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As I said in my review of last year’s event, there is no better way to see the Toronto Autoshow than the party they call VIP Night! While this year’s show was not quite as big as last year’s, there were still plenty of cool cars to see and the party was just as alive with free food and drinks and on-site concerts by Sloan and Serena Ryder among others!

Once again, I was the first in line for the exotics display with dress code in full effect.

I planned to go straight for the McLaren P1 but I got “distracted” by a few other things, such as this Lamborghini Gallardo Super Trofeo, which was my favourite car of the show!

Actually track-specific cars are my favourites anyway so here are a few more. The stunning new 911 GT3 CUP

McLaren MP4-12C GT Sprint

A couple from Ferrari

While not a true track car, this LEXUS ” DeviantArt” IS 350 had the DTM look that I absolutely love, helping it win the Design award at SEMA

Aside from track cars, AMG is my favourite make. Here is the last incarnation of my beloved C63, the 507. I am sooooooooooooo disappointed that AMG is discontinuing the 6.2L V8 in favour of a smaller 4.4L turbocharged unit. Did I mention that I am disappointed?

Bigger brothers E63

And CLS63

This G63 was modified to over 650HP!

Another modified one by Pfaff, an SLS with Renntech/Akrapovic exhaust

The new “entry level” AMG, the CLA45

Continuing in my personal order of preference, the 911 Turbo S…this was my favourite out of four cars that I drove at Exotics Racing in Vegas.

The GT-R was another one that I tested in Vegas. I found it a bit boring at the time but I would certainly like to give it another chance.

Ok finally we get to the new, $1.2 million McLaren P1

And its more conservative brother, the MP4-12, drop-top version

Ferrari FF, more appropriate for our winter

458 Speciale

Bentley Continental GT and Flying Spur

The gorgeous new Rolls Royce Wraith

Jaguar XKR-S GT, one of only 6 in the country

And the new F-type coupe R…this one is definitely growing on me…I will have to take it out for a test spin this summer.

Lotus Evoras, yet again the sales rep wasn’t there so I couldn’t try one on for size.

Lamborghini Aventador

Lamborghini Gallardo

Blue seemed to be the “in” colour and this had to be my favourite, BMW M3

Followed by the Jaguar XFR-S…although I was seriously considering one of these, all reviews I have seen online say it is too quiet…hmm that’s a problem.

Jaguar XJR-S

I bet this R8 has a more appropriate sound

If not, then this one DEFINITELY does!

I bet this BMW M6 uses the same “fake” sound as the M5..per NetCarShow “the aural profile of the engine can also be tweaked at the touch of a button. In parallel with the exhaust flap control, a sound module is used to enhance the engine’s natural acoustic components and this soundtrack is then conveyed into the interior”

Speaking of which, so sad that what used to be one of my favourite cars of all time has been tarnished (in my eyes) by that “fake” sound thing.

Formerly M3 coupe now rebadged to the M4

CTS-V coupe

CTS-V wagon

Subaru Impreza WRX Sti old and new

Viper

Stingray

Maserati Ghibli

Maserati Quattroporte

Free food and drinks everywhere

Huge crowds

Free concerts

And supercars…what is there not to like?

See you next year!

RL

I have seen car shows at mansions online and have always wanted to attend one so when a friend posted about Paletta i literally hopped in my car and made the 45 min drive over.

The mansion

wouldnt it be nice to have this in your backyard?

One of my favourites of the show..Ferrari 599XX

More Ferraris

On to Lamborghinis including a Countach! i had a poster of a white one on my wall as a kid…funny that my current ride is faster

Here’s something you don’t see everyday..a Saleen S7!

Porsche

And now my favourite of the show, this badass G63!

and other AMGs

and even a Maybach

Pfaff Tuner had a nice setup of McLaren, Bentley etc.

it was cool how different parts of the gardens were used to display the cars

Ford GTs

A gallery of pics by automotive photographer Lucas Scarfone

Gucci!

Some cars parked nearby

Some other houses in the neighbourhood

Another one off the bucket list..

RL

Wow what a great event! Congrats and big thanks to Tim and our hosts, NV Euro Motor Works!

I was the first to arrive…

So I took the opportunity to take a shop tour. It is clear that NV Euro is very MB friendly!

Lots of Land Rovers too

Nice Corvette ZR1 in the showroom

Smart Car dwarfs the mini lol

By this time, some fellow C63s started to arrive

As did the models

And this nice ML63!

Soon there were over 25 of us!

Setting up for the group photo

Voila!

And a badass rev video if you want to hear what about 10,000HP sounds like

Some individual car pics…Edition 1

More C63s of every colour

CLS63

CLK55

And other classics

Engine bay from the 190E 2.3-16 that I sponsored at the Yorkville car show (good to see this beauty again!)

