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After a long week hammering out photoshoot after photoshoot for our sister magazine RIDES, Crenshaw and I were in need of something fun to let off some steam. Our loaner car was a brand new STI Sedan, so we did what anyone in charge of a car that isn’t theirs would do… we drove it responsibly, under the speed limit, obeyed all posted traffic signs and stored it inside at night….Bullshit….you know as well as we do that we beat on it and here’s the proof.

Of course, we weren’t alone for this. Beating a car is fun, but Crenshaw and I are famous for pushing the envelope. How do you make flying up and down desolate mountain roads more fun? We pondered that question from the comfort of our lavish surroundings at “The Inn at Marina del Rey”, for about three seconds before we decided to place a call to our model and friend Sabrina Jane (who you can see more of right here at her website). She agreed to strap into the STI and take the thrill ride up the canyon to our photoshoot location at the top. Enjoy. You know we did. —Andrew Link

Now 79, “Maximum Bob” has officially retired from his recent post as head of product development at General Motors, but he’s not ready for the canasta tables of Miami just yet. He currently operates as the head of his own consulting firm, Lutz Communications, serves as counselor to Lotus, and somehow still found time to write a new book, Car Guys Vs. Bean Counters. During the book tour for CG vs. BC, Lutz took a few minutes to sit down and have coffee with 0-60.

0-60: Tell us how you really fell in love with cars.

Lutz: My parents always had relatively nice cars—the first car I consciously remember at age two was a 1934 LaSalle, which my dad bought new. And I had a variety of uncles who had eight cylinder Alfa Romeos and aerodynamic Talbot Lagos with [custom] bodies, so I was surrounded by great cars.

But I had a natural affinity for it, in that by the time I was three or four I was a total idiot savant when it came to cars on the highway. We’d be driving down the road and I’d say, “’32 Ford…’28 Hudson…’35 Chevrolet,” and so forth, and my mother would say, “How do you know all that?” And I’d say, “Well, I asked Dad.” It was like an encyclopedic memory—once my dad told me what make and model it was, how many cylinders and so forth, it just stuck. And I can still do all that from the sixties backwards.

Where I lost it was kind of…late sixties, through the eighties, when I was mostly in Europe, and with the advent of all the Japanese cars, all the brands multiplied and I kind of lost track of the whole thing. But it’s back now—whatever period I’m engaged in, I sort of have the encyclopedic memory back, but the period sort of early seventies through mid eighties is sort of a blank for me.

That sort of coincided with a bland time for design, too.

Isn’t that the truth! If the cars had been exciting in that period, I would have remembered better. But they were eminently forgettable, especially, unfortunately, GM products.

I’ve been reading through the book—obviously, you talk a lot in there about how GM lost their way and managed to find their way back. Apart from them, what car companies would you say are sort of on the right track, and which ones have lost their way?

That’s an interesting question, and I’m not sure I want to get in trouble over it, but I would say all three domestics are seriously on the way back. Chrysler, perhaps, in third position, because they started later. Ford has a lot of very good cars; Focus and Fiesta are very nice. I think the Lincoln brand needs a ton of work. I mean, they almost have to start over from scratch there. And as long as they do Ford clones and use Ford architectures, it’s not gonna work. They’re gonna have to make the same massive commitment to the Lincoln brand—regardless of short-term profitability—that GM did for Cadillac.

Brands that I think have…really sort of passed their peak and are kind of wandering in the wilderness right now and wondering which way to go…Honda. To some extent, Toyota. To some extent (I hate to say it because it’s one of my favorite brands and I worked for them) BMW. I just don’t see the BMW-ness in the products anymore. They’re of undistinguished styling, no real performance advantage, no real ride and handling advantage, no vehicle dynamic advantage, complicated man-machine interfaces. Unfortunately, I think they no longer seem to be as fanatical about: we’re different, we’re BMW, we’re gonna [build] way better cars.

And as far as the Japanese are concerned—who would have thought three years ago that the top-selling midsize car in the United States would be the Chevy Malibu, which it was in May, and the top-selling compact would be the Chevy Cruze. I mean, unthinkable! Unthinkable three years ago.

And my theory in this gets me to the book. I think in the days of Soichiro Honda, the founder of Honda, it was a product-based and engineering-based company. And they were fanatical about engines, they were fanatical about good design, they were fanatical about vehicle dynamics. And it’s now like…it’s just another company, run by, probably, a bunch of MBAs from Tokyo University.

