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2012 NAIAS Biggest Surprises

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2013 Ford Fusion at the Detroit Auto Show - NAIAS

2013 Ford Fusion at the Detroit Auto Show - NAIAS

Coming into the NAIAS, like most people, we were not expecting too much, and for sure not too much that we haven’t already seen spy shots of on the interwebs. That was true for most cars, but there were a few really good surprises.

2013 Ford Fusion:
I did hear that Ford would be bringing the new Fusion to the Detroit Auto Show, and was looking forward to a boring redesign that added accent lines and changed the headlight and taillight design a little. The Fusion is a decent car and last year was one of the best selling years for the Fusion, so why would they bother to change it that much? Continue reading →

2012 NAIAS Biggest Successes

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2012 NAIAS - Acura NSX Concept

2012 NAIAS - Acura NSX Concept

There has been a lot said about the new Acura NSX concept and although I still have some reservation, which I’ll get to, I’m going to label it a success. First of all, I think that the design looks really good. I’m not one of these people that say it needs to carryover lots of elements and design from the old NSX. I think a fresh start and fresh design is exactly what Acura needed.

The second reason I’m labeling this a success is because it has a mid-engine layout. I liked the last NSX concept that used a front/mid setup, but it never felt right to me. You can mess with the design but you can’t mess with the layout, if that makes sense. I’m not as bothered as most about the fact that the new NSX will be pushing a “hybrid” platform. Look at the Porsche 918 for justification. Continue reading →

2012 NAIAS What we’re looking forward to:

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2012 BMW 3 Series

2012 BMW 3 Series

Obviously, all the cars listed in our surprises and successes posts are cars we’re looking forward to driving, but there are a few others.

Scion showed off, for the first time on American soil, the FR-S Drifter. We like the drifter with it’s 600 hp, but we’re really excited to get the chance to take the FR-S out on the streets and maybe even to Texas Motorsport Ranch for a little track fun. Continue reading →

2012 NAIAS Fails:

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2012 NAIAS FAILS

2012 NAIAS FAILS

When you bring a concept car or a production car to a big show like the North American International Auto Show, you really want to make a statement with that car and get as much good press as possible. Sometimes it just doesn’t work out and these are the cars we think fall into that category. Continue reading →

Pics from the Houston Auto Show

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We recently took a trip to Houston for the annual Houston Auto Show. We had lots of fun with our car enthusiast friends from around Texas. Check out some of the pictures we took at the auto show.

Houston Auto Show Gallery on Facebook.

RoadRace Motorsports Suzuki Kizashi at SEMA

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RRM Platinum Edition Kizashi

RRM Platinum Edition Kizashi

Love, hate, or don’t really care about the new Kizashi from Suzuki one thing has always been certain, RoadRace Motorsports has their own plans for the new Zuk. Our friends at RRM have had a role in the Kizashi from very early on and have been working on aftermarket parts for this car for a year now. What is the best place in America to show off a new car with fantastic aftermarket potential? Well that would be SEMA. RRM has their Platinum Kizashi on display at SEMA this year and has released a few photos of the car on their Flickr site.

Check out the pictures on Flickr and check out the RRM site. Continue reading →

My Top 10 Cars at Frankfurt:

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Frankfurt Germany

Frankfurt Germany

The International Motor Show or (IAA) is the world’s largest motor show and is held in Frankfurt Germany. The very first show was in 1897 in a small hotel in Berlin. Since then the show has grown with attendance almost reaching the one million mark. All the big and small manufacturers of the world bring their best and most advanced technology and design to Frankfurt to show to the automotive world.

I know this is a Texas car blog and Frankfurt is a long ways away from Texas and many of the cars displayed there will never see our shoreline. But bear with me as I go through my top picks from the Frankfurt Motor Show.  This is an enthusiast site, so I hope you enjoy the cars as much as I do.

Click the link to see them.

Crash into a Car Show

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poor GT500

poor GT500

On a forum I subscribe to called dfwstangs.net I came across a thread posted by a member named 81redstang. He describes a car show that he was attending here in the DFW area and how a lady in a truck crashed into the car show at speed wrecking 4 cars in that show including a GT500.

Here is what he wrote.

http://www.dfwstangs.net/forums/showthread.php?t=398263   81redstang

Ok so lady in truck crashes through the car show tonight taking out 4 cars including a GT500, she was speeding off the freeway exit and nailed a truck then ricoched in at atleast 60mph. then she tried to drive off! Luckily she couldnt and was quickly relieved of her keys by show participants.

 We are happy there was no injuries but sad about the cars. People work so hard and spend so much money to get their car into shape for these car shows, it’s just sad to see things like this happen.

2010 Toyota 4Runner

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Spyed 2010 Toyota 4Runner

Spyed 2010 Toyota 4Runner

The State Fair of Texas is coming up, September 25th to October 18th, and along with the rides and food comes one of the largest car shows for Texans. Most of the cars showing at the Fair will already be available in showroom floors but there should be a few surprises.

One of these will be the all new 2010 Toyota 4Runner. Toyota has announced that they will be debuting the new 4Runner at the State Fair, and what better place. Car and Driver managed to get their hands on some spy shots of the new body-on-frame SUV. Check out the shots at caranddriver.com.

Be sure that we’ll be giving you all the information we find out about cars coming to the State Fair.