Cars, Security and a Peek into my Life
It’s odd to me, that with arguably one of the most dangerous things we all do, we’re tested once when we’re 16, then not again until we’re 80… that’s a 64-year spread?!
Read it online here.
… because if the airbag deploys mid-turn, Jimmy’s arm will punch Jimmy in the face.
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It was Media Day on Thursday at the Auto Show, and I loved it.
In no particular order, here are some highlights.
The Lexus concept LF-CC.m Sensing a design trend.
And predicting a design trend: this shape will become popular – the shrunken SUV.
See also the all-new Buick Encore. Same shape.
Yup.
Cadillac is cleaning up in awards this year, both here and in the US. Car of the Year Everywhere.
Looks cool, but too high maintenence for me. I wrote about it in this week’s column.
BMW does it best; check out their paint line ‘Frozen‘.
The beauty is not translating to my phone camera.
Toronto’s professional soccer team, the TFC shook hands with Kia.
Disco ball’d or not, still ugh.
When I applied for a media pass 3 years ago, I got denied; last year Ford got me in; and then this year, all by my big girl self.
Go see the newly re-named The Lincoln Motor Company. They reverted to the original name from 1922.
Lincoln is consistently one of the classiest booth at any show.
Doesn’t this photo look like I posed it? It was luck.
Look, I’m on a car HAHA.
In my top 3 favourite cars – the concept Acura NSX.
But how does the driver see?
The fastest Jaguar sedan ever made, the XFR-S – 300 km/h, 550 hp, 502 lb ft of torque, 0-100 km/H in 4.6 seconds.
$100,000-ish, only 100 will be sold in the US.
This is its only Canadian appearance.
Spent much of the show like this, inside my phone.
(thanks for the photo Eric :)
Shortly after it was taken, this happened:
I’m downplaying it. Not mentioned is the semi-ciricle of journalists and their cameras directly opposite me, photoing the presentation. Hi I’m the new kid.
Infiniti and Cirque de Soleil are friends.
Ford’s Fiesta is a great first car.
The cel service in the MTCC is pretty good eh; 95% of my stuff went up first shot.
Peeked into behind-the-scenes.
Then back into shiny lala land, omg it smelled so good, all that new-car scent.
Weirdos drive these.
It takes 10 days to set up the show, and during that time all the carpet is protected like this. 
I love when the cut it open.
This is a Land Rover.
Look for coupons in the Toronto Sun, and save $5 on admission.
And that’s it tada.
Here’s my coverage for Autonet.ca, and if I took our photo, click here to see it.
We used Scribble Live for the first time, and live blogged the 40th Annual Canadian International Auto Show! We crushed it (seriously, our feed was trending).
Find most of my stuff in the 2nd half of the feed.
Notre équipe français, salut!
From L to R – Alain McKenna, me, Marie-Eve Cote, Jacques Deshaies
You’ve met Dan and on the right is Jack Kazmierski, our tech expert.
Note – because the team is all freelancers, we don’t really hang out, so this is a rarity. I’ve now blogged 70%of the team, nice.
Click here to meet more of the team.
Matte paint is en vogue right now. Looks great, but it’s high maintenance because it’s a porous paint.
But it does broadcast the driver has a disposable income, to both purchase and maintain it.
Read it online here.
The car can only be washed by hand ,… and never again can the car be run through an automatic wash.
Below is BMW’s ‘Frozen’ paint.
So pretty, no touching.
Very few manufacturers offer a matte paint option. Mercedes also does a beautiful job.
And so does Hyundai!
The only manufacturer to offer a matte paint on a non-luxury car.
Available on the Veloster for $800-ish; that’s thousands less than the ones you see above.
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This week I detail why I’m not a fan of hybrids or eco-cars… the batteries, the lack of infrastructure, and the single-minded fervour around the topic.
But most of all, unless the owner is always driving in an eco-style, it’s all for not.
Read in online at Autonet.ca.
If we’re going to be honest, we only really started caring about the environmental impact of gasoline engines in the 1970s. And look how far we’ve come in 30 short years.
Read Part 2 here.
Made the cover today yesss.
Last week, I also wrote about eco cars, I designed The Keri Eco Car. And next week will be about eco too, I have more to say, but then I will be DONE with this topic for a while :)
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