North American International Auto Show

GM Ramps Up The Corvette ZR1

GM set to unveil new Corvette ZR1 at the Detroit Auto Show

Robert Farago Jan 14, 2008

Plug-in Wars: Toyota Takes the Gloves Off

Toyota one-ups GM by providing plug-in hybrids for use at the Detroit Auto Show

Frank Williams Jan 14, 2008

A Picture Gallery is Worth a Thousand Page Views…

Picture galleries of vehicles and speakers at the North American International Auto Show

Robert Farago Jan 13, 2008

Hyundai Genesis: Let There Be Rear Wheel-Drive!

Hyundai reveals the new rear wheel-drive Genesis. Zzzzz.

Robert Farago Jan 13, 2008

Subaru Puts Customers First, New Forester Second

Subaru's 2009 Forester is bigger and more powerful. Oh, and it's also now a CUV, nee SUV.

Frank Williams Jan 13, 2008

New Pilot Prototype: Will Honda Try to Play It Both Ways?

Honda unveils its 2009 Pilot Protoype. What's that get mpg-wise?

Robert Farago Jan 13, 2008

Smart and Smarterer?

Smart shows up at the Daimler press conference. How great is that?

Robert Farago Jan 13, 2008

BMW Hybrid Due Any Year Now

BMW spins itself as a green automaker at the Detroit Auto Show

Frank Williams Jan 13, 2008

BMW X6 Boldly Goes Where AMC Has Gone Before

BMW unveils their strange X6 all wheel drive hatchback at NAIAS

Frank Williams Jan 13, 2008

VW Reveals Poor Man's Mercedes, Backs Away From Sales Goal

VW reveals Pit's new Passat CC and backs away from 1m U.S. Sales Pledge

Robert Farago Jan 13, 2008

Ford F-150 Puts On Its Game Faces

Ford unveils 2009 F-150 at North American International Auto Show

Frank Williams Jan 13, 2008

Ford Prez Mark Fields: "We Have Options for SVT"

Ford' President Mark Fields makes a vague statement about SVT tuning.

Robert Farago Jan 13, 2008

Will Ford Find Verve in Europe?

Ford introduces the Verve concept car the Detroit Auto Show.

Robert Farago Jan 13, 2008

Not so Smart Now, Eh Mr. Bond? Ford Unveils Explorer America

Ford unveils its "America" concept version of the once-triumphant Explorer

Robert Farago Jan 13, 2008

KY Ready to Build Toyota's Venza Crossover

Toyota readies the new Venza crossover for launch-- and production.

Robert Farago Jan 13, 2008

North American Car and Truck of the Year Winners

Malibu and CX-9 take the honors as the North American Car and Truck of the Year

Frank Williams Jan 13, 2008

Detroit News: The Detroit Auto Show Sucks

Detroit News columnist David Phillips says the Detroit Auto Show sucks

Robert Farago Jan 13, 2008

TTAC Does Detroit (NAIAS)

The Truth About Cars (TTAC) is set for the NAIAS

Robert Farago Jan 13, 2008

Recent Comments

Jkross22 Their bet to just buy an existing platform from GM rather than build it from the ground up seems like a smart move. Building an infrastructure for EVs at this point doesn't seem like a wise choice. Perhaps they'll slow walk the development hoping that the tides change over the next 5 years. They'll probably need a longer time horizon than that.
Lou_BC Hard pass
TheEndlessEnigma These cars were bought and hooned. This is a bomb waiting to go off in an owner's driveway.
Kwik_Shift_Pro4X Thankfully I don't have to deal with GDI issues in my Frontier. These cleaners should do well for me if I win.
Theflyersfan Serious answer time...Honda used to stand for excellence in auto engineering. Their first main claim to fame was the CVCC (we don't need a catalytic converter!) engine and it sent from there. Their suspensions, their VTEC engines, slick manual transmissions, even a stowing minivan seat, all theirs. But I think they've been coasting a bit lately. Yes, the Civic Type-R has a powerful small engine, but the Honda of old would have found a way to get more revs out of it and make it feel like an i-VTEC engine of old instead of any old turbo engine that can be found in a multitude of performance small cars. Their 1.5L turbo-4...well...have they ever figured out the oil dilution problems? Very un-Honda-like. Paint issues that still linger. Cheaper feeling interior trim. All things that fly in the face of what Honda once was. The only thing that they seem to have kept have been the sales staff that treat you with utter contempt for daring to walk into their inner sanctum and wanting a deal on something that isn't a bare-bones CR-V. So Honda, beat the rest of your Japanese and Korean rivals, and plug-in hybridize everything. If you want a relatively (in an engineering way) easy way to get ahead of the curve, raise the CAFE score, and have a major point to advertise, and be able to sell to those who can't plug in easily, sell them on something that will get, for example, 35% better mileage, plug in when you get a chance, and drives like a Honda. Bring back some of the engineering skills that Honda once stood for. And then start introducing a portfolio of EVs once people are more comfortable with the idea of plugging in. People seeing that they can easily use an EV for their daily errands with the gas engine never starting will eventually sell them on a future EV because that range anxiety will be lessened. The all EV leap is still a bridge too far, especially as recent sales numbers have shown. Baby steps. That's how you win people over.

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