More fun from the Detroit Auto Show 2011....

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Porsche 918 RSR
It won't be on sale at dealers, but Porsche's latest racing car concept is tailor-made for an auto show. Based on the company's upcoming 918 Spyder plug-in hybrid supercar, the single seat coupe features a hybrid powertrain that uses a mechanical flywheel to store energy captured under braking and can send it to a pair of electric motors to power the front wheels on demand. Working in concert with a mid-mounted V8 engine, the 918 RSR has a combined output of 767 horsepower.




Cadillac CTS-V Coupe Racecar
Hoping to accelerate its already fast-paced growth in the sales race, Cadillac is going racing on the track. The CTS-V Coupe race car is set to debut in the Sports Car Club of America World GT Challenge series this February in St. Petersburg, Fla. Just like in the showrooms, it will be going head to head with the likes of BMW and Porsche.




Hyundai Veloster
The $17,000 Veloster is Hyundai’s latest four-door, but it’s not a sedan. Instead, there’s one door for the driver, one in back for the luggage, and two on the passenger side. Cute. The rear door won’t get used too much as seating is limited, but with a peppy 138 hp engine, the Veloster promises Mini Cooper-type fun with 40 mpg highway fuel economy. To keep up with the Gen-Y types that like bright green paint, the Veloster comes standard with Hyundai’s new Blue Link telematics system, which gives turn by turn directions, let’s you send text messages with your voice and can play AVI and mpeg videos on its seven-inch touch screen display.




Hyundai Curb Concept
The Curb concept aims to attract buyers even younger than Hyundai’s current demographic. The smaller than a Tucson crossover features show car only opposing doors, a pop-out bike rack, 12-inch displai, and an social networking capability that can broadcast the car’s location to other vehicles. Yea, that’ll keep the paparazzi off of your tail.




Ford Vertrek Concept
Whether Ford knows it or not, it's name means "departure" in Afrikaans, and as the eventual replacement for the boxy Escape trucklet, it lives up to the moniker. Build on the same platform as the Focus compact car, something very similar to the small crossover will be on sale globally next year, with fuel efficent four-cylinder turbocharged engines and all-wheel-drive.




Ford C-Max
Ford got out of the minivan game a couple of years ago as the vehicles fell out of favor with customers, but with the segment heating up again it is returning to it with a small, European-designed minivan that actually lives up to the name. Similar in size to the original minivans of the 1980’s, the seven-seat people carrier is loaded with modern, high tech features including a self-parking system and a hands-free rear liftgate that can be opened by passing your foot under the rear bumper. The C-Max is powered by a choice of fuel-efficient four-cylinder engines, including the first application of Ford’s EcoBoost turbocharged 1.6-liter.




Ford C-Max Hybrid and C-Max Energi
They share a name with the C-Max, but while this pair of inflated compact cars don’t have sliding rear doors or a third row of seats they do have something the minivan doesn’t – electric motors. Lithium-ion batteries, too. Details are scarce, but Ford says that the C-Max Hybrid will get better fuel economy than it’s current efficiency leader, the Ford Fusion Hybrid, which means at least 39 mpg combined. The C-Max Energi should do even better than that because it is a plug-in hybrid – not entirely unlike the Chevy Volt. Both electrified versions of the C-Max will go on sale in 2012.




Ford Focus Electric
Set to go on sale by the end of 2011, Ford’s first electric car is based on its new Focus compact. With a 23 kilowatt-hour battery pack, Ford expects the five-door hatchback to have a range of up to 100 miles between charges. Plugged into a 240-volt home charger available from Best Buy, the battery can be charged in just 3-4 hours, about half of the time its closest competitor, the Nissan Leaf, takes to top up.




Toyota Prius v and Prius c Concept
After selling nearly a million Prius hybrids in the United States, Toyota has finally figured out it has a good thing on its hands and is expanding the brand.

The production-ready Prius v wagon is a larger version of the car that offers more passenger room and 50 percent more cargo capacity while still managing to deliver fuel economy of 40 mpg combined.

On the other end of the spectrum, the Prius c compact concept promises a lower price and better fuel economy than the current car's 50 mpg. When the production version goes on sale in 2012 Toyota promises that it will be the most fuel efficent "cordless" hybrid on the road, a reference to all of the plug in hybrids on the way over the next few years...like the Prius plug-in also coming in 2012.




Chevrolet Sonic
Chevy celebrated the beginning of its 100th annivesary year with less than a bang, announcing that it is replacing the Korean-built Aveo subcompact with this stylish U.S.-made Sonic. Party! The sporty exterior is complimented by a more upscale cabin with a motorcycle-inspired instrument cluster pod. Engines come from the recently introduced Chevy Cruze, including a 138 hp turbocharged motor. Fuel economy has not been announced, but the larger, heavier Cruze is capable of up to 42 mpg on the highway. A sedan version of the Sonic will also be available when it goes on sale later this year.

