January 16, 2009
Lincoln recently unveiled the 2010 MKT, and now it’s opening the doors to pricing and packaging. The Lincoln MKT will start at $44,200, excluding a $795 destination charge, which would set price of entry at $44,995 for the base front-wheel-drive model. The MKT goes on sale this summer. To get Ford...
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Chrysler debuted their HAL 9000-like next-gen Uconnect system in the Chrysler 200C Concept and it proved to be an impressive piece of tech. It's so impressive that we, uh-hem, had to "hack" it. Chrysler provided us with an exclusive walk-through of their 2009 200C Concept at the Detroit Auto Show an...
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January 15, 2009
The future of the automobile was sealed at North America's biggest auto show this week, where all of the hottest new cars and concepts had extension cords. Any idea that ethanol or hydrogen will lead us past petroleum was tossed out the window, as the big automakers — hobbled by a brutal economy, ...
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Chuck Squatriglia
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Our crew was a bit surprised at how many new production models were shown in Detroit this year. What was even more surprising was how good most of them were. Of course, a few losers wormed their way into the......
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David Thomas
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January 13, 2009
Not all news out of the Detroit auto showis green, where it seems absolutely everyone is showing off a hybrid or an EV or a car that runs on sunshine and smiles. Some of the news is red. Reallyred. Audi burned retinas when it pulled the sheet off its stunning R8 FSI, which is basically a Lamborghini...
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We decided to turn the tables on Max the Beetle, star of Volkswagen's "Das Auto" ads, and interview him to see what he thinks of the 2009 Detroit Auto Show. galleryPost('vwbeetleinterview', 3, ''Das Interview'); Ze Das Auto campaign has been a big success, how has this changed things? It's really sa...
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It’s all well and good unveiling hybrid after hybrid, but cars we want to drive are the fun ones. Here’s the top ten cars from the Detroit Auto Show we most want to drive. 10) VW Bluesport Concept What’s not to like about a mid-engined European sportscar? The fact that this one will probably r...
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The Bentley Continental GTC Speed finally dropped top and trou at the Detroit Auto Show. We've got live shots inside and the crumpets to back them up. galleryPost('speedgtcbent', 8, '200 MPH Hairdo Machine'); galleryPost('bentleycontiGTC', 6, 'Bentley Continental GTC'); Seeing the pinnacle of plush ...
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This is the Mercedes McLaren SLR Stirling Moss edition, the last of the mighty road cars born of the automaker's partnership with an outfit best known for dominating F1. Any car Ron Dennis has a hand in invariably offers stellar performance and a price tag to match, and the Moss does not disappoint....
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Though BYD Auto made a big show of their own fleet of electric vehicles, their hard-to-believe battery technology is more likely to end up in your driveway under the hood of a domestic. The "ferrous oxide" battery technology developed by BYD, if it lives up to their own somewhat fantastic claims of ...
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