Report from the NY Auto Show

So today I went to the auto show. I did not take a plethora of pictures, although maybe I should have. I made the following observations:

(1) The Nissan Cube is AWESOME. It looks every bit as awesome in person as I thought it would and then some.

(2) The Nissan GT-R is AWESOME - but enough has been said about it already.

(3) The 370Z Nismo / Normal / Coupe are all awesome. Sat in the normal 370Z. Layout is really nice, but the clutch feel is kinda wierd. Floor mounted gas pedal is slightly wierd... and the R placement is not what I like, but after driving the spec V I can get used to it.

(4) Ford Fiesta... nice overall exterior design and build quality.... but it seems pretty cramped inside... meh.

(5) Kia Soul.... actually pretty nice. Plastic interior seems half cheap... but not terrible... esp considering the price and specs. Kia badges would be difficult, but possible to delete.

(6) Hyundai Genesis is awesome. nuff said.

(7) New Subaru legacy looks better in person that it does in pics (wasn't too fond of it in pics)

(8) New (latest model anyway) Honda Fit has a 1000x better interior than Gen1. I HATED the gen1 interior... gen2 is actually pretty nice.... maybe its back on the list of cars I may buy...

(9) New Mazda 3 doesn't look nearly as bad in person as it does in pictures... but its still kinda meh.

(10) Fisker cars look pretty hot.

(11) Acura ZDX concept looks pretty cool... but there is a ton of stuff on it that won't make it to production.

(12) Show overall lacked the variety of awesome new things that you usually see at the NYIAS, but I guess that's economically related... sadly.