different cities and eras, such as a New York checker cab, a Chicago yellow cab, London black cabs, a Manila Jeepney, a Bangkok Tuk Tuk, etc., as well as several Parisian taxis, starting with the classic Renault Taxi de la Marne and ending with the proposed future taxi Peugeot Expert Tepee.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Garrett . Jerry . Paris Motor Show: Who Killed the Non-Electric Cars? - NYTimes.com . Wheels.blogs.nytimes.com . 2008-10-02 . 2010-11-22.
  2. Web site: Citroën Sport's ecological competition concept car . citroenet.org.