Keith McElroy
Active Member
I managed to visit the Chicago Auto Show last Friday.
- The pictures of the "Super Chief" concept really fail to capture how ugly that thing is. It also doesn't portray how huge it is either.
- New ST doesn't wow me enough to trade in my current one. I would, however, like to test drive one with the V8.
- Ridgeline (went out of my way to see it) looks way too girly. Can't picture it offroad.
- Shelby GT500: very cool.
- My son won't stop talking about the Army's Stryker vehicle. He doesn't get it that I can't buy one.:lol:
- Wife narrowed her new car to either a $38K Volvo C70, or a $43K Jaguar. She also liked one of the Mercedes, but the people were rude, so she ruled it out.:blink: I was more struck by the Aqua business suit of the Volvo rep - my eyes still hurt from looking at it.
- Hummer H3...Why? Talk about buying a car for a name.
- Dodge Rampage. Wondered where Dodge would take the ST concept...wish they would have taken it somewhere else.
Overall, it was a pretty good show. We managed to get in and out before the major crowds. Most of the people there were standing in the hour plus line to drive the Jeep course. My kids did manage to get boxes of Ford car cookies - that was about the extent of freebies.
- The pictures of the "Super Chief" concept really fail to capture how ugly that thing is. It also doesn't portray how huge it is either.
- New ST doesn't wow me enough to trade in my current one. I would, however, like to test drive one with the V8.
- Ridgeline (went out of my way to see it) looks way too girly. Can't picture it offroad.
- Shelby GT500: very cool.
- My son won't stop talking about the Army's Stryker vehicle. He doesn't get it that I can't buy one.:lol:
- Wife narrowed her new car to either a $38K Volvo C70, or a $43K Jaguar. She also liked one of the Mercedes, but the people were rude, so she ruled it out.:blink: I was more struck by the Aqua business suit of the Volvo rep - my eyes still hurt from looking at it.
- Hummer H3...Why? Talk about buying a car for a name.
- Dodge Rampage. Wondered where Dodge would take the ST concept...wish they would have taken it somewhere else.
Overall, it was a pretty good show. We managed to get in and out before the major crowds. Most of the people there were standing in the hour plus line to drive the Jeep course. My kids did manage to get boxes of Ford car cookies - that was about the extent of freebies.
