anyone Moscone-bound?

I'm not an owner, so no invite. But I'll be going Sunday morning.

 

Well, nothing special from Ferrari at the show, only a 575 in Corsa and a 612 in Nero Daytona met. If you go, look at the back of the sign behind the 575M. You'll see it says "Berlinetta Convertible" with some other stuff and some velcro strips...apparently they're re-using a sign form Pebble, but they took the picture off. Some new paint and leather samples for both marques. They are actually selling stuff at the Ferrari stand, seems like tyring to liquidate all of that 50th Anniversary stuff, albiet still at retail. They also brought in 3 women, whom I guess are FNA employees, in addition to the normal dealer contingent. They had the Q'porte, GranSport, Coupe, and Spider on the Maserati side. Elsewhere, the Aston stand had the DB9 coupe and convert., DB AR1, and a Vanquish S. 2 supercars were present, the CGT and SLR. I don't nkow, but I'm really not that much of a fan of the SLR. There was a Murcie roadster at the bottom of the stairs as you walked in (been there, done that). So nothing was really "special" per-se, but if you've got a couple of hours or something where you don't have anything to do, by all means check it out.

 

Luke, I'm sure it was definitely much better with nobody there and added amenities. That's why I like going early, so I usually end up with about 20 minutes or so without anyone else around at the exotics area. Figured that out last year, it's nice to enjoy the cars without all these people crowding around.

The Ford GT isn't a bad looking car. From when I saw it at Indy in '03, it looked good. Just not that impressed with that big displacement, essentially a supercharged truck engine. Otherwise though, a nice looking car.

BTW: Did you hear about the protesters who apparently went in and were protesting around the Hummers? I remember seeing them outside when I left around noon-1 ish, so apparently they went in after. Just glad they went after those and not the exotics.

 

I thought it was a fantastic show! It was my first chance seeing the 612, and despite the fact that I thought it looked ugly and goofy in pictures, I quite liked it! I also liked the Maser gransport. Aston did a great job with the 2 DB9's, Vanquish, DBAR1, and DB2, or whatever the old one was.....the 75 Ferrari Dino 308/GT4 was quite something! The Carrera GT was stunning as always, as was the GT3....the SLR was quite beautiful, the Murcielago Roadster very nice, and the Ford GT TO DIE FOR, imo. what a fantasticly beautiful car! the Corvette show was fantastic with many C1's stingrays, mako sharks etc.....I was very pleased they let you sit in a C6 and Panoz Esperante....and the little Elise, as always was sweet. All in all a very nice show for someone who hasn't seen as many nice cars as most of you probably have.
-brady