Saturday, October 4, 2014

Paris Motor Show: the trade show opens in Paris – Le Nouvel Observateur

Paris Motor Show: the trade show opens in Paris – Le Nouvel Observateur

Paris (AFP) – “Oh, the cars!” Tens of thousands of aficionados will have flocked Saturday to the Paris Motor Show, which opened its doors in Paris when the industry began a slow recovery in Europe.

From 10:00, potential buyers or just curious, some after an hour and a half of waiting, have égaillés in the aisles of the pavilions of the Exhibition, until October 19, transformed into a temple to the glory of the private car.

“It was the day you plan to see everything,” said AFP Lionel Cremel, come to Toulouse with his son Elian, 14. This passionate Porsche wants above all admire “supercars, cars that do not see every day.”

It is not the only one, judging from the crowd that was formed at the opening round of the Ferrari or Lamborghini stands.

A girl offers a “selfie” before the metallic blue prototype “Asterion” brand Taurus while a father, holding the hand of her little boy exclaims “oh, the cars”. He will remain at the show, he says, “until fatigue sets.”

On the Renault stand, the star is the new space, leaving the universe MPV which was originally 30 years ago to be closer to that of the 4×4, with its raised body.

David Garbous, also accompanied by his son, keep the car forward. “It looks like the American models, with more fluidity into the design,” he says.

He also confesses his interest in electric vehicles sales, despite government incentives and an offer increasingly expanded, still struggling to take off in France

-.’s own vehicle, “major national issue” –

visit Saturday show, the Minister of Ecology and Energy Ségolène Royal and his colleague of Economy Emmanuel Macron said they were determined to advance the deployment of electric vehicles as part of the energy transition being debated in Parliament.

This text is clean “a major national issue” vehicle, said Ms Royal, also encouraging French manufacturers to make an effort on prices.

Manufacturers must understand “that if they s ‘undertake not rapidly falling prices of electric car to conquer the markets, they will be matched by the Chinese and Indian manufacturers, “she has said.

Meanwhile, M . Macron has supported a broadening of eligibility criteria for “super bonus” which would bring 10,000 euros of government aid for the purchase of clean cars, device Wednesday by his office.

environmental awareness and energy savings require, manufacturers also rely on efficient engines, like Peugeot and Citroen affecting both liters per 100 km with prototypes using compressed air, while Renault provides power consume one liter per 100 demonstrator with his “Eolab.”

“In the second car, I’m ready to take the plunge (to electric), thinking about the future of children,” says Yves Lavaud, came with his wife Sandrine and their daughter Emily, 12. The World at home, is a “ritual” every two years.

M. Lavaud first wants to see “Renault and Peugeot.” “We’re a little traffic, we try to support them because they really need it,” he says.

At Peugeot precisely bystanders, between furtive glances to the lovely hostesses , have especially after the concept cars: the sharp 4×4 “Quartz” and the tapered lines sedan “Exalt” on its revolving podium

The 2014 World Cup takes place against the backdrop of a weak recovery of. market in Europe, after five years of depression. Europeans still buy 20% fewer cars in annual pace than in 2007, before the economic and financial crisis.

hi industrial, globally, is expected to come from emerging markets, particularly China, which will absorb about 24 million new cars this year.

After President Francois Hollande Friday, and Ms. Royal and Mr. Macron, Prime Minister Manuel Valls had planned to go and take a bath World crowd Saturday.

In the previous edition in 2012, the show attracted 1.2 million visitors.

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