CES: What's it really like?
Chris thought it would be fun to give you an idea of what CES is really like, from an automotive perspective. You'll see all the high-profile, high-tech goodies reported in all the mainstream magazines, but if you stroll the halls, there's no telling what a car guy will run across...
What's Honda's Asimo doing up there? Well Honda gave the robot its very own display. (If only he (she? it?) had driven one of the display cars!) More finds after the jump.
Auto equipment manufacturers naturally display their stuff in, well, cars. Speaker manufacturer Morel chose this rare Qvale Mangusta to highlight its booth.
Shift knobs? Are they electronic shift knobs? Oh, they have pushbuttons. Hmmm...
Visteon displayed this prototype in-car console-vacuum. No wonder auto parts makers are in trouble.
These mini-Mustangs highlighted the small size of the Hindsight Reversing Pilot systems that tell you the distance between your car and objects behind it.
- Daydreaming – the 1989 Fiero Yes, they never made a 1989 Pontiac Fiero but GM was pretty darn close. At this link is a few good shots of the prototype for the next-gen Fiero and after looking at it long enough, it's obvious a lot ...
- Ranchstang Beginning with a few design concepts, Kustom-Legend George Barris took his ideas for the integration of a Ford Mustang GT and Ranchero to the SEMA convention in 2001 where he began to search for a par ...
- Bentley Continental Flying Spur spied Auto Express has two spy images of the new four-door prototype of the Bentley Continental to be called the Flying Spur. Awesome name. Images are a bit blurry and sport the big Auto Express logo but ar ...
- Factory Five Racing – now more than just Cobra kits Since a company just can't run on Cobra kit cars alone, Factory Five racing gives us a peek at the new GTM kit car that debuted at SEMA. Taking some of its looks from the Ford GT and the powertrain fr ...
- Volvo reveals small concept car in China This week's Michelin Challenge Bibendum, besides putting GM's hybrid bus into action, will also host Volvo's introduction of its new small car concept, developed from the earlier Tandem prototype. Whi ...
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