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Normally booth babes are virtually invisible at the Detroit Auto Show - all bundled up in pantsuits and acting as "spokesmodels". This year saw some cracks in the wall of political correctness through which a few foreign manufacturers snuck in very lovely ways to make a bunch of dudes look at their cars. The field of candidates expanded this year to include our darling of the show BYD, as well as BMW, Lamborghini, Ferrari, Maserati, and Audi. We certainly enjoyed taking these pictures, and now we want to know which manufacturer went above and beyond with the most fetching selection of spokesmodels. Poll after the jump.
Who Had Your Favorite Booth Babes?
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I dunno. American booth babes are so... clothed. It makes 'em look like real people.
They're like "booth women" or something. What fun is that?
Also: Are you guys serious with those poll choices? Sorry for the knock, but c'mon. This is Jalop, not Car and Driver. What would Mr. Lieberman say?
The Maserati blonde. yummy.
The Ferrari girls best fit with the theme of the brand, sexy and unobtainable.
Why do we have an Audi picture, but no Audi option in the poll? Not that I would have changed my vote...
lambo girl ftw
d'oh! fixed
Do YOU come with the car?
I think the Ferrari woman was at the NY show.
Forget the babes; that cute young BYD exec can take ME for a spin any time... once I card him to make sure he's legal...
Lambo always brings it
LA Auto show a few years ago...
Lambo or Audi!
Italy truly does have the best of everything.
Important decisions like this require careful analysis.
Maserati? Continues to be an epic failure for me.
Lambo: Perfectly matches the brand. Super hot in a classless nouveau riche kinda way.
BYD: Cute, in that "just turned 18 and I'm trying to put myself through community college so I borrowed a friend's dress and modeled for these weird Chinese guys" kinda way.
BMW: In a strange reversal of the reasoning behind booth babes, the ugliness of the car she's next to overshadows her cuteness.
Ferrari: In typical Ferrari fashion, gorgeous in that "too good for you, and you wouldn't even know what to do with me" kinda way.
Who wins?
In honor of it being Hump Day, I'll go with Lambo.
The tennis shoes get my vote. Disarmingly familiar and practical for a booth babe in a slinky dress.
@Ben Wojdyla: Damn, Ben!
"Ferarri 1"??
"Lamorghini 1"???
Hm. Looks like only the BMW SUV can really handle a big rack...
BMW, aerobic shoes + hot dress + looks like Phoebe Cates = winnar.
@Mad_Science: Excellent analysis. Who wins? Why, the one with the biggest boobs, of course.
Lamorghini 2
There are booth babes at the auto show? I hadn't noticed. I guess I was too busy channeling my inner dragon, because the tighness in my shorts was not at all woman-related.
Have to go Lambo or Audi. Ferarri has regressed slightly from the 2006 show.
Ferrari. Damn it.
Audi wins another, far as I can see. It was a tough call until that last picture.
@teargas: It's either "Lamo" and "Ferarri" or "Lambo" and "Ferrari". You can't have it both ways.
that lambo chic is AMAZINGLY beautiful but to me in a familiar way.. used to intern witha girl of her similar stature and good fortitude at an ad agency.. DAAAYUM.
OH, and the Ferrari chcik in the red.. has a "I'll show ya how to be a dragon!" look
mmm MMM
Have I mentioned how much I hate you Beercheck? Cause I do.
You could get a lot of badge with that lambo.
Uhhh...Lambo does. She's got that "Oh, you're so cute but you've got to be kidding me" come-hither look that always fetches me a restraining order...
But I certainly wouldn't kick the rest out of my car for spreading oil all over the seats...
@Mad_Science: regarding that "too good for you, and you wouldn't even know what to do with me" kinda way.
I think most of us would know exactly what to do with either, and it would be symbolically the same thing. Floor it and don't let up until the head gasket gives blows.
What's that old colloquialism about proper equine caretaking?
That blonde next to the maserati..Bless my soul! Do women such as this exist in Michigan??? Or were these imported??
@apuesto: Uhh. head gasket gives out / blows. I need a plugin for firefox that lets me know when I just don't make any sense.
THe Audi chick has dirty whore written all over here... and not in ink!
@fatbraff: damn you and your flying fingers of fury...
"all over HER"
Lamborghini 1, hands down.
She has that 'come hither...if you dare' look which appeals to me, plus, she looks like a woman (albeit rather young) and not a dressed up girl.
Plus, I have a weakness for brunettes/redheads with long hair done in this tousled evening style.
@apuesto: I'm pretty sure we all knew to what you were alluding. Some typos aren't worth worrying about...
I, like most, found the Italians to be of the finest caliber. But in a contest like this all are winners in my eyes, therefore I stand and salute all of the fine competitors, without leaving my chair.
My guess is that the Maserati girls have the loosest morals....
My vote is cast.
Lambo babe...
@Ben Wojdyla: I know you hate me now. That's only natural. But one day, far off in the future, you'll look back on this time and realize that all I've done, all these things that seem so petty and unfair, I've done out of love. And, believe it or not, you'll miss me. Now turn off flashlight and get some sleep.
+1 for Ms. Lamborghini...she's the best fit with the car. Honorable mention to the Famke Janssen clone at Audi.
Lambo girl looks like shes gonna fall in the car.
Now that I think back to Fast Lane post about Derek, the Lambo girl has enough sense to completely snub him harder than you ole Jalopniks did right in the beginning of the video. [jalopnik.com]
I definitely choose Lambo!
First I am dating the Audi girl. Then I marry the BMW girl. Then have an affair with lambo 1.
then my wife asks me why my eyes are closed....
In a bizarre "truth is stranger than '80s movies" moment, that Audi girl looks made of plastic, and Kim Cattrall was spotted in lifelike motion.
@beercheck: Regardless of the spelling, that's who I reckon had the best booth babes.
HOLY CRAP!! I think you may have caught Sandy Wong -- IN ACTION -- behind the Lambo girl!
@beercheck: WOAH! I think you're right!
A: The Naked One.
I was at the show this week and can personally attest to the hotness of Ferrari's booth babes. They looked classy, but you just know they're really fast and wild.
there was a hotter girl (IMHO) at the Audi stand and you missed her.
@nirad: I was distracted by the blinding white-hot resplendent beauty that is the R8 V12 TDI. Everything else looks plain by comparison.