Touring the Chrysler Display at CIAS
By Michael Schlee
Chrysler, like its other two divisions, brought few vehicles to CIAS this year. There are, however, important new models being unveiled this year.
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The most important would be the Range Extended ENVI Town & Country concept van. This Hybrid could change minivans in a big way.
Touring the Jeep Display at CIAS
By Michael Schlee
Gone are the days of elaborate Jeep displays at CIAS. Well, at least for now it seems.
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No more Wranglers climbing faux Rocky Hills. No more Grand Cherokee’s parked at ridiculous angles.
Touring the Infiniti Display at CIAS
By Michael Schlee
Infiniti has quite possibly the classiest display at CIAS. The hardwood flooring they used wouldn’t look out of place in your dining room.
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Continuing with the classy theme, most of Infiniti’s vehicles on display are black with a few others in white or neutral colours.
Muscle Cars, Hot Rods and Customs!
By Michael Schlee
Although CIAS is about new vehicles, some classic American Iron always seems to make its way into the show.
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This year was no different. Besides the Classic Corvettes there were a few other unique American Muscle Cars on display.
Touring the Mitsubishi Display at CIAS
By Michael Schlee
The CIAS display for Mitsubishi is a bit sparse this year. But hey, that seems to be the general theme for most manufacturers in these tough economic times.
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Mitsubishi’s big feature at CIAS this year is the MiEV concept. To emphasise the fact the MiEV is an electric vehicle, the display has a power cord plugged into.
Touring the Nissan Display at CIAS
By Michael Schlee
Nissan’s display at CIAS was huge this year. Concept cars? Check. New models? Check. Copious amounts of hardwood flooring? Check.
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The biggest news at Nissan this year however is the upcoming Cube. A lot of real estate was dedicated to this small box including two turn tables.
Touring the Lincoln Display at CIAS
By Michael Schlee
What the Lincoln display lacks at CIAS this year in quantity of vehicles, is compensated for in the vehicles own sheer quantity of size.
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What I am trying to say is that Lincoln had some massive vehicles on display. The one garnering the most attention and display space is the new Lincoln MKT.
Touring the Ford Display at CIAS
By Michael Schlee
Ford has a lot of space laid out for their display at CIAS this year. However, they didn’t bring too many cars with them. This make for a sparse, yet refreshinlgy easy display to navigate. Bring on the crowds!
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Just because they didn’t bring a lot of cars doesn’t mean they didn’t bring a lot of new and/or important models. Up high on stage are the 2010 Taurus, 2010 Fiesta, and the mildly tweaked 2010 Fusion Sport.
Touring the Volvo Display at CIAS
By Michael Schlee
Volvo’s display at this year’s CIAS was a simple elegant layout.
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It resembled a high end dealership more then an auto show display, right down to a faux reception desk and two sales offices off to the side.
Touring the Kia Display at CIAS
By Michael Schlee
Kia, much like Hyundai, is a growing company. With a growing company comes a growing CIAS display. Want proof?
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The Kia display features a 2 story Café, bass pumping Audio Room, and multiple rotating turn tables. There are a full allotment of concept cars as well including the Soul, Soul Hybrid, Forte and Koup.
