We spent a full 8 hours walking around this place, and I am totally exhausted. In a good way.
Concept cars! From the future!
Here's the Bentley lounge. Not for us mere mortals.
Ah Porsche. Lovely.
Hubby in the 911....
And me! I could totally drive this.... as soon as I learned stick.... If I get the car, maybe I'd learn. I think I look great inside.
VW, by the way, was really smart. As soon as we got off the train there were people ready with swag bags for us, that included a chocolate snack and a bottle of water. Genius, and just what we needed. We had fun checking out their cars too, and out of all the cars we saw, hubby was most impressed with the navigation (integrated with Google!) and display. Here's hubby and John checking one out.
A trend we noticed was patterned interiors. Way better than a boring solid color.
This is what an invisible VW looks like. I know you were curious.
They had the Polizei cars!
We also went into the Audi building which was shiny and crazy. This was the ceiling, all upside down.
They had the engines on display....
And blocks of ice. Because why not?
Super yellow. Awesome grill.
The black is nice...
Next we went to the Mercedes building, even crazier with multiple levels and a synchronized light and music show.
We found the massaging seats out for testing. A nice break from the walking and standing.
Mercedes seemed to be on the cutting edge of trunks. We saw not only a teak (or some other wood) trunk bed, but also one with a pull-out integrated bag. For you know, all your fancy and expensive stuff you by because you are apparently rich and can go shopping all the time.
On the way to the next area, we found some bikes so hubby had to sit on a few. He misses riding.
We also saw this insane demo for the Land Rover. You could ride along but the line was long. Not that I wanted to fear death on this crazy incline/decline.
The BMW building was also really crazy - it had an indoor track with some of its electric and gas-powered cars running around. It's no wonder it cost 15 Euro each to get in - this must have taken forever and cost a ton to produce. I can only imagine how many conference support personnel, car girls, and lighting guys were involved.
Pretty spiffy Honda. I was disappointed in some of the Honda offerings, though the Accord was nice. The Euro version is more station wagon-y (love!) but they don't sell them in the U.S. and you can't import them. I kind of hate America for that. Not cool.
Chevrolet.
We found the Ford Focus ST. Someone had to sit inside.
Can I have this Peugeot, too?
Whoa multi colors!
I'd be happy with this deep red. The red is nice. I'm a girl, and colors are important to me. That's why I had a fun time - there was lots of shiny colors everywhere I looked.
Super big blue Jeep!
Ferrari.
Aston Martin.
Volvo. I sat in this, which is going to be available in the U.S. I really liked it. Like a lot. Hubby took a picture, but it's on his phone.
Volvo concept car.
Tesla. Hard to see with the glare from the tons of lights, but here is hubby checking it out.
So yeah. I didn't feel strongly about cars before, but I think they're pretty neat now. I guess I need to go make a ton of money so I could afford one of these. And learn to drive stick.
Super fun Sunday!
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