In addition to the Forstars, a near-production version of the Smart Fortwo Electric Drive is on display at the Paris Motor Show, which continues through October 14.

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She then took a six-hour taxi ride to Madrid and after failing to get on a ferry, took two days to drive to Paris.

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They need to find a way to capitalise on the very encouraging signs from Paris at the end of the Six Nations, and drive home the advantage they have been handed thanks to a raft of injuries to key Wallabies.

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