Once you become that global juggernaut, it becomes harder to place an emphasis on design or dynamics.

It’s not physically harder, what it is is emotionally harder. The wrong kind of people begin to rise to the top. You finally wind up having all these highly numerate, hugely analytical people in charge. For instance, in the old days, it never would have happened that Honda is on their second generation Insight, and they’re still way behind Toyota. That never would have happened in the days of old Pops Honda. He would have pulled out all the stops, and said, “We were embarrassed once by the Toyota Prius, not the second time. This time we’re gonna go way beyond them.”

You’re an outspoken guy who’s not afraid to voice your opinion, and that definitely comes across in the book. Was that sort of a stylistic choice—this is who I am, I’m just gonna write like that—or was it a desire to get your opinions out there?

No, I couldn’t have done the book any other way. And that’s—I was on an interview this afternoon with NPR, and the guy says, “Well, I notice on the book, it says ‘Former vice-chairman of General Motors.’ How come you never made CEO?” And I said, “Because, throughout my career, I think I’ve always made my opinions known, whether they were popular or unpopular, and I think frequently they were unpopular enough that boards of directors faced with a choice of, ‘We can go with this highly analytical somewhat colorless guy, but he’s stable, we know he won’t make a mistake…or, we can go with Lutz. Brilliant results, but somewhat volatile and unpredictable. Prone to saying the wrong thing. What do we pick, A or B? I think we’ll go with A.”

Guys like me almost never make it to the absolute top positions. The only way they do is if they’re the owner of the company and the founder. Which explains Steve Jobs. But a publicly held corporation, they won’t go with the Steve Jobs. They’ll say, “He’s okay, let’s put him in charge of product development or design, but to run the company, I think we need somebody of a much more stable and predictable nature.” And that ain’t me.

Looking back on things, do you think taking the government bailout was ultimately the best step for General Motors?

Oh, it was the only step. We went into the thing with about sixteen billion of cash, which for any normal contingency would have been more than good enough. But we bled four billion a quarter, Toyota bled four billion a quarter, Ford bled four billion a quarter, Chrysler, being smaller, bled three billion a quarter…they hit the ground first, we hit the ground second. Ford went in with $35 billion, which had nothing to do with foresight but everything to do with them being almost bankrupt before the problems started, and they mortgaged the whole company, which turned out to be (in retrospect) brilliant. And Toyota went in with a hundred billion in cash, so they barely felt it.

Now, there’s been a lot of stuff written lately by learned law professors who…are going on and on about, the government bailout was unnecessary, General Motors could have gone through the normal Chapter 11 procedure. What everybody forgets is, the whole United States was out of money on ’09! The banks didn’t have any money. The only entity in the United States that any money was the federal government. But the government was the last resort in this particular case.

Now, was it the right thing to do or not. I adhere to the principles of social Darwinism and let the weak fail and everything, but when you’re looking at an industry like the automobile industry, on which—directly or indirectly—one in ten Americans depends, and as some of the right-wing talk show hosts said, “Ah, the hell with them. Let ‘em go bankrupt; we can always buy Hondas and Toyotas.” It doesn’t work that way.

And if we and Chrysler had been allowed to fail, every major automotive supplier in the United States would have gone bankrupt, which would have sucked Ford down, and would have done almost irreparable harm to the Japanese. And we would have triggered an economic recession which would have made 1929 look like a Sunday school picnic.

So I think—some shortcuts were taken, the legal ethics of which can be debated, but at the end of the day, I would give the Obama administration credit for acting fast and getting the job done. And I think GM, with the success of the products, is proving it was a company worth saving.

Last question: You’ve worked for quite a few different car companies in your lifetime. If you look at all of them, and could choose one car from their current lineups, which would you pick?

It’s a Chevy Volt. Yup. Because that is the most radical departure from the status quo that I ever achieved [at] any of the companies. If you asked me to give it to you by company, well, at Opel it was probably the Opel GT, one of the first programs I had anything to do with…do you remember that? It was a two-seat sports car that looked a little like a tiny little Corvette. Ford, it was probably the ’81 Escort—the European version, not the U.S. version. Chrysler, it was arguably the most memorable was the Dodge Viper. And at GM, [other than the Volt], it would be a close race between the Corvette ZR1 and the Cadillac CTS-V, which—it’s a magic automobile! [laughing] Holy smoke! I mean, absolute magic.

