A few pictures from the 2012 Washington Auto Show

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I didn't get to take as many pictures as I'd like, my 6 year old wanted to go, but he had a blast, and sat in as many cars as he could lol. His favorite was the Z, and he said if it's there next year he's buying it lol.

Here's a few.

Cadillac ATS - 2.0 Turbo


Camaro


Bumblebee!


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BRZ

[alms24sebring]

Im glad you took pics lol cuz I didnt. Why are there no pics of the oldschool race cars!! There was a 240Z, plenty of old american muscle, and crazy complex go karts. Did you see that Deisel powered S10 (I believe) pushing 100lbs of boost. Twin turbo and both were bigger than freakin basketballs. I talked to the guy and he said it was at 60 lbs and was dyno'd at ~600 hp, something like 900 tq, but never dyno'd at 100lbs.

That Camaro had a badass super detailed paintjob that was probly worth $10k and 100 hrs of work. What the hell was the trim on that red Lotus? S? R? I forgot to look. That thing was super short, like seriously the roof was at my knees.

It seems to be less exciting by every passing year. Lots and lots of hybrids. No race cars and independant shops, very very few atleast. I mean I know it not SEMA but dam. Lots of ugly colors, jalepeno green!? And I swear every Cadillac in their section was the same car. They didnt even have an NSX for petes sake, I only saw a small billboard. Sigh.. theres always next year.

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Yeah all the Caddies are the same in different sizes lol. No NSX, no LFA, no GTR, not even a damn convertible Murano lol. Nissan really disappointed me this year. It was so boring, they had a base model Maxima, a mid trim Altima, some SUV's and a convertible Z. The last time I went, it was the first year for the GT-R, THAT one was good.

Chevy/GM's display was the best this year IMO. I'm not sure what those smaller mini Lamborghini looking cars were that they had, but hopefully they run with it. If you watched the video playing behind those, they kept showing the Chevelle in the video, maybe that's coming back too.

These? lol

[nissangirl74]

WTH @ #69

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It was some kind of SCCA Rallycross car lol.

[alms24sebring]

WTH @ #69

Yes those be them. I dont remember the EF civic and FC RX7, but yes the others were cool too. I also meant to say the very same thing about not having a GTR (not that its new anymore but I think the 2012 model is slightly different), or LFA, OR vert Murano that I wanted to throw up in.

[hannibal]

Nice pics. Sorry I missed the show.

How does the FR-S and BRZ look in person? I'm still not sure how I feel about them...

[flohtingPoint]

LOL! You posted nearly every vehicle in the SCCA section EXCEPT the two fastest vehicles on the east coast...

This is a "rallycross" car in spirit but it's never been run. It was originally bought with a blown clutch, the owner didn't feel like changing it so he gave it away to someone else in our region with the pretense that they would get it running and that the originally owner can rallycross it next season. We got a REALLY late notification that we were to be in the DC Auto Show and were scrambling to find cars. We had a Shelby Mustang and a C6 Z06 lined up but they had scheduling conflicts so we had someone bring two cars instead of one. We were also very short on cars for the Rallycross section.

This is Karen's car. It trophied at nationals this year, is a former National Champion and Pro Solo Champion.

Every vehicle in the solo section trophied or won this year at national tours and/or pro solos.

[krash]

I was thinking about going, but really, I just wanted to see the BRZ. And then I woke up late. lol

[flohtingPoint]

I was thinking about going, but really, I just wanted to see the BRZ. And then I woke up late. lol

It was a week long.

I could have gotten you a seat in the car too if you wanted (it was roped off). I had a presenters badge =P

[krash]

Guess I have no excuse then

Haven't seen you in a while man! My car has been breaking in a different way every month it seems haha. I'm itching for some auto-x again!

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I was thinking about going, but really, I just wanted to see the BRZ. And then I woke up late. lol

Only the BRZ was there, it looks cooler in the magazines lol.

LOL! You posted nearly every vehicle in the SCCA section EXCEPT the two fastest vehicles on the east coast...

