FRANKFURT SHOW: Chinese eviction whispers prove wrong
Rumours on the morning of second press day that the IAA show organisers might expel China Automobiles from the show sent TV news crews scurrying to witness the event.
Rumours on the morning of second press day that the IAA show organisers might expel China Automobiles from the show sent TV news crews scurrying to witness the event.
At the heart of the row are the lookalike Toyota Rav 4 – called the UFO – and the BMW X5 lookalike, the CEO.
In the end, there were no flying saucers and no embarrassed chief executives at the importer China Automobiles Deutschland – but it provided for an entertaining interlude.
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