In Paris last week, the 41st International Auto Show got off to a fast start with all the fanfare and excitement of a fashion showing. On the first day, 100,00 auto enthusiasts packed the refurbished, fluorescent-lighted Grand Palais on the Champs Elysees to gape at such fancy sights as the Rapier, a white coupe designed by Milwaukee's Brooks Stevens and built in Germany on a Cadillac chassis, and the King of Arabia's custom-built Rolls-Royce (price: $27,000). Altogether, a record 107 manufacturers from nine nations trotted out their glittering showpieces.
One of the hits of the show was the Ford of...
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