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THE WEIRD…. FROM THE 2008 PARIS AUTO SHOW


One expects weird things to come out of the Paris auto show. I say “things” because there’re often, well… things; that can’t be called cars. From Nissan and Renault, partners in crime weird things, come the Nissan Nuvu and Renault ZE. Descriptions would be wonderful, but that wouldn’t help you absorbe the strangeness of the concepts. Tokyo this is not. But Paris will do just fine for now, thanks. Click to read about the good, the bad, and the ugly so far from the 2008. Paris auto show

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