And people say, how can you love both of those at the same time? One’s 630 horsepower, the other is electric—the point is, they are both superb examples of General Motors product development capability. Think about it—no other company has the equivalent of a Corvette ZR1 at anywhere near that price. You get into Ferraris and Lambos and the Lexus LFA, you’re into the $350,000 range, where it doesn’t matter. And the ZR1 will suck the doors off the Lexus on any racetrack that you want to name. And, no other automobile company has anything that’s technologically on par with the Chevy Volt. If you look at it objectively, GM wins.

[Photo via Lutz Communications]

DISCLAIMER: Porsche wanted us to partake in this event so badly that they flew us to and from Monticello Motor Club by private helicopter, just so we could beat on some 911s, Caymans and Boxsters.

The Porsche World Roadshow is an event that truly explains Porsche’s brand philosophy: The cars they’ve honed over generations are meant to be driven and experienced, not just taken around the block or blasted down the highway. They want their customers to know this—it’s important to find out first hand that the Porsche you purchased is capable of hitting 125 mph on (the shortened) back stretch of Monticello without shaking itself into a screeching frenzy when you stomp hard on the brakes for entry into a sharp right, left, right chicane. Isn’t it?

Porsche wanted us to witness and participate in this unique event. We were transported by helicopter from 34th Street in Manhattan—which if you’ve never done, book it right now—to the infield at Monticello Motor Club. It’s strange, and also inspiring, partaking in a driving experience with the consumers; instead of what us journalists are most used to, spending time with other journalists in automobiles we’ll ultimately go home without keys in hand.

Point is; we’ve become accustomed to throwing a helmet on and lapping a beautiful track all day, because that’s just a part of the job, sometimes. But this was different. We were able to see how these cars made the customers feel; there was a statement made by the look on their faces. And that pretty much altered my whole perception of what it’s like to own a Porsche. This ownership can be simplified into a simple expression: an effortless smile describing true satisfaction and happiness. It might be cheesy, but hell, it’s true. These cars are damn near perfect.

After doing lead-follow laps in a slew of 911s—the Carrera GTS, 4S, S and base Carrera,—I hop out of the car and turn around to see two guys, undoubtedly Porsche owners, who didn’t know each other prior to the event. They seemed like lifelong friends. Getting out of the GTS to swap drivers and just giggling as they walked past each other around the smooth nose of the car. I noticed I was laughing too, and so was my coworker as we performed the same swap.

And while thrashing any sports car you don’t actually own will make you feel like this, doing it in a Porsche is just better. You’re so attached in every sense of the word, most noticeably in the GTS. Steering input is more mental than anything. You just think about turning in, and there you have it, a perfectly hit apex, a tiny bit of oversteer that’s just as easy to control as it is driving in a straight line, the sound of a flat six, purring to redline in a sinister yet classy rasp, and the banging of precise gearshifts through an automatic, dual-clutch transmission gives you just enough feeling of control while letting you truly focus on your next braking point (though I’d still opt for a 6-speed. I’ll never change). And then there’s that last part of attachment, the one you don’t feel while piloting these machines around Monticello’s pristine facility—leaving the keys in the car and walking away. No matter what seat you slide into on a daily basis, if it’s not a P-car, it just doesn’t matter. Driving a Porsche makes you feel like a kid again—a really, really lucky kid.

This event places Porsche in another league as far as customer service goes. There were representatives on hand to help you build your desired vehicle to spec—however ostentatious your Porsche may be—and then shuttles going directly to dealers so orders could be placed. For some people, it’s that easy, and for the rest of us, it’s a dream worth holding onto.

Words & Photos: Alex Bernstein

On your first Auto-X run of the day, you expect you’ll need to take it a bit slow to learn the course and heat up your tires, but RT-615K’s kind of run away from traditional rubber rules. They love air pressure and they’re sticky in almost any condition, so long as it’s not 40 degrees outside. In a 255 width, you feel like you’re riding on 275 slicks.

The grip is so mind-blowing it makes you question how such insane traction is even possible on a street tire: barely breaking the rear end out in 2nd gear at full throttle in a 420whp Evo, while cutting hard to the left. Granted, suspension setup has a lot to do with this, but there’s only so much the tires can do before they are past their point of adhesion, and the RT615k’s push that point to a level you’d have to literally drive like an idiot to find.

