The Connecticut Auto Show

We attended the Connecticut Auto show held at the Hartford Convention Center. While there we met Ken and George at the General Motor pavilion. Both are previous GM employees who now travel to the auto shows representing GM vehicles with both being very knowledgeable about the hybrid GM vehicles.

The show was held on two levels of the convention center, having grown from just one level, from November 21 to 23, 2008. While GM featured it's hybrid vehicles, most of the other manufacturers, other than a few of the foreign car manufacturers, did not feature their hybrids.

We did find some, such as the Mercury Milan. However, Chrysler and Ford tended to focus on other vehicles - Chrysler the Charger and other similar muscle cars and Ford focused on their 10 cylinder pickup truck.

I suspect that the focus was away from energy economy as the price of oil is dropping. Could it be that many people still focus on the muscle cars and power? The greatest lines to view the vehicles were in front of such cars as the Chargers, Corvettes, and GM trucks.

I will be posting a powerpoint of the remainder of the show in a later posting.