Went to the NYC Autoshow today!

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Back to the Germans...

Mercedes displayed the SLR and right next to it the SLK with a SLR inspired nose. Really nice. The GL series was roundly shunned as the Chrysler product it was designed as.
BMW was. The only interesting BMW was the Isetta in the lobby. If I hear "That's Steve Urkels car!" again, I'll hurl. I had my daughter with me, and we decided to count the number of BMWs from the Javits Center to home,~ 20 ish miles. We hit 154. BMWs are so over.
Porsche should just take pictures of their cars and mail them in yearly. I know the cars change, but at least make them look different. And maybe, just maybe open one up and let people sit in them. Maybe they did... I couldn't tell. More on that later.

Jaguar is still one of the most beautiful cars built. It was a little weird seeing an Indian inspired cats head on the steering wheel badge. The Marine Corp Hummer was cool-BOOYAH!!!!- but the Marine emblem spinner rims were ludicrous. The Ford Traverse minivangon looks like a good niche product. There must be millions of them in Europe, made by Ford, Renault, VW and many others. Hopefully Euro style lorries will become big here. More room and better gas mileage FTW!

I've been going to the Autoshows for many, many years. If you go on the weekend, go early and see the "luxury" cars- Caddy, BMW, Mercedes, any sports car, convertible, or anything you would like to be seen in. Around noon, everyone who lives in the "projects" wakes up, and goes to the autoshow to sit in their dream. This is not a bad thing. However, when a family of 27, including babies and farm animals all have to sit and take pictures in every nice car at the show it sucks. Not to even mention the pretend drive-bys.