If you’ve ever been to the LA Auto Show you know that Porsche always gets their own little mini-hall and boy do they take full advantage of it! Porsche’s LA exhibit is always a must visit because there is always a cool surprise. This year they had one of the first Porsche speedsters ever built as well as another vintage Porsche from Jerry Seinfield’s personal collection.
This year one of the biggest stories from Porsche was the slightly re-worked Cayman. It got a bit of a face lift, a ceramic brake option, and for the new Cayman S a significant bump in power. But as Le var says “You don’t have to take MY word for it..” Check out the video below for more info on the Cayman.
If parents want to encourage their kids to become doctors or lawyers all they need to do is show them pictures of these cars. I saw press photos of the AMG SL65 Black Series a few months back but in person it just can’t compare to jpegs. Its so aggressively styled all it needs is a handle at one end and it would look like a German sword!
Oh, AND THEN sitting just a few feet away was an SL63 in satin white! Can you believe it?! Satin white as an OEM color! I was nearly brought to freakin’ tears! The sad thing is that we knew satin white was going to be the next big thing and we wanted to go that way with our Lexus IS-F SEMA car but due to time constraints we couldn’t pull it off. Hats off to Mercedes for taking a chance. FYI Lamborghini is doing the same thing with their LP560-4 Gallardo and it looks just as fresh!
One of my favorite debuts of the show was when Lotus finally pulled the sheet off their first all new car in 15 years, the Evora. Don’t get me wrong the Lotus Elise is great and the Exige is amazing but the truth is you really have to love those cars to own them. Due to their small size and high revving motors neither the Elise or Exige are considered “livable.”
So the Evora is really the car for those of us who want the same Lotus formula of big power with light weight (The Evora sports a 276HP V6 but only weighs 2,976lbs) but who want the comfort of a mid-size sports coupe. And when I say “comfort” I mean it. The interior is plush and you have a ton of amenities. It also has carpet! Can you believe that? A Lotus with carpet. The whole thing is bloody genius! Hopefully Lotus will let us take a test drive when the Evora is released hopefully next year. At the show I was able to catch up with Kevin Smith from Lotus USA to get a little more info about the Evora. Check out the video below.
Ok, so here is my “holy S#!+” moment of the show. I’m strolling along Kenita Hall and right when I’m about to leave I see a giant studio lit exhibit with a big sign that says “MANSORY” on it! Turns out that Mansory has a exclusive distrubtor state side called Ogara Coach. After my school girl freak out they let me past the rope to take a few snaps. Standing in front of the Stallone 599GTB was quite the experience. Pictures really do not do it justice.
This was one exhibit that I was dying to check out. The Aston Martin display is always classy but this time around I had extra insentive to stop by as it would be my one chance to finally see the new DBS up close and I’m here to tell you its just as impressive in person as it is in all the beautiful media pictures that were released earlier this year. Don’t get me wrong though, every car in Aston’s current line is a work of art but stay tuned to see a more focused post on the DBS Soon.
Fan favorite website JTuned is coming back and in a big way. To celebrate their re-launch they’ll be having a large meet/thanksgiving food drive at Super Autobacs in Stanton CA. We will be there with the MotorworldHype IS-F GT. So come on by check out the cool cars and say hi to RJ de Vera or Myself. If you bring canned goods you’ll get some free Jtuned stickers too!
Ferrari is always one of my favorite exhibits to vist at the LA Auto Show. Why is it my favorite? Um because there are a bunch of brand spanking new Ferrari’s in it thats why! This year Ferrari dedicated their press conference to talk a little bit more about the Ferrari California that was released earlier this year. Ferrari flew over their head of Product Planning to discuss the numbers of the California, some technical aspects, and a little about the philosophy behind the car. We laughed, we cried then we had cheese, wine and crackers.
One of the coolest things about the exhibit however were displays of a few Ferrari accessories like a carbon fiber cigar box. They also had all of their custom steering wheel options on display as well as a few of their brake caliper color options. Once again Ferrari classes it up in LA. Their exhibit is a definte must see if you’re going to visit the LA Auto Show. Also if any of the Ferrari accessories catch your fancy do some christmas shopping at FerrariStore.com.
Check out this video from Ferrari’s press conference:
Did you really think Lamborghini would come out with a coupe like the LP560-4 and not take its top off? At the LA Auto Show this week they pulled the sheet off the drop-top version of what they feel will be their top selling car for the next few years just as the previous Gallardo was. Much is carried over from the coupe to the convertible but it just seems to look a little bit better with the top down. Check out the official reveal below.
I know conspiracy theorists will be all over this story like white on rice but despite superficial appearances Red Bull sponsored driver Rhys Millen won the Red Bull World Drifting Championship on skill and one heck of a crew. This event saw drivers from 12 countries battling it out for the title of the world champion.
One by one each drifter took on the specialy designed high speed course as the brackets got widdled down more and more until there was only one! (highlander reference…check). Despite the best efforts from the international drivers no one was able to take Rhys off his game who set the fastest entry speed of day at 103.7 mph!
The whole thing was an awesome sight to behold. Stay tuned for a small picture gallery!
If you’re like me you’ve developed a severe nervous twitch because your anticipation for the Red Bull World Drifting Championship is so strong that you swear you smell tire smoke already. Formula D is made an attempt to calm the craving by releasing this preview video. They talked to a few of their top guys to get their thoughts on the event and how they feel about the course layout being a complete secret.
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