{"id":16961,"date":"2022-04-24T03:58:17","date_gmt":"2022-04-24T10:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/?p=16961"},"modified":"2022-04-24T03:58:33","modified_gmt":"2022-04-24T10:58:33","slug":"the-ny-auto-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2022\/04\/24\/the-ny-auto-show\/","title":{"rendered":"The NY Auto Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

You’ve read here on the ExNotes blog about good buddy Mike and me having an adventure or two.\u00a0 I’ve known Mike since junior high school, which means he’s pretty old.\u00a0 So am I, now that I think about it.\u00a0 Anyway, Mike and I still talk every week or so (it’s a bicoastal relationship), and he most recently told me about the NY Auto Show.\u00a0 I suggested a guest blog, and what you see here is the result.\u00a0 It’s well done and well photographed.\u00a0 Enjoy, my friends.<\/p>\n

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After a two-year absence due to the pandemic, the New York International Auto Show returned to the Jacob Javits Convention Center in Midtown Manhattan.\u00a0 The NY Auto Show has been in existence since 1900.\u00a0 I can remember attending the show during the ’60s with my father at the New York Coliseum off Columbus Circle.\u00a0 In 1988 it was moved to the Jacob Javits Center.<\/p>\n

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The NY Auto Show always featured the latest models of all makes as well as the experimental prototypes designed by the best auto designers in the world.\u00a0 If you wanted to see the latest and greatest, this was the show to attend in the Northeast. \u00a0A highlight of all the shows has always been the beautiful models on stage with the cars.<\/p>\n

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Probably the most memorable show, for me, was in 1979 when a close friend of mine decided to sell his 1978 Corvette Indy Pace Car at the show.\u00a0 We had the car transported to the show on a flatbed and after numerous inspections and paperwork we had it on display.\u00a0 Besides the excitement of showing a car at this prestigious event, the most exciting part was having my then girlfriend (and now wife) Carol model the car.\u00a0 Needless to say, the display drew a lot of attention, not because of the car but because of her presence.\u00a0 She wore a black jumpsuit and silver blouse.\u00a0 Great attention, but no sale.<\/p>\n

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I always attend on the first day of the show and this year was no exception.\u00a0 Upon entering, I was greeted by Ford\u2019s full display.\u00a0 The centerpiece was an original Ford GT and the newest Ford GT.<\/p>\n

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After going through the various displays (including Mopar, Chevrolet, Nissan, and more), I soon realized the focus was on electric vehicles.\u00a0 Performance was there (with the new Z06 Corvette and convertible), but the primary focus was electric.\u00a0 In my opinion, it was very boring and a waste of my time.<\/p>\n

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The international marques were also present, including Rolls Royce, Bentley, Lamborghini, Porsche, Volvo, and Alfa Romeo, along with the usual Japanese.\u00a0 The largest displays were by Toyota and Subaru.\u00a0 Mercedes, BMW, Jaguar, Ferrari, and not even Cadillac were present.\u00a0 What a disappointment!\u00a0 I recently ordered a 2022 Cadillac CT5 and was looking forward to a close examination of that car.\u00a0 After walking for miles up and down the center I finally found an information booth where I learned Cadillac was not attending.\u00a0 Unbelievable, but true.<\/p>\n

The 2022 NY International Auto Show was a waste of my time.\u00a0 No prototypes, no customs, no major performance cars, along with the inability to see all the cars made and speak with the representatives, this may be last for me.\u00a0 Did I mention, no beautiful models either?\u00a0 Nope, none.\u00a0 The highlight of the day was having a hot dog, pretzel, and a beer.<\/p>\n

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Awesome, Mike, and thanks very much.\u00a0 You have a way with a keyboard, and we appreciate hearing about the legendary NY Auto Show.<\/p>\n

Hey, anybody else out there have a topic you want to cover?\u00a0 Imagine the prestige in telling your amigos you’ve been published.\u00a0 It can happen, and it can happen right here.\u00a0 Let us know!<\/p>\n

And don’t forget…click on those annoying popup ads!\u00a0 The popper-upper people pay us every time you do so!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You’ve read here on the ExNotes blog about good buddy Mike and me having an adventure or two.\u00a0 I’ve known Mike since junior high school, which means he’s pretty old.\u00a0 So am I, now that I think about it.\u00a0 Anyway, Mike and I still talk every week or so (it’s a bicoastal relationship), and he … Continue reading “The NY Auto Show”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[392],"tags":[891,2701,2703,2700,2702],"class_list":["post-16961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-back-in-the-day","tag-corvette","tag-electric-cars","tag-new-model-automobiles","tag-ny-auto-show","tag-z06"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_1017.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16961"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16981,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16961\/revisions\/16981"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}