A CHALLENGING PROPOSITION - So many ideas and so little power to bring them to life: The challenge of Michelin's Challenge Bibendum

摘要

MANY OF THE VEHICLES scattered about the courtyard resemble basement science projects more than passenger vehicles, though through a squint you can almost picture a few of the larger ones filled with groceries or bearing baby seats, the trappings of an American suburban lifestyle. When a golf cart whirs by, then another, it's weird to realize that both are competitive entries on test drives and not simply event shuttles, while the multitude of basket-wielding bicycles - and the folks lined up to try them out - feels downright foreign and not at all aimed at the American situation. It's an anachronistic scene when viewed through Western eyes.