Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Shanghai Sunday

Last weekend we spent some time at the 2009 Shanghai Auto Show. The new Chevy Camaro got a lot of attention.

Surprisingly so did the compact-size Cruze, also from Chevrolet.


There are seven Saturn solenoids under the hood of every Cruze, along with about forty other makes and models.

The crowds throughout Halls 1, 2 and 3 looked a lot like this. It gets old pretty quick when people are constantly running into, stepping on, or pushing you out of the way. If somebody wants to take a photo or get a closer look, you are an afterthought. However in Hall 4, which housed Ferrari and Lamborghini, it was absolute chaos. We were so busy just trying to stay on our feet that the thought never occurred to either Klynt or me to snap a picture of all the commotion. I wish I had photos to share of the sports cars, but we weren't even able to catch a glimpse.

Klynt thinks this is the car for me! All I have to say is “uh…no!”

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With the better part of an afternoon left, we hopped into a cab and headed over to the Pearl Tower. It was a great day to view the city from up top.




The Shanghai World Financial Center is the tallest building in Asia.





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