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REPORT: Panel okays money for added exhibition space for relocated Detroit Auto Show - if Cobo talks fail

The North American International Auto Show is the biggest event to hit the state of Michigan in any given year, but the location of the event has come under fire due to the advanced state of disrepair of Detroit's Cobo Hall. Earlier in the year, the state of Michigan and representatives from Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties approved up to $299 million to repair and expand Cobo in exchange for the facility being turned over to a regional authority run by all three counties. Even though the city of Detroit would be relieved of $15-20 million ... Read more →

Crash Landing: 2009 Honda Pilot design deemed boring Dan Roth

click above to view more high-res pics of the Honda Pilot Prototype We were there when Honda trotted out its Pilot Prototype in Detroit, and our snoozy first impression is apparently what the public ...

New plan to improve Cobo Hall moves forward Chris Shunk

Detroit may be the host of one of North America's largest auto shows, but Cobo Hall is far from the continent's best conference facility. It's dated and small, and larger venues like Chicago's ...

AutoWeek picks Best of Show and honors others from Detroit Dan Roth

Here's a way to create content long after an auto show has ended, dream up a list of editorial favorite picks. Well, what the hell, we might as well be meta and report on the anti-news. Here we go ...

Detroit 2008: 2009 Cadillac CTS-V unveiling w/ live shots Eric Bryant

Update: Video of the CTS-V live reveal are available after the jump. Click the photo above for a gallery of live shots If you look at the picture above, you can easily imagine Maximum Bob shouting, ...

Detroit 2008: BMW announces M3 pricing 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click the image above for plenty of high-res pics. If you've got a hankering for a V8-powered, carbon fiber-roofed über 3-series, BMW has finally named its price for the M3 coupe and sedan. $57,275 will buy you entry into the M3 Coupe, and bargain hunters willing to settle for an extra pair of ...

Detroit 2008: Kia Borrego arrives at the wrong time 1 year ago on Autoblog

click above for more high-res live shots of the 2009 Kia Borrego Perhaps the biggest news about the Kia Borrego is that it marks the introduction of a V8 to the Korean automaker's powertrain arsenal. On the other hand, maybe we're just power-addled. Lobbing an entry into the midsize-SUV arena, Kia ...

Detroit 2008: BMW announces pricing for BMW 1 Series Convertible 1 year ago on Autoblog

click above for more high-res live shots of the BMW 1 Series Convertible The final reveal in BMW's three-movement press conference was a drop-top version of its perfectly-sized 1 Series. While some in the audience might have preferred that the preceding female dancers had instead lost their tops, ...

Autoblog Podcast #84 1 year ago on Autoblog

We're back from the holidays with Autoblog Podcast episode #84. Kicking things off, we review what's been in John, Damon, and Alex's parking spots in the Autoblog Garage. After a Mazda CX7/CX9-Honda Fit-Audi S5-lovefest, we're on to real happenings. Things are ratcheting up as we head into the North ...

It's official! Pontiac to get RWD platform, likely in G8 2 years ago on Autoblog

Perhaps riding a contact high from all the heady presentations at the NAIAS, GM product Czar Bob Lutz let fly that the Holden Commodore SS will be coming to the US as a Pontiac. Lutz went on to say that the car will be known as the G8, and that GM is looking at an official amount of "a lot." In ...

Ford debuting new Focus in Detroit 3 years ago on Autoblog

Unfortunately, it's not the C1-based Focus we're all waiting for (though it appears we're closer than ever to that car's arrival on our shores). Still, the current Ford Focus has received only one nip/tuck refreshening since it debuted in North America way back in 2000, so the car unveiled in early ...






Autoblog Podcast #158: 'Twas a couple nights before Christmas...

Chris, Editor Paukert, and Dan send the Podcast off for the Christmas holiday in proper fashion

 
 

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