A guy that used to work for me hooked me up with free passes to the Washington Auto Show again this year. He plays drums and his band played at the show. It is only $10 or $12 this year depending on the day, I think the price might have gone down since last year. It is nice to just walk right in though.
My first auto show was the Detroit Auto Show and I will forever be spoiled. The show in DC has stepped up a notch since it moved to the new convention center but it’s not really all that. The theme for all the car shows the last two years has been hybrid/electric vehicles. I was quite disappointed this year because I didn’t see Porsche, Ferrari, or Lamborghini.
I sat in all kinds of cars from Audi, BMW, Mercedes, Lexus, Smart and a few of the boring ones. The new Accord and Acuras are kinda slick. The ALMS had a booth. I walked past them and felt bad they were tucked in a corner with no one around but I see their cars all the time (and they were probably the coolest cars at this show). There was a supercharged Corvette and a racing Z06. Dodge had a Lotus Elise electric look-alike. I think I heard the spokesperson mention that Lotus was involved but I could be wrong. It was interesting to see the Smart car engine under the back floor. As noticed last year the Audi A8 has a back seat you could have a party in. Lexus has some pretty sweet back seat controls. They also have some IS F with over 400 hp and an 8 speed sport direct-shift (whatever that is). I could have gotten used to sitting in it. Scion always has a big display. The whole VW area was raised many inches off the ground and was all white which made you feel as if you were walking around an Apple Store with VWs parked around.
The ladies at Toyota were walking around with Fujitsu tablets. When I inquired one of them told me they can collect prospective customer info, access the Toyota website, and send customer info to local dealerships for follow-up.
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