Over the weekend I went to the Seoul Auto Show. It was held in the Atlantic Hall inside the COEX mall. COEX mall is huge. It has hundreds of stores and eateries and has several exhibition halls to showcase world class events like the Auto Show.
Here is the view from the third floor. Like I said, the place is big.
All throughout the convention spectators and press photograhped the cars and the car models non stop.
In fact, it seemed more and more likely that the girls were the main draw and not the cars.
The cars on display ran the gamut from all terrain to racing cars ready to blaze off into the sunset.
The star of the show, in my opinion, was the Lamborghini which had grown men drooling. The color doesn’t do much for me, but the car is sweet!
From the back it looked like some space ready flying machine.
And you know where there are hordes of teenagers and twenty something young men that Microsoft’s Xbox will not be far behind chasing that demographic down to the last glassy eyed youth with a buck in his hand.
The back of Auto Xbox had a fully laid out three screen video game demo. Sorry to say that Ninentdo and Sony didn’t even bother to show up.
Racing cars also made a splash.
From the stampede of men trying to get a photo of the young women splayed atop an auto you would have thought that it was a winning combination greater than chocolate and peanut butter.
The photographers would trail after the models as they went from car to car like underwater scavengers chasing down the bits of food left in a Shark’s wake.
Here is one of the few truly unique and interesting cars. I thought there would be more “out there” car models, but it was more down to earth.
The racing section proved to be the most popular attraction.
Trying to squeeze past or inbetween the masses proved to be more difficult that I thought it would be. Here’s one of the better glimpeses.
This model seemed deflated with no crowds to feed off. Half hearted and listless with only an orange clunker to showcase, no wonder she’s so depressed.
Even the camera companies had booths to entertain the crowds.
Motorcycles and scooters were not left out of the mix and made their own unique impression.
The motor bikes proved to be the perfect spot for the models to get some much needed rest.
All that posing and smiling must be draining because the models practically fought tooth and nail to get one of those coveted spots.
Car art also played a part in the festivities.
Some of the sound systems tucked away inside these cars truly was amazing. My brother would be begging to get ahold of something like that.
No Auto show could be complete without the clothes to accessorize with. Those models don’t have to be the only ones looking sharp if the guys at Flasher have their way.
maybe it’s me, but beautiful butterflies just does not flow with the scene of badass cars and babes in hoochie shorts. I could be wrong.
And while my brother Jay will weep over the sound systems, my other brother Chris will no doubt drop in shock at the rims.
The show didn’t stop with motorized travel. Nope, the folks at lumar had all your bicycle and rollerblade needs.
And if you couldn’t afford the life sized model, the toy companies were there to make your hot rod fantasy come true, but on a smaller scale.
It was a fun day and I’m sure Tyra would have been proud of all the leers those models had to endure, poor things!
I’m a blogger, writer, and teacher. I’ve been working in South Korea’s ESL field for the last three years. My one year contract has unexpectedly turned into a journey that I’m still on and loving.