I spotted a NEW (insert make/model) today!

boomchek

The XLz look good with big rims, but the base models look really miserable for some reason.

Today saw a Gallardo in black. Same area where I saw the Muricelago a few days ago.

lemko

Geeze, the Caddy owners have extremely bad taste where you live. Fortunately, this stuff is becoming rare around me. I was looking at a tastefully appointed DTS in "White Diamond" for myself when took my Seville for an oil change and emmissions/inspection last week. Salesman left two messages on my answering machine while I was away this weekend.

fintail

I think it's an odd design. The headlights look to be taken from an anime character, and the things look like they are jacked up in the rear, like and old hot rod.

And you are right, lemko, there is some bad taste here. Heck, in the past I have spotted both a Sable (I actually see this one often) and of all things a Mercury Topaz with carriage tops, so maybe there's some bad old school thinking here. I would expect to find such taste in Florida or even around NYC, but not out west.

anythngbutgm

It is absolutely amazing how many of the new Camry's I see everyday. Those things must be flying off the lots. What's even more amazing is the amounts of older ones that don't seem to be declining in the least. So there must be a bunch of Newbee's out there who jumped into the Camry fray. Anyone know what kind of sales are conquest sales? Must be pretty impressive numbers.

Ford Edge sales seem to be picking up as well, see a lot more of those these days as well.

anythngbutgm

Spotted this car today.

Kid from the S2k club is selling it for his grandmother. In case anyone is looking :shades:

Also, saw a couple of new X5's on the way home today. Nice update. 3 series coupes and verts a plenty around here as well.

Oh, and saw a red NSX (non flip lights) and a few minutes later a beautiful Bentley GT coupe in blue. Wow.

ateixeira

Sedan, looks nice. :shades:

fintail

I spotted a silver Bentley Continental GTC yesterday, and a dark red CL550 too, at the body shop.

Yes, I have my car back, but of course it has been a fiasco. They put a scratch on the lower boddy cladding, and when trying to buff it out, went through the paint. So now my car is being driven without this trim on one side while they fix it. I am pleased.

It was also about 90F here yesterday, and the AC in the car sucks. Yesterday was the first really hot day since I got the car...and I think I might have to make another warranty claim coming. I know MB AC usually isn't good, but this is much worse than in others I have experienced.

boomchek

Maybe your AC needs recharging. My AC works great, and starts cooling within about 2 minutes of the car starting in super hot weather. And my centre console has vents in it so it's great for colling down water bottle that's been sitting in the car all day.

I saw a Gallardo convertible today, baby blue color. For the past 2 weeks seems like I've been seeing a Lambo or Ferrari every day. I guess the nice weather brings them out.

fintail

Yeah I am going to drop by my indy mechanic next week and see what he thinks. Hopefully not a big deal. The air it puts out is cool-ish, but not like on the C43 or even the W126 that had over 180K miles on it.

Today I saw an E55 wagon, uncommon.

lemko

...spotted a black Mercedes G55 AMG last night.

fintail

Yesterday when finally getting my car back up to spec, I saw a new E63 AMG sitting at the body shop. It must have had some cosmetic damage repaired, maybe from shipping...I looked the car over, and from the underside and brakes, it obviously had not been driven. However, it had a huge ding in the windshield, the size of a quarter at least.

anythngbutgm

Stopped by a Benz dealer over the weekend cause the wife wants an SLK, when I look over and what is sitting on the corner, a brand new CL63 in triple-black. Now, I absolutely hated the restyled nose when the pics first appeared on the net and in the magazines, but in person this thing looks just plain brutal. Especially in black, with the multi-spoke 19's (maybe 20's), the thing looks just plain evil.

