With the Big Three lobbying Washington hard for federal aid, the biggest question is what will happen to their product offerings and lineups. Needless to say, the business plans that were requested by Congress needed to address details about just how these automakers would use federal dollars to help turn the companies around.
Perhaps the biggest indication of whether you’re doing something really wrong or really right is if you find yourself on Saturday Night Live. With all of the coverage lately on the bailout of the Detroit automakers, you might be able to guess which category the Big Three fall into as they’ve finally been parodied on SNL.
Amid the fervor surrounding the Big Three bailout and the excitement of the LA Auto Show, it seems as though January’s North American International Auto Show is shaping up to be a more low-key event than in past years.
The struggles of the auto business are well known, especially the plight of the Big Three domestic automakers. Declines in auto sales, along with the lack of credit available for those who do want to buy a car, has caused automakers to bleed cash while suffering declines on Wall Street, and at dealers.
More modified and pimped out rides from the 2008 Dub Show in Detroit. Lamborghini Gallardo Spider, more DONKS, more LAMBO door modified rides, slammed whips and a Monster Yellow Ford 650.
2008 Dub Show in Detroit, March 30, 2008 - Tommy Z Designs, modified Rolls Royce, Bentley Continental GT, Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera, Chevrolet Avalanche, Land Rover Range Rover, Dodge Charger, Chrysler 300c
By most accounts, Honda originally planned to show off the next generation NSX to the seething throngs at last year’s Tokyo Motor Show. But due to the less-than-positive reception the Acura Advanced Sports Car concept garnered at the Detroit show, Honda’s designers headed back to the drawing board to redesign the front clip housing the 550 hp, 4.5-liter V10.
When the sheets were pulled off of the Audi R8 V12 TDI at the NAIAS in Detroit this week - Audi’s latest study model, the sound of jaws hitting the floor was impressive.
If you're a regular reader of our site, you're no doubt aware that today kicked off the Detroit Auto Show, and with it the world premier of a Mercedes model that after being rumored to be in development for some time, was finally revealed several weeks ago. That model is the Mercedes Concept Ocean Drive, a convertible concept based on the new Mercedes S600 which aims to revive the brand's four-door luxury convertible tradition.
Ferrari are hardly a brand you would associate with producing environmental energy saving automobiles, but it seems by this concept one could see a new direction for the Italian super car manufacturer.
For several months now rumors have been rampant about an electric vehicle that General Motors would unveil at the Detroit Auto Show. That vehicle is now real, in the form of the Chevrolet Volt. The Volt is the first vehicle application of the GM's new E-Flex platform. Volt is a C-Class sized four door sedan roughly the size of a Cobalt.
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