DT Does The LA Auto Show 2017

Another year, another awesome LA Auto Show, where faceless OEMs attempt to persuade the motoring press (and the motoring public) to plunk down hard cash their latest offering.  But, let me tell you something...I will drink your fabulous mocha-chino, but I won't spend $600/month on an all inclusive subscription plan...but I'm thinking about it because it is 2am and I can't sleep.

Thursday Twister: Best Custom Show Car

In the past few weeks I've been to SEMA and to the LA Auto Show (more on that in a later post) and it got me thinking about show cars for this week's Thursday Twister...the quiz with a twist.  Find the best ex-SEMA (or other Hot-Rod) show car for sale on the interwebs.  Be prepared to defend your choice.

LA Auto Show 2016: Cars, Coffee, and Cutaways

The 2016 LA Auto Show is in town and we got advanced tickets, so sit down and enjoy DT's voyage through the halls of the LA Convention Center.  Highlights include a life sized tie fighter, Fez from That 70s Show introducing some econobox from Toyota or Honda (I forget) and the other typical things you'd expect at any auto show (cars, free junk, booth babes, et cetera).

LA Auto Show 2016

DT's editor Vince will be at the LA Auto show today checking out the latest vehicle releases --what do you guys want to see?  Let us know in the comments.

2015 LA Auto Show Recap: New and Old

The taste of free coffee/Hors d'oeuvre/beer/flash drives is still fresh in my mind, so I'm going to try to give a quick highlight of the LA Auto Show.  The press and industry days is a manufacturer funded fun time, where booth babes, Ballast Point IPA, and bratwurst all compete for your attention...just trust your stomach is what I've always been told.  The nudge-nudge wink-wink deal between the auto makers and journalists isn't unique to this industry, but it is in plain sight at an auto show, so I'm going to try and avoid too much cheerleading and stick to snarky quips about stolen design elements...yes Cadillac CT6, I'm looking at your Jag XJ tail lights!!

DT at the LA Auto Show

A few of the DT staff are going to be cruising the halls at the LA Auto Show on Wednesday (today), and instagramming pics via @DailyTurismo with the hashtag #LAAutoShow.  All kinds of new cars are being released (stuff like a crazy Honda motorcycle/car), but let us know what you want to see, we'll snap some pics.

LAAS: LA Auto Show Pics

Our resident LA Auto show interloper snapped a few photos with an iphone (posted most of those) and a DSLR - and we figured we'd share the good ones with our readers.  Link here.

LAAS: 2013 Porsche Panamera

The LA Auto show press days have come and gone, free food has been stuffed in Journalist's faces, swag given and taken, and soon the LA convention center will be flooded with regular folks who aren't cheapskates looking for a free lunch and a free ride in exchange for constant positive publicity for every piece of garbage car coming from Detroit, Aichi, Stuttgart, etc.  These folks will be willing to shell out relatively large portions of their take-home salaries in exchange for the scent of new car.  We are happy and hope they take fantastic care of their new automobiles because we will be emailing them via Craigslist/eBay in 10 years to offer them pennies on the dollar for these cars.  A prime of contender for our Appreciation of Depreciation award has to be the Porsche Panamera; stay with us while convince you.

LAAS: 2014 Jaguar XFRS - Future DT

The Jaguar F-Type is pretty enough that it may bottom in price at a reasonable level, but for sure the recently announced Jaguar XFRS (not to be confused with Scion FR-S) sedan model will drop to scrap value within a few years after launch and give all manner of cheapskates any opportunity to hoon around in a 550 horsepower, 5-passenger menace. 

LAAS: Ken Block hoons to introduce new Ford Fiesta

Ford introduces its new 2014 Fiesta powered EcoBoost engines with a display of gymkhana from Ken Block. Unfortunately they left a 10,000 dB video playing during most of the display, but you can still get a feel for the smoke by watching the video link of Ken Block's tire shredding escapade here.

LAAS: Lincoln brings no new cars, only classics. Everyone happy.

Lincoln brought no new cars to the LA Auto Show this year to the delight of car lovers everywhere. Quite frankly today's Lincoln's are overpriced rebadged Ford product and we couldn't imagine recommending any of their new product offerings to anyone including out arch enemies. We do however love a nice used Lincoln and the selection on hand includes a 1927 Zephyr coupe, 1956 Continental Mkii, 1937 Derham, 1932 KB LeBaron, 1929 L Dietrich, 1961 Continental Sedan, and a 1940 Continental Cabriolet. Photos below.

Live from the LA Auto Show

The Daily Turismo is blogging live from the LA convention center today, covering the good stuff from the LA Auto show. We aren't planning on covering all the latest over priced mid sized luxury hybrid SUVs or pie-in-the-Pontiac-Sky concept cars. We are here to bring you an inside view of the cars that you will care about in 10 years when they are used, depreciated and on Craigslist.

We start today with a shot of the 2013 SRT Viper featuring a 640 horsepower V10 and a $100k price tag. If history is any indication of the future, you should be able to pick one of these up for $30k in 2023. Start saving $8.20 a day now and in 10 years you could buy it outright, drive for a few years and sell for minimal loss. Sounds like a plan?

DT Admin: DT Heading to LA Auto Show Nov 27/28

Auto shows to gear heads are the equivalent of back room pharmacy access to a mescaline addict and the Daily Turismo is lucky enough this year to send a contingent of representatives to the LA Auto Show.  The public show days are a nice way to see the current offerings from manufacturers all in one place, but the press days are a less crowded, packed with free food, bearded bloggers and booze.  Combine the 7am-7pm open bar, food trucks with lines of freegans and a chance to rub elbows with Adam Carolla...always a good time!  Our purpose of the auto show visit won't be to highlight the latest and greatest, but it will be to show you the cars that in 10 years will be good deals on DT.  Expect a lot of pictures of hyper-depreciation specials from Audi, AMG, /M, SVT, etc. 

Image from laautoshow.com