Maserati 100: Lunch at Drago Centro

 Maserati treated us to lunch at Drago Centro in downtown Los Angeles.  They had cordoned off parking for us, here is everyone arriving.

 What a wonderful sight.

 Out front of Drago Centro.

 My lovely wife.

 The president of Maserati North America speaking before lunch.

 Unfortunately they only had enough seats for 2/3 of the crowd, so we ate lunch standing up.  The food was pretty good.

Walking back out to our car.  Apparently we parked in the Granturismo row.

Maserati 100: Maserati booth at LA Auto Show

 Maserati had a wonderful display at the LA Auto Show, in celebration of their 100th anniversary.

 They had a private reception area for Maserati owners, complete with champagne.

 Some old ruffian with little manners or tact was giving the woman managing the entrance grief about not letting him in.  Get a life, buddy.

 They had their colors and materials on display in the reception area.

 This is the Cuoio we have on our seats.

 This is the open pore wood we have in our interior.  Brown/tan leather and open pore wood are apparently really in right now as we noticed it in many of the cars at the show.

 This used speakers to separate the reception area from the rest of the Maserati area.  They would play race car sounds that would shift across the speakers - sounded pretty awesome!

 A Ghibli in blue.  Looked great under the bright lights.

 Our first look at the newly available red interior.  It looks much better in person than in this photo - camera didn't pick up the color quite right.

 The Alfieri concept car.  This will be making it to production in a couple of years, to replace the Granturismo.

 Hopefully these taillights make it to production as they are the most eye catching feature of the car.  Some how I am doubting they'll make the cut though.

 This is the third Quattroporte ever made, all original except for a repaint.  That's the latest Quattroporte peaking around from behind.

Here is everything Maserati gave us Sunday.  Thanks Maserati, we had a great time!

Maserati 100: LA Auto Show

 The new Bentley Flying Spur.  Normally I would find a design like this to be a bit boring (think Audi) but somehow the proportions are just perfect, overcoming that boringness.

 Taillights on the new Escalade.  Unfortunately these two pictures don't capture their true beauty.  They have to be viewed in person to see how great they look as you move around the car.

 I think the new Colorado and Canyon are going to be winners.  Nice design.

 I didn't photograph many of the concept cars because I'm starting to find them quite boring.  This looks like a bad copy of the Alfieri.

 This was an exception.  I really liked this concept, and my camera captured the red pretty well.  Too bad this will never make it to production because it has blind spots the side of South Dakota.

 I didn't think I would like the new 2015 Charger based on photos I'd seen.  But in person - wow!  Espeically in this blue.  Great job Chrysler!

 The blue was with the Scat Pack...this is the 2015 Charger R/T.

 I think my wife checked out every storage box on the side of the Dodge trucks.  It is a very nice feature, I must say.

 Check out those pants.

 This 2015 Chrysler 300 looked awesome!  Slightly tweaked for 2015 in all the right places.

 The new red on Mazdas is awesome.  Too bad my camera really hosed it up, because this is nothing like the actual red.  But watch for it on the street...it is spectacular.