Our coverage of the Geneva Motorshow 2012

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Post by CarlP » Sun Mar 18, 2012 11:32 am

For vinyl wrap there seemed to be a lot of 'orange peel' in the green?
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Post by Ikule » Sun Mar 18, 2012 11:57 am

If you watch the fly on the wall series on Eddie Stobart their truck cabs, which are all vinyl wrapped, have that sort of finish up close.
But there again the modern BMW paint finish is exactly the same...... :roll:
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Post by CarlP » Sun Mar 18, 2012 12:06 pm

I know what you mean, but to be fair to BMW, the finish on the new M5 at Geneva was glass smooth and much better that that on the old v10 version.
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Post by neil » Sun Mar 18, 2012 10:47 pm

Just uploading the 00's of Non-ALPINA photos here:

http://thealpinaregister.com/forums/vie ... hp?t=12133

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Post by neil » Mon Mar 19, 2012 10:10 am

We're still adding stuff but here's a link to all the Geneva 2012 coverage:

http://autoroadtests.com/geneva2012.php

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Post by neil » Tue Mar 20, 2012 12:01 am

Ok thats all from me - all the photos I took are up - I may add some words over the next few days...

http://autoroadtests.com/geneva2012.php

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