Gallery: Detroit Auto Show 2010 Recap

A smaller, but surprisingly less depressing North American Auto Show reveals a shaken industry seeking a fresh start

Posted 1.13.10 at 5:00 pm 14 Comments

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2011 Mercedes E-Class Cabriolet

Seth Fletcher

For the world premiere of the convertible version of the Mercedes E-class, it was 20-something degrees and snowy outside. Did I mention that we were in downtown Detroit? This car made us daydream about road-tripping in June, but Mercedes made a point of emphasizing the that the new E-class was a car for “four seasons, four people.” Four people is simple: There’s surprisingly generous seating for four. “Four seasons” refers to clever tech trickery designed to make the E cabriolet more comfortable than the standard topless car: AIRCAP, a wind deflector that pops off the top of the windshield to deflect air around backseat passengers, and AIRSCARF, a system that blows hot air from the front-seat headrests, warming you like “an invisible scarf.”

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blackspike2710

01/13/10 at 7:35 pm

BMW Concept ActiveE gets bonus points for Tron paintjob. FTW!!!!

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nothedroid

01/14/10 at 4:50 pm

This Sucks. Why are we looking at all the foreign cars? We live in America! Show the muscle!

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highdobb

01/16/10 at 5:45 am

I totally fell for the Tango picture! I was like "waaah? how did it download the image all stretched?!"

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StephenD.Alverez

01/24/10 at 9:28 am

I was looking at all the cars and then saw the stylish new "Elon Musk," thinking only for a second, that it was a car!

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timichael

01/28/10 at 6:44 pm

In Seth Fletcher's comments about the Buick Regal GS he states "...shed Buick’s image as a producer of shoddy, boring grandpa-mobiles." No one will argue the boring grandpa-mobiles, but shoddy? Anyone with their head out of their arse for the last decade knows they have some of the best built cars in the industry. Just check J.D. Power & Associates Vehicle Dependability study 2009-Buick tied for 1st with Jaguar, 2008-6th, 2007-Buick tied for 1st with Lexus, 2006-3rd, 2005-4th, 2004-2nd , 2003-3rd, 2002-7th, 2001-11th, 2000-10th. If anyone still had the image of a Buick being shoddy, they need to put away the Rubix Cube, get Hooked on Phonics and learn to read! The 80's are over!

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Jungleman

01/31/10 at 11:42 am

beautiful! Just beautiful!!

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Kim - Talkingde...

02/06/10 at 11:04 am

Boring and more boring designs. They really do not want to offer hybrids and electrics. We need a DARPA challenge here.

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urbancolorado

02/08/10 at 12:03 pm

All I can say is WOW. GM would be out of bankruptcy in no time if they built some of those concept cars.

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eldor

03/04/10 at 5:33 pm

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I have never had such a positive reaction to such an efficiently and beautifully designed and engineered car as the Kia Ray ! It is not shown here but you can Google it. Hoo - Ray !

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quest_trader

04/14/10 at 11:15 pm

the commuter cars tango is by far the ugliest car i have ever seen in my short life!!!!!

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vaseemmodak

07/25/10 at 12:14 pm

All cars are good specially i like most was the tesla indeed as what its offering the best 300 miles on a charge wow that to full complent.....indeed a nice family sedan

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mango

11/24/10 at 9:09 am

Boring and more boring designs. They really do not want to offer hybrids and electrics. We need a DARPA challenge here.
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Hermiony15

12/05/10 at 10:43 pm

Toutes les voitures sont bonnes spécialement que j'aime le plus est le tesla en effet que ce que son offre le meilleur 300 miles sur une charge que pour wow complent plein ..... en effet une belle berline familiale

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zumo

12/06/10 at 10:22 pm

Olen täysin laski Tango kuva! Olin kuin "waaah? Miten se lataa kuvan kaikki venytetty?!"

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