2008 Paris Motor Show

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2008 Paris Motor Show
Genre Auto show
BeginsOctober 4, 2008 (2008-10-04)
EndsOctober 19, 2008 (2008-10-19)
Venue Paris Expo Porte de Versailles
Location(s) Paris
Country France
Previous event 2006 Paris Motor Show
Next event 2010 Paris Motor Show

The 2008 Paris Motor Show took place from 4 October to 19 October 2008, in Paris expo Porte de Versailles.

Contents

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

Suzuki SX4 WRC at Paris 2008 Mondial de l'automobile - Paris - Dimanche 5 Octobre 2008 (2915764870).jpg
Suzuki SX4 WRC at Paris 2008

Taxis du Monde

entrance to Taxis du Monde exhibition in Hall 8 Taxi du monde.jpg
entrance to Taxis du Monde exhibition in Hall 8

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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References

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