L.A. AUTO SHOW 2001 COVERAGE
By: Rice
Date: 2/4/01

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The Porsche 911 Turbo. Can we say, 0-60 in 4 seconds?	The back spoiler rises automatically at 75 mph, and goes down at 50.	The concept car Carrera GT stole the show.
All Porsche concept cars have made it into the streets.	The Carrera GT is like God embodied in metal.	Cruise is infatuated with the Honda S2000 roadster.
It's gotten pretty good reviews. It redlines at 8000 RPM!!	This Dodge Viper is actually red. Dunno why my camera made it pink.	Vipers have V10 engines and are freaking fast.
Wow, this shot's really pink. I swear, it was red at the showroom.	Heh heh. My Infiniti G20. An insect compared to these Goliaths.	Rumors are that Aston Martins are all hand  made.

    Obviously, the entire car show was much bigger than this. There were the traditional mundane everyday cars like the Toyota's and GMC's littered throughout the convention center. Then there were the super exotic concept cars, like one seemingly without headlights. I didn't bother taking pictures of those.

   Hm. Other notes:

• The damn camera ran out of memory about 3/4th of the way. When we went back to the BMW section to pick up some posters, I saw the new M5 on display, which wasn't there when we made our first round. Much to my dismay, I couldn't snap any photos of it. Waarrghh! So therefore, in an attempt to make myself feel better, I reeled in pictures of the M5 from various online sources. =)

The actual car in the showroom was blue...

... and it looked even better in person!

I was lining up to get a chance at sitting in it, until  a bunch of rude people started cutting in line. Hmph.

• In the Porsche section, the Carrera GT was isolated on an island in the middle of a pond (with a ton of change thrown in it). Twilight Zone-ish music was played as spotlights from above circled the otherwise pitch black arena. What an atmosphere it generated! Porsche's new V10 concept car is rumored to be starting production soon in Europe. I'll be able to afford one (barely) when I sell my parent's house.

• There was a special section set aside in the convention for misc. stuff like fixed up cars. There, they sold rims, bodykits, and all sorts of hardware that mod junkies are into. There was this Chrysler PT Cruiser with an awesome sound system setup. I sat in it to experience its multimedia extravagance for a bit before I got yelled at by the owner to scram. =)

• One racing team had its Lamborghini Diablo and Ferrari 550 Maranello on display. Too bad I ran out of memory by then a long time ago. I think they were on sale, but the important thing was that they weren't sealed off, so I was able to smear my fingerprints all over both their black exterior. Now I can honestly claim I've touched both a Maranello and a Diablo. They cost about half a million US dollars combined, folks. =P