The stars of the 2014 Paris Motor Show

PARIS, France—The Mondial de l’Automobile du Paris, also known as the Paris Motor Show, alternates with the Frankfurt Motor Show every year. The 2014 edition of Europe’s biggest and most anticipated industry auto show takes center stage at the Paris Expo this year. Like its major global motor show counterparts (Tokyo and Beijing in Asia and Detroit in North America), the 2014 Paris Motor Show showcased over 250 car manufacturers and thousands of car models and vehicle concepts from 17 countries.

Over 12,000 journalists from all over the world descended on Paris in the first few days of October for much-anticipated product debuts and launches. Here are the more notable ones in alphabetical order.