The first morning of this year's Los Angeles auto show, the CEO of General Motors, Fritz Henderson, was scheduled to give the keynote address. The night before, he got fired. (Excuse me: He "resigned"). That, however, was the only real drama at this year's show, and for the sake of the auto industry, that's a good thing.
During last year's show, the global economy was teetering on the brink, and the CEOs of Detroit's Big Three were getting berated in Congress for hopping three private jets to Washington to explain in person the catastrophic failure of their businesses. This year's show saw an industry slowly and tentatively recovering, cautiously rolling out conservative, sensible cars.
But of course, being LA, there was still some flash. Check out our gallery here for the highlights.
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I live in LA, and haven't made it to the show yet, but unfortunately there's not a lot to be missing.
I am glad to hear about the few EVs that are there, but the Nissan Leaf won't be there, nor will several other car makers. I've already seen the Volt, am not very interested in it since it's lugging around hundreds of pounds of engine parts I don't want, and the Leaf, Tesla and Fisker are more like what I'd want anyway.
It's interesting that Fritz Henderson would be ousted/retired just a day before the car show-- maybe GM finally gets it: they made a huge error in crushing all those EV-1's that we're still so bitter about, and that a very pretty Volt is gonna get a "thanks, but no thanks" from me. If they wanna sell a Volt, that's up to them, but they should at least give us purists an apology and put an EV back on their showroom. If they don't they DESERVE to go back into bankruptcy, because they have no foggy notion of the market they're selling to.
Maybe, just maybe, they really don't wanna be also-rans against Nissan's Leaf, the Tesla Model S, et al. I hope so.
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GM sure did keep those EV-1's a secret. I didn't hear about them until this year in school. I was so enraged that they completely ignored the market for those cars and basically ripped them away from the public, destroying all evidence that they ever existed. Our country could have been in a different place, but no. They chose to kill the electric car. I bet they wish they didn't deny the demand now.
REMEMBER ....American car companys' only sell cars to sell car parts. most foreign cars like BMW,MERCEDES, TOYOTA, NISSAN, AND EVEN HYUNDAI are built to last. American co's want you back in the showroom within 2 - 3 years for another, before you can finish paying for the piece of junk you just bought. I'd rather buy a 5 plus year old Toyota than a GM FORD OR..... WHATS THAT OTHER CO's NAME?
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It was no SEMA {The SEMA Show is the premier automotive specialty products trade event in the world" Show, but the 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show featured its fair share of rides that had spent time under the knife to become something more than stock.
From race-prepped Fiestas and Mazda2s to a pair of crazy Scions that take tailgating to a new level, modifications at the LA Show took all shapes and forms. Suzuki brought out two examples of its new Kizashi sedan modified by Rockford-Fosgate and Road Race Engineering to deliver great sound and great performance.
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Every year the LA Auto Show kicks off with two press days full of activity for journalists, designers and industry representatives alike. In 2008, the show had a record number of debuts with 23 world debuts and 15 North American debuts. Press days also include a breakfast sponsored by the Motor Press Guild, the “Green Car of the Year” award presented by Green Car Journal, the Design LA Conference, which includes the announcement of the winning Design Challenge entry, and the newest addition to press days, the Green Cars Ride & Drive. Automobile Designers finish out the Design LA Conference on Thursday night of press days at the Designers’ Night Reception.
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Indeed, my mother still rides around in the same Nissan Cherry she had in the 80's.
Nice car. I love Audi's LED headlights!
Once again, the European cars are drool-worthy. Why do all the compacts look pretty much the same? We need orginality here, not the same doodads that come with every car.
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It's interesting that Fritz Henderson would be ousted/retired just a day before the car show-- maybe GM finally gets it: they made a huge error in crushing all those EV-1's that we're still so bitter about, and that a very pretty Volt is gonna get a "thanks, but no thanks" from me. If they wanna sell a Volt, that's up to them, but they should at least give us purists an apology and put an EV back on their showroom.
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I have always been and continue to be impressed with Audi. The pricing reflects the class and performance of all their cars. This current release has another added attraction; it is electric. The American manufacturers, in my opinion, must lift its game. The American Car Industry has been offered financial incentives and "life lines" and still it appears little is being achieved by way of fully efficient cars that match the driving climate of the American, and overseas population.
According to Car Forum from across the Globe, the German produced luxury vehicle have been sweeping up awards for a number of their models. and deservedly so. Well done.
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Our country could have been in a different place, but no. They chose to kill the electric car. I bet they wish they didn't deny the demand now.
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nice audi, hope it runs as good as it looks.
Audi always give some surprising in its creation. with this they had made a really good & dashing look car.
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Nice Audi, I like Feature of LA. Which most amazing car in the world.
2009 LA Auto was really amazing one. Photo gallery and highlights of this show looks really amazing one. One can imagine the success of this show by seeing this luxurious cars. Please update further schedule when this show is again taking place and where.
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