Thursday 20th July 2006
More pics from the Motor Show
Caparo, Morgan, Aprilia, concepts
More pictures from the press day of the Motor Show:
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 Caparo T1 |
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 Hummer H3 |
 Mitsubishi Evo IX (above and right) |
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 Nissan 350Z |
 Nissan 350Z Roadster |
 Nissan concept |
 Inside the Nissan concept |
 Mazda Kabura concept |
 Mazda Kabura concept |
 Mercedes 300SL |
 Maybach Exelero... |
 ...with brakes like dinner plates |
 Morgan Aero chassis |
 Aprilia ASC |
 A classic... |
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4WD
Original Poster
2,289 posts
58 months
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That's the best looking Aero8 I've ever seen.
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GTRene
4,950 posts
51 months
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4WD said: That's the best looking Aero8 I've ever seen. yeah  and its a real aero...a lot of air that way  sell it like that and you save some weight too GTRene
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GTRene
4,950 posts
51 months
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When I look at this, I think of free parking there's almost no stoptree? that can hold you or stop you, you just pas driving down under it that save's some money No problem for free space with the caparo  Lovely picture!!  GTRene
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Ace Sportscars
26 posts
45 months
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love the maybach...I'm sure one of those wheels is worth more than my car...
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oatz
21 posts
50 months
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Was down there last night, the Maybach looks simply stunning in the flesh
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Al 450
1,065 posts
48 months
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Moggy the best car there...
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xjsjohn
9,612 posts
46 months
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Al 450 said: Moggy the best car there... glad i am not the only person thinking that ......
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GTRene
4,950 posts
51 months
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yeah I saw that Exelero maybach last year on the Essen motorshow..lovely to look at a masterpiece to own when your rich and visit the queen GTRene
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Frik
8,965 posts
70 months
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Fairly sure I saw the exact same Morgan rolling chassis at another show a few weeks ago. Apparently it was a customer car they had pinched off the line halfway through build.
Always wondered why Morgans had such long waiting lists...
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James_N
623 posts
61 months
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Just got back from the motorshow. Was a great day out, bit pissed that a lot of my pics seem a bit blurred. I need to invest in a decent camera Mclaren F1 looked great. Lots of nice cars to chose from.
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hexhamhc
405 posts
110 months
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Did you go to the same show? I travelled down from Northumberland with a pal and we both thought how poor the show is. The whole of this show would fit in one hall of the NEC. No Porsche, Ferrari, Audi, VW, etc etc. Just loads of cars parked in the 'SuperCar' paddock, as much as I like Mclaren F1, Ferrari F40 etc this isn't a classic car show. Even the 'tat' stands were very poor, and you could easily have got around the show in an hour or so. I really can't see the show happening again, it certainly didn't feel anything like an International Motor Show. I would be interested to hear other peoples feedback. Thanks and best regards to all, Tony
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profstoff
1,115 posts
54 months
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I enjoyed it. Highlights for me:
It was well worth paying the extra for Thursday as crowds were definitely lacking.
Nissan concept car was a bit strange but I loved the Saab.
TVR stand was a bit bland and dark.
Loved the gull wing Merc, been a fave of mine for a long time.
Nice to meet Ted.
Mazda had a simple but effective demo of the new flip top MX5.
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PhantomPH
990 posts
52 months
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Tony - we were there yesterday from Northumberland as well! It was the most stressful day's travel in ...well...forever. We flew to Stanstead, National Express to London, DLR to the show. The DLR bit was not too bad, but the minute you put your journey in the hands of others, it falls apart like a wet digestive biscuit.
If it happens again, will probably drive the night before - B&B, then travel home at leisure.
No VAG cars was a definite miss. I would have loved to have been able to have a nose at the new TT (being an RX-8 owner and thinking about near-future changes), but nope - they chose to ignore a huge target audience by not being there. Shame.
I agree about the supercar paddock - if I wanted to see cars from a forced angle and not be near them, I could just watch the TV. Real shame. I understand making sure kids and the like do not hammer the 'exhibits', but I am 31 and hardly likely to affect the cars in a negative way - unless drool counts! Shame they could not have arranged for a Veyron to be there.
Shame about the 'no more T350C' news I was told on the stand. I have always thought that to be one of the prettiest cars - especially in spectraflair silver.
Anyway, far from thinking, "Roll on the next one", I was actually left thinking, "Meh".
Most of my photos have dodgy focus too - I had to turn the flash off to avoid massively dark shots (the lighting must confuse the camera), but this resulted in strange focus as obviously the number of lights hitting the cars at different/changing angles, meant the camera could not always find a 'point'.
P~
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turbosei
190 posts
67 months
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If more manufacturers had shown up it would have been a much better show. I went down Wednesday night, which was supposed to have been something special, but really wasn't - except for the lack of crowds.
I had been intending to compare mid-range convertible 2-seaters, but the only one there was the Z4 (and not even an M).
No Porsche, Audi and no SLK on the Merc stand meant it was a pretty meaningless comparison. Although the new MX5 was a surprise - at 6'5 I can fit in it, the same couldn't be said about the last one. And the new Alfa Spider looks good, shame about the weight and the lack of support from the seats.
For me though the biggest thing was the lack of any real paper brochures on the stands - if I want to contact the dealer or manufacturer I can do that online and save a few quid, the point of going to the motorshow is to have a poke around multiple manufacturers in one place and take away a load of goodies to browse through later.
After a couple of hours I was left wandering around thinking, "is that it?" They have to get VAG and Fiat to show up, the only representatives of either were Seat and Alfa Romeo.
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