Los Angeles Auto Show

Tuesday, December 05, 2006

There were/are two LA Auto Shows this year. One earlier in January, and now one in December. I don’t know why this is, but I’m sure theres a very good reason.

Several pretty cars were displayed at the show. I was looking forward to seeing this one the most:

Mustang Giugiaro Concept Hosted on Zooomr

This is the Mustang Giugiaro Concept by Italian car designer Fabrizio Giugiaro. It was pretty hot in every way but one: the seats had fur trim. WTF? I hadn’t noticed it until AK pointed it out to me. Unfortunately, I did not photograph the interior, but here’s an image I found via Google. I would buy this car without the fur trim, and instead go with an all black leather interior.

Bugatti Veyron Hosted on Zooomr

Here we have the $1.7 million Bugatti Veyron. Amazing car. Sadly, I was not able to sit in this fine piece of machinery because I didn’t know anyone working the Bugatti display. Actually, I didn’t know anyone working any of the exotic car displays, so I didn’t get to sit in any exotic cars. I would totally buy this car, but I think all 300 have sold out. Watch the Veyron in action.

Maybach Hosted on Zooomr

Maybach Exelero (concept). Another awesome car, with a V12 generating 700hp. More information on the car here.

Other items of note:

• Mercedes Bens SLR McLaren: my goodness this car is nice
• Nissan Altima Coupe: basically an Infiniti G35 coupe
• Chrysler Imperial: where the Chrysler 300 is the poor man’s Bentley, the Imperial is the poor man’s Rolls Royce
• Kentia Hall: I’d rather go to SEMA to see after-market cars
• Redline: The Movie looks horrible, but features a ton of exotic cars, so I will see it

A few additional photos here.