Paris Motor Show Union Riot...sorta :)
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CaptainCox
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PostPosted: Fri, 17th Oct 2008 19:33    Post subject: Paris Motor Show Union Riot...sorta :)
I was at the Paris Motor Show earlier this month (sorry no pics, NO TIME ) Anyho, the show was so so in terms of new design and what have you.

As you might have noticed the economy world wide is in tatters, same thing in France. Renault and the other french car makers are struggling like the rest. Layoffs and pay cuts etc etc.

So the French union "CGT" decided to stage a demo at the Motor Show. The result you can see here
Renault Ondelios (Show Car)

Keyed, kicked and covered in stickers and what have you ( I know that a show car cost about 1.5-4 Million € to make Wink.)

Another car the guys from the CGT felt needed a makeover

The new Megane Coupe

FULL STORY

I guess the guys from the union where to many for the security guards to stop (or they did not want to). The bottom line is...well, it's a pretty F'ed up world we live in.

I personally think that the "Renault Ondelios" actually deserved a good trashing...but maybe not this way Wink.

Vive la révolution....Vive la France!

Allons enfants de la Patrie,
Le jour de gloire est arrivé!
Contre nous de la tyrannie,
L’étendard sanglant est levé.


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Mortibus




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PostPosted: Fri, 17th Oct 2008 19:52    Post subject:
they should stop designing butt ugly lunch boxes
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Support81
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PostPosted: Fri, 17th Oct 2008 19:55    Post subject:
Hate Franch... Fucked up country that is...
And fucked up ppl crashing a motor show.


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PostPosted: Fri, 17th Oct 2008 21:24    Post subject:
Assholes.


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PostPosted: Fri, 17th Oct 2008 21:33    Post subject:
i like it Very Happy

and its just a car anyways. I d rather prefer people keeping their jobs instead of a car company boasting about their greatness with a project-car that likely will not see mass-production anyways. And we re living in the digital age, so there should be more than enough pictures of those cars to keep fans happy for another life-time.

that being said, i still like automobile expos and those show cars for the aesthetics alone. And i d prefer if the companies had the money to actually do both.

Come to think of it, the scratches and stickers make those cars even more uniqe for collectors in the long run Very Happy
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Mortibus




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PostPosted: Fri, 17th Oct 2008 21:35    Post subject:
shit happens when u retire 6,000 ppl
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PostPosted: Fri, 17th Oct 2008 22:05    Post subject:
Not a nice car at all!


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SycoShaman
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PostPosted: Sat, 18th Oct 2008 07:24    Post subject:
Ugly cars imo

I like auto shows tho. The ones where the big companies show off the latest models are cool, but i like the ones where individuals have restored say a 1940's cadillac or something. Or hot rod shows. Those are fuckin cool.


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