CES 2008: The cars of CES
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/ces/" rel="tag">CES</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/chery/" rel="tag">Chery</a></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ces-2008-the-cars-of-ces/569562/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/01/bee_450cjt.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Among the never-ending sea of house-sized LCD TVs, untold navigation devices and cutesy robots at CES are more than a few cars. While last year the theme among custom-car builders was overwhelming gaudiness, this year someone must have written a rule mandating at least a little class.<br /><br />We expected to see automotive LCD screens installed in more places than is acceptable, and we saw a few, but far fewer than 2007. We looked forward to a few exotics, but were surprised when we found <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ces-2008-the-cars-of-ces/569538/">Jay Lenno's EcoJet</a>. Other surprises were a <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ces-2008-the-cars-of-ces/569530/">Year One Bandit</a>, a <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ces-2008-the-cars-of-ces/569578/">Cadillac Escalade in flat gray primer</a>, and a <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ces-2008-the-cars-of-ces/569564/">Morgan Aero 8</a>.<br /><br />As we approached the Dolby booth we were a bit intimidated by what we assume is a life-size model of the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ces-2008-the-cars-of-ces/569562/">Transformer Bumblee</a>. Very impressive indeed. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ces-2008-the-cars-of-ces/569565/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/01/chery_215.jpg" /></a>Perhaps the most surprising automotive find at CES was a <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ces-2008-the-cars-of-ces/569565/">Chery CrossEastar</a> (shown at right) at the Delphi booth. Seating for eight, luxury to rival at least the Big Three, and an expected bargain-basement price has us looking forward to seeing what the company finally sends us. In the opinion of a dad, aside from the potential quality problems, it's an attractive vehicle. Delphi had it at CES to show its global reach, since it supplies its technology products to the Chinese automaker.<br /><br />We're sure there were tons more we didn't see, but Ford and GM kept us busy this year. Check out our <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ces-2008-the-cars-of-ces/">gallery</a> of 60 high-res images for more cars we spotted CES.<br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><s trong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ces-2008-the-cars-of-ces/">CES 2008: The cars of CES</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ces-2008-the-cars-of-ces/569567/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/01/cescarscjt---1_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ces-2008-the-cars-of-ces/569555/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/01/cescarscjt---5_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ces-2008-the-cars-of-ces/569552/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/01/cescarscjt---4_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ces-2008-the-cars-of-ces/569527/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/01/cescarscjt---2_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ces-2008-the-cars-of-ces/569558/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/01/cescarscjt---3_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br /><strong>All Photos Copyright (C)2008 Chris Tutor / Weblogs, Inc.</strong><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href=http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ces-2008-the-cars-of-ces/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/09/ces-2008-the-cars-of-ces/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/1081884/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/09/ces-2008-the-cars-of-ces/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p><hr />

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