Vaughn Gitten, Jr. likes the new RT-615Ks, too, and if anyone knows what rubber compound works and what doesn’t, it’s a two-time Formula Drift champion. “The RT-615K’s are a HUGE improvement over the original RT-615′s; the increase in grip is phenomenal all the way around,” he says. “I’m most impressed with the consistent grip through all heat ranges from relatively cold to smoking hot.”

Vaughn isn’t the only racing driver with praise for the RT-615K, either. Tyler McQuarrie, another Falken Formula Drift driver, did a few laps of the Streets of Willow to see if the new RT-615K is faster than the RT-615 it replaced—and Falken caught it on video. You can guess what happens…

Check out the Azenis RT-615K in high quality here.

Size Tested: 255/40/17, which is approved for wheels 8.5″-10.0″ wide but fits especially well on a 17×9.5 wheel.

Tread Depth: 8/32

With two laps to go, a sudden shower slickened the course, setting off what seemed to be a comedy of errors executed by some sort of divine, mischievous being. We don’t want to give it away; it’s much better if you hear it straight from race commentators James Hunt and Murray Walker themselves.

The Aventador\'s almost-entirely-new 6,498 cubic centimeter V12 cranks out 690 magnificent SAE horsepower at its 8,250 rpm redline. Judging by the hours of YouTube videos we\'ve poured over, at that speed, the engine ought to sound like the battle cry of Hercules himself.

So what better way to share such a glorious noise than by flooring the gas in neutral while sitting at a stoplight at the Crossroads of the World? Tens of thousands of tourists and New Yorkers would be able to revel in that V12 roar. Best of all, if the cops tried to shut us down, all we\'d have to do is bang it into gear and we\'d be out of there like a rocket sled.','http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/lamborghini-aventador-times-square.jpg'); photoData[3]= new Array('http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/lamborghini-aventador-space-shuttle-launch-715x262.jpg','2. See the space shuttle lift off','

On or after this Sunday, the space shuttle Endeavor will leave Earth\'s atmosphere for the last time (barring some sort of asteroid-related apocalyptic scenario). If the funding doesn\'t come through for its sister ship Atlantis\'s June lift-off, Endeavor\'s launch will be the last space shuttle flight, period.

So what better way to use our time with a roadgoing rocket than to see off a piece of actual rocketry history? It\'d certainly make for some impressive photography. Besides, the drive down to Florida would give us a chance to better get to know the Aventador. (And see how quickly we could get those South Of The Border signs to fly by on I-95.)','http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/lamborghini-aventador-space-shuttle-launch.jpg'); photoData[4]= new Array('http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/lamborghini-aventador-u.s.-road-trip-715x216.jpg','3. Drive across America','

You know what—we\'ve already brought the Aventador down to Florida, so why not keep on driving? May is the kickoff of road trip season, after all.

Since we\'re already down south, we\'ll just head west from Florida, and try to stay off the highways as much as possible. Definitely want to make a stop in New Orleans, though—and definitely want to avoid the major cities of Texas, since they\'re loaded with speed traps. Wandering across the country in a $379,700 Lamborghini—suck on that, Steinbeck!','http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/lamborghini-aventador-u.s.-road-trip.jpg'); photoData[5]= new Array('http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/lamborghini-aventador-volcanic-eruption-715x216.jpg','4. Outrun a natural disaster','

To be fair, Lamborghini gave us this idea, with their look-how-the-Aventador-is-faster-than-a-speeding-earthquake promo video. But it struck a chord with us: there sure have been a lot of natural disasters lately. The quake in Japan, the tornadoes down South, the flooding in Missouri...it kind of seems like the world is coming apart at the seams. So the thought of running across some sort of cataclysm—like, say, the volcanic eruption depicted above—would certainly be at the front of our minds while crossing the country.

We\'re not saying we\'d deliberately put ourselves in harm\'s way while driving the Aventador, for the sake of a sensational story or some potentially Pulitzer-prize winning pictures. We\'re just saying we acknowledge the possibility we might stumble into an act of God, and if we did, we\'d be comforted to know we could probably outrun it in a Lamborghini Aventador.

But if it happened, it would make for a damn good story.','http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/lamborghini-aventador-volcanic-eruption.jpg'); photoData[6]= new Array('http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/lamborghini-aventador-picnic-table-715x210.jpg','5. Use it as a picnic table','

True fact: the Lamborghini Aventador is 44.73 inches tall, which makes it the perfect height to park your lunch on during a quick pit stop.

