Kansas City Auto Show Wrap-Up

Well, another Auto Show has come and gone, but we would like to thank all of our fans and customers, as well as the people of Bartle Hall for putting on such a great show. This year's theme was "The Car is the Star", which was fitting, considering our display was packed with beautiful vehicles. Favorites this year included the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, Porsche Panamera, and Jaguar XJ. Also, our display featured a show-stopping 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL, the original gullwing car from Mercedes-Benz.

This year we tried some new things, including giveaways at the show, a photo contest, as well as live content updated from our Facebook and Twitter pages. We even dabbled in some new technology, including QR codes, as well as providing on site assistance for customers with questions.

Please visit us on Facebook and Twitter to see all of our content from this year's show!

Auto Show 2011: QR Codes

QR Code on a 2011 Porsche 911

If you visit the Aristocrat Motors display here at the 2011 Kansas City Auto Show, you may notice some strange symbols on the driver's door of the cars. These strange shaped black and white patterns are QR Codes. A QR (Quick Reference Code) is a square bar code that uses unique patterns to store information. Any smart phone equipped with a QR Code Reader can decipher these in seconds, allowing the user to gain lots of information from a single image. In our case, the QR codes on the vehicles here at the Auto Show send the users smart phone directly to the website of the dealership the vehicle is located at, allowing you to find our more information, view other similar vehicles, and schedule an appointment to test-drive the very vehicle on the show floor. In the future we hope to use QR codes that link to information specific to the vehicle itself, as well as enriching the customer experience. This is just another way that Aristocrat Motors stays at the head of the class on customer satisfaction.

*QR code readers can be downloaded for free on the Android marketplace as well as the App Store.