2009 Detroit Auto Show NAIAS 2009 2010 2011 GM New "Mini-Car

2009 Detroit Auto Show NAIAS 2009 2010 2011 GM New "Mini-Cars" Set to Hit the US Market Are Americans finally ready to downsize their rides for good? With up to a year long wait for the pint-size Smart car and the continued sales growth of the fashionable Mini brand, downsizing could be more than a fad. The switch to smaller, more fuel-efficient cars is something the US automakers are also working on.

At the Detroit Auto Show, General Motors bid for a piece of the growing segment by announcing production of the Chevrolet Spark. The all-new four-door mini-car, coming in at 11.5 feet in length, will be the company's smallest car to date. And with the unveiling of the new Ford Ka at the Paris Auto Show, Ford is considering manufacturing an American version of the popular European mini-car.

The Spark was originally shown as a concept (called the "Beat") at the 2007 New York Auto Show and GM's website was flooded with over 2 million votes to make it a real car. Sales will begin in Europe in the first quarter of 2010, followed by the US in 2011.

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[emforty2]

cruze-spark KOREAN DAEWOO

a company that went bankrupt that GM bought

[dave777blaster]

Americans are not a responsible people they are like children you have to tax gasoline to the hilt in America to force them into smaller cars.

offer rebates on the tax to farmers and others who meet govt standards for commercial use.

the price of gas goes down and like a yoyo they are back to buying big trucks .

the only thing the American public will understand is a total crushing of the economy

so Bulldoze them into the NAU is what is going on today.

[bull9stud]

I had worked for US Auto Co.I know their lies.General Motors Killed Geo Metro in 2001 to make more gaz guzzling SUV's.Not one U.S. Car manufacturer made any improvements MPG since 1985 merging with Suzuki motors.While the World is advancing production of effeciant vehicles the U.S. Auto Makers are cattering to the Oil Companies stock holders of most car manufactures,so the world oil consumption would continue to rise,making more greedy Corporate oil profits.DARE2DEBATE?.from Iraq.El Toro