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      01-22-2010, 09:44 PM   #1
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@ NAIAS this weekend

Anyone else going to check it out? This will be my 10th straight year at the show.
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      01-22-2010, 10:48 PM   #2
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you driving there? I've gone a few times and have always enjoyed it. Show ends this weekend, right? Make sure you take lots of pics and post them if you can!
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      01-22-2010, 10:50 PM   #3
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That would be a nice trip!

I can't believe I will miss the Toronto show... been going every year for the past 15 years. Not the best show, but at least there is one.
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      01-22-2010, 10:54 PM   #4
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I can't believe I will miss the Toronto show... been going every year for the past 15 years. Not the best show, but at least there is one.
why? where you going? vacation!!?

i always used to go to the toronto show, but after going to the detroit auto show a couple time, I stopped goign to toronto.
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      01-22-2010, 11:03 PM   #5
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why? where you going? vacation!!?

i always used to go to the toronto show, but after going to the detroit auto show a couple time, I stopped goign to toronto.
I'm sure if you go to the Detroit one, the Toronto one is crap in comparison. The only good thing is it's close, and the only reason I go is so I can mess with the gadgets in the cars at the show, especially the Audi, Mercedes and BMWs. They have been good the past 2-3 years with their cars being unlocked, but maybe this year, they will lock them since the economy is bad.

I'm heading to Hong Kong for two weeks, first long vacation for awhile...
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nice time to be in HK ...going to be at the interior design show..maybe drop by over after
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why? where you going? vacation!!?

i always used to go to the toronto show, but after going to the detroit auto show a couple time, I stopped goign to toronto.
Dunno... I went to the Toronto show 4 years straight, then the Detroit show 4 years straight... gets boring after a while, not much changes year to year...

Perhaps it's time to hit up the T.O. show again.
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      01-23-2010, 10:28 AM   #8
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nice time to be in HK ...going to be at the interior design show..maybe drop by over after

I help set up the interior design show. i help set up Rowenta, Krups and one new company but i don't remember. I wish the company i worked at was bigger so it could get job for the auto show. My dad, before he moved to a different company, he built the Lexus both for the Toronto auto show. and i also meet a guy from setting up shows, that sets up Honda/Acura. I really wish the company i work with sets up the auto show so i can get in for FREE
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Years ago there seemed to be more concept cars and special displays like F1 cars, etc. Now it seems like a giant supermarket of cars and lots of the models on display aren't very interesting. As for the mezzanine where the Shamwows and other junk is found, the less said the better. Still I often drag myself to the show although I didn't go last year. The Detroit show might be interesting but then apparently Porsche didn't even bother to participate.
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Was there last weekend and it was pretty disappointing. Nissan and Infiniti were MIA while the BMW was focusing on their "green technology".
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Years ago there seemed to be more concept cars and special displays like F1 cars, etc. Now it seems like a giant supermarket of cars and lots of the models on display aren't very interesting. As for the mezzanine where the Shamwows and other junk is found, the less said the better. Still I often drag myself to the show although I didn't go last year. The Detroit show might be interesting but then apparently Porsche didn't even bother to participate.
Exotic cars are out, BMW-Sauber F1 team was sold by BMW back to Sauber, and the news say that the new team will race in F1 events in 2010, but will not use BMW engines. Most car shows on the NA continent are now cheerful presentations of the rejuvenation attempts of Detroit and about plug-in cars.
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      01-24-2010, 11:33 AM   #12
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I wonder if Porsche will be at this year's Toronto show. They hosted their own "show" at Downtown Porsche, Pfaff had their own "Porsche" booth at the show.
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The show overall was pretty weak - I would say the worst in the 10 straight years that I have gone. No Nissan / Infiniti, Porsche, Lambo. The evident signs of a crappy ecomony still exist in the motor city.

I have not been to the Toronto show since I started going to Detroit.
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The show overall was pretty weak - I would say the worst in the 10 straight years that I have gone. No Nissan / Infiniti, Porsche, Lambo. The evident signs of a crappy ecomony still exist in the motor city.

I have not been to the Toronto show since I started going to Detroit.

Totally agree. The show was SO weak. I went on the industry preview day and it was pretty quiet. I couldn't believe porsche was absent. Big disappointment.

I also thought that the BMW Display was mediocre compared to the toronto show last year. Audi's display looked really nice but i heard it caught fire haha.

never realized how rough Detroit was.
Toronto show will probably be pretty scaled down too. But i think it'll actually be better than detroit.

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