Here at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show, green vehicles took center stage at Mercedes-Benz’s display. Of course, the most outstanding one was the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG E-CELL, which has been confirmed for production and will be the first ever all battery-powered vehicle from AMG. The electric supercar is being produced as part of Mercedes-Benz’s “AMG [...]
What seems like something that should’ve debuted at the SEMA instead of the Detroit Auto Show, Chrysler revealed the 200 Super S, which is a standard 200 modified and designed by in-house tuning firm, Mopar. Joining the 200 Super S was a customized Fiat 500 – also tricked out by Mopar. Now I know I [...]
Mercedes-Benz has unveiled the 2012 Mercedes-Benz S350 Bluetec at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show – making big news since it will be the only large flagship luxury sedan with a diesel powerplant – BMW, Audi and Lexus have no plans to offer a diesel variant of their large sedans in the United States. Click here [...]
Saab had the clever idea of holding its 2011 Detroit Auto Show display outdoors… but then… it started to snow. Photo Copyright © 2011 Omar Rana – egmCarTech. – By: Omar Rana
Do you keep wondering when the BMW X1 compact crossover will make it to the United States (in fact, I know one that works here at egmCarTech and e-mails me at least once a week about the car)? Sadly enough, BMW has delayed the U.S. market launch of the X1 from early 2011 to fall [...]
We are testing videos this year during our live auto show coverage (something we decided last second) – it’s a small test run we’re doing this year and we promise they will get better and better from here on. First up – the Porsche 918 RSR. Click here for our original post on the Porsche [...]
At the 2011 Detroit Auto Show, Toyota unveiled two additions to its Prius lineup with one being the production Prius V (a Prius minivan) and the Prius C Concept (a Prius city vehicle that could hit showrooms in 2012). According to PickupTrucks.com, the shelved A-BAT hybrid compact pickup could go back in development as an [...]
The entrance to Chrysler’s huge display at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show has two Fiat SpA supercars – the Ferrari 458 Italia and the Maserati GranTurismo. By the way, Ferrari and Maserati did not attend the show this year. 2011 Detroit: Chrysler’s 2011 Detroit Auto Show Entrance: Photo Copyright © 2011 Omar Rana – egmCarTech. [...]
General Motors CEO Dan Akerson wants to expand the automaker’s lineup of electric, plug-in hybrid and hybrid vehicles. Speaking at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show, Akerson confirmed that General Motors is working on an all-electric vehicle for the U.S. market that would fill a separate niche from the Volt. He said that the all-electric car [...]
Not many supercar manufacturers are attending Detroit this year but Bentley happens to be one of them and is showing off its new 2011 Bentley Continental GT. Now the 2011 Continental GT has been out for quite some time now but we figured since we’re providing live coverage of the 2011 Detroit Auto Show we [...]
