Yes, Lamborghini trotted out a hybrid notion. Mercedes-Benz pulled the wraps from the extended-awaited AMG GT. Audi mooted a 4-portal version of the TT, and Infiniti suggested a future flagship direction with the Q80 Inspiration. There was even a new variant of the Ferrari 458 on hand. But c’mon. It’s France. More than France, it’s Paris. And absolutely nothing provided up a nutshell overview of Gallic glory like the wonderful show tucked away in Pavilion. (See it all in the photo gallery.)
Synthesizing a century’s worth of automobiles and fashion, the exhibit is worth the price tag of admission all on its lonesome. Yves Saint-Laurent’s 1971 Silver Shadow, undoubtedly nevertheless faintly reeking of Gauloises and Chanel spilled by druggy, tipsy models? Check. The impossibly wedgy troika of the 4-rotor Mercedes C111 idea, Maserati Boomerang, and Marcello Gandini’s godly Alfa-Romeo Carabo, all accompanied by custom-painted Ruby helmets? You greater think it. A Citroën SM and a Renault-Alpine A310? But of course, mon ami!
But perhaps the bestest in a huge area full of stuff that is quite a lot the ideal was Gabriel Voisin’s C28 Aerosport prototype. A French racing blue example has been floating around the hoity-toit concours circuit for what appears like an eternity, and it stands as one particular of the most visually phenomenal vehicles we’ve ever encountered, even in its unrestored state. This silver automobile has certainly been reworked at the highest of levels, a window into what one might’ve noticed at the Paris show in 1934. Viewed via its lens, the previous 80 years look almost underwhelming. Now, head into the photo gallery for a visual tour.
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Zut Alors! A Cavalcade of Fashionable Historic Automobiles at the Paris Auto Show [Photo Gallery]
