The Mood in Detroit: 2009 NAIAS Special Feature

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http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/autoshows/detroit/2009/index.html

Forget all those bad things you read about Detroit these days. The 2009 Detroit Auto Show will be the biggest and best auto show next year. There will be more world premieres of production vehicles and concept cars than Tokyo and Frankfurt combined. Maybe that's why it's officially called the North American International Auto Show. Yes, it's that big.

Unlike last year's display of old-school horsepower, the 2009 Detroit Auto Show is expected to have a more forward-looking theme. A big part of that will be the introduction of the 2010 Toyota Prius. It's been fully redesigned for even better mileage than before and it will be joined by a new Lexus hybrid sedan counterpart. Other notable debuts include the 2009 Audi R8 V10, 2010 Ford Taurus, 2010 Lincoln MKT crossover and 2009 Mini Cooper Convertible. Full coverage starts here January 10.

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[ironchopsticks]

this video was almost as boring as the connect an ipod video series.

[sdustin85]

Are you high?The imports use more chrome now than we do and most people including myself still like it.And also stop copying toyota?The United States was the first to mass produce cars in general.

[heartlessvietboy]

Detroit is failing because they are building inefficient engine cars.

[NYdave1]

move out of the way of the challenger!

[stiqman]

no cutaways? do you guys even have ONE editor? im falling sleep. and the womans head is covering the wheel its bugging me.

[keewatin427]

I really want Detroit do win. I want great American cars, it sucks though because for 40 years Japanese and now Korean carmakers have been working like stink to make great cars and they have done it. Big3 needs to make amazing cars to be competitive, not just amazing trucks. They need smooth shifting gears and connected steering and balance in all their cars not just the halo cars. My favorite cars re big3 unfortunately they are mostly 40 years old. The G8 is an amazing car but none knows it

[keewatin427]

Yeah, the funny thing is so many American cars do really well on dependability scores now a days, it's too bad no one with money thinks that anymore. Its like if you have more than $30,000 to spend you automatically assume to by a foreign car. The big three need to get it out there that their products are scoring so well, dispel this clunker myth. The next step (which I know they are doing) is to get better interiors, but the most important step is to build quieter smoother small engines

[EricEthier]

Truth. Alot of great American cars are being built... new Dodge Ram & Caravan are huge... Malibu is awesome, Flex too. Hopefully people will have must trust in the big three. In 08 they had very good dependability ratings.

[keewatin427]

Detroit loses because they can't compete with non union companies like Honda and Toyota (besides the fact they are cheapskates with their development costs and materials) and the consumer loses because for the last 20 to 30 years big 3 has been emitting shit cars. I know now they have caught on lately with the Flex and Malibu but it seems a day late and a dollar short. R.I.P. big 3.

[keewatin427]

But bottom line, Detroit has shot them selves in the foot over the years. They cannot expect the consumer to buy an inferior product that is inferior because their union benefits add to the total cost of the car. I ultimately blame big 3 for being cheapskates with their materials, but their excuse is there scumbag capitalists. Its lose-lose-lose. The union worker loses because foreign cars build them in non-union states in the south....

[keewatin427]

This is a hard argument because I believe in unions, they are what made North America great. Unfortunately corporations are greedy fucks and will undermine them at any cost and save as much as they can by making cheep cars that suck when compared to companies who can put non-union savings into their products. The people who lose the most are the innocent union worker who needs a good salary to support their families and me, who loves American cars, but hates their shitty build quality.

[keewatin427]

Try that with Japanese and now even Korean cars. Totally reliable, can and will run like Swiss clocks in -45 Celsius winter weather and cost the same as their big 3 counterparts. But their interiors and materials are much better because the money saved by non union workers goes into the cars material costs, so don't sit there and tell me what I don't know, redneck. And besides, I have nothing against American cars. If I could afford it my personal car would be a SRT challenger. I love Mopar!