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Michael Vaughan's not too happy about people having to pay twenty bucks to get into the Toronto Show. He says 99 per cent of what's inside is on display for free at car dealers. But if you must go, here are his ten top things to see.

Honda Civic has been the top selling car in Canada for 13 years in a row. It's even made in Canada. Finally there's a brand new Civic coming this year. This is what the SI Coupe will look like. Not bad at all.

The Focus Electric is the first battery electric car from Ford. A full recharge at home on a 240-volt charge station will take three to four hours. This is just one of ten versions of the Focus that are eventually coming.

The Scion iQ, says Toyota is the world's smallest four-seater. It's a premium micro-subcompact for rich kids. Cool looking with ten air bags and a huge stereo but I'm not sure how comfortable that so called back seat would be.

Here's what Mini's are going to look like in the future. This is the MINI Paceman which has a 211 hp turbo engine and all wheel drive. This one will be built by Magna at its assembly plant in Austria.

Here are the very first Fiat 500's delivered to Canada from the factory in Mexico. The cute little Italian retro car looks old fashioned but has a very modern engine, tranny and safety features inside.

Hyundai calls this the Blue-Will concept; it's a plug-in gas, electric hybrid sort of like the Chevy Volt but in a wild, aerodynamic, hatchback wedge of a body. Some day Hyundai wants to have a challenger the Toyota Prius – could this be it.

Okay, enough with all the little stuff; here's my favourite big sedan, the Audi A7. This one won't be available until this summer and expect to pay about $70,000 for one, but is this not the most beautiful Audi ever built?

There's a big display of classic Chevrolet Camaros and Pontiac Firebirds and this is the centrepiece; it's the 1967 Camaro racer driven by Craig Fisher and Mark Donohue for Roger Penske in the Trans Am series. It won the championship in ‘68.

Speaking of '68, here's a 1968 Camaro Z28 lovingly restored by Toronto's Richard Pickering. It should look good – Pickering started working on it 34 years ago.

Finally, here's a competition for high school kids in automotive programs. They got 20 minutes to try to figure out why ten "disabled" Volkswagen Jettas wouldn't start. They seemed to tear half the cars apart but not one of the teams could solve the problem. It shows how complex cars are today. It was interesting to see all the things they tried and maybe the best entertainment at the show for your twenty bucks.