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Showroom of the Champs-Elysees - Feb 2008 |
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Written by Colin Rear
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Thursday, 24 December 2009 15:01 |
Wandering up the Champs-Elysees over the weekend, I of course had to stop in the 5 car showrooms. Plenty of other people were doing the same, and were also taking pictures.
Renault:
Special exhibition on here, called "Passion Alpine", with several cars from the "Renault Histoire & Collection" to see: The first Alpine, the A106, along with the mid 50s Renault 4CV.
       
The renowned A110:
 
The later A310:
 
Le Mans winning A442
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Couple of other racing Alpines:
 
The upstairs of the Renault showroomd has a bar and restaurant area, and I can vouch for the quality of the offerings. Very tasty, and with a view of those cars down below you, what stunning scenery!
TOYOTA:
The emphasis here, unsurprisingly is on their Hybrid technology. Upstairs, there was a cross-sectioned Prius. Downstairs, there were 3 vehicles. The first was the iQ, a concept car, as shown at Frankfurt, slated for production within the next 12 months:  
This one was unfamiliar to me, the UrbanCruiser:
  
Final car is more well known, though, thankfully, not usually in this colour!
PEUGEOT:
The smallest showroom. There was a production 207SW in one corner, and some "ZenZOOM" wierd thing in the middle that the snooty staff would not let you get close too, and this.......... a 601:
  
MERCEDES-BENZ:
A long with the boutique area, this showroom was just being used for production cars, including the latest model, the W204 C Class Estate:
 
Otherwise, just familiar cars:
    
CITROEN:
By far the most impressive display. On the ground floor, there was only one car, but it's a good'un:
 
Close investigation revealed that the basement had a couple of cars in it:
    
However, then I realised that there were a whole series of cars on turntables, mounted one above each other.
                     
Here's the overall effect:
Splendid!
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Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2009 18:04 |
