Automotive Trends

      Now that Dye has dazzled you (or baffled you) with his brilliant commentary about this year’s NAIAS, click here for the real treat, the show in full color Muxlow photography!!

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New Pickups, Alternative Fuels and a Real Surprise In The Motor City

     Pickup sales may be slowing, but Ford and Dodge are still smart enough to know that if fuel efficiency can be increased American consumers will still pay up for the biggest and best on the block. Ford’s F-150 forgoes a power increase (probably a bad idea) in favor of several new innovations, including a retracting side step to access the bed without throwing ones back out.  Advancements in the hydroformed frame bump up torsional rigidity by 10% while a completely flat load floor makes for easier cargo carrying in the cabin. The interior designs stick with the same basic look but many details are polished up, including the availability of a next-gen nav system and a whole new flagship luxury model called Platinum. Will it be enough for Ford to retain the best selling pickup title? Read more…

     The Kettering University Firebird’s Car Club put on yet another spectacle of a car show for their parents. Don’t worry Mom and Dad, I’m sure they didn’t neglect any homework during the prepartion of the show! Click through our gallery to see what they rolled out this year.

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     The breaking of the summer sun over the horizon means the breaking forth of the classics from their winter car covers. And that means you can find us downtown Brown City admiring the classic metal. Yeah, it’s only a local car cruise, but there is always something good to look at!

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Alas with the close of Day Two our work here is finished. But your enjoyment has just begun! Click into today’s gallery and prep yourself for your own trip down to COBO this weekend.

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Automakers Show Off Their New Hardware

    The second day of the Detroit Auto Show is usually reserved for the production vehicles that automakers will be betting the company on in the upcoming year and 2007 was no different. With the exception of Chrysler most of today’s big news was in the form of production, or thinly disguised production vehicles that we’re looking forward to getting out on the road in the upcoming year. Here’s our thoughts on some of today’s highlights. Read more…

Well Day One of the 2007 NAIAS has come to a close. You’ve read the Show Stoppers. Now peruse the gallery once (or twice!) before you tuck in for the night. And rest assured, we’ll bring even more automotive goodness to the web tomorrow!

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A Grab Bag of Automotive Goodies!

    Auto shows don’t come any bigger than the NAIAS and if day one was any indication the 100th anniversary of the Motor City’s annual automotive celebration will be one long remembered. Today we saw crossovers and convertibles, electric cars, sports sedans and monster diesels with more torque than any one transmission should be asked to contain. No, there doesn’t seem to be a central theme to this year’s show, but one universal truth remains: It’s still the granddaddy of them all! Read more…

      It is that time of the year again! Warm weather means hot cars are out and about. And that means the Firebird’s car club at Kettering University is back at it. Check out our gallery of their Parent’s Weekend Car Show.

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Finished with the Show Stoppers already? Never fear, AT’s faithful photog has plenty of pictures to salivate over from this year’s NAIAS!

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