Sacramento International Auto Show - 2009 Models

I attended the annual Sacramento International Auto Show this weekend. I've posted a few pictures from the show on the blog site, but in order to properly depict the entire show, I will need to put together an online photo album. It may take me a little while, so be patient - I have lots of pictures.

I spent about six hours at this year's show. I was able to capture the posted pictures, because Graham Pike, the Bentley, Bugatti, Rolls Royce sales manager for a dealership in Los Gatos, California, was kind enough to take the shots for me. The cars were roped off in a fashion that make it difficult to get really good pictures. So... Graham took the pics from behind the ropes. You could sit in most of the cars on display at the show, but Graham must have been a little hesitant to have a crowd of people messing with his one million six hundred thousand dollar Bugatti (this one was used, new ones go for 1.9 mil), hence the tight security. The Veyron is an absolutely fascinating automobile; one thousand and one horsepower (yes, those numbers are correct) and a top speed of 253 miles per hour. I was fortunate that Graham caught a nice shot of the interior, because that is not a picture that the average photographer could get. It's just not that simple to have the opportunity to sit inside a car that cost nearly two million dollars.

Graham also took some pictures for me of a Rolls Royce Phantom on display at the show and he even demonstrated the Lexicon sound system that Rolls uses (yes, Hyundai also uses the same type of sound system (Lexicon) in the new Genesis). I have a video of the Rolls sound demo. I will post it a little later down the road. Graham is a superb sales person - par excellence - in addition to being a genuinely nice guy, to boot. Obviously, I wasn't in the market for a car in this class, but that didn't seem to matter to Graham. He is a self described "car nut" and he enjoys providing information about the magnificent vehicles that are a part of the inventory at Silicon Valley Auto Group, in Los Gatos. Thanks, Graham, for your thoughtfulness, and consideration, in taking the pictures. More information about the auto show in a future posting. Stay tuned, it was a terrific show.