Just came back from the LA Auto Show. The Hyundai presentation was packed with people. Audi was over flowing with people and had a lot of models on the floor.
The A-4 R- Spec was a huge dissappointment to me...the interior seemed really cheap. The knobs are were chrome ( alot of chrome in the Jags as well). They had that listed at 61K.
The S-5 looked great in and out. They had it listed at about 62K
They had the new Acura NSX on display...what a gorgous drop dead stunning car. Wow! Why can't Acura apply those design chops to their other cars?
The new Acura RLX looks as much like an Avalon in person as it does in pictures. The interior looks really high quality....especially when compared to the 61k A4
The Audi, MB's and Bimmer interiors in the 60k range cars all look like....I don't know I was expecting better at that price range. One has to jump to the 80k range imo to get the "wow" factor it seems.
The MB E series had great seats but the nav is tiny and not placed in a way to protect the screen from the sun thereby creating a situation where you can't see it.
The classiest display was by Volvo by far for the consumer. A lounge with coffee, bottles of water, cookies, etc. And huge iMacs for learning about their cars. Maxed out S60 R-Spec about 52k by the way.
Finally, Lexus had an F Sport version of thier big flag ship. It looked really cool and mean but gosh I just don't know if it was believable ultimately simply because of it's size. They also had a stunning car on display of unknown (by me) origin. It wasn't the Ferrari beater....it was something I'd never seen or heard about.
There was one Genny R-Spec on display. Guy there said he was going to get one because they're offering 0 % financing.
The A-4 R- Spec was a huge dissappointment to me...the interior seemed really cheap. The knobs are were chrome ( alot of chrome in the Jags as well). They had that listed at 61K.
The S-5 looked great in and out. They had it listed at about 62K
They had the new Acura NSX on display...what a gorgous drop dead stunning car. Wow! Why can't Acura apply those design chops to their other cars?
The new Acura RLX looks as much like an Avalon in person as it does in pictures. The interior looks really high quality....especially when compared to the 61k A4
The Audi, MB's and Bimmer interiors in the 60k range cars all look like....I don't know I was expecting better at that price range. One has to jump to the 80k range imo to get the "wow" factor it seems.
The MB E series had great seats but the nav is tiny and not placed in a way to protect the screen from the sun thereby creating a situation where you can't see it.
The classiest display was by Volvo by far for the consumer. A lounge with coffee, bottles of water, cookies, etc. And huge iMacs for learning about their cars. Maxed out S60 R-Spec about 52k by the way.
Finally, Lexus had an F Sport version of thier big flag ship. It looked really cool and mean but gosh I just don't know if it was believable ultimately simply because of it's size. They also had a stunning car on display of unknown (by me) origin. It wasn't the Ferrari beater....it was something I'd never seen or heard about.
There was one Genny R-Spec on display. Guy there said he was going to get one because they're offering 0 % financing.