Granted, that\'s for a standing lunch, the kind where you don\'t want to take the time to sit down and relax but don\'t feel like eating in the car. (Mostly because you\'d be in constant fear of Arby\'s Sauce dripping onto the seats.) Should you feel like sitting down, however, the hood is low enough to serve as a nice platform for your Big Beef & Cheddar. Just pull up close to a nice sittin\' rock, and voila! Instant table.','http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/lamborghini-aventador-picnic-table.jpg'); photoData[7]= new Array('http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/lamborghini-aventador-gallardo-drift-715x238.jpg','6. Get it sideways','

This one\'s pretty self-explanatory, isn\'t it?','http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/lamborghini-aventador-gallardo-drift.jpg'); photoData[8]= new Array('http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/lamborghini-aventador-commercial-airline-takeoff-715x220.jpg','7. Drag race a commercial airliner on takeoff','

With a 0-62 mile per hour time of 2.9 seconds, the number of cars capable of keeping up with the Aventador out of the gate is a pretty elite fraternity—and the odds of running into any of them during a cross-country drive is slim. So what\'s a hoon to do?

Race it against something else with a fighting chance. A Boeing 737 like the one making a break for freedom here has a takeoff velocity of around 150 miles per hour. Can the Lambo make it there before the Boeing takes flight? How many times can you flagrantly break the speed limit near an airport before attracting unwarranted attention? These are the sort of questions we want to answer.','http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/lamborghini-aventador-commercial-airline-takeoff.jpg'); photoData[9]= new Array('http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/lamborghini-aventador-grassy-meadow-715x216.jpg','8. Go soft-roading in a meadow','

Whoa, there! Folks, put down the pitchforks and torches and hear us out before you tear us to death. We\'re not going to take it off-roading. We\'re going soft-roading. Big difference.

We\'re no fools, and we have no desire to bash up a Lamborghini that costs twice as much as the average American house on an old logging trail. We\'re just talking about finding a way to smoothly roll the Aventador into a verdant field of grass like the one you see above, in order to take a few pictures of it. No harm will come to the car...or to the meadow, you hippies.','http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/lamborghini-aventador-grassy-meadow.jpg'); photoData[10]= new Array('http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/lamborghini-aventador-interior-acdc-715x230.jpg','9. Listen to AC/DC at 200 miles per hour','

The Aventador tops out at 217 miles per hour—38 percent of the speed of a Federal .45 ACP bullet. The idea of that sort of speed from a production car was laughable 25 years ago; even a decade back, it was the province of cars like the McLaren F1, whose total numbers were counted in the low hundreds. The Aventador, by comparison, will almost certainly be built in the thousands over its lifespan.

It also has a stereo with standard iPod/USB hookup, thus making it the perfect vehicle for high-speed tunage. We debated back and forth about what music is ideal for a 200 mile-per-hour blast—Springsteen, Clapton, the Foo Fighters, and George Thorougood all came up at one time or another—but in the end, we realized there\'s no better way to drive 200 mph than while listening to "Highway to Hell."','http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/lamborghini-aventador-interior-acdc.jpg'); photoData[11]= new Array('http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/lamborghini-aventador-jessica-biel-715x238.jpg','10. Pick up Jessica Biel','

We feel bad for Jessica Biel. According to the magazine covers we scan over in the supermarket line while the 89-year-old in front of us counts out her age in pennies, Ms. Biel recently broke up with her boyfriend, the one Backstreet Boy with any remaining pop culture significance. Seems like she must be lonely.

