György’s cars-and-babes exposé was shot at the Budapest Tuningshow, Hungary’s answer to SEMA.

It stars The Fuel Girls, by their own definition a “kick-ass, ultra-sexy, fire breathing rock and roll, dance and stunt show” from the UK. If you watch the video, you will see that the part about breathing fire is to be taken quite literally.

As you would expect from a car styling event held in the porn capital of the world, the video is somewhat heavy on skin, so please watch with care if you happen to be at a typical American office.

Machine shops and European offices are exempt from such warnings.

And if you can’t get enough, there’s always the behind-the-scenes gallery:

Photo Credit: György Szeljak

You can't say the Chinese don't put on a good show regardless of the laughable quality of many of the vehicles on display. Though the quality was sometimes low, the sheer number of cars on display was staggering and for most every car, there was a helpful booth professional there to, well, to stare at you.

Shanghai Booth Professionals: No Copy/Paste Here

The South Koreans have proven that they can produce beautiful and unique vehicles and toys in the past couple of years, from deliciously designed Hyundai Genesis Coupes, impressively techy LG phones, cloned dogs and even a freaky Albert Einstein humanoid robot. They also happen to have a higher-than-average-in-quality team of booth professionals to man the ramparts, should the need arise. Take a peak at the gallery below and you'll immediately see what we mean.
(Hat Tip To TheDudeAbides!)

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The Geneva Motor Show brings a touch of class to the booth professional world; gone are the over-inflated chests and miles and miles of freshly shaven legs, instead replaced with demure yet awe-inspiring young women ever-ready to give you the low down on your car of choice. They do so with a touch of class, an ounce of sweetness and the smell of Altoids, cigarettes and Diet Coke on their breath. Ah, the beloved European Booth Professional — how could we live without thee?

(You can find more 'Booth Professionals' at Autoblog.it.)

Seeing as how sales figures and profits of most major automakers took a nose dive in the second half of 2008, we expected the cost savings to be extreme at this year's Detroit Auto Show. Normally the easiest way to cut cost at an auto show, or anywhere for that matter, is to maintain product rollouts and reduce headcount — we expected booth professionals to be at an all time low this year. In fact, the opposite was true, the total number of legitimate new products was down and the number of extremely qualified booth professionals was way up. It's almost as if every automaker wanted booth pro's in our every shot. Seriously, at times it was a real hassle to get clear shots of the cars.

All joking aside though, this years crop of booth workers were really up on their specs and details, they were practically fashionable, walking spreadsheets. It was amazing. Anyway, as is our custom, since we couldn't use the pictures with booth professionals in them for anything else, we've compiled them for you to peruse, should you be interested in such a thing.

Photo Credit: Alex Conley and Wes Tucker

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Opening a Lamborghini press conference with bad techno music and waifish models wearing padded ski jackets and other clothes with the brand's logo emblazoned on it seems appropriate given the image the brand presents: pretentious vapid rich people with fake tans. It does present a fiction, though, as few beautiful people own a Murcielago and even fewer, we imagine, wear Lamborghini clothing.

When Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann finally stepped on the stage he did so to acknowledge the company's record year before acknowledging the bad market. Their plan to deal with it? They don't have one. Their current system seems to be working out for them. Why mess with success? Press release below.

11/01/2009 Lamborghini presents highly individualized super sports cars at the Detroit Auto Show

Alongside the new Gallardo LP 560-4 Spyder, Lamborghini will present two exclusive, highly individualized super sports cars at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show. With a unique, matt-luster paint finish in matt blue and all available special equipment options, this Murciélago LP 640 and Gallardo LP 560-4 demonstrate the virtually limitless possibilities and expert craftsmanship presented through the Ad Personam individualization program by the specialists in Sant'Agata Bolognese.

"Ad Personam offers every Lamborghini customer the opportunity to acquire a completely exclusive vehicle from a unique brand – one that is perfectly in tune with their own lifestyle," says Stephan Winkelmann, President and CEO of Automobili Lamborghini. "A super sports car from Lamborghini is always a fundamental expression of the buyer's personality. And that is why the highest levels of exclusivity are possible, right through to absolute one-of-a-kind Lamborghini vehicles."

