This past weekend I went to the car show at the Washington Convention Center. It was the show with all of the new products from the car manufacturers. It was pretty interesting and really fun. The new Chevrolet Camaro concept and Chevrolet Volt were probably the highlight for me. I also enjoyed seeing what the prices on the production cars were listed at, as that helps to keep me looking at cars in my price range. I saw the Bentleys, Rolls Royces, Ferraris, and they were all very interesting, but I spent more time looking at the Toyota FJ Cruiser, the Honda Ridgeline, and the Cadillac CTS, as these are the vehicles that appeal to me. One of the neat features of the FJ Cruiser is the 110v outlet in the back of the truck. I have always wondered when these were going to become more popular. My only problem with the trucks that I looked at is that the back seats are all a little smaller than I would like. It almost seems like you need to get a full sized truck just to get decent back seat room. One of the main reasons for attending the show was to see how many new alternate fuel and hybrid style cars were going to be coming out. I did not see as many as I would have liked, but a lot of the manufacturers talked about E85 and gas/electric hybrids. Ford had a chassis with a hydrogen tank on display, Saturn had a cutaway vehicle pointing out hybrid technology and Toyota had a big walk through display (that I did not go through as the line was way to long). Overall, it was interesting to see the future of automobiles starting to really change as hybrids and gas alternates are becoming more main stream and designed with mass market appeal. The Prius looks to be old school and the Volt appears next generation.  I took some pictures and loaded them into the gallery.

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