Everything I saw and heard at the Paris motor show

Punchy CEO soundbites, important new concepts and yet more new Chinese brands - Paris 2024 had it all

This year's Paris motor show was a significant upgrade on the rather sombre 2022 running of the event, with more brands, models and executives in attendance. Here's how our editor filled his day. 7:35amStellantis CEO Carlos Tavares’ badge gets him into places mere mortals can’t go: he was the first person in the motor show this morning, and first stop was the BYD stand where he was spying the firm's range-extender hybrid drivetrain on the Seal U DM-i.

Tavares's meeting with Car of the Year jurors is always box office, and he doesn't disappoint, talking openly about why he had to fire the Maserati CEO last week, why he's dropped his battle with politicians in pursuit of a better planet, and most ominously an imminent "correction" to Stellantis's UK operations in response to the ZEV mandate and its damage to profitability.

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