CES 2008: The cars of CES
Among the never-ending sea of house-sized LCD TVs, untold navigation devices and cutesy robots at CES are more than a few cars. While last year the theme among custom-car builders was overwhelming gaudiness, this year someone must have written a rule mandating at least a little class.
We expected to see automotive LCD screens installed in more places than is acceptable, and we saw a few, but far fewer than 2007. We looked forward to a few exotics, but were surprised when we found Jay Lenno's EcoJet. Other surprises were a Year One Bandit, a Cadillac Escalade in flat gray primer, and a Morgan Aero 8.
As we approached the Dolby booth we were a bit intimidated by what we assume is a life-size model of the Transformer Bumblee. Very impressive indeed.
Perhaps the most surprising automotive find at CES was a Chery CrossEastar (shown at right) at the Delphi booth. Seating for eight, luxury to rival at least the Big Three, and an expected bargain-basement price has us looking forward to seeing what the company finally sends us. In the opinion of a dad, aside from the potential quality problems, it's an attractive vehicle. Delphi had it at CES to show its global reach, since it supplies its technology products to the Chinese automaker.We're sure there were tons more we didn't see, but Ford and GM kept us busy this year. Check out our gallery of 60 high-res images for more cars we spotted CES.
Gallery: CES 2008: The cars of CES
All Photos Copyright ©2008 Chris Tutor / Weblogs, Inc.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
gotsmart 10:16AM (1/09/2008)
The Chery does have some very Volvo-esque lines to it, but alas, its paint is probably laced with lead, and it likely crumples like a mylar weather balloon in crash tests.
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stang fan 10:40AM (1/09/2008)
Great, the car company's name is Chery....is that a mis-spelling of Cherry or Cheery? (Yeah, I know, that Chery is the real name of that company.) And the car is named the CrossEaster, or is that the CrossEater?
Can you imagine ANYONE boasting about the new Cherry CrossEater they just bought?
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mavkato 1:35PM (1/09/2008)
it is meant to be confused with chevy
Arch111905 3:21PM (1/09/2008)
ROFL thats hilarious, very true
3cubed minus 3squared plus1 11:01AM (1/09/2008)
I love that Lincoln Continental in the gallery.
Wish you would've took pictures of the car instead of the
sound system though. The wheels are sick.
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mk 11:11AM (1/09/2008)
the ItalDesign turbine car looks pretty brutal.
A lot of the rest of it is kinda-to-overly gimmicky.
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I_Hate_China 1:02PM (1/09/2008)
So called CrossEastar violates GM's IP rights, because it is underpinned by Eastar, an illegal replica of GM Daewoo Magnus. I am surprised that Delphi even brought it to the US.
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Sam P 2:05AM (1/10/2008)
Can someone tell me what kind of tire and wheel set-up does the green
Ford Edge has? They would look nice on my car.
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