I'm never going again. I would've been better served saving my entrance fee and walking the parking lot. BMW didn't have the old 6-Series, let alone the new one. Mercedes didn't bother bringing any of the high-end cars. Ferrari, Maserati, Porsche, Rolls Royce and Bentley didn't even bother coming. Kia had one of the biggest stands.
If I hadn't bumped into a friend, I would've been in and out in under 10 minutes.
That friend, after a couple of $7.50 Miller Lights and much boredom, decided to go and fuck with a car salesman. He went to the Dodge stand, and asked a rep to point out their top sports car. After waffling about the Charger (of which there was one on display), and being pressed on the subject to "get real", he offered up the Viper. My friend pointed out that they don't make them anymore, so the salesman finally fessed up that it's the Challenger. "Where is it?" asked my friend.
It turns out that, for Chrysler at least, the company puts no money into the Houston show. Nothing. All the cars on the Chrysler stand were taken from dealer stock. Only one dealer had a Challenger, and he sold that just before the show. My friend told them that he was "embarrassed for America".
