January 29, 2012: The Philadelphia Auto Show
The morning of the Auto Show began at Drexel University, where I go to school. I stayed over my boy's dorm in University City after a great night of hanging out with friends and got up early to meet up with some other people at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
I got up early to get some morning shots in as well! Before I go to shoot something, I like to be as warmed up as possible, exercising my eye for the pictures ahead of me. Luckily I found this awesome Civic Hatch! I love the EK, but it's still nothing like my RSX. ;)
PS, props to the owner of this car.
Off to the magical kingdom of bums and trash: Center City, Philadelphia!!!
Colorssssss! c:
WHAT, HOE? Some Philly-behind birds right there! Hahah.
THE MAJESTIC BIRD--
THEN THERE WAS A PRIUS.
The lighting was amazing out, it's a shame I couldn't have made a post about a shoot made outside.
However I did get this sweet Stance:Nation-style shoot of two Versas on in a second. Check it outtt, staggered poses!
Stay out, tourists!
Okay, we were just kidding. :)
--XOXO, Philadelphia
So, this is just a calibration shot, but apparently Chevy is on its bean-size car ish! This is called the Chevy Sonic LTZ. I've read about this car before in MotorTrend. Apparently it has a 1.4 liter, turbocharged ECOTEC Engine with about 130 horsepower and a six speed transmission, woahhh Chevy!! I thought they also upped the displacement in one of their models, but tossed the turbocharger and kept the power the same, but I could be incorrect as the Chevy Website says nothing about this.
Anyway, cool stuff, Chevy!
Speaking of cool Chevys, check out this Camaro ZL1, Chevy's new top-of-the-line Camaro. With one powerful 6.2 Liter V8, sporting an Eaton Supercharger, and boasting an impressive 580 horsepower, this car is not meant to be easy on your neck muscles, most likely wrenching your neck into an arched position, forcing your head into the head rest.
And it's not all power, either. The car runs a 7:41:23 on the Nurburgring Circuit according to the Chevy Website. Not too shabby, eh?
Scion xB, tC, and xD models
The Camaro SS
One of the biggest disappointments this year, aside from the stock Civic Si was this modified one. I mean, yes you have a great paint job on this car with plenty of modifications in the hood-- and there were DEFINITELY some modifications under the wheel wells and in the shock towers, I'm sure. But, what happened to the real Civic? Wasn't the Civic supposed to be a sport-compact car with great handling, a small motor, and tuner support?
Now we're putting big K24 Engines in Honda Civics, and lengthening the wheel base. I want to see something better than this Honda. I'm disappointed.
Here are some pics of the stock Si that was on display.
All of the cars had missing shift knobs, FYI.
The Fit!
Those wheels and Brembo Brakes :)
Those Recaro Seats :)
That stitched, leather steering wheel!
That MIVEC Turbocharged Engine!
Must be an Evolution :)
This here is a GTI. It has an engine in it.
It's a TSI.
There's a steering wheel with red stitching...
And an automatic transmission...
And then there was this, the Subaru BRZ!
I hate everything right now, so I'm just going to post pictures and hope everyone stops bothering me, K?
On display with the BRZ was its older brother, the SVX LSi. If you remember seeing these things around, you'll remember seeing the dual-pane windows and the unique headlights that seem to look like those from a Mercury Sable.
And although this car was built to be fast, the automatic transmission and leather seats certainly don't scream sports car. I think Subaru teaming up with Toyota was the best move, considering the all new BRZ will be light weight, have a low center of gravity, a manual transmission, and cloth, stitched racing seats-- none of this automatic crap.
4wd Turbo XT, What? What the hell is this?
Apparently this car was designed to look like a wedge to improve its aerodynamic efficiency. Everything from its engine placement to its mudguards are supposed to make its coefficient of drag as low as .29.
The model on display here had a 4-speed automatic transmission rather than the 5-speed manual with overdrive.
WRX, anyone?
Once I got past the douche in the track jacket, things cleared up pretty quickly for me as I looked at this Z in the favoritest car manufacturer section at the auto show, NISSAN. Plenty of people didn't even know what they were looking at, as one guy called this a 360Z, and I think that the Nissan Badge makes people stupid, because somebody also said that Honda makes the engine in the GTR that I saw, that's false, btw.
I liked this car. Although it was an auto convertible, it sat nicely and the interior seemed very well put together. The curves on the exterior flowed very well and although I tried to show it off in my pictures, I got lazy and decided I didn't care.
I'm going to try and not be angry for a second even though I'm annOying myself!
This GTR WAS COOL!
LOOK AT THIS GIRL'S BUTT! AND THIS CAR'S BUTT.
THIS CAR HAD A HOT SIDE PROFILE
AGAIN.
NICE WHEELS, NISSAN.
SLUT.
Everyone got out of my way so I could shoot this hahahah, it pays to have a big camera.
After Nissan, I moved onto Ford, who really stepped up their game this year, bringing out their 1.6 and 2 liter EcoBoost Engines in their 2013 Ford Fusions with plenty of trims to choose from.
The EcoBoost engines come with turbochargers, hence the name "EcoBoost," and they also sport direct-injection. Something that is useful when considering fuel economy. It eliminates extra flow paths which otherwise would be considered when designing engines with computational fluid dynamics analysis.
Honestly, Ford had it all, they had tons of different trim models for their Fusion, extremely fuel-efficient full-size trucks, little Ford Fiestas (which I truly enjoyed), and even their Laguna Seca Mustang!
Ford is proud enough of their engine technology that they actually put their engines out on their own displays. Chrysler also did this for their Fiat engines and I also believe they did it for their OHV Hemi Engines, but their displays didn't compare to Ford's in my eyes.
Here were two engines on display.
A Mustang pool table? Hahahah
This Hybrid Ford Fusion looked so pretty.
Aston Martin DB9, anyone?
Peace!
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