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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ 2005 North American International Auto Show
Posted by: seanery Jan 22 2005, 09:27 AM
might as well start with the Porsche stuff....new 911 (997) Cab
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Posted by: seanery Jan 22 2005, 09:28 AM
I tried to get more, better pics of this car, but I couldn't get close to it, damn people kept walking into me 
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Posted by: seanery Jan 22 2005, 09:30 AM
550 La Carrera PanAmericana
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Posted by: seanery Jan 22 2005, 09:31 AM
550
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Posted by: seanery Jan 22 2005, 09:32 AM
550 interior
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Posted by: seanery Jan 22 2005, 09:33 AM
sexy rear end
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Posted by: seanery Jan 22 2005, 09:33 AM
BMW Hydrogen car
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Posted by: seanery Jan 22 2005, 09:34 AM
this looked to be loosely based on a Z4 chasis
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Posted by: seanery Jan 22 2005, 09:35 AM
For JP
Corvette Z06 in the YCAF color
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Posted by: seanery Jan 22 2005, 09:35 AM
front 1/4
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Posted by: seanery Jan 22 2005, 09:36 AM
Big Nose
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Posted by: seanery Jan 22 2005, 09:36 AM
driver front
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Posted by: seanery Jan 22 2005, 09:37 AM
it's a very nice yellow
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Posted by: seanery Jan 22 2005, 09:37 AM
wheels and brakes
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Posted by: seanery Jan 22 2005, 09:37 AM
back quarter
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Posted by: seanery Jan 22 2005, 09:38 AM
butt 1
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Posted by: seanery Jan 22 2005, 09:38 AM
notice where the back up lites are! I like it!
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Posted by: seanery Jan 22 2005, 09:39 AM
This really is a great looking car with gobs of performance potential 
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Posted by: seanery Jan 22 2005, 09:39 AM
Jeep Hurricane
It has 2 Hemi engines! 
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Posted by: seanery Jan 22 2005, 09:40 AM
Front Engine and transmission
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Posted by: seanery Jan 22 2005, 09:41 AM
Rear engine and suspension...don't ask me what the driveshaft is for 
Why is it necessary with an engine in the back, too?
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Posted by: seanery Jan 22 2005, 09:42 AM
ass end
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Posted by: seanery Jan 22 2005, 09:43 AM
Mercedes had some nice cars out...their new line of SUVs was very interesting...don't know if these were preproduction models or what...but I like them, there is a small one
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Posted by: seanery Jan 22 2005, 09:43 AM
and one a little bigger....this one is tres bien! 
uhhh, errrr sehr gut 
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Posted by: seanery Jan 22 2005, 09:44 AM
Pontiac Solstice...these pictures don't do this car justice...it's a beauty...expect Miata-ish performance from it
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Posted by: seanery Jan 22 2005, 09:45 AM
ass end
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Posted by: seanery Jan 22 2005, 09:45 AM
another ass shot
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Posted by: seanery Jan 22 2005, 09:46 AM
rear 3/4...this shot is starting to show how GM typically screws up a beautiful design...can you spot what I'm talking about?
