Mark's first day at the Auto Show: Part Two
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Posted January 14 2008 12:53 PM by Mark Williams
Dodge: 10:50 I'm waiting on a Detroit Street in the middle of January in front of Cobo Arena, waiting for the new Chrysler management team to introduce a truck that none of them had anything to do with. An entire street...
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Mark's first day at the Auto Show: Part One
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Posted January 14 2008 12:19 PM by Mark Williams
Ford, 10:00 AM Heard some people talking about some of the reasons and racer reactions to the Dakar Off Road being cancelled recently. Some of the journalists in the audience waiting for the Ford event to start had just...
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Posted January 14 2008 09:05 AM by Melissa
As I was wandering around the showroom floor, I saw this green vehicle being escorted down the carpet. Luckily, I had my camera for the "before the debut" rollup!
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Posted January 14 2008 05:38 AM by TT Editors
GM expects to offer a plug-in variant of the Saturn Vue Green Line 2 Mode, complete with lithium-ion batteries, as early as 2010. That's the latest word coming out of the Renaissance Center, which is become embroiled in an...
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Posted January 14 2008 05:29 AM by Angus MacKenzie
After we'd finished shooting the video on the 2009 F-150 , chief designer Pat Schiavone and I got talking. Pat's a true-blue truck guy -- he worked on the previous F-150 as well as this one. But, he wondered, what does...
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Posted January 14 2008 05:18 AM by Frank Markus
Having shown off its new Vision GLK preproduction concepts at its premiere event Saturday night, the automaker's Sunday conference highlighted the Smart fortwo going on sale this week, three of which indeed completed the...
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Posted January 14 2008 05:12 AM by Frank Markus
German auto show press conferences are notorious insomnia cures, dense with sales figures delivered in thick accents, but those who stayed awake were treated to some grand hardware. The new X6's fetching skin conceals some...
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Posted January 14 2008 05:08 AM by Todd Lassa
So the one company going big into V-8s is Hyundai/Kia. While the new 4.6-liter engine powers the coming Hyundai Genesis sport sedan, Kia gets the big engine for use in its new body-on-frame Borrego sport/utility vehicle....
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Posted January 13 2008 01:59 PM by Allyson Harwood
The first half of the first media day of the Detroit auto show is over, and it's been a little less predictable than I thought. I'd expected the special guest stars (Toby Keith for Ford, Kim Cattrall for Mercedes-Benz),...
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Posted January 13 2008 11:40 AM by Melissa
Chrysler's cowboy approach to unveil the all-new 2009 Dodge Ram took over the streets in front of Cobo center as a herd of long-horned bulls led the way… and stole the show.
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Posted January 13 2008 11:34 AM by Melissa
As I sit here in the media center at the famed Cobo center in Detroit, I'm trying to figure out how we’re going to get the live updates we promised as automakers present the latest concepts. By the time I post this blog,...
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Posted January 11 2008 06:35 PM by Mark Williams
We're just getting ready to head out the door and attend the 2008 North American International Auto Show, and this year looks to be a good one for truck guys. We hear the snow are ready for their world debuts.
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Posted January 10 2008 12:25 PM by TT Editors
A handsome, roomy, go-anywhere SUV, and a desirable pre-owned 'ute as well! There's no question that Jeep's Grand Cherokee, the larger, sleeker sister of the boxy, suddenly cool-again Cherokee, opened the brand to...
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Posted January 7 2008 04:57 PM by thomas_voehringer
Relatively few things have me diving for the TV remote to quickly change the channel. Kia's end-of-year Kiafest commercia l is one of them. Within three notes of hearing Michael Sembello's "Maniac" emanating from my TV,...
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Posted January 7 2008 12:18 PM by Mark Williams
It seems to come in batches. First, the latest and greatest piece of high-tech gadgetry comes out on one vehicle, then if it's the slightest bit successful, other auto makers are knocking down a suppliers' door to...
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