LA auto show - 2013

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friday (yesterday) was the first day that the auto show was open to the public, and a group from my daughter's middle school went to the show on a field trip. i was asked to chaperone, so i got to see the show with a small group of 6th graders. we were only there for about an hour, but i got to see most everything i wanted to see. the only thing i didn't get to see was the new porsche macan.

porsche 918 hybrid:

porsche panamera electric; i'm thinking they have a turbine hooked up to ferdinand porsche's grave, and they generate electricity for this car from his spinning corpse :

fiat 500 1957; this was the kids' favorite car from the show:

booth professional from the fiat 500 1957, talking to two of the girls:

honda fuel cell concept (hydrogen powered); apparently, they are going to produce a version of this car and it will be available for lease at US$499 a month; that price includes free hydrogen fuel for the term of the lease. there are only 10 hydrogen fuel stations in the US, and 9 of them are in california. one of them is near my house:

1937 alfa romeo 6c 2500 sport touring berlinetta:

tuner mclaren:

shelby focus rs:

aston martin vanquish volante:

shelby gtsc mustang (supercharged):

galpin gtr1:

tuner lamborghini (yes, it's pink):

another one:

lotus evora:

maserati cabrio:

new jaguar crossover:

new jaguar f-type coupe, with supercharged v8:

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production bmw i3; i tried to get a picture of the dash, it's made of bamboo and some sort of felt material:

production bmw i8:

new bmw x4 crossover:

mercedes b class electric:

amg gullwing:

amg vision grand turismo concept:

new mercedes cla:

new infiniti hybrid; this is meant to compete with the lexus ct200h (the lexus version of the toyota prius). it really is that color, sort of a dusty pink:

red bull f1 car:

new gmc pickup:

new chevrolet colorado small truck; i'd actually consider it a mid-size. in person, had sort of a toyota 4runner look to it:

new chevrolet tahoe:

chevrolet spark electric:

beautiful green c7 corvette stingray convertible:

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yellow c7 corvette stingray coupe with one of the kids:

cadillac elmiraj concept. pictures don't do this car justice, it is really beautiful in person:

cadillac elr (a coupe based on chevrolet volt mechanicals):

audi a3 e-tron (electric):

audi a3 cabrio with the kids:

audi r8:

via motors electric truck; they buy new trucks fresh off the production line from gm and convert it into a hybrid. the tonneau cover has solar panels on it:

tuner fiat 500s:

fiat 600 abarth:

tuner smart cars (a little eye candy for mike t ):

austin mini countryman with custom paint job:

hyundai had some sort of "walking dead" themed exhibit:

andré