derrick

All,

I finally made it out to the Autoshow ... here are some of the pics I took.

Acura TSX (SEMA 2005 car)




Acura RDX



Honda prototype



Honda FCX concept



Volvo C30 concept (love it or hate it)



Inifiniti coupe concept (my next car when it makes it to production)



Volvo C70 cabrio



Ford GT500 Shelby (aka Mustang)



Toyota Volta (Giugiaro)




Lexus IS350 (modified by Team Lexus)



BMW M roadster

-- weird side turn signal


BMW Z4 coupe (concept)



Chevy Camaro (don't know what the hype is all about)


Pontiac GTO (I like this better than the Camaro ... even as boring as it is)


Audi RS4 (dedicated to Crazy Sellout)

Crazy Bimmer

Great pics! Worth going to the show?

derrick

Damn, CS ... you got in that fast?

I think it was worth the free admission that I was able to get ... (bro's GF works for Johnson Controls which gave out passes to employees). The 'show didn't excite me as much as NAIAS 2001 ... but that's unfair to say since I knew I was buying a car that year. I'm still up in the air about a car purchase in the next 12 months (damn Infiniti!)

$12 for in? Yeah ... it's worth it. I totally skipped Toyota and Chrysler even though I was at the show for 3 hours. (I was getting hungry and didn't want to eat Cobo food ...)

BTW, I took more pics but I didn't want my photobucket acc't to exceed in the first hour ...

fdl

great pics and highlights. That honda prototype is by the far the ugliest of them all.

derrick

fdl ...

There are FAR uglier cars on display at the show ... I didn't want to waste my batteries on them. Apparently that fluorescent green Honda won a design award. (It was beside the Toyota Volta ... that's the only Toyota car I took pics of ... if you don't count Lexus).

srika

wow they showed the Toyota Volta??? surprised nobody said anything about it anywhere.. maybe because it was not a new car...

thx 4 the pix.

derrick

I think the Volta could be found as a 'Giugiaro' ... that was on the display sign ...

Crazy Bimmer

I have no life


I think im going to the show on friday... im still eh about going. After seeing all the pictures i feel like i will already know what everything looks like. Plus im not even car shopping. Im hoping BMW or Audi has a member section that i can get into to get free water. They did at the chicago show in 2003

mclarenf3387

Giugiaro is an itialian design company, not the name.
I think they also designed the Ferrari GG550 thats supposed to be at the show.

derrick

Good luck .. EURO-snob!

There was a cute 'spokesperson' at the BMW pavillion my friend was hitting on. Don't know about the Audi section since most of them were talking to one another in behind the desk ...

srika

kinda sad that the one thing you're hoping for is getting free water...

derrick

Thanks for clarifying ... I had no idea why an Italian name was there. They did have a demo of the carbon fiber shell of the Volta on display. That was neat.

srika

typical for the euro-snobs... CS does that too. all anti-social and sheit.

Crazy Bimmer

Unless you have a euro, then i talk to you.

Crazy Bimmer

Any idea how much water is there!! Its $$$$$$$

West6MT

Thanks for the pics derrick. I want the wheels from that TSX.

dragonlord

Hey- I'll go to photobucket and do my pics from the show. I took more pics of concepts, and Lambo's, Aston's, etc. The show was worth the free tickets, not $12 each plus parking. The wife looked at the 350Z and the Mitsubishi Elipse Spyder. If you go, check out the Fire paint on the 350Z Touring, for $500 option it's well worth it.

M TYPE X

Wow, even better than my photos from the show. The FCX and Volta look good. I missed the Volta last weekend though, but you did a nice job taking pics. I went through every exhibit as usual, taking photos of the Camaro and Challenger [as requested by everyone NOT going to the show who wanted pics ] and grabbing every brochure. Out in 3 hours, ate lunch at Greektown.

Supposed to be big snow this weekend, people waiting to go at the last minute always get screwed!

"I don't get it" ... it's Detroit, you gotta look at the Detroit-nameplate cars.
The European brands are fully there, but the Germans brought very little new to the show compared to Chrysler/Ford/GM and Honda/Nissan/Toyota.

Mercedes won't even let you sit in their cars this year unless you are V.I.P.

derrick

I am very selective on what brochures to pick up. Lexus was cheapola on their brochures ... not surprising, since most people would pick it up. I liked the Scion booklets. Maybe it's because Scion is unavailable in Canada.

As for MB, I think those guys suck for not letting anyone sit in their cars. C'mon, most of the cars are attainable. Sure -- the $450,000 Mclaren being roped off ... that I get. But a measley C230 Kompressor? That is plain retarded. Another reason why I'd never buy a Benz (plus the many problems my bro had with his C32 ...). Same can be said about Audi since their cars were locked up. That's just plain bad PR...

Yeah, I should have taken more pics of American cars but I think the mags covered them very well. I have more pics from the 'show but do people want to see more pics of a GTO? (CL Power just got one and posted pics ...)

dragonlord

Most of the Mercedes Benz cars were open on Tuesday. But their cars are pretty boring. Missed the cars downstairs-damn.

Crazy Bimmer

Meh we arent going to the show. Im not risking going if the cars are locked... i could go to the dealership and have more time inside.

Plus i seen all the pictures.. thats good enough for me.

We going to test drive the GTO today for kicks. Maybe i will trade in the audi for it.

asian1

Yoiks! Love the fenders on that TSX (Sema car)! Wish they all came like that

M TYPE X

No manufacturers are left in the basement anymore, now that Isuzu is out of the show. Tuner cars are down there ... big whoop. Show me that Buick Enclave again

All booths are technically equal, but some are more equal than others. I sat in a Hyundai Tiburon and a SAAB 9-7X this year no problem. BMW and Honda are ... you know, more busy.