While the rest of the world was at CES 2006 this weekend, I trekked on over to the Los Angeles Convention Center where the L.A. Auto Show was being held. Armed with my handy dandy Canon G6 digital camera, I went about and took as many shots as I could of the latest cars. I’ll try and add some info on the cars but you guys and gals will have to do most of the research yourself. I’m not necessarily a car fanatic as much as a technology fanatic so please enjoy!

Toyota

Here are pictures from the Toyota section of the show:

First up the hybrid Prius.

The Corolla:

The Camry Solara:

Here’s the new Land Cruiser FJ Cruiser:

Here’s the new Yaris coming to the US this year:

 Here’s the Highlander Hybrid:

 

And finally the new Rav4:

Nissan

Here are pictures from the Nissan section of the show.

Here’s a shot of the Nissan Maxima. The 06 Maxima has a 3.5 liter V6 engine capable of 265 hp.

Here’s a shot of the Nissan Altima SE-R. The 06 SE-R has a 3.5 liter V6 engine capable of 260 hp.

Continuing the fast car route, we have the ‘06 350 Z which comes with a 300 hp 3.5 loter V6 engine.

Infiniti

I had to drop the Infinit section since I drive a black on black ‘04 G35 four door myself. There wasn’t anything particularly interesting on the Infiniti side of things but I took some shots anyhow.

Here’s the four door G35 which comes with either a 280 hp V6 with automatic or a 298 hp v6 with manual.

Looking for the coupe version? Here’s the ‘06 model which also comes with either a 280 hp V6 with automatic or a 298 hp V6 with manual.

I took some pics of the Infiniti FX which comes in either a 280 hp V6 or a 315 hp V8.

Volkswagon

Here’s my pics from the VW section of the cars show. First up is a couple of pics of the ‘06 Passat which comes with a 280 hp 3.6L engine.

Now here’s the ‘06 GTI which comes with a 200 hp 2.0L turbo 4 cylinder engine.

Finally, here’s a couple of shots of the new Beetle.

finally here are pics of the VW Eos:

 ah yes.. I have to show pics of the VW Gx3 which is a crossover between sports car and motorcycle. It comes with a 125 hp engine and weighs only 1257 lbs. You’ll go from 0 to 62.5 mph in 5.7 seconds. The Gx3 will have an estimated starting price under $17,000. City fuel economy is estimated to be at 46 mpg.

Lexus

Lexus was showing off the new IS series and man.. I think I’m in love with this car. The high end IS 350 comes with a 306 hp engine which is far beefier than ever before.

Then you had the new GS450h hybrid:

Here’s the SC for you two door freaks:

Finally a Lexus LF-A Super Premium Sports Concept Car:

Ah yes.. there’s also the Paul McCartney version SUV from Lexus.. I swear that sounded so lame..

For the next set of pics, I didn’t get much of a chance to do writeups so I’ll be posting just pics.

BMW

The 6 series:

Acura

We’ve got the Acura RL:

 

The Acura TL:

 

and the Acura MDX:

Mercedes Benz

A couple of pics of MB cars:

Audi

We’ve got the Audi RS 4.

 

followed by the Audi Q7

followed by the Audi A3

 

and lastly the Audi S8

Jeep

Here’s the new funky Jeep Hurricane.  The Hurricane has two V8 engines – one in the front and one in the back. It has a combined horsepower of 670. Get this – you can turn all four wheels at once for super tight 360 turns.

 

Mitsubishi

Here’s the new 2006 Eclipse

 

followed by the Eclipse concept:

And some crazy high end cars now..

Bugatti Veyron 16.4 which costs $1.3 million and features a 1001 hp 8 liter 16 cylinder engine with a top speed of 253 mph.

 

Here’s Spyker’s iC12 LaTurbie which will come out later this year for around 325K.

 

Followed by Spyker’s C8 Laviolette.

 

Finally, here’s Maserati Birdcage.

Here are some Bentley’s.

Here’s the Ferrari F430

And finally, here are some other cars which I don’t have any info on..

 

that’s it folks! I have more pics and I’ll try and update this page over the next day or so. Enjoy!

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