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2010 Monaco Motor Show

BY DREW | JUNE 14 2010 | 2

I dropped by the Monaco Motor Show today. Most of the major European car manufacturers were in attendance, including Porsche, Renault, Fiat, Audi and Alfa Romeo. BMW was noticeably absent. But who cares really? None of those cars are really interesting, and in the case of Porsche, they are mostly ugly. Although I am partial to the new Alpha sports wagon. But what I really wanted to see was the vintage section. The stand out of the show for me was the 1959 Ferrari 250GT and the 1974 Ducati 750. My Dad is a big Porsche 356 fan, and he was disappointed by the fiber glass replica that was on show. Interestingly, he liked the PGO retro inspired cars on show. I was disappointed in that no genuine super cars were on offer (excluding the old Mercedes 300SL), but this is Monaco after all and you can't walk down the street without seeing a $400K+ car. And that's how I snapped the photo of the silver Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren!