Paris Auto Show
Unless you're deep in the bowels of the automotive journalism industry, it may come as a surprise the
Paris Auto Show is — despite the
big reveals and
beautiful flora and fauna — one of
the worst of the global shows to cover. First off, the show is big.
Really big. It's over a half mile across, and spread out over six main buildings with huge elevation changes — that's a lot of hiking. To compound this issue, the press room is on the far side of the convention center campus, half a mile away from anything useful. And, as we said two years ago, albeit more colorfully, it's the
world's worst press room. So terrible is it in fact, we managed to use it for all of about 10 minutes before running to happier pastures at Volvo (
thanks Volvo!). But, as a service to the
Paris Motor Show planning committee, we've put together a list of the top ten reasons the Paris Motor Show press room sucks, along with ways to improve it.
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