In early October, Martin Motors unveiled the Noble at the Bucharest auto show in Romania. It says Daimler did not take any legal action to prevent the Noble being shown at that show.

According to Martin Motors, Shuanghuan's European distributor, they have appealed the injunction and it hopes the case will be resolved before the Bologna show opening.

Daimler obtained a similar court injunction in Germany which prevented China Automotive Deutschland, the German distributor from showing the Noble at the Frankfurt IAA back in September. Distribution plans for the cars launch in Germany have stopped pending the German courts decision.

However, Viviana Martinelli spokeswoman for Martin Motors said "the company still plans to sell the Bubble despite Daimler's court action." Martin Motors took action in an Italian court demanding that Daimler demonstrate the validity of its exclusive rights on the Smart design.

It is still waiting for a ruling from the court. “We are determined to sell the Bubble in Europe because we are totally convinced it is a different product from the Smart ForTwo,” Martinelli told Automotive News Europe.

Martin Motors had planned to sell the Noble as the Bubble in the UK, to avoid problems with Noble Automotive who already sells the Noble M12 sports car in Europe. Noble is a car company that has made several models including the M12 GTO3, M12 GTO3R, M400 and the Noble 15.

Martin Motors plans to sell the Bubble in other European markets including Austria, Greece, Hungary, France, the Netherlands, Poland and Spain.

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