Opting to focus its efforts on India’s New Delhi Auto Expo, Jaguar and Land Rover have made the decision to skip out on this year’s Detroit Auto Show. “Jaguar Land Rover recognizes the Detroit Show is a world class exhibition, but for 2012 we will not exhibit there,” says Stuart Schorr, JLR’s Vice President of [...]
One of the things we would have really enjoyed seeing at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show was Ford’s tear down of the 2011 F-150 EcoBoost ‘hero’ engine. Instead of disassembling the engine in front of press, Ford decided to take it apart in from of the public. Over the past three months, Ford’s EcoBoost engine [...]
The 2011 Detroit Auto Show was probably one of the best things that happened to the city in the past couple of years. According to the final numbers released yesterday by the event’s organizers, attendance at the 2011 show totaled 735,3670 visitors, a 3 percent gain over 2010′s show. This year’s show also included the [...]
Police in Detroit have recovered the BMW 750xi stolen on Wednesday, at it was waiting to be loaded onto an auto carrier truck to be shipped back to BMW North America’s headquarters in New Jersey. The car was valued at $94,000. Police confirmed that the vehicle was recovered, but offered no additional details as to [...]
We’ve already seen pictures of the four-door 2011 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Call of Duty: Black Ops Edition but hidden at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show as the two-door version. Based on the Jeep Wrangler Rubicon model the Call of Duty edition features dark Rubicon wheels in a high-gloss Mineral Gray. First time at egmCarTech? Visit [...]
We’re still emptying out our cameras from the 2011 Detroit Auto Show so stay tuned for some more coverage. First up, the Tesla Model S skeleton. Giving fans a more detailed look at the Model S, the display shows how the Model S was engineered from the ground up as an electric-vehicle. “The Model S [...]
Two thieves in Detroit made off with a good score; a 2011 BMW 750xi Sedan worth about $94,000. The car was left idling outside the Westin Book Cadillac, one of the major hotels in Detroit. The car was part of a fleet sent to Detroit by BMW in order to chauffeur guests and executives around [...]
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 [...]