So, since our trip ends with us in Los Angeles anyway, we figured we\'d run into her ("accidentally") and strike up a conversation. We\'d show her the Aventador, she\'d be impressed, then we\'d take her out for a drive along Mulholland Drive...a drive that would conclude with a steamy evening at her place. 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Epic.','http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ny-auto-show-al-13.jpg'); photoData[7]= new Array('http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/new-york-auto-show-18-copy-715x536.jpg','Photography: Will Sabel Courtney','Dude, move!','http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/new-york-auto-show-18-copy.jpg'); photoData[8]= new Array('http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/new-york-auto-show-3-copy-715x536.jpg','Photography: Will Sabel Courtney','(thumbs up)','http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/new-york-auto-show-3-copy.jpg'); photoData[9]= new Array('http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/new-york-auto-show-2-copy-715x536.jpg','Photography: Will Sabel Courtney','Two excellent arguments in favor of how sweet AMG\'s 6.2 liter V8 is.','http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/new-york-auto-show-2-copy.jpg'); photoData[10]= new Array('http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/new-york-auto-show-43-copy-715x536.jpg','Photography: Will Sabel Courtney','Scion\'s FR-S is the Toyobaru of tomorrow in priceless concept form. And it\'s hotter than hell in August.','http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/new-york-auto-show-43-copy.jpg'); photoData[11]= new Array('http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ny-auto-show-al-8-715x476.jpg','Photgraphy: Andrew Link','Porsche\'s 911 GT3 R Hybrid decorated in the names of their Facebook fans. We like. (Rim shot)','http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ny-auto-show-al-8.jpg'); photoData[12]= new Array('http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ny-auto-show-al-9-715x476.jpg','Photgraphy: Andrew Link','','http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ny-auto-show-al-9.jpg'); photoData[13]= new Array('http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ny-auto-show-al-17-715x476.jpg','Photgraphy: Andrew Link','','http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ny-auto-show-al-17.jpg'); photoData[14]= new Array('http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/new-york-auto-show-9-copy-715x536.jpg','Photography: Will Sabel Courtney','See if you can spot the name that made us laugh. (Hint: we\'re five years old.)','http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/new-york-auto-show-9-copy.jpg'); photoData[15]= new Array('http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ny-auto-show-al-4-682x1024.jpg','Photgraphy: Andrew Link','','http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ny-auto-show-al-4.jpg'); photoData[16]= new Array('http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/new-york-auto-show-37-copy-715x929.jpg','Photography: Will Sabel Courtney','Mario Andretti: The Most Interesting Man In The World','http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/new-york-auto-show-37-copy.jpg'); photoData[17]= new Array('http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/new-york-auto-show-26-copy-715x536.jpg','Photography: Will Sabel Courtney','That\'s an ass that won\'t quit.','http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/new-york-auto-show-26-copy.jpg'); photoData[18]= new Array('http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ny-auto-show-al-12-682x1024.jpg','Photgraphy: Andrew Link','The BMW 1 Series M Coupe brings us joy just looking at it.','http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ny-auto-show-al-12.jpg'); photoData[19]= new Array('http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ny-auto-show-al-3-682x1024.jpg','Photgraphy: Andrew Link','','http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ny-auto-show-al-3.jpg'); photoData[20]= new Array('http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/new-york-auto-show-14-copy-715x536.jpg','Photography: Will Sabel Courtney','','http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/new-york-auto-show-14-copy.jpg'); photoData[21]= new Array('http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ny-auto-show-al-10-715x476.jpg','Photgraphy: Andrew Link','If this Lotus Esprit concept doesn\'t make production, we will cry.','http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ny-auto-show-al-10.jpg'); photoData[22]= new Array('http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ny-auto-show-al-15-715x449.jpg','Photgraphy: Andrew Link','The Lexus LF-Gh Concept looks a lot better in person than it does in pictures. But, uh, you\'re gonna have to take our word for it.','http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ny-auto-show-al-15.jpg'); photoData[23]= new Array('http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ny-auto-show-al-14-715x476.jpg','Photgraphy: Andrew Link','','http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ny-auto-show-al-14.jpg'); photoData[24]= new Array('http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/new-york-auto-show-51-copy-715x536.jpg','Photography: Will Sabel Courtney','','http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/new-york-auto-show-51-copy.jpg'); photoData[25]= new Array('http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/new-york-auto-show-60-copy-715x536.jpg','Photography: Will Sabel Courtney','Nissan\'s Leaf race car is surprisingly cool. Too bad it can only race for 20 minutes at a time.','http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/new-york-auto-show-60-copy.jpg'); photoData[26]= new Array('http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/new-york-auto-show-59-copy-715x536.jpg','Photography: Will Sabel