Comments on: 2008 London Motorshow review

By: martin`

martin` — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:56:22 +0000

I always ended up disappointed with the Melbourne motor show for manufacturers not bothering to turn up but the O2 event was farcical. I stayed for about 3/4 of an hour and then had to get out! Lucky I had cheap tickets. No one was looking at the Insignia even though the stand covered a lot of real estate and yes it is a very ugly over styled car from the rear view.Have moved back to the UK after 20 years in OZ so besides the weather there’s another thing that sucks!

By: Steve Parker

Steve Parker — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:57:19 +0000

I have just visited the show. One word sums it up nicely : stodge. Over-priced tat (Lightning), mediocre looking junk (Lotus) and a whole host of other totally inconsequential trash being touted as revolutionary or some such. The truth is that there were few manufacturers of any note (No Jaguar, Mitsubishi, Rolls Royce, Audi, VW, Aston Martin) and then the organisers (I use the word advisedly) had the cheek to imply the absent people were present by including them in a full listing with the word Heritage next to them. This in truth meant that there was an old tent out the back with some of the output of years gone by. Quite simply shocking. It gets worse. If you want to get up close to any of the cars to have a good look around you have to fight you way through a queue or have to go through some half-baked string barrier. Dear, oh dear. Frankly the organisers should be reported to the Trading Standards. As for the companies themselves if I were in the business of building cars that I actually wanted to sell I would be making a concerted efforted to appear as though that was my intention. The ones who didn’t turn up clearly don’t and the ones who did have much to learn (which is presumably why they had to turn up because they aren’t selling many). Who would waste their time with this half-baked, amateurish, uninspiring, poorly conceived, dreadfully executed rubbish again? Only a complete dullard who has no self-respect and nothing better to do.

By: VW Informant

VW Informant — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:15:10 +0000

I think the Genesis coupe looks great! I would have loved to walk through that show.

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By: No Name

No Name — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:59:45 +0000

Nah do not agree with the Insignia comments. I wait till i’ve been to London next week. Remember its a large family car not an Aston. Never heard anyone say similar things about a Merc C class say.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:44:38 +0000

Have to agree with the Vauxhall Insignia. Have not seen it in the flesh yet – off to the motor show in the next few days, but just picked up the weekly auto mags here in London and it is a huge disapointment. Very bland and ordinary front end. A rather large blob. Dare I say it looks a bit like a face lifted Epica.

By: freddy

freddy — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:27:18 +0000

Found the Vauxhall insignia bland and uninspiring???? That’s very disappointing to hear as I thought it looked gorgeous in early photos, especially the side profile. Perhaps the lighting on promotional photos deliberately highlighted the sculpted blade down the side panels and over curves and they don’t leap out up ‘up close and personal’?

By: Lightbulb

Lightbulb — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:23:08 +0000

It is unusual so many manufacturers were not at the show as I thought it might be a good time to guage public reaction to the vehicles.

Cheers !