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| Just a tiny chunk of the show floor at the Detroit Auto Show. This photo is taken at the Honda stand looking out over the Ford display. Photo: David Akin |
I was one of the cheerleaders, to use the parlance of The New Republic's Gregg Easterbrook, at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Easterbrook doesn't exactly sound like he's the kind of guy you want to hang out with at a show like this:
The cheerleaders, I mean automotive press, have departed, and over the weekend the annual North American International Automotive Show was opened to the public. You can gawk here at the flashy cars on display; detailed reporting on the event can be found here at The Detroit News auto show site. The theme of this year's cars was more: more power, more gizmos, more weight, more cost, even more safety features. But at this point what we need from cars is less.
If you're at all interested, one of my stories was about the struggle the Big Three (a misnomer now since Toyota is now number two in the world to General Motors) are having in the North American car market. (Click on the video links on the right-hand side.)