The best cars at NAIAS

JST · 01-15-2017, 11:56 PM

The Detroit auto show was a little disappointing this year. No Porsche booth, no Tesla booth (both I guess weren't here last year, either), and a drought of cars with a manual left me scratching my head about a favorite.

Until I visited the Michelin booth.

Pure sex.

Other highlights? The GT in red?

I dunno. Maybe the booth professional at Alfa?

I did see one odd thing. Here's the Ford GT race car fresh off its Le Mans win.

They didn't even clean the bugs off! Except...wait. Didn't I see the Le Mans winning Ford GT at CES a few days ago?

Suspicious.

Also, I guess BMW had some boring cars there, and Audi, but they were all slush boxes so WGAS.

VW had a Buddha gnome.

equ · 01-16-2017, 04:53 AM

Love the vw bus and the "alfa"...

John V · 01-16-2017, 07:07 AM

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Originally Posted by JST

They didn't even clean the bugs off! Except...wait. Didn't I see the Le Mans winning Ford GT at CES a few days ago?

Suspicious.

the fuq? Those are two different cars with the same number. Different headlights, and different graphics package (look at the EcoBoost on the front corners - very different).

TD · 01-16-2017, 09:43 AM

There are a number of differences. Heck, the mirrors are pretty obvious.

It's definitely not the same car.

ZBB · 01-16-2017, 09:51 AM

A little googling finds the pic below from an article about the win. The dirty one at Detroit is the real deal.

*Plaz* · 01-16-2017, 10:25 AM

Those Singers are awesome.

Surprised Porsche declined to show the new GTSs in Motown.

JST · 01-16-2017, 11:39 AM

Yeah, it was definitely a different car. It makes sense that they'd pull the LeMans car off the circuit and preserve it. Not sure if the CES car was a tribute or a spare or something else.

Was even more obvious from the side.

Also there was this terrible badging on an Infiniti, which looks the badges from 3 different cars.

More of the Singers.

The new Terrain. GM decided that the biggest problem with the last one was too much rear visibility, I guess.

ZBB · 01-16-2017, 11:54 AM

Re the Terrain… Looks like GM needed to jump on the black c-pillar trend. Not sure if it was the new Murano or new Lexus whatever that got those to market first, but its definitely the new trend… Yuck

John V · 01-16-2017, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by JST

Also there was this terrible badging on an Infiniti, which looks the badges from 3 different cars.

Whoa, awesome! Is that the new Q?

Alan · 01-16-2017, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by John V

Whoa, awesome! Is that the new Q?

Isn't every Infiniti now called a Q ?!?!

01-15-2017, 11:56 PM	#1
JST 195 Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 24,611	The best cars at NAIAS The Detroit auto show was a little disappointing this year. No Porsche booth, no Tesla booth (both I guess weren't here last year, either), and a drought of cars with a manual left me scratching my head about a favorite. Until I visited the Michelin booth. Pure sex. Other highlights? The GT in red? I dunno. Maybe the booth professional at Alfa? I did see one odd thing. Here's the Ford GT race car fresh off its Le Mans win. They didn't even clean the bugs off! Except...wait. Didn't I see the Le Mans winning Ford GT at CES a few days ago? Suspicious. Also, I guess BMW had some boring cars there, and Audi, but they were all slush boxes so WGAS. VW had a Buddha gnome.

01-16-2017, 09:51 AM	#5
ZBB Relic Join Date: Oct 2003 Carmudgeonly Ride: A very fast golf cart Location: The Valley of the Sun Posts: 12,821	A little googling finds the pic below from an article about the win. The dirty one at Detroit is the real deal. __________________ ZBB

01-16-2017, 10:25 AM	#6
Plaz ••••••• Join Date: Oct 2003 Carmudgeonly Ride: '11 1M Location: Churzee Posts: 17,741	Those Singers are awesome. Surprised Porsche declined to show the new GTSs in Motown. __________________ 2011 1M

01-16-2017, 11:54 AM	#8
ZBB Relic Join Date: Oct 2003 Carmudgeonly Ride: A very fast golf cart Location: The Valley of the Sun Posts: 12,821	Re the Terrain… Looks like GM needed to jump on the black c-pillar trend. Not sure if it was the new Murano or new Lexus whatever that got those to market first, but its definitely the new trend… Yuck __________________ ZBB

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JST 195 Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 24,611	Yeah, it was definitely a different car. It makes sense that they'd pull the LeMans car off the circuit and preserve it. Not sure if the CES car was a tribute or a spare or something else. Was even more obvious from the side. Also there was this terrible badging on an Infiniti, which looks the badges from 3 different cars. More of the Singers. The new Terrain. GM decided that the biggest problem with the last one was too much rear visibility, I guess.