Like the podium girls at major bicycle races around the globe, pretty women are a tradition at major auto shows. The women are hired as models by manufacturers to stand next to new cars and engage the press and public.
The women normally aren’t experts, and they may actually know little about the companies they’re representing. But they do well when cameras click and video cameras roll. Of course, that’s their jobs.
The North American International Auto Show in Detroit was no different. Roman Mica, owner and editor of the automotive site TFL.com, attended the show and he took a healthy supply of images, including of pictures of pretty healthy-looking women.
To read more about the North American International Auto Show as well as a vast offering of other automotive content, visit: www.tflcar.com.
Article Last Updated: January 13, 2010.
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A sports, travel and business journalist for more than 45 years, James has written the new car review column The Weekly Driver since 2004.
In addition to founding this site in 2004, James writes a Sunday automotive column for The San Jose Mercury and East Bay Times in Walnut Creek, Calif., and monthly auto review and wellness columns for Gulfshore Business, a magazine in Southwest Florida.
An author and contributor to many newspapers, magazines and online publications, co-hosted The Weekly Driver Podcast from 2017 to 2024.
