The show sucked. There were no new cars, that are even worth mentioning, because we've seen and heard it all many times. The experience of this autoshow was like going to a bunch of different dealerships all at once, with some occasional rudeness from the salespeople and not being able to sit or test drive most of the cars you'd actually care about.

I mean, Manhattan Motorcars had a sizable chunk of real estate dedicated to some exclusive customers, so did Bentley. I even managed to sweet talk an extremely cute Porsche girl to let me try the Panamera 4S for size. The interior is bespoke, if a little soulless, compared to, say, E60's design Room was adequate up front, but with my... oops, I meant driver's seat positioned the way I like to drive - and I like to lounge comfortably behind the wheel - space in the rear was limited enough to restrain my foot movement and lateral knee space to the minimum. Otherwise, a very desirable car - definitely on my list of future rides (you know, the one I keep next to my lucky lottery numbers )

Aside from the P-car display, I (of course) saw the actual reason I even bothered to go there - the F10's. The beautiful girl, that was the BMW rep on duty when I came by, told me to go suck a thumb, because I wasn't getting inside the F10 there and then. I have a feeling that were there fewer people around, she'd hook me up. But it was kind of crowded at the BMW set at the moment, so I was constrained to admiring the F10's exterior design only. The front bumper didn't get any prettier in real life, but the car itself looks great, if not particularly striking. All in all, F10 is one of the strongest competitors for my dinero when it comes to it's price range, but its still far from being the only one I want (the way E60 was to me when I first saw it).

I also checked out the 335is and loved it. For the most part. Its a little simple after the 5er and without testing out the performance of the car, its basically not as strong a competitor. Once the DCT gets to shifting though, I might be persuaded...

The BMW display included the F01 Alpina B7, which is an incredibly gorgeous automobile. It is not small - there's no denying that. But it is even more sexy than it is big and that electric blue metallic paint is just one of those colors that immediately draws your eye to it.

Saab's new 9-5 looks great. Even though I've never been much of a Saab fan and I overheard some ladies saying how it "looks like a BMW" (not sure if that will be taken lightly on this forum ), I think this car really captures the "Saabness" while looking modern and beautiful - something certain BMW's haven't exactly mastered, come to think of it...

Anyway, here are a few pics I took with my iPhone:

No big news in this one - this concept has been around the auto show circuit, but I love the way it looks - one of those cars that looks just as good in person as it does on pictures. Even better, because when you see it in real life, you can actually follows it's curves with your hands and feel its volumes. I hope Infiniti makes it and doesn't mess it up when transferring it from concept to production.







SLS AMG was there - both the production and this racing version. I loved this matte white finish. There was also an SL Benz on the MSUSA display that was finished in matte graphite (or something like that) - that looked striking as well, but I didn't take any pics of it, because it wouldn't show through an iPhone camera.



This car here is arguably one of the best deals on a genuine supercar (Nissan GT-R and Corvette notwithstanding). For slightly under $200k you get a completely hand-built (and HIGHLY customizable) mid-engine lightweight coupe (or a vert), powered by an Audi-sourced blown V8. The shifter alone on this thing is a work of art. And with the new "face", Spyker is really ringing some bells for me



Cinquecento is one of those cars I wish my girlfriend would buy. I can just imagine myself having some Italian Job-style fun in one of these in Abarth trim with a stick shift





Another car I wouldn't mind to borrow from my girl, the new Fiesta with all the aero bits, wheels and so on:



Calton had his Bunnymobile on display, although some people were complaining that it was too gay (paradoxically, chicks universally loved it):



DUB pavilion had a few nice customs, but this bike definitely looked most special to me:



The prerequisite orange Lambo shot:



And this is why, I think, Bond gets so much pu... err, attention :




If you think these pics suck, tell Apple to make the iPhone camera better!

Peace

 

Nice pics. I didn't get to hit the show this year Actually, its the first time I've missed the show in like 5 years. My wife didn't want any part of it, and we were busy with other bullshit.

Oh well, always next year.

 

:thumbsdown:

pics of the cute porsche girl please

 

Nice pics V. I like that infinity pics, the car looks HOOT !!

Thanks for sharing.

 

Fiat Girls!

 

No fiat girls Vlad. I'm glad I didn't go this year. My sister went with her husband and they thought it was boring. Hardly any concepts. Just a bunch of production cars. Nothing special. I'll be there when the M5 is at the Auto Show.

BTW. Vlad I saw your car Friday on Broadway and Grand St. Coming from the Auto Show.

 

Dude, trust me, you didn't miss much...


Ok, can I see the pics of them myself somewhere, cuz honestly, I didn't see ANY of them when I was at the show

 

thanks for the pics

 

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Can't see photobucket pics from work comp