"Think the impossible" is the motto of the Lamborghini individualization program. Ad Personam offers a host of possibilities to bring a highly individual style to the exterior and the interior of a Lamborghini – all the way through to a Lamborghini like no other.

A unique color for a unique design

Both super sports cars presented in Detroit are such highly individualized examples– painted in matt blue, an all-new, powerful blue tone with a matt-luster finish. Dressed like this, the Murciélago and the Gallardo are elegant and refined, yet extremely powerful and dynamic. This is a unique color that fits perfectly to the unique design of a Lamborghini.

The super sports car brand from Sant'Agata Bolognese is the only auto maker to have mastered the difficult and complex craftsmanship required to work with the matt-luster paint finish. Alongside the new matt blue three more colors are permanently available in the Ad Personam program: Nero Nemesis is a matt-luster black, while the matt white is called Bianco Canopus; and Marrone Apus refers to the particularly elegant matt brown finish. In addition, Lamborghini Ad Personam offers its customers complete freedom to choose any color imaginable.

Luxuriously sporty or classically powerful

In their interiors, too, the highly individualized super sports cars presented in Detroit provide a clear example of the possibilities offered by the Ad Personam program. The base color applied to the upholstery of both vehicles is black, with color contrast supplied by fine diamond stitching in the blue of the exterior paintwork. This is applied to the seats, door trim, headliner and the steering wheel. The leather upholstery lends a luxuriously sporty look and feel to the Gallardo LP 560-4.

Furthermore, the Gallardo LP560-4 shows the finest in Nappa leather in color Nero Perseus which clads not only the seats, cockpit and door trim, but also the pillars and headliners. Further accents are provided courtesy of individual elements crafted in carbon fiber. The Callisto wheels are painted in high-gloss black, providing a contrast to the matt blue paint finish.

The Lamborghini Murciélago LP 640 is one of the most fascinating super sports cars of all time, and underscores this in Detroit with a purist interior finished in Alcantara ® with diamond stitching. Not only are the sports seats upholstered in Alcantara ®, but also the entire interior, including doors and headliner. The cockpit surround is finished in carbon fiber. The steering wheel features stitched suede and carbon fiber inlays. The high-gloss black of the Murciélago's wheels – in Hermera design – also delivers the perfect contrast to the matt blue exterior paintwork.

An inexhaustible range

Ad Personam offers an inexhaustible range possibilities for bringing a completely unique style to the interior and exterior of every Lamborghini. The color and trim designers from Sant'Agata Bolognese have also created exceptionally exclusive equipment offerings for the entire product range. The extended leather finish, for example, enables the allure of the first-class natural product to be raised even further. Only the very finest quality leathers are used. The seats alone offer infinite possibilities through a vast range of color options for leather and Alcantara ®, two-tone contrasts, material mixes, stitching and piping in contrasting colors, as well as the diamond-stitched pattern of the seat squabs, known as Q-citura.

The exceptionally hi-tech carbon fiber material provides a hint of the racetrack, with elements such as the control panel for the air conditioning and the hand brake boasting a carbon fiber finish. Further finishing touches for personalizing the exterior include an extended range of wheel options and brake calipers in yellow and silver.

Within applicable vehicles, Lamborghini can comply with virtually any customer's desire in vehicle individualization. The boundaries are set, however, by Lamborghini's own quality demands, which apply to all modifications carried out. When a new Lamborghini exactly meets personal expectations in terms of colors, materials and trim, then aesthetic perfection has been achieved.

'When did they make 2009 a year of 28 months?' you ask. They didn't, but Pirelli, bless their hearts, threw a lot of the images that didn't make the final cut onto their website. The things they do to sell tires. Speaking of which, we were thinking just now about how Pirelli's are a superior tire in every way, and a brand that adds not only performance, but style to automobiles. Wait, what the...? The marketing! It works! Nooooooo! [Pirelli (NSFW)]

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Was it particularly cold near the Lambo stand yesterday at the Geneva Motor Show? This Lambo-loving lady minding the bull-headed brand's booth needs to be careful near the merchandise. She could scratch the new Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 if she's not careful! [via AutoUnleashed]

So come on guys n' gals, what do we think? Is she 18? How about 17? How about a really well developed 16? God only knows. Seriously, God and her. Why are we beginning to get worried about child slavery every time we come to a European show? [via AutoUnleashed]

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