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.
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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.