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Posted by: seanery Jan 22 2005, 09:47 AM
more of the side
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Posted by: seanery Jan 22 2005, 09:47 AM
even more of the side
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Posted by: seanery Jan 22 2005, 09:47 AM
side and front
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Posted by: seanery Jan 22 2005, 09:50 AM
side and front more....now, if you couldn't find the GM design flaw...go back and find the antenna...its just behind the passenger's head on the rear 1/4. I believe it would be in my peripheral vision the whole time and bug the snot out of me as well as clutter the design like it does....why couldn't they just put then antenna in the windshield or do a small retractable antenna somewhere else
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Posted by: seanery Jan 22 2005, 09:50 AM
Saturn Sky...based on the same platform as the Pontiac Solstice
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Posted by: seanery Jan 22 2005, 09:51 AM
nuther
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Posted by: seanery Jan 22 2005, 09:52 AM
New Shelby...CR1, GR1...something like that. It looked like chrome in person, but in the pics it looks like it could be highly polished aluminum
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Posted by: seanery Jan 22 2005, 09:52 AM
more shelby
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Posted by: seanery Jan 22 2005, 09:53 AM
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ten
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Posted by: seanery Jan 22 2005, 09:56 AM
last one
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Posted by: seanery Jan 22 2005, 09:57 AM
vw chopped top roadster...their promotional video was using images of the 550 (a beck actually) for this car
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Posted by: seanery Jan 22 2005, 09:58 AM
last pic
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Posted by: Thomas J Bliznik Jan 22 2005, 10:22 AM
Thanks Seanery for taking pictures. Next year let us (SMOG guys) know your in town & we can make it a 914 gathering. Everyone likes the Z06 Corvette, it rocks. Cheap ($50 big ones) pleasure and a beautiful ride. GM has it right on this one. The Pontiac roadster also looks good.
I probably will not attend this yrs. show. Been out of town all week & were having 12" of snow today. The great thing about living in SouthEast MI. Metro area, gets me into the plants on my regular work (business). I will get into the plants where they build the Pontiac roadster along with the Mustang plant. I will try to take my camera with me (if permited) for pictures during the year.
Tom
FYI
Michigan is a great place, but Detroit is an embarrassment. I hate to even mention the name "Detroit" it's the pits. They are trying to clean it up for next years 2006 superbowl. What a joke!!
Posted by: Pnambic Jan 22 2005, 10:52 AM
Is the Solstice/Sky based on the Lotus developed Opel Speester chassis? I thought I remembered reading that they were planning on trying to use it. It oughta be interesting to see how well it performs. I like that Saturn Sky a lot more than my SL1... 
Posted by: Hi_Fi_Guy Jan 22 2005, 11:04 AM
Thanks for the pics, looks great. How was the 911 cabrio in person. Now that the Cabrio and the Boxster shre the same windsheild heights there is ven less to distinguish them. Just the J-Lo rump and 100 more HP 
Posted by: GWN7 Jan 22 2005, 11:04 AM
Great pics Sean 
I have to agree with you about Detroit. Of all the US citys I have visited it's the scarriest. The downtown area emptys at 6 pm. Buildings with trees growing thru the middle. The car rental place told me to drive with my doors locked at all times. Leave space between myself and the car in front at lights and if anyone approches from the side to drive thru (lots of car jacking at that time). You go from the Grosse Point area (nice big homes with well manicured lawns) to towards downtown and it looks like your heading into Beruit. They are going to have to spend a ton of $$ to clean it up.
Posted by: Thomas J Bliznik Jan 22 2005, 11:30 AM
Bruce,
You put it very well Detroit is a cease pool of crime, corruption with a hip-hop mayor with his gang of body guards. He can't manage his own life & thinks he runs a third world country. That being said the metro area around Detroit is very affluenct with all the good stuff & good people. Think of Detroit metro area like a big donut with all the trash in the donut hole. I can't imagine why General Motors moved their corporate headquarters from the burbs to downtown Detroit. I believe GM will go down the tubes with Detroit (long term). Note: As soon a Chrylser moved to the burbs (auburn Hills) their fortune changed. They are now looking like the big three leader. As for Ford Motor they are on the fringe of Detroit. I like Ford Motor & feel they are well run and will always be a strong big three car company.
Just my humble 2-cents worth of Big Three stuff.
Tom
BTW
Any supplier of parts & services doing business with the city of Detroit have them on COD. They don't pay their bills. They have small brokers (with ties to city govt.) handling the business orders because they have good credit. You know they have sweet heart deals with mark-ups. Again, Detroit is the pits, the burbs are not.
Posted by: seanery Jan 22 2005, 11:37 AM
the cab looks good in person, even with the newer curvy body panels I'd say the styling is definitely evolutionary and not revolutionary...it just looks like a nice 911 cab, know what I mean?
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