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The Paris Auto Show is full of interesting cars Americans can’t have

Perhaps the days when auto shows debuted new models aren’t entirely over. The big trade shows for cars were a gateway drug for many, expos where you could see the newest models of today and the concepts of tomorrow. But automakers increasingly got tired of sharing the spotlight with each other. New reveals moved offsite to events the night or even the week before the show itself. One by one, brands pulled out of auto show after auto show until there was little left to see. And then the pandemic hit.

也许车展发布新车型的日子并没有完全结束。大型汽车贸易展曾是许多人的入门毒药，在这些博览会上，你可以看到当今最新的车型和未来的概念车。但汽车制造商越来越厌倦与其他品牌共享聚光灯。新车发布会转移到了展会前一晚甚至前一周的场外活动中。品牌一个接一个地退出车展，直到几乎没什么可看的了。随后，疫情爆发了。

But the news out of Paris, where its auto show held media day yesterday, seems like we stepped back into a time when automakers would debut new cars aplenty. That retro vibe extends to the cars themselves, with plenty of familiar nameplates reimagined. France’s Renault has a long and glorious history of delightful concept cars, and more on what it brought to Paris later. But the star of the show was arguably Stellantis, with strong work from Citroen, Peugeot, and Fiat, to name but three.

但从巴黎车展昨天举行媒体日的报道来看，我们似乎回到了汽车制造商大量发布新车的时代。这种复古氛围也延伸到了汽车本身，许多熟悉的品牌名称被重新构想。法国雷诺在令人愉悦的概念车方面有着悠久而辉煌的历史，稍后会详细介绍它带到巴黎的作品。但本届车展的主角可以说是Stellantis集团，雪铁龙、标致和菲亚特等品牌的表现都非常出色。

But this article is meant to irritate you, because I’m pretty sure none of the stuff you’re seeing here will come to the United States. And it’s doubly irritating considering what Stellantis’ brands do offer us over here, doubling down on the same malign trends I saw back in 2020: did you know they’re about to relaunch a V8 Hellcat-powered Charger?

但这篇文章旨在让你感到恼火，因为我很确定你在这里看到的任何东西都不会进入美国市场。考虑到Stellantis旗下的品牌在美国市场提供的产品，这更让人恼火，他们加倍投入我在2020年就看到的那些不良趋势：你知道他们即将重新推出搭载V8地狱猫发动机的Charger吗？

The European concepts show us that, as those Kneecap chaps have it, there’s a better way to live. A sense of utopia was responsible for the original Citroen 2 CV; it had to be cheap enough for a farmer to buy it and rugged enough to get produce to market without breaking it. I’m not sure whether the 2 CV Concept also has to be able to transport eggs across a rutted field without breaking any (although the glove box is a clue), but Citroen says that affordability, lightness, practicality, and versatility were top of mind during the design process.

欧洲的概念车向我们展示了，正如Kneecap乐队所说，生活有更好的方式。乌托邦式的理念造就了最初的雪铁龙2 CV；它必须足够便宜，让农民买得起，且足够坚固，能将农产品运送到市场而不损坏。我不确定2 CV概念车是否也必须能够在颠簸的田野上运输鸡蛋而不打破（尽管手套箱是一个线索），但雪铁龙表示，在设计过程中，经济性、轻量化、实用性和多功能性是首要考虑因素。

The interior feels particularly refreshing compared to the touchscreen overload we’re usually presented. It might be stripped back, but it still has plenty of whimsy—the display in front of the driver has a bande dessinée theme, and the radio is portable and removable from the car. Technology fans don’t despair, there’s still the 8-inch touchscreen, but this too features more of Belgian comic artist Jean-Luc Delvaux’s work.

与我们通常看到的充斥着触摸屏的内饰相比，这款车的内饰感觉格外清新。它可能比较简约，但仍然充满奇思妙想——驾驶员前方的显示屏采用了连环画主题，收音机是便携式的，可以从车上拆卸下来。科技迷们不必绝望，车内仍然配备了8英寸触摸屏，但这同样融入了更多比利时漫画家让-吕克·德尔沃（Jean-Luc Delvaux）的作品。

I’m even confident some of that whimsy will make it into production, because Citroen is going to build the 2 CV within the next two years, it says, and at a starting price of just 15,000 euros ($16,766). That slots it between low-speed microcars like the Renault Twizy, Citroen Ami, and the Fiat Topolino (which you can buy if you live in Michigan), and superminis like Volkswagen’s Polo.

我甚至相信其中一些奇思妙想会投入量产，因为雪铁龙表示将在未来两年内制造2 CV，起售价仅为15,000欧元（约合16,766美元）。这使其定位介于雷诺Twizy、雪铁龙Ami和菲亚特Topolino（如果你住在密歇根州可以买到）等低速微型车，以及大众Polo等超小型车之间。

And as it happens, VW had a new electric ID. Polo to show off in Paris, along with an affordable electric ID. Cross crossover. Together with the closely related Cupra Raval and Skoda Epiq, VW Group says it has more than 150,000 orders already for its new “Electric Urban Car Family.”

碰巧的是，大众汽车在巴黎展示了一款全新的电动ID. Polo，以及一款经济实惠的电动ID. Cross跨界车。大众集团表示，连同关系密切的Cupra Raval和斯柯达Epiq，其全新的“城市电动车家族”已经收到了超过15万份订单。

Audi’s first attempt at a supermini was the esoteric A2, an aluminum and aerodynamic experiment from the wild days of Ferdinand Piëch. Like the original, the Audi A2 e-tron is an efficient little thing—its most efficient car ever it says, with a WLTP rating of 4.9 miles/kWh (100 km/12.8 kWh). As one might expect, I was a big fan of the original A2, which was always a rarer sight on the roads than it deserved to be.

奥迪对超小型车的首次尝试是深奥的A2，这是费迪南德·皮耶希（Ferdinand Piëch）疯狂时期的一项铝制空气动力学实验。与原型车一样，奥迪A2 e-tron是一款高效的小车——据称是其有史以来最高效的车型，WLTP续航评级为4.9英里/千瓦时（100公里/12.8千瓦时）。正如人们所料，我是最初A2的忠实粉丝，它在道路上的罕见程度远超其应有的水平。

The Peugeot 205 GTi was a Gallic alternative to the late ’80s-era Golf GTIs that Americans will be familiar with, and it’s into this well that Peugeot dipped for Paris. Or rather, the wild 205 T16 Group B rally homologation special that the 205 GTi gave birth to, a car that won the world Rall

标致205 GTi是美国人所熟悉的80年代末高尔夫GTI的法式替代品，标致正是从这一源泉中汲取灵感参加巴黎车展。或者更确切地说，是205 GTi所催生的狂野的205 T16 B组拉力赛认证特别版，那是一款赢得了世界拉力锦标赛的赛车。