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The back end as the new style line of lights- and a clear panel.
It looks nice but I am not so sure there is an advantage to people
being able to see what's in your trunk or letting their headlights
shine into your car. |
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Still overall, a hot concept
car- and it's positively grinning face. |
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Small Chevrolet Concept
cars, also using alternative energy with names like "Beat"
"Trax" and "Groove". This brings up the audio
issue, and more than one car would have the music turned up so loud
as to drive away people like me. Note again here the retro stylings.
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While "Beat" in day glo lime green yellow is all futuristic
on the side, from the front it harkens back to the 50's. |
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At this size they make good company for the MINIs. |
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Stylings like the 1940s here. |
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By the time I saw this Camaro Concept
car it was just obvious. The styling of the future is what is
best of the retro, with accomodations only for the innovations that
actually mean something. This car is just plain gorgeous. Hot. Even
the paint scheme is the exact same one from the 60s. |
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There is no doubt what the expression on this car's "face"
is
saying. |
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Interior evolution is the same as exterior- the placement of the
instruments doesn't vary, but their chores evolve. Everything where
you expect it to be, just doing more. Lovely design. |
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Simple. Elegant. Red hot stitching. Someone has taste. |
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Even with the small tail lights, the car sits with a stance like
the 60's. |
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OK, I am not so fond of the wall-of-paint tail end, it needs a bit
of work there- but generally, I would not mind being passed by this
car. |
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Bentley convertible. Why white? Even Paris Hilton's is a pretty
blue color. |
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Toyota
FT-HS Hybrid Sports Concept
Car |
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Toyota
FT-HS Hybrid Sports Concept Car |
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Again the wall-of-paint rear end- but still, this is an exciting
concept car- and energy alternative |
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Cadillac's Roadster... it's a pretty car. |
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The interior is a little strange... what's going on beside the gearshift?
Faux wood obscuring.... what? |
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Nice Cadillac derriere. |
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Lamborghini Superleggera debut....
JonT got a nice little model of one upstairs at the Auto Show vendors
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Lamborghini... |
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Lamborghini interior... |
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Lamborghini engine... |
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Saturn Sky Roadster. Are we noticing a pattern yet for these new
cars? Curves, identity, angles in details, retro hood vents, innovative
flush mounted turn indicators built into the bumper,
Solstice-type roll hoop humps, low profile doors. This car does
not need to be "retro" because it has no history, it
makes a new face.
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Very Solstice-like rear but holds it's own. Again a rear spoiler.
Again the squared-off exhaust tips. |
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Sky interior. No big screen in the dash. |
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Again, I would not mind being passed by this car. |
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The face of the future may be a little blank, as it is on this Ford
Airstream
concept van. Its like a face wearing wraparound mirror shades,
and looks practical. It must be easier to clean and perhaps protect
the headlights from chips. |
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Hard shell seat backs were seen in some of the new cars, I dont
know that they are so comfortable. I also don't know the purpose
of the cylinder light set in the middle of the car, unless it is
meant to be a permanant lava lamp. We see the front passenger seat
rotated to face the rear, as if it was a traveling living room.
I would not want to be in that chair facing backwards though. |
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Sort of a limousine set up inside. Interesting but utterly impractical.
It would make a nice apartment for a small "mod" family
in New York City- if there was somewhere to park it. |
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Aston Martin... |
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Not really sure what they were going for here... the colors are
ketchup and mustard, what's going on with the small lights inside
the headlights towards the center of the car? |
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The lovely humps I am attributing to the Solstice, but I know they
are... yes... retro. Even though its an Aston Martin, and all of
that- those colors are just awful, separate or together. |
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Better color Aston Martin. Still, those little lights should be
on the outside not the inside of the "eyes". |
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Pretty. Gills. Retro. |
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Aston Martin line-up. Mind you- every booth including this
one, the staff are looking at the customers, talking to them, demonstrating
the cars... except BMW. |
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Lincoln's MK-R
Concept Car |
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i wish I got a better shot of the interior, lovely chrome details
even on the seat piping. Hard shell seat backs though. |
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The list of features was extensive. |
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Jaguar has married this new gill style for all their new models-it's
just plain ugly. |
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