Rectangular steering wheels, floating cars and deluxe EVs debut at Paris auto show
PARIS, Oct 14 (Reuters) -Chinese and European automakers are launching new models at the Paris auto show on Monday, with both heavily focusing on their electric ranges, even as demand slows and the EU gears up to impose tariffs on Chinese-made EVs later this month.
Below are some of the launches expected to generate buzz at the show, Europe's biggest. Organisers have counted around 50 European or world premieres.
CHINA'S OFFERING
Chinese EV giant BYD 002594.SZ, which has entered many European markets this summer, is hoping to challenge Tesla's Model Y with a mid-sized electric SUV known as the Sea Lion 07.
It will also premiere for France its luxury, plug-in hybrid SUV, the Yangwang U8, which is capable of floating in the event of accidents involving water. It can also park sideways or make a complete turn on the spot thanks to four electric motors, one in each wheel.
China's state-owned GAC is launching the second generation of its compact electric crossover SUV, the Aion V, with a range of up to 750 kilometres (466 miles).
FAW's Hongqi, or Red Flag, known as former Chinese leader Chairman Mao Zedong's favoured car brand and considered the nation's equivalent of a Rolls Royce, will launch its imposing luxury electric range, including the 5.2-metre long E-HS9, and EH7 and EHS7 models.
Startup Leapmotor will show the small EV T03 and new electric SUVs, the C10 and B10.
EUROPEAN MANUFACTURERS
Local manufacturer Renault RENA.PA is unveiling its small electric SUV, the R4, a modern version of the famous Renault 4 from the sixties, as well as a new Dacia Bigster, a larger version of the bestselling SUV Duster.
Alpine, Renault's sport brand, will unveil a show car for its forthcoming A390 fastback, its second fully electric model.
Volkswagen VOWG_p.DE will premiere its seven-seater VW Tayron SUV that comes as a mild hybrid or plug-in hybrid, and available for order from 45,475 euros ($49,763).
Stellantis STLAM.MI will launch the new compact Citroen C4 and C4X that have hybrid, electric and pure combustion-engine versions.
Peugeot, which has previously designed a mini steering wheel, is showing a rectangular wheel, or the Hypersquare, which will appear in the first car showrooms from 2026.
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Reporting by Gilles Guillaume, Nick Carey and Dominique Patton
Editing by Mark Potter
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