A carefully-considered and well-presented hall, dedicated to many of the supercar and prestige marques absent in Detroit, allowed the 540,000+ Brussels Salon attendees to enjoy some mouth-watering displays from Bugatti, Lamborghini, Rolls-Royce, Ferrari, McLaren, Alpine, Porsche, Aston Martin, local Gillet, and many others, with plenty of new concept cars to admire as well.
Audi presented both the latest e-Tron quattro and AI Sportsback concepts, with Renault displaying its automated Symbioz, Skoda showing the Vision E prototype, Jaguar the i-Pace concept, and Mercedes-Benz its long and flamboyant Maybach 6 roadster, first seen at last year’s Pebble Beach concours.
Okay, Brussels may not be Detroit, but it’s a far more convenient, laid-back and affordable motor show to visit for us Brits in need of a vital New Year new car fix. The Belgian event marked its 96th running this year, and we look forward to attending many more…