Yesterday I asked you which auto show car you most jonesed to drive, but never would. Today we’re going to do a Rockford move and ask which show car that you eventually could drive, you would most want to. Got it? There seems to be two types of car show spotlight hogs – those like yesterday’s focus, that’ll never set tire to tarmac due to their outlandish and unrealistic design elements, and those which are basically next year’s production models with the wipers pulled off.
Car companies may seem like they’re cheating when they foist an obvious production model on the car show patronizing public – differentiating it only with some lame video rearview mirrors or upholstery made out of recycled AOL CDs. But that’s not always the case. Displaying a show car that’s just nothing more than what you’ll be able to buy off the lot a couple months hence creates a tangible sense of intrigue around the model, a bond between show car and the buyer who thinks he’s getting something  from the future.
The rest of us know that’s not the case, and that the production versions of these sort of not ready for prime time players have had all the cool stuff – the console mounted pony keg, vulcan mind control climate control, or GPS navigator with every Waffle House in its database – ripped out like the car has suddenly gone from bachelor to married  schmuck. It’s not really that bad, although I do miss the Peruvian Ironwood instrument needles I once saw on a show car, but then mysteriously vanished from the production Ford Tempo. Despite that disappointment there’ve been lots of show cars that when you strip off the Pearlescent paint and hand-carved tire tread, are as mainstream as you and me. And I want to know which of those is your favorite?
 
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