The place also had on eof those new Z4 "M" hatches, and while it has better proportions than that ugly Z3 "M" Reebok sneaker looking thing, it was still just plain odd.

imidazol97

Friday between Louisville/Nashville I saw a row of sports cars in identical colors snaking over the hills behind me. when they passed there were 10 burnt orange Corvettes all with Indianapolis 500 license plates issued by Indiana. They all pulled in at the Corvette Museum in Bowling Green next to the Corvette factory!

lemko

...silver Chevrolet Impala
...black Chrysler Sebring
...red Ford Edge

ateixeira

Saw two of these recently. They're still so rare that I was surprised to see them one after the other.

andys120

I saw the new Mitsu sedan parked at a mall, first opportunity to get a good look at one and surpisingly it looked good better than a Camcord.

It was a cool shade of medium blue and had nice edgy styling that didn't descend into weirdness.

ateixeira

New G35 right behind a new 328i.

anythngbutgm

Yeah, I'm really digging the new Lancer as well. In GTS trim, I'd even go so far as to compare it to an Acura TSX than a Camcord. Mitsu really put the effort into the redesign.

guss

I saw my first Lancer on the street yesterday also. It was the definitely a base model in white. Still it looked surprisingly nice.

I thought it was a Mazda6 at first.

fintail

Today I have seen a Gallardo roadster, a STS-V, a SL55, a retractable roof 3er, and a weird new S550 that was white with a panorama roof, looked odd somehow.

andys120

I've seen a couple of new Miatas...er MX-5s, The new fender contour looks good and gives the car a little bit of 'Tude that the older designs didn't have.

Jeep Wrangler 4-doors are popping up a lot too. If you've ever had to sit in back of a 2-dr you'll know why .

Product planners at Chrysler must be smacking their heads wondering why they didn't think of that before. They look good too.

ateixeira

These look best from the front. From some rear angles they actually look a bit awkward.

That 3rd row must be tiny.

british_rover

Some of the documentation with the car says that people over 5 foot 5 should not even try to use the back seat.

anythngbutgm

Sedan in a deep burgandy color. Nice.

A few new updated X5's and a Black M6 this morning. Couple of new Lancers, a slew of new Camry's as usual and I never really noticed just how many new Tacomas are out there!

Lessee, a couple of those new Avengers, a new Sebring convertible, one of those full size Hyundai SUV's that look like Lexus RX's and a couple of new CX-9's. :shades:

andys120

I saw my first Jaguar XKR today, photographs do not do it justice. In the metal it has a sleef and potent look.

fintail

I saw a new style Unimog today. Weird thing, looks like it is 15 feet tall

- it was something like this

anythngbutgm

Local Subaru dealers have the updated, restyled Tribeca. Looks good. Couldn't find any new Imprezas on the lots yet...

Wife and I stopped to check out the new Mazda CX-9. While it's not going to end up in our garage due to size (Our MDX is too much right now) it is quite a rig. I'm not really a fan of the slab sided CX-7, but this one is much more elegant.

Saw a bunch of new 3-series coupes and convertibles

Blast from the past: Sitting on the side of the highway was a red Dodge Daytona from the 90's?

Like this but no pop-up headlights...



And an absolutely stunning pewter Split-window Vette with the spinners.

kyfdx

E63 AMG... in black of course..

bumpy

From the side and rear, it looks like something designed and built on the wrong side of the Iron Curtain. And whose idea was it to put the side repeaters in the door?

british_rover

European cars haver to have the side markers on the fender or door.

The LR3 is all about form following function. Every single thing on the car has a function and nothing is on the car that is not for function. That is why it only has one air vent on the passenger side.

The air vent draws in air for the engine and by mounting it on the side it improves wading depth. It also makes it easier to attach a snorkel. The engine only needs one vent so it doesn't get a non-functional one on the other side.

