Detroit (AP) - may be new, bright red Chevrolet Corvette in a corner, or elegant BMW coupes in glittering. Maybe, this is almost every independent to the free flow of strong coffee. But the company actively dizziness, this week's north American international auto show in Detroit opening.
They have a reason. The new car and truck sales reached 14.5 million, 2012 years of five years high, many managers and analysts believe that this year they will rise to 155000. Credit is more easily obtained, interest rates low, many old car in the economic recession to buy.
In order to catch the customers' eyes in the Detroit auto show, auto companies are introduced and a new models and concepts. This is from 41 only in 2012, a sign, car makers have more profits, in their disposal and expect higher sales. Toyota, nissan and Benz have bigger, more complicated display. Ford and the oldest ford car in the world, 1903 type A, and the latest, chiseled pickup for analyzing the Atlas's concept may be the next F - 150 is to attract tourists. General Motors (General Motors) can sit down and watch the crowd gathered around the Corvette.
Detroit auto show, one of the country's largest, is open to the public on Saturday. Here are five trends, visitors will see:
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This year's conference on a lesson: there are many ways to squeeze more the efficiency of cars and trucks.
Public shows the plug-in hybrid SUV prototype called CrossBlue, two electric motor with diesel engine. It can be driving 14 miles of all electric mode, and get a 35 miles per gallon estimation, and to run on natural gas and electricity including. Jeep grand Cherokee was also jump to a new, optional 3 liters V - 6 diesel, get 30 miles per gallon on the highway, 5 more than natural gas powered V - 6 diesel power.
Car manufacturers are trying to other skills to save fuel, because they face a higher fuel economy requirements, even in muscle car. 2014 years of Kerr victor's eight cylinder engines play down four on the motorway. Ford's Atlas concept of intake grille pickup and hub have shutter, will be closed at a high speed in order to reduce the wind resistance. Many car manufacturers are replacing steel, aluminum, carbon fiber materials, in order to reduce weight.
Jeremy Anwyl, Edmunds.com automotive website vice chairman said, a lot of people already inured to the weird internal combustion engine of recovery, the new technology, make them more effectively.
"This is a reason, why don't we now all drive hybrid cars or electric cars, Anwyl says."
Even so, there are a lot of gas electric hybrid cars and some new electric car, for the client. Nissan, later to convert a hybrid car market, is showing the concept of resonance, a significant style hybrid cross. Acura NSX hybrid supercar. Cadillac first introduced ELR, its version of the Chevrolet Volt plug, it will be in all electric mode about 35 kilometers of a small gas engine front kick inches and Tesla all electric X cross, its futuristic wing kind of door is stop and stare at characteristics, this year's minority.
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