Jan 17 2010
The Detroit International Auto Show. (quicky)
Well it’s January in Michigan, that means slow production times for manufacturing and cold weather. It is also the time honored tradition know as the Detroit International Auto Show, a January staple in Detroit.
Upon entering the Detroit Auto show you can’t help but get excited about the many displays of vehicle information and transportation technology. There was one problem my daughter and I noticed, we could not find a map, legend or layout of the vendors and displays and cars.
Ford motor company had the largest display of all the vendors, to which I remarked to my daughter, “Ford Motor company is the only privately owned traditional American car company here at the show.”
Although Detroit is know for it’s muscle cars, of which there was a very good showing, one could not help noticing the presence of electric vehicles from companies that may not be in the forefront of the marketing campaign in America.
Size is the noticeable difference in this years auto show versus Auto shows of the past. Nissan was not present, which upset my daughter because of her love for Nissan’s “Z” series of sports car. One thing is for sure, I would have loved to get a feel for the Nissan 370z and the GT-R. (These two are cars that rank high when I play Need for Speed video game.)
It’s wasn’t until I returned home and heard news reports about the display located in Cobo hall’s basement that I found out about exhibits I missed. This particular point goes back to the lack of direction for the guest attending the Auto Show.
I am a little upset with myself because I snapped a great picture of the Audi TTS but was so excited I did not save the picture to my phone. However I did save the picture of SEX ON WHEELS the RS8. When I grow up that will be the car for me.
The were the usual showing of upscale automobiles Maybach, Bentley, Ferrari, but I did not see Porsche. Some of the displays from the typical players were so small and nudged together that it would be easy to miss those vendors without large displays. There was the Mercedes AMG gull-wing that I though was impressive.
The presentation was what kept the Detroit Auto show on the International level, good for a Saturday outing.
Today was a Good day for Emmitt Muckles & Crispy Chuckles.
