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Tokyo motor shows: past, present and future

By Tim Pollard Motor Shows 20 August 2009 09:30 As bets in this topsy-turvy, unpredictable industry go, it’s a banker: of all the motor shows on the global calendar, the Tokyo exhibit is always the barmiest. Although the Chinese shows are rising in importance – and amusement value –  there’s something peculiarly bonkers about the biannual Japanese bash held in downtown Tokyo. So strange is the exhibition at the Makuhari Messe in Chiba City to westerners, that you don’t bat an eyelid at talking cars, vehicles with feelings, or cars designed for dogs.

2012 Peugeot 4008: More info, pictures and video

The new 2012 Peugeot 4008 will go on sale after the Geneva Motor Show We first saw the 2012 Peugeot 4008 last year, and now we get new information, photos and video ahead of its production debut at Geneva. Peugeot (and Citroen) have form for taking Mitsubishi SUVs and turning the them in to Gallic off-roaders. Which is why we’re getting the Peugeot 4008, the Peugeot take on the Mitsubishi ASX.

Relatives of older drivers urged to help them ‘hang up their keys’

OLDER DRIVERS whose driving style may have changed or are less able behind the wheel should be aided by relatives in deciding when to hang up their keys, according to an industry expert. Professor Andrew Parks, a chief scientist at the Transport Research Laboratory, warns in a new video interview that older drivers can be very defensive about their driving standards and react badly to any criticism of it. "I know this from my own experience, as I was recently on a car journey driven by my father, the first for 10 years,” he explaned.