{"id":578,"date":"2010-11-16T12:40:07","date_gmt":"2010-11-16T02:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.privatefleet.com.au\/?p=578"},"modified":"2020-06-20T02:00:38","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T16:00:38","slug":"new-models-discovered-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/home\/new-models-discovered-in-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"New models discovered in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not so long ago, the Paris Motor Show<\/a> was in full swing.\u00a0 Motor Shows are when the motoring world gets to see the weird, the wild, the wonderful and the new.\u00a0 While we all know that some of the oddities unveiled at these shows never quite make it into production and some of the new models don\u2019t get Down Under for yonks, these shows are always entertaining if you\u2019re only slightly interested in cars and motoring \u2013 and even if you\u2019re not.<\/p>\n

New models are being unveiled by the following auto manufacturers: Audi (world premiere for the latest A7 Sportback, the R8 GT and R8 V8 Spyder models), Chevrolet (world premiere for latest Aveo, Orlando, Cruze and Captiva), Citr\u00f6en (latest C4 and DS4), Ford (Focus ST Concept, Fiesta RS WRC and the unveiling of a demo model plug-in hybrid), Honda (Jazz Hybrid), Hyundai (JC), Kia (the concept car Pop), Land Rover (Range Rover Evoque), Mazda (new look 3 and 5), Mercedes Benz (A-Class E-Cell, three CLS variants and the S class), Opel (GTC Paris and Astra Sport Tourer), Peugeot (508 and 3008 hybrid), Renault (De Zir, Fluence ZE, Twizy, Twingo Miss Sixty and Laguna Phase 2), Smart (a fortwo facelift, car2go and two motorbikes\/scooters), Toyota (Verso S), Volkswagen (latest Passat) and Volvo (latest V60).\u00a0 It still remains to be seen which ones of these will get down to this part of the world, but I\u2019m hoping that we\u2019ll see the Honda Jazz Hybrid, at the very least, and we certainly want to see new models of old favourites.\u00a0 But something tells me that the Renault Twingo Miss Sixty is going to need a bit of re-badging or re-naming before it comes down here \u2013 can you really imagine asking to see a \u201cTwingo Miss Sixty\u201d at the local car dealers?<\/p>\n

However, none of the other new cars seem to have really peculiar names.\u00a0 The following have all been real names for real cars, and you have to wonder what on earth the manufacturers were thinking:<\/p>\n