Canadian International Auto Show
 

Hey, so has anyone gone this year or planning to go?
I went on Tuesday cause it was that Super Tuesday when tickets are only $12.00!

Anyways was a fun time with the wife. Some cars really impressed me while others really unimpressed me.

Lets start with the cars that really impressed me.

1. Mazda Miata
For the price, I think the car loos beautiful and interior looks very nice and feels like your in a special car. My wife also thought it was a nice car. They had the RF model in gray which also looked beautiful! Also it was comfortable and had a nice seating position.

2. Alpha Romeo 4C
They had it locked, but exterior wise it was one of the prettiest cars.
Interior looks very nice but can't say how comfortable it is or anything like that.

3. Acura RDX
This was probably my favorite cross over SUV of the show. I think Acura made it very nice inside and out. Not much more to say since I'm not big into SUV's haha.

~ The car that stole the show for me ~

Acura RLX
Yeah...I honestly never sat in one before because when I was shopping for my Accord, Acura only had the TLX in the showroom and I didn't like how it had less leg room in the rear than the Accord. The guy told me about the RLX but when I heard the price i said no thanks haha.

But...the RLX...now after the show....talk about a spacious and comfortable sedan. I was always turned off by the price tag, $65,000+ but now I'm actually looking to buy it. It really impressed me and my wife :wub:

~Okay time for the cars that unimpressed me.

Nissan GTR
Dare I say it....I was unimpressed. I never sat inside the R35 but I had friends who told me the car felt cheap inside. I always told them "guys it's not about the inside, it's about the engineering"
Well...here i was smiling waiting t get inside the GTR.
Once I got in I was just like ....really? $127,000? Really? I know it's fast but damn...Nissan sure cut corners haha. Anyways yeah...lets just say I'll buy the RLX over this any day haha :D

Range Rover Sport
No idea what version it was but it was blue, low and expensive. However inside the cabin I didn't feel like I was in a $120,00 car. Also it felt very uncomfortable.

Toyota 86
My God Toyota...I don't know how they could screw up such a great car.
Where to start....the steering wheel feels like it's out of a corolla. The interior suede feels disgusting to me and looks ugly. The 86 badge looks tacky. The seats I don't like. The front I don't like. Overall the car just looks tacky and like they had 50 people just slap on random parts to make it a "refresh". If I was shopping now, I'd buy the BRZ and never look at the new 86 twice.
~ In fact the yellow BRZ actually looked really cool! :wub:
*This is my opinion, if you have the new 86 and love it, that is what matters most and ignore the haters cause there is always someone who doesn't like a certain car haha :D*
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Anyways, don't want to make the post too long. Just thought I'd share my thoughts on this years show. Oh one more thing. I'm actually a Volvo fanboy and the booth was actually popular this year which made me happy....but even as much of a fanboy that I am....Acura guys...ACURA! haha :)

Im also not digging the Toyota 86 I think they ruined the car IMO

I guess it varies from person to person. I can't stand how Acuras look and I love the 86. It turns heads and bodies everywhere I go, and it's bone stock. I love the front end.

As for the autoshow, I went last year and I think that'll be the last time. When I saw crowds gathered around that awful tesla van with the silly gullwing doors, I lost all hope in autoshows and left.

Going to be hitting it up Friday.

Super excited to see the Nebula. Will be putting down a deposit on one too...














just kidding im broke

You know what actually, I didn't see Tesla there. Either I missed them or they must of had 1 car hiding somewhere? haha

That was a really cool car! It's a concept though right?

Nope!
That was its debut, what you see there is the production model!!!

Nice thoughts on the cars at the Auto Show, very similar to my impressions. I went to the VIP industry night on Thursday, but didn't get to see most of the cars. I went back on Saturday morning with the wife (she had $10.00 tickets through work) and really enjoyed it!

I also thought the AR 4C was gorgeous - wish I could have sat inside, looks amazing. One of the other show-stoppers for me was the Lexus LC500/500h - gorgeous inside and out, I loved the design cues and the concept-like look.

The 2017 86...yeah, if I bought a twin today hands down it would be a BRZ with a performance package. I would still go WRB though, the pale looking yellow on the series yellow car didn't do it for me. The one thing I do like on the 86 is the grand-luxe 'suede' dash piece over the BRZ 'leather' one.

Something about the stitching on the outer edge looks terrible to me on the BRZ one, but on the 86 the stitched name looks cool. However, I do think it looks awful in the '17 86 though, as there are NO matching suede/alcantara parts in that interior so it looks out of place. If you swap that in an old car, I think it would be right at home with the alcantara seats on a monogram :)

Actually the top part of the door card also has that same suede like material. I love it, my girlfriend loves it and constantly tells me to never touch it lol

This was last year. But I'm sure they should have had it there this year as well. It was in the exotics section. An electric van in the same room as McLarens, Paganis, a Singer 911 and Veyrons... travesty

Tesla was outside beside the Ritz Carlton, No clue why lol.

Anyways, does anybody know that brand that was in the Exotic section?
I believe it was between the bugatti and the lambo?

It had a really cool symbol, totally forgot what it was called.

There was nothing between the Bugatti and lambo, but the stage also had a Bentley, Rolls Royce and Aston.


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Yes you are right, thanks for the correction.

It's just that the rest of the inserts (door speaker, door arm rest and knee pads) are still the 'leather' material so it's mismatched.

The older cars were all uniform


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Ah ok. I guess it's a good thing that I never sat in the previous model haha