NY Auto Show à la Regis
We love “Live with Regis and Kelly” and were excited to watch today’s show, featuring green cars appearing at this year’s New York International Auto Show, which opens to the public Friday at the Jacob Javits Center. In fact, Barbara is “Live” herself — joined by The Washington Auto Show delegation to visit our colleagues at the New York show. Maybe she’ll meet Reeg!
Anyway, Alan Taylor, a contributing editor for Car and Driver, has been appearing on “Live” to offer viewers a sneak preview of what’s on display in New York. Taylor has already shown us “Fantasy Sports Cars” and some classy sedans — the 2011 Volvo C60 brakes on sensing a pedestrian!
Today’s show highlighted one of our favored subjects — green cars:
On display, were the Mercedes Benz SLS-AMG, based on the B-Class, never before available in this country. An electric vehicle powered by hydrogen, the SLS AMG earns as much as 86 miles per gallon and emits water. We also got a peek at the Honda CRZ-Z Hybrid, a hybrid-electric vehicle, and the Lincoln MKZ hybrid. The Lincoln not only gets 41 mpg in the city, but takes sustainability into account in its materials as well, using wood trim from sustainable forests.
For more on New York’s show, visit: www.autoshowny.com.
