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We saw hyper-efficient sedans—some apparently designed on drugs—high-performance machines tuned to within inches of their lives, silky-smooth drop-tops, and smart safety and powertrain technologies that continue to trickle up, down, and sideways within manufacturers’ lineups. These are our favorites from the Big Apple—ten cars that caught our attention in big ways and small.
I really miss the New York Auto Show. The Vancouver version is on now and it’s more of a “car dealer show”. Sadly, we get few of the “cool cars” the Detriot, LA and New York shows are lucky enough to see. I’d give up body parts for that 2017 Nissan GT-R.
Not electric? Then it’s lame.
Anyone who’s driven an EV – whether a pure EV or even an electric drive car with a gas generator – will struggle to go back.
“Sadly, we get few of the “cool cars” the Detriot, LA and New York shows are lucky enough to see.”
Same here. The SF auto show feels like a mash-up of local car dealers, but it’s actually a traveling circus of professionals. It starts on Thanksgiving weekend, which means that we don’t see any major new model roll-outs. (It’s in Moscone Center – where else? – but underground in different areas than WWDC.)
I know what you mean. I’ve LOVED the MX-5 since its inception in ’89 or ’90, and I bought one of the first silver ones in ’90. I put 150K on it. Fantastic car. Fun to drive and reliable. This new one is very tempting. . .BUT both my wife and I have gotten hooked on Tesla since we took a Sedan S test drive. So now our sights are rather firmly set on the Tesla Model 3, which I think will actually be debuted on the 31st. The fact that Tesla is investing so much in Supercharger Station installations along all major thoroughfares in the US is extremely compelling to us.
Until power plants can move away from internal combustion I have simply lost interest in the auto shows. Beautiful tech surrounded by prehistoric engines is not sexy.