paradocs98

I hit the 2019 NYIAS Friday morning on the first public day. Not as many debuts or showstoppers as years past, but there were a few noteworthy cars. The new Supra looks good, as does the new Shelby GT500, although it's a large car. I'm pretty blah about the new Porsche Speedster. The rear hump just looks awkward to me. The high points for me were the competition cars--always fun to see things like the Acura NSX GT3, the IMSA Cadillac DPi-V.R prototype, and the Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 car. I've seen Indy cars in the flesh, but never an F1 car--it's much much longer than I realized. The high points for my 11 year-old were the big Mercedes Sprinter work vans--he loves them! Video of highlights follows:

Five12Free

Thanks for sharing. I hate the way the new F1 cars look. They look like old speed jet cars to me, to long.

orclean1

I agree with you the Porsche product line isn't offering anything that excites me ! Overall the show is a total disappointment . I only attended to be with friends

CrazyFast

Great video! Really well done. Too bad the show wasn’t better

G-forceGT4

Thanks for sharing the well done video. The highlight for me was seeing the mint white early 70's Nissan Z car which was my first car.

Bill Lehman

Great video, Loved the music.

Craig67

Great video! Thanks for sharing!

9elheven

Thanks, paradocs98, now my wife and I don't have to go to the show! JK. Really, thank you for the video.

Diablo Dude

It's too bad they went down the road of dumping the V-10/V-12 and V-8 NA engines for the 1.6 liter V6 turbo in 2014.
That's literally when they lost me as a fan. I tried to continue to watch, but it was pointless.
Indy Car racing is so much more competitive and exciting to watch.
It's not even close.

I was fortunate to have attended the Canadian F1 race in Montreal on several occasions in the late 90's
Will never, ever forget the sound of those engines!

The first time I heard one of those cars shrieking down the straightaway at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, it was during a practice session.
I was crossing a small brick footbridge across the water way and onto the Ile Notre-Dame.
I had tears streaming down the side of my face out from under my sunlgasses.
And I had goose-bumps everywhere!

JonA85

I just can’t get board with the new Supra. To me it’s a total let down. The Jesko is straight up out of this world. I don’t know what Audi did but I love the new R8. Thanks for sharing!

fishing

Great video!!!

paradocs98

Great analogy. And the aero details of the cars are fascinating to see up close, but the overall effect is far from stylish or beautiful.

Yep, a bit weak compared to years past.

Glad you liked it.

Me too. My mom had an original 240z in the early 70s. I remember being little and riding in the back, unbelted, as we zipped along two-lane country roads. Probably lucky to be here.

Thanks Bill.

Thanks.

I might have saved you from an expensive dinner out in the city afterwards.

I’ve heard that the viewing in Montreal is amazing. I think this will make you happy:

Is it the Supra’s styling or mechanicals that are disappointing? How about the new Z4?

Thanks!

Diablo Dude

Yup, thanks for sharing that.
The #28 was Gerhard Berger's car.

In fact, Jean Alesi won the Canadian Grand Prix in 1995 in the #27 Ferrari 412.
This was the year where they dropped down to 3.0 liters from 3.5

The #27 was significant, as it was the same as Canadian Gilles Villeneuve.

The Canadian Grand Prix was Alesi's only victory in F1 and it took him 5 years to achieve that. He and Gerhard Berger were teammates, and both left for Benetton in 1996, when Michael Schumacher joined Ferrari. Berger had grown rather frustrated while at Ferrari, being the #2 driver.

Here's Alesi in the first lap of the '95 British Grand Prix

GT4John

The single most amazing sound of my life was at Indy - US GP in 2000. First practice hearing the two Ferrari's come down the front straight the very first time standing at turn 4. I literally bawled like a baby. The screaming motors echoing off all the metal in the grandstands....whah...completely unreal. No other car sounded like those two Ferrari's. They were all amazing, but my God those Ferrari's were just on another level.

I went 4 times to Indy before the motor change. So glad. Wife and I went to Monza in 2017. Such a bummer sound-wise. Blah. Miss the NA.

Thanks for the vid!!!

John

BryanCO

Really well done video. Thanks!

And the F1 video was spectacular.