This was a New York Auto Show I'll never forget.
If you don't already know, I was ejected from the show floor about 3 hours into press days because we published the first SPY shots of the Acura ZDX uncovered and Acura complained.
AutoSpies.com World Exclusive On The Acura ZDX
But as it always does for a '00', it ended up being the best thing that could have happened to me and AutoSpies.com.
Because Acura and the New York show PR guy Chris Sams, ended up looking like idiots for their bush league antics.
Plus, we've gotten more traffic to the site than ever before and hundreds of sites picked up the story and the majority of the commentary is in OUR favor.
Wish I could have been a fly on the wall when the Acura PR people had to give their report of the press reaction to the ZDX and the show to their Japanese superiors.
Plain and simple. NY Auto show security sucks and their PR team are small time goons.
And they BOTH owe AutoSpies.com an apology.
I thought the circus was at Madison Square Garden last week, not at the Javits center.
But I was wrong.
And the best part is the back story.
The people who got the spy shots of the car have reported to me that Acura had the ZDX TOTALLY uncovered the day before on the stand and were letting a couple photographers shoot photos of it!
And they're surprised the photos leaked out?
We may not be invited next year but this I will guarantee...we'll STILL have the photos for you with or without an invite.
Well, enough of talking about the 'situation', let's talk about the cars.
What were my best in show picks?
2009 New York Auto Show Best In Show
1. Mercedes E250 Bluetec- A REAL sized car with over 200hp and 369 ft. lbs. of torque that gets 43MPG. PLUS, the new safety tech on the E is best of breed. Not the sexiest car ever but it is what all mid size sedans should aspire to...
2. Porsche GT3- Simply the best Porsche 911 ever..till the next one comes
3. Fisker Karma Sunset- Hard to stop looking at it as I perused the show floor. Hope it makes it!
4. BMW X6M- BMW makes the hot looking X6 even hotter
5. Hyundai Equus- Trust us, it will come to the USA, WITHOUT the hood ornament
Take a look through our show photo gallery and tell me if you agree with my picks.
2009 New York Auto Show Photo Gallery
2009 New York Auto Show Photo Gallery
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