There's a lot happening here, and to bring it all to you will take the two press review days that we have here. Rather than try and bring you everything at once, we'll do it bit by bit, and in this first report look only at some of the cars which are real. We'll add to it as the day goes on.
First out, because it is Paris after all, are the French. Peugeot are pinning much on their new 508, which comes in a restrained but elegant styling in both saloon and wagon form. Noticable is the high quality of the interiors and the roominess compared to the predecessor 407.
Peugeot also showed off its groundbreaking diesel hybrid system, which debuts in a variant of the 3008 and aims to take hybrid to an acceptable level in diesel-favouring Europe.
Across the way, Citroen made a splash with its new generation C4, a much better looking car than the one it replaces.
Hidden in a cave, as has been the company's pattern, they also had the DS4 concept, as close to production as you like for the next in the DS series. But there were easier to see white ones high up outside. It's a smart one, good proportions.
On a stand next door, Land Rover was showing off its first new baby for a long time, the Range Rover Evoque. A snazzy coupe style urban offroad crossover, it was the first chance ordinary people got to see it in the metal and also for anyone to try out the interior. It suffers the same thing as all 3-door cars, awkward access to the rear seats, and we figure they should make it a 5-door, with hidden rear handles.