The slab sides and cab to the rear design mean that two 6 foot one tall adult can sit in the third row comfortably. Not other mid-sized SUV in the world can do that. Oh and with all the seats folded down there is nearly 100 cubic feet of cargo room.

fintail

Today there must have been a new Aston convention in town...I saw 5 (!) new style Aston Martins on the road today. 4 grey and silver coupes, and a red convertible. Also, a silver Ferrari F430 convertible.

anythngbutgm

I don't know if it's really for sale yet, I think we are still a ways away but guess what I spotted yesterday? Couple of hints:

- It's got a giant gaping opening fro a grill, A pentistar shape big enough to sallow a Kia Sephia

- Continued design lineage with it's bigger, more expensive siblings

- A huge wreath and crest in the center of said huge, gaping mouth(that was probably enough to give it away)

- A non-(V)elocity model

- It didn't have a Landau roof or wire wheels and was completely devoid of curb-feelers :P

Yup, a new CTS in Silver, and if I had not driven by it 3 times to confirm my claims I never would have believed it. It was parked in broad, morning daylight in the middle of Concord, MA. I don't know if it was an unplanned stop or not but my hunch tells me that it was strategically placed as this was pretty much one of THEE busiest roads through town. If I had my camera, I would have posted pics but I didn't. Sorry folks.

ateixeira

First on the roads, all black, in downtown DC. Only seen them at a dealer and on the auto show circuit up to now.

Talk about blind spots....

boomchek

We did ride and drives this week in the Rogue. Neat little crossover. It will sell well.

Also we just got the Altima coupe. Nice car too.

british_rover

Rouge?

What is that. I haven't even heard of it. Or is that the US name of the Cube thing?

stever

"The 2008 Nissan Rogue is the smaller sibling to the Murano."

2008 Nissan Rogue Readies for September Launch (Inside Line)

boomchek

Thanks Steve, not many people heards about the car yet. It has a good price point and it should do well even though it's one of the smallest of the cute-utes.

ateixeira

Saw an Altima coupe out on the streets.

I really like it. Reminds me of the G35c, in a good way.

Plus it looks very distinctive from the Altima sedan.

Good job, Nissan.

fintail

I saw almost the entire new AMG lineup today. Of course, I was out dawdling around and stopped by the local MB dealer. It kills me what is optional on these cars, given their price point. Still, they were quite lovely, although white is the last color I would choose for an S63.

I think I want those E63 wheels and brake assemblies on my E55.

british_rover

I saw a GL320 CDI at the auto show this afternoon. The local Mercedes club had a couple of cars from the local MB dealer on hand.

stickguy

I'm sure if you have enough money, the dealer would be happy to swap a set on for you.

anythngbutgm

A couple of streets over from me just brought home a Lambo Gallardo... I haven't bumped into him yet to ask how, but he may have won a lottery. We just had a 4th of July drawing, one of the best odds in history of winning 1 million smackaroos. May have a winner...

Also saw a couple of new Subaru Tribecas even though they're not as exciting.

fintail

Yeah, anything can be done with enough money, much more than I would want to spend.

Maybe eventually a set will be available used for cheap...barring any unforseen issues etc, I plan to keep my car for several years.

fintail

Today I saw a pearl white new-style DTS with a vinyl top, chrome wheels, gold trim, and white-and-yellow-wall tires. No continental kit, curb feelers, or RR grille.

On that note, yesterday I saw a 97-01 Camry with a vinyl top, it was ridiculous. Also, an early 90s Deville with the 'full Florida' treatment - top, grille, wires, continental kit, and all.

Speaking of the GL320 CDi, I also saw one of these yesterday. I could hear the diesel!

ateixeira

Haven't seen many of these, but this weeked I spotted two of them.

kyfdx

Porsche Cayman S in light gray..

If I could get $70K for my first-born, I would be driving one of these... :surprise:

ateixeira

OK, a Ford Five Hundred, totally pimped out. I'm talking billet aluminum grille, spinnaz, the works!

All that for an underpowered, relatively dull sedan.

british_rover

I sold a used one with 1,900 miles on it for 54,000 dollars or so.

anythngbutgm

I'd step up to a base 911 for the same price and a much better gearbox... The Cayman gearbox fights back too much changing gears. It reminds me of the one in my Subaru.

kyfdx

I haven't driven a Cayman... Boxsters and 911s, but no Caymans...

But, just for the looks and the rarity.. I'll take the Cayman.. I don't lust after the 911..

So.. .. if I can get $54K for the kid... hmm.. things are looking up..