Here's some vital stats on the Subie super-racer:

Vehicle Length: 4,730 mm
Vehicle Width: 1,920 mm
Vehicle Height: 1,210 mm
Wheelbase: 2,750 mm
Tires: 280-710R18
Engine: 2.0-liter Horizontally-opposed 4-cylinder DOHC turbo gasoline engine
Displacement: 1,994cc
Transmission: 6-speed sequential
Drive: AWD (of course!)
Suspension (front/rear): Double wish-bone suspension

Photo Credit: THOMAS LOHNES/AFP/Getty Images

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

[via EnglishRussia](Hat tip to Paul and Todd!)

Our time-machine has the dial on 1979, and the location is São Paulo, to be more specific the VW booth at the "Salão do Automóvel"
See how forward thinking we were, a car on ethanol, does that not sound familiar today?
On the other hand the forward thinking stood still with the booth babes they looked more "nun" than "babe", also the air-cooled boxer was a best-seller.

[ABChina]