Automotive Trends

      As far as stunning cars go the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren pretty much takes the cake, shown here on display at the 2005 NAIAS.

      Well its offical. You can have your cake and eat it too. The 2011 Mustang GT equipped with the 412-horsepower 5.0L V8 will return (when driven sans lead foot) 26 mpg. The announcement came this morning, the EPA rating for the 2011 Mustang coupes are as follows: Read more…

      The Honda S2000 is sitting in the spotlight at the 2004 NAIAS.

      Once upon a time, automakers offered three basic body styles in the United States: sedan, coupe, and wagon. The sedans were the practical vehicles, and thus, the volume sellers. The wagons were offered for those who just couldn’t fit the whole family in something as limiting as a sedan. Coupes were clearly better looking than their sedan and wagon counterparts and appealed to those who wanted style and could live with the limitations imposed by two doors. Read more…

      Could the GM Hy-wire really be the transportation of the future? Who knows, but shown here is the “skateboard” chassis of the GM Hy-wire at the 2005 NAIAS.

      Journalists look on as the Saturn Curve is moved from its stage debut to its show display stand at the 2004 NAIAS.

      The Saab 9-2X combines Swedish quirkiness with Japanese engineering in this Saab / Subaru hybrid of a hatch, seen here on display at the 2004 NAIAS.

      With the Crown Victoria being completely phased out at the end of 2011 Ford needed to prep another car for Police duty, or lose that market to Charger and Impala / Caprice completely. Enter the 2011 Ford Police Interceptor Concept. Think of it as a tough as nails Taurus. Read more…

Porsche’s Carrera GT supercar is the center of attention at the 2004 NAIAS.

      There are not too many days that go by that the editors here at the AT ranch don’t start a conversation with something like: “You know what would make the ZO6 even sweeter” or “Do you suppose Bob Lutz would take me for a ride in his jet figther?” Well, today one of those fantasies came true, and I can assure you no one at the office received a phone call from Maximum Bob! Read more…