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"   Photos by Carter Jung  Within the sport-compact world, sadly, the car show scene has been on a downward spiral. Nation-spanning show series are non-existent and the bright embers of stoic franchises have long since smoldered. A moment of silence, please. All that&amp;#039;s left are meets or online forums where users often brandish words behind the safety of avatars and their animated gifs. Sigh.  In recent years, a new show emerged on the West Coast, specifically Long Beach, California\u2014apt considering SoCal is the birthplace of the heavily Japanese-influenced tuning movement. This event was different. While most sport compact car shows mixed in heavily modified vehicles with a heavy dash of models, laser lighting and music, the new show sprinkled in the entertainment elements but added a strong emphasis on vendor exhibits. Think SEMA with more lifestyle. Sure, there were vendors selling branded tchotchkes and displaying some of their wares at shows prior, but not on this sort of level. You could actually walk to booths at this show and learn about new products, should that be your thing.  Despite management changes that consequently resulted in the change of the show&amp;#039;s name, the newly dubbed Motion Auto Show returned to the Long Beach Convention Center this past Sunday, August 21st, for the fifth time. Despite some lingering doubts whether the rebadged show would maintain its appeal, 5500 spectators, 125 vendors and over 300 show cars spanning Japanese, European and domestic makes can&amp;#039;t be wrong.  Here are some of our picks. For more info, check out www.motionautoshow.com.  Related posts:   Carlsson CK63 RS \u2013 2012 Geneva Auto Show Lumma Design Tunes Porsche 911 Carrera S \u2013 2012 Geneva Auto Show  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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