Sydney International Car Show

Last week I had the opportunity of going to the Sydney Car show. Owing to an interstate dispute over whether the show should be held in Melbourne or Sydney, some 18 car makers from Europe pulled out and said sort out the one place where it will be and we will support it. Basically, it costs manufacturers millions of moulahs to exhibit at these shows and they cannot be at two shows. Matt P, told me the background on that. So Audi, Rolls, Mercedes and many others simply were not there and I think the show was poorer for their absence.

Thankfully I did not pay to go in, one of my friends and clients gave me a ticket in for which I was and am, grateful for. I would have been disappointed to pay though, with just the cars on offer. I think it seemed like half of the offering or display they have had in previous years. Just thought I had better clarify that as a re-read suggested I wasn't grateful to get in for free, which could not have been further from the truth.

That said, I am including some cars here with pictures that I took. The Orange car is worth $2.1 MILLION!!!! and I don't give a tinkers toss if it goes so fast and whatever, I just kept on thinking How many people could be given small cars and would benefit from that amount of money on a single car! Forget the cost of spare parts, service and insurance! I didn't like it much at all. Then the yellow collage is the famous Pagani Zonda, both the orange Koenieggsegg and the Zonda are considered to be in the top 3 fastest road cars in the world, the Bugatti Veyron the other. Ho Hum, Where in this country can you go at 160km on the road let alone 418+kms p/h what a joke!







I did however fall in love with a remake of an old british classic called the Morgan. The Morgan Aero is a wonderful car, and I would love one. With a price tag of ONLY $255,000 ozzy it is much more conservative and classy than the aforementioned cars at multiples of this price.

Considering I could barely afford the wonderful Audi I have, it will be a long time in the current climate before I could even dream about the Morgan, but I loved it!








The New Holden Couple with a common stainless type finish. Common at the show with other manufacturers anyway.



The Lamborghini Gallardo which I photographed one time before.



The Lamborghini Murcielago at a cruisy $800,000!



The Ferrari California. I thought the back of the car looked like a robots face, have a look at this one below.