Latest trends in luxury vehicles at Munich Motor Show

(5 Sep 2023) GERMANY MOTOR SHOW LUXURY SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS RESTRICTIONS: LENGTH: 5:38 ASSOCIATED PRESS Munich, Germany – 5 September 2023 1. Various of Maserati convertible car on display at IAA Mobility motor show 2. Various of Porsche Mission X electric concept car 3. Various of BMW i7 Protection, the first ever all-electric armoured luxury sedan 4. Various of Johannes Lacher, spokesperson, BMW 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Johannes Lacher, spokesperson, BMW: "So here we have the BMW i7 Protection. It's the first ever worldwide protection vehicle in the protection class VR9 and VR10 which is fully electric. So here we have a standard BMW 7 series, but with what we call a 'protection core'. So this protection core protects the people inside of the car against ammunitions and explosions." 6. Various of BMW i7 Protection 7. SOUNDBITE (English) Johannes Lacher, spokesperson, BMW: "So customers of this kind of car is, for example, some guards are also some CEOs of big companies, but also some governments. So people who need protection against attacks of terrorists or bad guys." 8. Wide of Hannes Rosenow, Product Manager, Webasto, sitting inside structure that replicates interior of car 9. Various of Rosenow operating a wide screen that is available in BMW 7 series, with mechanism for moving screen made by Webasto 10. Close of screen moving 11. Pan from Rosenow to screen 12. SOUNDBITE (English) Hannes Rosenow, Product Manager, Webasto: "Everybody is talking about in-car entertainment and we can already see a very high demand, a rising demand in all the new cars. So what we can see here Webasto's contribution into in-car entertainment. We have a very widescreen panorama display, which is integrated with some very small and synchronised mechanisms coming from Webasto." 13. Close of Rosenow pressing button on touch panel 14. Various of screen moving 15. SOUNDBITE (English) Hannes Rosenow, Product Manager, Webasto: "In the luxury segment, normally you can either use this for business so we have a very close touch mode. Or if you want to just relax and watch a movie after a long day, you can get into the cinema mode. You move it forward, the next direction, and can just enjoy this in a 32 to 9 ultra widescreen format and watch the movie you like." ASSOCIATED PRESS Munich, Germany – 4 September 2023 16. Various of Nobo SUV ASSOCIATED PRESS Munich, Germany – 3 September 2023 17. SOUNDBITE (English) James Attwood, acting magazine editor, Autocar: “I think the luxury market is a standalone section but it is proving phenomenally popular. There are companies like Rolls Royce and Bentley that are setting sales records and they really genuinely can’t build cars fast enough at this point. I think there’s still this real appeal for these luxury things, but I think what has changed is some of people’s perception of what luxury is. So a lot of them are getting that bit more simple, there’s a real push to personalisation, so there’s a lot more small volume, special runs of cars.” ASSOCIATED PRESS Munich, Germany – 3 September 2023 18. Various of exterior of IAA Mobility venue STORYLINE: LEADIN: Luxury brands are in short supply at this year’s IAA Mobility motor show in Munich. But one of the high-end cars that is on display is the world’s first fully electric armoured sedan. STORYLINE: Italian luxury – a Maserati that brings to mind the wind through your hair as you navigate the winding roads of the Amalfi coast. This is on display at IAA Mobility to showcase its convertible roof. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives ​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metad....ata/youtube/4d2d2bad