Also a HUGE thanks to Eurocharged for their BBQ special…got lots of great info from Barry…Mike working on my tune 

And handing me back my key when it was done

I also got the handheld

You always see cool gear at such events..such as Barry’s new helmet

Ok back to cars…Roswell’s badass rear wing! I love it

Or if you prefer more solid carbon fibre

As at the last one, lots of wheel options..including HRE

Volk Racing

Forgiatto..now THAT’S deep!

Another variant of the old-school Aeros

And more

Once again, it wasn’t all AMGs and we had some visitors..including S2000s and a GTR

Gonna be hard to top that one folks..

RL

Great job by Intek motors and the organizers for putting on such a fantastic event! This was my first MB World BBQ and i will be sure to attend future ones.

Turn-out was great…there were at least 20 C63s including two Black Series and some modified beasts! C63s in every colour

Not one, but TWO Black Series

They sounded incredible

One of my favourites of the day, visiting from the US, a Renntech modified C63 with Akrapovic exhaust

Sounded so mean!

Fung63’s beauty with Vorsteiner carbon diffuser and hood..looks great!

My Affalterbach edition…just when i thought it couldn’t get any nicer lol

An alternative to the Designo Magno Allanite Grey on my car is to get a matte wrap

black coupe arriving

and parked

white coupe

more sedans

Two old school AMG C43s arriving…

with its Eisenmann exhaust, this one still sounds better than 99.999% of cars on the road today

although this Gallardo with Tubi exhaust could be in that .0001%

Great wheel options…i still love the AMG Aeros

Vossen

And some others

Some fun licence plates

Now that’s dedication!

Plenty of reason to celebrate such a great event! See you at the next one…

RL

Despite bad weather earlier in the day and competition from other car events going on today, the 2013 Yorkville Exotic car show was still an awesome show!

I arrived a bit later this year as i waited for it to stop raining. The crowd was already starting to form..

but sadly no red carpet this year (due to the rain).

I sponsored a car this year (the money goes to curing Prostate Cancer) and as luck would have it, it was parked right near the entrance. A 1987 Mercedes 190E 2.3 16, like the one Senna drove to DTM victory…this is way back from the year i got my driver’s licence and still one of my all time favourites. And also explains why i drive an AMG today lol.

Not too many other Mercedes this year…just a silver SLR coupe (vs. the black SLR convertible last year).

Next, some British cars…LOTS of Lotus this year…

awww Evorable

YB XXL? well i am XXXL so i guess i would not fit in this lotus

red Bentley GTC..why does Drake’s “started from the bottom” video come to mind?

TVR

I have seen the McLaren drop-top before but not with the roof in place..it looks stunning!

I was really looking forward to seeing the Aston Martin Lagonda 4 door in person…i hate to say anything negative but i have to admit it, ummm, looks better in pictures than it does in person (let’s say)

More old school and new school Aston Martins

My favourite car last year…may keep its crown lol..Ruf 911

Although the new 911 GT3 RS 4.0 is probably a better performer, i think i’d still rather have the Ruf

Lots of Porsches

Another of my all time favourites, the original M3

and a newer variant

To think i almost bought a 1M lol

Vossen! (I love saying that word out loud)

an older BMW

On to the Italians…Lambo keeping out of the rain

another Lambo

I did not see the BB512 that was supposed to be there…maybe he could not make it…luckily a few Testarossas did

Good mix of Ferraris

Now for some American muscle..woah, check out the size of that engine! lol

Not too many Japanese cars on display

Perfect car for clearing a path through Toronto traffic

Tesla

As a sponsor, i got to hang out in the paddock..but first, a red carpet photo op!

The view from the paddock

complimentary sliders

Once again, an awesome show…see you next year!

RL

I have ordered car detailing supplies from eShine in the past and always found them to be a great online source. I was surprised to find out that they have a retail presence and host an annual open-house with sales, detailing demos, and a barbeque! Of course, the best part is all the cool cars that show up!

So a friend and i decided to make the 1.5 hour roadtrip…

We were among the first to arrive…

But it did not take long for the parking lot to fill up…mostly with vintage cars such as this beautiful Rolls

and muscle cars like these

the sound on this one was UNREAL! check out the video!

kinda makes my car sound silent by comparison!

I imagine this one would be loud too

now on to some shopping…they have TONS of products on display for you to peruse, though the stock is actually kept in the warehouse in the back.

i picked up a “few” things

Now on to one of the demonstrations, wet sanding.

And a quick hotdog before heading out.

The drive home was very scenic..we drove through Niagara on the Lake, passing through vineyards and other natural scenery.

We stopped off at this factory for a photo and video opp.

we did some more driving vids

oopsie 🙂

All in all a great day..thanks again to eShine…the staff were super friendly and very helpful in terms of giving advice. I will be sure to attend the next one!

RL