Paris Auto Show – Significant Launches Led By BMW. “This attempt with DS to challenge the German premium brands does look an uphill struggle” It was the car show that much of the industry avoided, but it still attracted many significant new launches, from trend setting electric vehicles to the inevitable slew of new SUVs, […]
Paris Auto Show: Brexit Fears Spook Carmakers. “If you ask me for my gut feeling, I have difficulty imagining something will happen that will go against the economic interest of the country,” Europe’s carmakers, gathered in Paris for the biennial auto show, are getting increasingly nervous about the lethal prospects for Brexit, which will be […]
Paris Auto Show – Audi, Mercedes Will Challenge Tesla. “Electric car sales will take off very strongly in the 2020s and we expect demand to increase exponentially” Electric cars made the headlines at the biennial Paris Auto Show, but the debutant models from Audi and Mercedes are too expensive to ignite the long awaited boom […]
Paris Auto Show: BMW Unveils New 3-Series. “BMW has focused on reducing weight, which will help improve economy and handling” BMW unveiled its new 3-Series sedan at the Paris Auto Show, and published the first pictures of this 7th generation vehicle. The new 3-Series looks very much like the old one, but has cleaner, precise […]
Pairs Auto Show – Europe Industry Faces Near Term Upheaval. “We’ve had good years (since the financial crash) but now it is getting harder and harder” The European car market has performed strongly since the dark days of the 2008 financial crash, but that healthy scenario is about to expire as carmakers fend off regulatory […]
Paris Auto Show – What Happened To Half The Industry? “Perhaps the most significant debutant at the show is the all-new 7-th generation BMW 3-Series” Visitors to the Paris Auto Show will be asking where did everybody go? The biennial Paris show, Mondial de l’Automobile, is missing many key players, who have declined to attend […]
Outlook Cloudy For Europe As Paris Car Show Opens. “European and global auto sales are close to the peak of the cycle and we see cyclical risks from slowing global growth” As the European car industry displays its wares at the biennial Paris show, sales prospects look good for the short-term, but the longer haul […]
Electric Cars Point The Way In Paris. “electric vehicles are the standout at the show, led by the European version of the Chevrolet Bolt, the Opel-Vauxhall Ampera E” The Paris Car Show will mark the start of a number of new trends including the beginning of the mass market electric car, the demise of the […]
Chevrolet Bolt’s European Version Storms Paris Car Show. “It is a genuine step change and is likely to be the first of a generation of electric cars which can be really competitive with the internal combustion engine with significantly longer range” Electric cars are headlining at the biennial Paris Car Show, with the European version […]
“The German economy is no longer running smoothly”. “There are definitely increasing signs of turbulence with pockets of demand falling in some key markets”. The Paris Car Show should have been a time to celebrate the return of the good times after the great recession, but it is turning into a nail-biting quandary about the […]
