Car and Truck Show (Mar 11-15)

[88CRX]

As if Honda is releasing the HRV in the next month or two and they don't bring one to the show. Typical boring ass Honda. Mazda brought a RHD CX-3 from Japan, Honda HRV nothing.

Also really like the Jeep Renegade. Would be a perfect replacement for the Element.

[SkiBum5.0]

Have two tickets for free - have to be picked up tomorrow morning though.

[Masked Bandit]

Spent a bunch of time looking at the Camaro, Challenger & Charger and Mustang. Dodge had the Hellcat Charger & Challenger there although the Charger was on stage, Challenger was open to sit in. I REALLY don't like the 2015 Chargers. It looks like the big brother to the Dart. Why would Dodge take their family hot-rod and turn it into a bigger version of an econo-box? A big fail for Dodge there.

Rearward visibility is terrible in everything but the Charger (no surprise there) but I wish GM would have brought a convertible Camaro. They only had a ZL-1 Coupe available to sit in. The Mustang didn't do anything for me. I also spent a bunch of time in MB / BMW / Audi and to be honest, I was very underwhelmed especially considering the price tags. The new Nissan Titan is even uglier in person that it is online but the powertrain has me intrigued. The 2015 F150 looks nice but nothing special. The new Ram / GM 1500 offerings while nice, not a massive jump forward from my 2010.

All in all, nothing I would spend my money on right at the moment.

[quick_scar]

PM'd you skibum. Hopefully they are still available.

[dino_martini]

So is there actually a Veyron at the show?

[Cos]

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[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

That Exige S tho...

[SKR]

Originally posted by Masked Bandit
Spent a bunch of time looking at the Camaro, Challenger & Charger and Mustang. Dodge had the Hellcat Charger & Challenger there although the Charger was on stage, Challenger was open to sit in. I REALLY don't like the 2015 Chargers. It looks like the big brother to the Dart. Why would Dodge take their family hot-rod and turn it into a bigger version of an econo-box? A big fail for Dodge there.

I think the same thing about the Charger. They actually had that car looking pretty mean, and then they go and put that front end on it. It doesn't look like it matches the rest of the car since to me and the little bit I've looked at it, it doesn't look like they changed anything else.

[guessboi]

Originally posted by Twin_Cam_Turbo
That Exige S tho...

Exige LF1 - $145,000 - Only 81 produced for the global market, of which only seven are coming to North America.
Got that email from Weissach this week.

I might go tonight.

[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

Originally posted by guessboi


Exige LF1 - $145,000 - Only 81 produced for the global market, of which only seven are coming to North America.
Got that email from Weissach this week.

I might go tonight.

The girl by that car was chatting my dad up so hard she even asked for his business card. He was going on about how Dany Bahar got fired and Jean-Marc Gales wants to return to lighter weight cars and how he's worried prices are gonna keep creeping up, and then when she asked what he drove and he mentioned the Caterham she just gave him a blank stare. It was quite funny.

I think I've sold my mom on Macan, she's fed up with her Crosstrek.

[beyond_ban]

Originally posted by dino_martini
So is there actually a Veyron at the show?

I saw a blurry picture of the lambo booth and mistook the Koenigsegg for a Veyron.

[jdmXSI]

Originally posted by beyond_ban


I saw a blurry picture of the lambo booth and mistook the Koenigsegg for a Veyron.

Lol I think that was last year's show.

[Cos]

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[K3RMiTdot]

Originally posted by jdmXSI


Lol I think that was last year's show.

it was

[msommers]

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[guessboi]

Originally posted by jdmXSI


Lol I think that was last year's show.

That is not last year's show - I think is 2 years back from 2013.

[Redlined_8000]

Some highlights for myself.

- Nismo 370z has one of the best seats, steering wheel, and shift knob out of any car there! Really nice low driving position. And only 50k? Not to shabby.

- Fiesta ST..... I thought I would really like this car but, no lol. The clutch is way to close to the brake pedal, also the seating position is not good. The stitching on the steering wheel is super abrasive I thought. Unimpressed with this car. I know its cheap, but this is suppose to be top gear car of the year?

- Dodge Challenger hellcat. Interior is not to bad! Clutch and shifter felt very good. Not to bad for the price point IMO. No hard plastics on the interior. Fit and finish isn't the best but it is ok. About what I expected.