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The cars of the Chicago Auto Show had some bright new faces and some damn fine rears, but no cars were quite as fetching as those of the booth professionals. Click through to see more of these beautiful ladies. More »
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When Fiat took over Chrysler there were premonitions of culture clashes between the be-sweatered Italians and their off-the-Kohls-rack American counterparts. And then Fiat's maestro Sergio Marchionne brought out his hand-picked team of booth professionals and everyone realized the Italians are just like us. More »
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Using the term "Booth Babe" to refer to the models selected to stand next to cars at auto shows always seemed a bit patronizing to us so we coined the term "Booth Professional." Now a reporter from The New York Times has seen the light. More »
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While the only fightin' action at the New York Auto Show was brief, loud and lame, two booth professionals at the Shanghai Auto Show threw down, sending one to a hospital. Even China's auto-show fights are more interesting. More »
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What the Shanghai Motor Show lacked in relevant reveals, it more than made up for in gorgeous and tasteful Booth Professionals captured by a pair of photographers from the Associated Press and Getty who apparently have no qualms about shooting them from whatever angle they deem appropriate. More »
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The Tokyo Auto Salon held over the past few days is essentially Japan's version of our SEMA show for auto customizers. Being Japan, no car could appear without a tricked-out or cosplayed booth professional. Here are the best. More »
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If the new cars of the Detroit Auto Show didn't convince you the auto industry's coming back then here's the most obvious sign: they can afford Amazonian women in shiny silver skin-tight suits. It's like Miracle here, but with breasts. More »
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The Audi R8 GT drops weight, adds power, and oozes sex. It's how they say "good morning" in Detroit... three days a year. More »
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Porsche wowed the motoring press today by using six separate models to unveil the Cayman R, one for each of the last six decades. We're hoping the Porsche Girls continue to make appearances. Especially the 1950s version. More »
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It's possible all these booth professionals happened to show up dressed like this and the guys at Lamborghini just said Perfetto!. At least I hope that's how it happened. [via BZRong] More »
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This commercial from Russia's Altay Tire company uses all the same conventions other tire companies rely on, just without any sense of restraint and with far more close-ups of the product. We're assuming the product is Russian hookers. (NSFW) More »
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The Beijing Motor Show is big and has lots to look at. With so many booth professionals getting in the way, it was nearly impossible to take a clean photograph. Here are the leftovers we had to toss out. More »
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Our new intern Blake was so bashful when we dispatched him to snap booth babes that one of them actually stole his camera. Don't worry, we got it back from her and recovered these images. More »
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Geneva's proximity to Paris and Milan lends it the ability to attract the most classically beautiful booth professionals, picking and choosing them from the world of high-fashion. There's a worrying trend this year though: babes in t-shirts. More »
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Now that we have the preliminaries out of the way, my dears, let's talk about where auto show models come from. Strap on those push-up bras. This might get messy. More »
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We've asked "The Booth Babe," the anonymous auto show model behind the hilarious "Do You Come With The Car," for a behind-the-scenes scoop on the world of auto spokesmodels. It's a series we're calling "Tales From The Turntable." —Ed. More »
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The existence of booth professionals is very telling. They're strategically placed to deliver details of sexy vehicles or draw cameras to unremarkable ones. Who had the most? Ze Germans, China's eZone and of course, Chrysler. It's all they did have. More »
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Something else on the Chrysler stand other than rocks was this young lady who neglected her schooling in her quest to become a booth professional. Can't she read? It clearly says not to stand there. [Twitter] More »
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You have to admire the dedication of SEMA's booth professionals. Though there are many jobs in Vegas for a woman with a large chest and a fake smile, they faithfully serve the needs of chrome and carbon fiber. More »
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The aftermarket crowd used to dress up a young, talent-heavy booth professional in a tight n' skimpy outfit to pass out leaflets and smile for the cameras. Then the Carpocalypse hit. Now, sadly, mannequin is the new "booth babe." More »
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If Subaru were in NASCAR, we can only hope they'd use the GT300, a 2009 Super GT-ized Legacy B4 offspring, as its "stock car." Also, we'd hope this would be their pit crew. Oh, the car? Yeah, that's below. Sorry. More »
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One of the many Citroën "hostesses" at Frankfurt poses for photographers, unaware her clothing choice makes her look like a double-amputee. More »
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No need for a Zapruder-type Obama defense as drift king Rhys Millen's obviously checking out a bikini-clad booth professional in this video earlier this month from Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Hey Rhys, less time looking at flora and fauna, eh? More »
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The 2009 Shanghai Auto Show featured a ton of copy/paste jobs, but no matter how bad the cars got, there was always a very helpful booth professional there to make it all better. More »
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While everyone's favorite communist leader and crazy man, Kim Jong Il, shoots off missiles satellites from North Korea, South Korea was busy manning the booths of the 2009 Seoul Motor Show. More »
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The world's most compact capital never fails to impress and this year's Geneva Motor Show managed to cram a few new titillating models onto the show floor. Oh yeah... and the cars were nice too. More »
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Despite the downturn in the auto industry, this year's Detroit Auto Show bore an incredible number of very knowledgeable booth professionals. Yes, they answered our questions, but they also got in some of our pictures. More »
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While we were at the Detroit Auto Show this week, the folks at EnglishRussia were focused on the 2008 Moscow Auto Show. Apparently, it's the booth professionals they were focusing on. Here's their 55-image gallery. More »
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What kind of outfits would you expect Brazilian booth professionals to wear when showing off VW Beetles and Variants at the '79 Salão do Automóvel in São Paulo? How about long flowery dresses, the better to show off the features of the new alcohol-fueled VWs? BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ has unearthed these great photos for us; make the jump to see them all and read his description. More »
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As a result of covering an auto show or two in our time, we've become veritable connoisseurs regarding the mistresses of motors we lovingly refer to as Booth Professionals. We've brought you delightful displays of debutantes from far away locations such as Geneva, Paris, Las Vegas and Detroit. Apologies for the blurry nature of a few of these pictorials, we've got the shakes from a bit of bad Mu Shu pork. More »
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Two days ago we asked you to pick your choice of "booth professional" using a comparison from last year's SEMA-stained gallery of booth saleswomen from the tire section of the Specialty Equipment Manufacturers Association show to the more conservative flesh-baring of Geneva, Paris and Detroit as our lede. Now, we've put together a bevy of booth professionals from this year's SEMA show for you to find out if your "choice" made the cut. So take a gander — perhaps you'll answer differently after taking a look at this year's batch of tire-selling sales professionals. Or not. More »
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