Whips

The RLX design team went to the New York International Auto Show for some design inspiration this week. Carmen let me tag along, so I thought I would post some of the greatest hits…

I was surprised at how open all of the cars were. Except for the concept cars and some of the really expensive cars (Ferrari, Bentley, Maybach, etc) you could get in and give everything a try. I would think that many of the cars will be trashed by the time the show is over. The Hummer H1 was pretty much a jungle gym with kids swinging from the luggage racks.

These two shots are from a Ford concept vehicle. The body is polished aluminum which was so reflective that it was nearly impossible for my camera to focus. It was like photographing a mirror (a mirror covered in swirl marks from the buffer that is).

A couple of shots of the Chrystler Firepower. There were a lot of cars with this body style at the show (including the Ford above and the Mercedes/McLaren below).

This was Carmen’s favorite vehicle. It is a Jeep with two engines (one for the front wheels and one for the back). Each wheel articulates for tighter steering. Completely carbon fiber body.

I had always heard about “Jeep World”, but it was actually more impressive than I thought. The off-road course that they had setup took Jeeps clear into the rafters. We didn’t ride around. I didn’t think it was worth the hour wait.