Chrysler made its morning press conference a celebration of a resurgent Dodge and rolled out a convincing argument in its quest to conquer the compact market in the form of the Dart. The small sedan is the product of the Fiat acquisition and successfully covers an Alfa Romeo developed platform with tough Dodge styling including a full-width tail light inspired by the Charger. Read more…
One vehicle that we have been anticipating for months is the all-new 2013 Ford Fusion. We spotted several heavily disguised mules around Detroit that made us anxious to see just what Ford had up its sleeve. When the fresh sheetmetal was rolled onto the turntables today we were far from disappointed. As contemporary as Ford has kept the Fusion, the new model leaps forward with an attractive 6-window greenhouse complemented by a low Aston Martin-like grille rather than the chrome 3-bar piece formerly decorating the car’s nose. Read more…
One of the most anticipated industry awards is the annual North American Car and Truck of the Year awards. The title is highly coveted by automakers due in no small part to the proprietary nature of the voting by 50 journalists from the United States and Canada. The Hyundai Elantra beat out the Ford Focus and Volkswagen Passat to take the 2012 award even though your humble editors had publicly predicted a Passat victory. Though photos and video of the 2011 Elantra were mistakenly displayed as a Hyundai executive accepted the award, make no mistake that the 2012 Elantra is a car that appears to be deserving of the accolades. Read more…
Normally we’d be asking for sympathy as we setup residence in the winter wonderland of Detroit to cover the North American International Auto Show, but truth be told the temperatures this year are mild and there isn’t a snowflake to be found. But even if a blizzard descended there’s no place we’d rather be since the annual kick-off to auto show season always delivers the stunning concepts and fresh production debuts we crave. We’re expecting a good show this year as the automakers close the books on a resurgent 2011 and look forward to a growing market this year. Tomorrow we’ll be onsite bringing you all the pictures, news and video you’ve come to expect from us, but for tonight here’s a preview of what’s to come. Read more…
Christmas day has past. The kids’ stockings have long been emptied and stowed. We are now a mere 10 days from the opening of the 2012 North American International Auto Show. So before we make our annual pilgrimage to the auto show in the D we figured we better get our wits about us (our Executive Editor may have been hitting the egg nog heavy) and sort the rumors from the fact about what we’ll be seeing in Detroit. Read more…
The cars are all packed up and the displays have been torn down and shipped to the Windy City, but the memories from this year’s Detroit Auto Show extravaganza still dance in our dreams like sugar plum fairies. Ok, actually something far cooler than that, but the bottom line is we don’t want it to be over. So we thought we would rekindle a wee bit of the flame that was the 2011 NAIAS and put to work a few more of the 4,000-plus shots our highly-caffeinated photog snagged. Click through to have a look at some bonus galleries from this year’s show. Read more…