This is a "rallycross" car in spirit but it's never been run. It was originally bought with a blown clutch, the owner didn't feel like changing it so he gave it away to someone else in our region with the pretense that they would get it running and that the originally owner can rallycross it next season. We got a REALLY late notification that we were to be in the DC Auto Show and were scrambling to find cars. We had a Shelby Mustang and a C6 Z06 lined up but they had scheduling conflicts so we had someone bring two cars instead of one. We were also very short on cars for the Rallycross section.

What did I miss? I was running through that area because my kid spotted the little F1 simulator so I was stuck over there. Wanted to take pics of the signs so I could read them at home lol.

I was thinking about going, but really, I just wanted to see the BRZ. And then I woke up late. lol

You didn't miss much if you wanted to see Nissans lol.

[alms24sebring]

lol yeah I wanted to race a Fiat around on the little indoor parking garage. What would happen if I floored into the concrete wall???

I was thinking about going, but really, I just wanted to see the BRZ. And then I woke up late. lol

It was a week long.

I could have gotten you a seat in the car too if you wanted (it was roped off). I had a presenters badge =P

Its no use if you were only there for a day or 2 without notice That would have been awesome tho. I really liked the Subie too.

[flohtingPoint]

What did I miss? I was running through that area because my kid spotted the little F1 simulator so I was stuck over there. Wanted to take pics of the signs so I could read them at home lol.

The fastest car in all of solo at the National Championships was the University of Maryland's Formula SAE vehicle (it was right next to Karen's Subaru, black car, big wing). It's the most technically advanced vehicle in all of autocross nationally, generating nearly 4G of downforce. My kart set the next fastest time for east coast vehicles at the Solo Nationals, it was on the other side of Karen's car from the UMD FSAE.

Did you talk to our folks at the podium? Depending on who was scheduled to work the day you came in, we may have had a national champion or two there.

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I didn't get a chance to talk to anyone, unfortunately

[alms24sebring]

Me neither, didnt see anybody. It was pretty empty on a Wednesday afternoon overall. I also missed the podiums that described the cars. I totally wanted to read that but I swear they werent there. Maybe it was just my blind man eyes. This is why I kinda hate going with people that rush through everything when I just wanna stop and stare and check everything out.

I was amazed at how much downforce that looked to be. I was also trying to imagine myself fitting my tall a** in your kart but that was a drastic fail lol.

[flohtingPoint]

I didn't get a chance to talk to anyone, unfortunately

There she is, man that is a mean vehicle. Puts out about 60-70 hp but was the fastest vehicle at the national championships. The times that I drove it were nuts, you can feel the downforce heavily in your chest and whenever you feel like you're losing grip you just give it more throttle to produce even more downforce. A whole lot of corners are flat in it, no brake, no lift just floored and turn in.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh0_yLemBmk

That is Stanley's run on one of the courses at Nationals last year, listen to how much he's flat. He destroyed his class by 4.4 seconds.

This vehicle is so dominant that a driver that broke their kart days before Nationals drove this vehicle for the first time in A-Mod (a class higher than Formula SAE) at nationals and still trophied.

Me neither, didnt see anybody. It was pretty empty on a Wednesday afternoon overall. I also missed the podiums that described the cars. I totally wanted to read that but I swear they werent there. Maybe it was just my blind man eyes. This is why I kinda hate going with people that rush through everything when I just wanna stop and stare and check everything out.

I was amazed at how much downforce that looked to be. I was also trying to imagine myself fitting my tall a** in your kart but that was a drastic fail lol.

Kart fitting is all inseam, less about height. I'm 6'1 but have a 31 inseam so I fit just fine. My co-driver at Nationals last year is 3 inches shorter than me but fit with no issues cause he has a 32 inseam.

Depending on when you went, there is a chance that there was no descriptions out. We didn't get them made until like Wednesday or Thursday I believe.

[alms24sebring]

Oh ok I went Wed afternoon. That is a sick kart tho, Id love to drive it wink, wink..

[PapaSmurf2k3]

yeah that thing looks sick.

It has to be such a weird feeling "I lost it in that corner.. next time I need to take it going faster".

[flohtingPoint]

yeah that thing looks sick.

It has to be such a weird feeling "I lost it in that corner.. next time I need to take it going faster".

It's like a FWD car in that more throttle in the pocket will save you.