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Hot cars in Detroit: Small, electric and sporty
Yahoo/AP ^
| January 16, 2010
| Tom Krisher
Posted on 01/16/2010 2:05:18 PM PST by Need4Truth
DETROIT (AP) -- More than any auto show in recent memory, the new cars rolled out this week out at the Detroit auto show will redefine what we drive in the future.
(Excerpt) Read more at finance.yahoo.com ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: automakers; automobile; detroit; fordmotor; hybrids
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To: IrishCatholic
Yup. What source of energy do they think they’ll be charging their scooter from? Wind, solar?
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posted on
01/16/2010 2:48:41 PM PST
by
dhs12345
To: bikerman
“But can they pull my 40 ft 5th wheel RV?”
Some of the hybrid SUVs might...hehe
I doubt with vehicles based on new technology there can be a one size fits all any more than there is now. I doubt anybody will be pulling that RV with a ford escort either. I figure if we can substantially dent oil usage with something that would work where the most resources is used, commuting to work and around town driving, it would be a great thing. But as pointed out in other threads, obama is not allowing for building up the infrastructure to support these new green cars. I don’t see solar or wind being usable on the macro scale and given what he told the DOE this week and what he has already said about oil and coal, I just don’t see how this is going to work.
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posted on
01/16/2010 2:49:43 PM PST
by
DonaldC
(A nation cannot stand in the absence of religious principle.)
To: Victor
My ex-wife's father bought one...and it was a real lemon.
What I have heard about the Edsel was that it was an expensive car introduced when the country was in recession and it was plagued with shoddy workmanship (probably because in part Edsel was a new division but had to rely on Ford for manufacture and because Edsel's innovations were complex and men on the assembly line were unfamiliar with them).
I remember hearing that some of the first Edsels deliveried to dealers had notes tied onto the steering wheel identifying the parts that were missing.
That said, it was a beautiful automobile.
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posted on
01/16/2010 2:51:50 PM PST
by
SonOfDarkSkies
(Obama: "Always doing the opposite of what needs to be done!")
To: DonaldC
"I figure if we can substantially dent oil usage with something that would work where the most resources is used, commuting to work and around town driving, it would be a great thing. But as pointed out in other threads, obama is not allowing for building up the infrastructure to support these new green cars. I dont see solar or wind being usable on the macro scale and given what he told the DOE this week and what he has already said about oil and coal, I just dont see how this is going to work." The solution is out there, has been tried and used effectively. People just got tired of manure in the streets.
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posted on
01/16/2010 2:54:19 PM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: this_ol_patriot
DANG! Place a few turrets on that thing and it’d be a mobile zombie plowing unit.
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posted on
01/16/2010 2:55:01 PM PST
by
RandallFlagg
(30-year smoker, E-Cigs helped me quit, and O wants me back smoking again?)
To: RandallFlagg
Saw one on HDTheater this morning, young lass pulling her boat with it. 250 grand but it’s a Freightliner in SUV clothing, awesome piece of work.
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posted on
01/16/2010 3:03:56 PM PST
by
this_ol_patriot
(I saw manbearpig and all I got was this lousy tagline.)
To: Need4Truth
More than any auto show in recent memory, the new cars rolled out this week out at the Detroit auto show will redefine what we drive in the future. I suspect the market will determine what sells and what doesn't. Obamaoids aren't generally upscale purchasers.
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posted on
01/16/2010 3:07:17 PM PST
by
FLCowboy,
(And people thought Jimmy Carfter was our worst president........)
To: Need4Truth
Detroit can keep them, I won’t drive anything small or electric!
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posted on
01/16/2010 3:12:00 PM PST
by
dalereed
To: goldstategop
“I think its the key to freeing America off dependence on imported oil. “
Bullshit!!!!
Drill and use the humdreds of years of oil in California!
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posted on
01/16/2010 3:13:05 PM PST
by
dalereed
To: ProtectOurFreedom
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posted on
01/16/2010 3:14:26 PM PST
by
dalereed
To: dalereed
To: Need4Truth
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posted on
01/16/2010 3:26:06 PM PST
by
Cobra64
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Type it out you lazy bastard!!!!!!
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posted on
01/16/2010 3:28:58 PM PST
by
dalereed
To: dalereed; ProtectOurFreedom
Type it out you lazy bastard!!!!!!Don't talk to POF that way.
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posted on
01/16/2010 3:31:19 PM PST
by
Stentor
(The Criminal Obama Administration.)
To: Citizen Tom Paine
picture your small automobile getting into an accident with an 18-wheeler. You had better keep your affairs in order. Actually if you get into an accident with an 18 wheeler and you are not driving a tank you had better have your affairs in order.
Small car or large SUV, an 18 wheeler will crush you.
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posted on
01/16/2010 3:31:31 PM PST
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(I miss the competent fiscal policy and flag waving patriotism of the Carter Administration)
To: MrPiper
No they won't, I decide what I will drive in the future, I've been driving the same F150 for 15 yrs and plan on another 15, Screw them.
No kidding. I have two that I can probably keep going for the rest of my life or until the government mandates that I report to the scrapyard with them.
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posted on
01/16/2010 3:33:28 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
To: Need4Truth
Nope. I want big cars and muscle cars.
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posted on
01/16/2010 3:47:47 PM PST
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
To: Stentor
That alaphabet soup crap is equivalent to 1st degree murder!
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posted on
01/16/2010 4:55:27 PM PST
by
dalereed
To: Need4Truth
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posted on
01/16/2010 6:58:59 PM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
To: Need4Truth
“
More than any auto show in recent memory, the new cars rolled out
this week out at the Detroit auto show will redefine what we drive
in the future.
“
And leave millions of drivers worldwide longing for the good old
days of Detroit metal.
And cursing the MBAs and UAW members of Ford, Government Motors
and Chrysler for the moronic and kleptocratic way in which they ruined
a beautiful vision.
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posted on
01/16/2010 7:16:58 PM PST
by
VOA
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