German Car Zone

I was bored for an interview and decided to blog my comments and reactions to the new cars debuting here.
This is the alternative view afterall everybody is entitled to an opinion and some were ruthless than most even to the designers face. Let the fun begin.



Gushing ' need a tissue moment?
The Press conference was drawn out that I noticed some journalists were falling asleep with phrases like "When I was a boy" zzzz... to instill some emotion as a famous (independent) designer stated that the new E-Klasse is complicated as a design too technical with zero emotion. And a further step backwards for premium manufacturers to the designer of the car.

Well it's different - said designer to BMW Concept 5er GT.


Them and Us celebrity special:
Audi done their usual bring on a celebrity to the fact that they are promoting their cars when they only want one model (R8).
And the fact that these are individuals who get paid several thousand or in some case hundreds of thousands of euros each week to kick a ball would probably stick in the throat of the potential audi customers who can no longer afford to purchase that Audi.

Maybe they should have used bankers.

Blind to their brands capabilities:
Geneva 2007 : I assure you the new A5 drives as well as it looks - it dosen't.
Geneva 2009 : I assure you the new TTRS drives as well as it looks - hmmm....

Dance extravaganza of the show
Not by far the campest that goes to the Volswagen Polo - maximum campness as the car drove out and lots of people covered in bright day-glo costumes danced to disco music as the crowd watched horrified and covered in Glitter and confetti.

Horrifed look of the show : Maybach director at the Rolls-Royce 200EX.
Had a look of "we are so ****** , Dieter".

People who just embarass their self for the hell of it?
Someone walks up ( I think English or american) snaps his fingers and waves his hand points at the 5er GT and says FAIL!
Not deterred by the comment , the hostess turns and says What the **** was that?


Chinese copyright infringement coming soon : no 1?
Chinese manufacturer Brilliance labels their cars Brilliance M3 and Brilliance M6 - We will see about that - M Division spokesman.

Chinese copyright infringement coming soon : no 2?
It looks like a Mazda , Ford , smart , BMW , Mercedes-Benz , Lexus....

Copyright Infringement no 3
It looks like a BMW or a Mercedes?- actually it's a Lexus.

Now on to the food please. Jaguar had preparing amazingly fine food at the London Motorshow and Nissan had a massive buffet I killed. Was proper food and USB sticks served despite the economic slowdown?

If you want to see what goes on after the Press day arranging the cars for the public , finish dressing the stage etc.


Here is an interesting view of what is happening now. Click on Impression to view the webcams.

Messe > Unternehmen > Volkswagen Deutschland

Currently it looks if someones crashed a Golf into two other Golfs.

That person must have been about 14 years old. I hate all these "internet terms" used by people who, clearly, are indifferent enough not to care that they sound like utter fools.

"Oh, I was like FAIL! to the guy when I owned him"... bloody innits.

English is a second language to me but I'm not deliberately trying to sound like a moron.

The use of the term "Epic Fail" only serves to reinforce my belief that someone is intellectually challenged - irrespective of their native tongue.

Alternative view of Geneva Episode II.

Amphibiamera

I managed to enter a Panamera Preview with a friend. Inside I have no complaints either with the front of the design but the rear is too high for it's intentions. A friend shared an interesting opionion on how he regards the design of the latest Porsches. Much to the amusement of the hostess but the Porsche man did not.

Porsche Cayman - It looks like someone took a frog and put an engine up it's ass.
Porsche Panamera - It looks like someone stood on the Frog (Cayman) squashed it allowing it's engine to be pushed forward.

My friend thinks all Porsches look like frogs. Which if you look at the side profile of a frog and 911 they do seem similar.

Lifestyles of the style conscious.

Checking out the new Polo today , seems it's a very well built car and more adventurous than the Golf which is not too difficult.
The hostess lays that the new Polo will be very style concious amongst buyers especially with (In Germany) our tax reduction towards a new car if you scrap an old one). But if the Polo is "Style Concious" as they say perhaps they should have paid more attention to their media work.

That must the Lexus LS 460. The front looks like an S-Class, and the side and rear profile looks like a BMW.

"My friend thinks all Porsches look like frogs. Which if you look at the side profile of a frog and 911 they do seem similar"


Funny. I always thought the same thing, but had no word for it. Now I see why--

Well if you look at the intended market for the Polo it is the new young generation, not for old folks going to the shops so obviously VW have to market this car for the more more younger stylish people will buy the Polo. So with the car being sleek and stylish they have tried to relate that to the younger generation by the use of smart casual clothes so we can relate ourselves to that image then want to buy the polo. But they could have used better clothes than what that guy is wearing, looks like he's raided his fathers wardrobe. But I can see the style VW was aiming for young, smart and sleek


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