Paris, the city of light and love will the epicentre of the automobile world for the next 16 days as the 2016 Paris Mondial de L’Automobile, the 2016 Paris Motor Show kicks off. The biennial event will showcase the latest concepts and the hottest exotics from the world’s leading automobile manufacturers.
The event which opens today will come to an end on the 16th of this month. This year’s event will be dominated by electric concept cars as the manufacturers go all out to outdo each others. For those of you who are crazy about cars, these are some of the headliners of this year’s event:
LaFerrari Aperta will make its world debut at the show. Only 209 were made, and they all sold out before even hitting the showroom floor. The Aperta boasts an output of 949 horsepower and can reach a top speed of 217 mph.
As expected French car makers will not play second fiddle. Citroen unveiled its sleek CXperience hybrid Concept with an all-electric range of 37 miles.
French automaker Renault unveiled a stunning electric concept car called the Trezor. It comes with three separate driving modes: neutral, sport, and autonomous. It can get to 62 mph in less than 4 seconds.
Mercedes Benz will showcase a high-performance AMG version of its GLC Coupe. It has an output of 377 horsepower
BMW showed off a revised version of the i3 electric city car with a revised color design that will become available at the beginning of 2017.
Japanese car maker, Honda showcased its Civic Type R prototype — a close-to-production glimpse of the next generation Civic that will go on sale in 2017