Courtney','','http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/new-york-auto-show-59-copy.jpg'); photoData[27]= new Array('http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ny-auto-show-al-6-715x476.jpg','Photgraphy: Andrew Link','The Jaguar XKR-S will prompt more outbursts of "Yeah, baby!" than any other new car on the road. But you\'d think a British company would be smart enough not to give their hottest car a name ending in "arse."','http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ny-auto-show-al-6.jpg'); photoData[28]= new Array('http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ny-auto-show-al-7-715x476.jpg','Photgraphy: Andrew Link','The 2013 Ford Taurus SHO tries to imitate brother Mustang\'s facial expression.','http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ny-auto-show-al-7.jpg'); photoData[29]= new Array('http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/new-york-auto-show-39-copy-715x536.jpg','Photography: Will Sabel Courtney','Ooh, slot cars!','http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/new-york-auto-show-39-copy.jpg'); photoData[30]= new Array('http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/new-york-auto-show-61-copy-715x536.jpg','Photography: Will Sabel Courtney','Hello, little Golf R. We look forward to playing with you.','http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/new-york-auto-show-61-copy.jpg'); photoData[31]= new Array('http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ny-auto-show-al-11-682x1024.jpg','Photgraphy: Andrew Link','Saab PhoeniX Concept','http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ny-auto-show-al-11.jpg'); photoData[32]= new Array('http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ny-auto-show-al-5-715x476.jpg','Photgraphy: Andrew Link','Carefully flipping an F-150 SVT Raptor must be tricky, but it sure makes it easier to see what makes it so special.','http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ny-auto-show-al-5.jpg'); photoData[33]= new Array('http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/new-york-auto-show-54-copy-715x536.jpg','Photography: Will Sabel Courtney','','http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/new-york-auto-show-54-copy.jpg'); photoData[34]= new Array('http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/new-york-auto-show-55-copy-715x536.jpg','Photography: Will Sabel Courtney','Memo to Charlie Sheen: This is how you do "#winning."','http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/new-york-auto-show-55-copy.jpg'); photoData[35]= new Array('http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/new-york-auto-show-4-copy-715x536.jpg','Photography: Will Sabel Courtney','"My eyes! The goggles do nothing!"','http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/new-york-auto-show-4-copy.jpg'); photoData[36]= new Array('http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/new-york-auto-show-8-copy-715x536.jpg','Photography: Will Sabel Courtney','An RX-8 that runs on both gasoline and hydrogen? We\'ll give it a try.','http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/new-york-auto-show-8-copy.jpg'); photoData[37]= new Array('http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/new-york-auto-show-maserati-5-copy-715x536.jpg','Photography: Will Sabel Courtney','Maserati revealed their new GranTurismo MC Stradale at a private event in Tribeca instead of at the auto show, but we figured you\'d like to see its smiling face anyway.','http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/new-york-auto-show-maserati-5-copy.jpg'); photoData[38]= new Array('http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ny-auto-show-al-16-715x476.jpg','Photgraphy: Andrew Link','The Jaguar XKR gets a restyling to look more like the XJ—and a little more like Clint Eastwood, too.','http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ny-auto-show-al-16.jpg'); photoData[39]= new Array('http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/new-york-auto-show-28-copy-715x536.jpg','Photography: Will Sabel Courtney','The Dodge Charger SRT8 flexes for the camera.','http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/new-york-auto-show-28-copy.jpg'); photoData[40]= new Array('http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/new-york-auto-show-al-block-715x476.jpg','Photography: Andrew Link','We tried to get a picture of the Ford booth, but this thing was blocking our view.','http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/new-york-auto-show-al-block.jpg'); photoData[41]= new Array('http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/new-york-auto-show-27-copy-715x536.jpg','Photography: Will Sabel Courtney','2012 Nissan GT-R. Always a treat.','http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/new-york-auto-show-27-copy.jpg'); photoData[42]= new Array('http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/new-york-auto-show-1-copy-715x536.jpg','Photography: Will Sabel Courtney','The R-Spec package gives the Hyundai Genesis a bit more panache.','http://www.0-60mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/new-york-auto-show-1-copy.jpg');

But only a little. We’re pretty proud of this gallery: it packs all the excitement and cool cars of the New York International Auto Show into one place, without forcing you to waste your time looking at beige Toyota Camrys (yes, there was literally a beige Camry in the middle of the Toyota exhibition) and traveling all the way to New York.

Not that we want to dissuade you from coming, of course—after all, you can’t sit inside a picture and rub your hands over the same fine leather trim that fifty thousand people have already touched. That’s the sort of experience you can only have at the show itself. So consider this photo gallery a teaser for those of you who intent to swing by NYC’s Jacob K. Javits Center over the next ten days…and a consolation prize for those of you who can’t make it.