Hot cars in Detroit: Small, electric and sporty

Yahoo/AP ^ | January 16, 2010 | Tom Krisher

[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.

[Need4Truth]

Sounds a bit presumptuous to me. New product development is a real crap shoot but I wouldn't expect Obamanoids to realize that.

[goldstategop]

I think its the key to freeing America off dependence on imported oil.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus

[icwhatudo]

I believe it...just like I believed the Saturn Car comercials with that black guy in the lime green silk shirt that told me how smart Saturn car buyers were and how Saturn knows better than anyone how to build cars.

[Citizen Tom Paine]

picture your small automobile getting into an accident with an 18-wheeler. You had better keep your affairs in order.

[MrPiper]

the Detroit auto show will redefine what we drive in the future

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.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

Hot cars in Detroit: Small, electric and sporty (for about a hundred yards)

[ProtectOurFreedom]

“Hot” from a new technology and wow-factor point of view.

NOT “Hot” from a consumer demand and profitability POV.

Two very different things, of course.

[SonOfDarkSkies]

New product development is a real crap shoot but I wouldn't expect Obamanoids to realize that.

Oh baloney...auto execs always know exactly which models will find an appreciative market...

[Flavius]

That fad will take care of itself once the sporty meets and suv barreling towards them.

[Victor]

Thank God Ford will continue to produce vehicles that most Americans want....and they are not beholden to Obama and his merry band of socialists.

[Victor]

Thank God Ford will continue to produce vehicles that most Americans want....and they are not beholden to Obama and his merry band of socialists.

[IrishCatholic]

I've seen the Smart car and other street legal golf carts on the road.
Maybe in a big city they might be viable, just like the Segway scooter makes sense for mall security.
But outside in the rest of the country where it rains, snows, and gets windy they are useless.
Wasn't the number one car sold during cash for clunkers the Ford F-150?

No, you want to free America from foreign oil develop the resources here, not lock them away. Coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear, all need to be green lighted.

I will never drive such a go cart and I would never risk my family in one.

You want one, go ahead. It's your money but you are in the minority.

[DonaldC]

I’m glad they are finally putting some real engineering talent to these kind of options for consumers myself.

[Victor]

I always thought the Edsel was pretty cool looking.....a nice version of the late fifties theme.

Marketing is everything.

[willyd]

That is not good enough. First they will give you the choice, then the guilt trip, then the ultimatum, then the fine.

[screaminsunshine]

Do any come with bag racks in the rear and ball and tee holder consoles?

[FunkyZero]

Agreed, but the bambamplan is to make sure we don't HAVE other choices.

Next step is to make importing anything that doesn't meet his green standard completely beyond affordable by way of duties.

These guys need to realize the power of nuclear energy and run with it. All the dreaming in the world about solar and wind energy will get us no closer to it actually being affordable or usable.

Ah, yea, and while I am ranting... I wish they would call it something else besides "green". I hate green and I'm damn sick of hearing it.

[bikerman]

But can they pull my 40 ft 5th wheel RV?

[freedumb2003]

The new GM "Bean" -- gets 100 Km per liter of petrol.

[this_ol_patriot]

"But can they pull my 40 ft 5th wheel RV?"

This can-"P4XL-The Ultimate SUV"