Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger behind the wheel of Vision Concept

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger gets behind the wheel of BMW’s futuristic hybrid concept car – the BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Concept – during his press conference highlighting green cars at the Los Angeles International Auto Show on December 1, 2009.

Peter Miles, Executive Vice President of Operations for BMW of North America, (center, front) showed Governor Schwarzenegger the finer points of the sports car, which can travel 431 miles before it needs to be charged and re-fueled.The “green show” of the year starts tomorrow with the press days and opens to the public on Friday, December 4th.

The BMW Vision Concept will also make its U.S. debut tomorrow and it is considered to be one of the stars at this year’s auto show. As always, we’re going to report live and offer you an impressive gallery of photos.
....and here's Arnold in front of the Honda FCX Clarity....

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http://www.bmwblog.com/2009/12/02/governor-arnold-schwarzenegger-behind-the-wheel-of-vision-concept/

Schwarzenegger gives shout out to Honda, just like Obama's nod to Ford

I never thought I'd see the day that Arnold drove a Honda.... Strange times indeed!
On opposite coasts, two of the nation's best known political figures have been lauding their cars.
First, President Obama told Ford CEO Alan Mulally and a large gathering in the White House last week how much he misses the Ford he left behind in Chicago. It's still waiting for him, he said. “By the way, I just want to mention, I think I still have my Ford parked in Chicago. It’s a Ford hybrid. It runs great. You guys should take a look,” he was quoted by TheNew York Times as having said. Mulally "broke into a wide grin and pumped his fist enthusiastically."

Then yesterday, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who happened to have been in the Rose Garden that day, gave his own shout out to Honda at an event in Los Angeles to promote hydrogen-powered vehicles. He praised a Honda FCX Clarity hydrogen fuel-cell car that has been given to his family to try out."I just got the Clarity," he said. "We're all fighting over who is driving it." He said his daughter seemed most enthusastic about it.

A Honda spokesman, Kurt Antonius, said the car was loaned to the governor for a few days, but had since been returned.

That's Schwarzenegger in the photo at top at the event in front of the Clarity. The woman to his left is Clarity driver Q’orianka Kilcher, who starred as Pocahontas in the 2005 film The New World. She has become an advocate for fuel-cell cars.

Honda's CEO wasn't around for Schwarzenegger's nod, but it was pretty clear he would have pumped his fist as well.

Here's another well known celebrity that drives a Honda FCX Clarity.
Back in the day....

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http://content.usatoday.com/communities/openroad/post/2009/05/67349725/1