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Buick Verano
Buick continues the work of filling the void left by the closing of Pontiac with this new compact sedan. A close cousin to the Chevrolet Cruise, this luxed-up version features an exterior that looks like a 7/8th scale Buick Regal inside and out. Power comes from a 177 hp version of GM’s corporate 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine that gets 31 mpg on the highway, but a more powerful 2.0-liter turbo will be added later on as Buick looks to compete with cars from the likes of Audi and Lexus. Pricing has not been announced, but it should be substantially less than the Regal’s base price of $26,995. Buick says that it will be the quietest compact car in America.




Chrysler 300
Chrysler has updated its gangster getaway car with a wedgy profile, flush headlights and grille, and a slightly less claustrophobic chop-top to go with an all-new and much improved interior. A big V8 engine is still available if you need to go on the run, but the 300 also gets the company's latest Pentastar V6. It's both more fuel-efficent and more powerful than the old motor, and comes at a lower base price of $27,995.




Mini Paceman Concept
It may not look it in pictures, but the Mini Paceman is one of the company’s new maxi-sized vehicles. Based on the upcoming Countryman five-door crossover, this all-wheel-drive three-door features a lower roofline, 211 hp turbocharged engine and unlikely leather-wrapped exterior door handles. If it makes it into production, don’t expect the latter to come with it.




BMW 1-Series M Coupe
As the vaunted BMW M3 has become more powerful over the past two decades, it has also gotten larger, heavier and more expensive – to the chagrin of many enthusiasts. For them, BMW has created a high-performance version of the company’s smallest car, the 1-Series, that was inspired by the original 1988 M3. Featuring a 335 hp 3.0-liter turbocharged engine, M-tuned traction control and suspension, and a six-speed manual transmission, the little speedster is expected to cost $47,010.




GMC Sierra All Terrain HD Concept
Pickup trucks are still big sellers in the United States, and this GMC concept celebrates the vehicle type in all of its glory. Powered by a big, honking 6.6-liter diesel engine, the lifted Crew Cab has nearly a foot of ground clearance, Fox off-road shocks, and "mud terrain" tires nearly a yard across.




Honda Civic Concept
Honda likes to roll out "concept" cars at auto shows that look exactly like the production versions that come after shortly them, and this first look at the ninth-generation Civic is no different. Going on sale this spring in coupe and sedan forms, the compact will offer your typical lineup of four-cylinder engines, along with a new hybrid model featuring a high-tech lithium-ion batery pack, as well as a model that runs on compressed natural gas, the only one you can get from a major manufacturer.




Jeep Compass
Not even the lowliest Chrysler products were forgotten as it went about the business of refreshening its lineup of cars and crossovers over the past year. The compact Compass gets a fresh new interior and a body that looks a lot like a 7/8ths scale Grand Cherokee. In fact, it even has its big sister's eyes, in the form of its headlights. And, to finally make it an official member of the Jeep family during this 70th anniversary year for the brand, the Compass has been given a revised suspension and all wheel drive system that earns it the coveted Trail Rated stamp of approval. But with all of that comes a higher base price of $19,250.




Volkswagen Passat
Surprise, surprise. After months of teasing us with sketches of its so-called “New Midsize Sedan”, when Volkswagen finally unveiled the Chattanooga, Tennessee-built car it had the name Passat stamped on it. Available with a choice of a four-cylinder, turbo-diesel or V6 engine, the new car was designed specifically with the U.S. market in mind and is both larger and about $8,000 cheaper than the previous edition, starting at just $20,000 when it goes on sale at the end of the year.




Audi A6
Audi's new midsize sedan doesn't stray too far from the company's corporate identity in the looks department, but under the hood it's a different story. Along with a couple of gasoline engines and a diesel powerplant, the A6 will be Audi's first car available with a hybrid powertrain, witch matches a four-cylinder engine to an electric motor and lithium-ion battery pack for an estimated 38 mpg combined.




Tesla Model S
We won't see it in the flesh until early 2012, but Tesla has offered a look under the skin of its upcoming 7-passenger electric car - it has two rear facing seats in the back, if you were wondering where everybody fits. The lightweight aluminum chassis was developed in house by the young automaker, without the constraints of being designed around an internal combustion engine. The company reiterating that it plans to sell the Model S at a starting price of $57,400 before tax breaks. The entry-level version of the car has a projected range of 160 miles per charge. That's 60 percent more than current electric offerings like the Nissan Leaf.

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BrickyardZ

Thanks for the pics and the preview ... I will be going to the Detroit Auto Show next week.

98intrigue

I used to have subscriptions to Motor Trend and Car & Driver and knew all about this stuff. Now I feel so left out. Thanks for the post!

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WarmAndSCSI

lol looks like Ford kept the rights to the Aston Martin-style grille after selling them in 2007. That style grille just looks retarded on some econobox POS. Or a minivan.

I'm interested to see how all of these domestic manufacturers do with their turbocharged offerings. That's definitely a first for GM... I have no idea how the reliability is going to be on those.

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saber

that ford looks stupid with the aston martin grille.

and is that civic supposed to be a refresh? it looks the same as always. honda ran out of ideas years ago. the cr-z is the most interesting thing they have, and that's not really a stretch of the imagination either.

ThoriumHotdog

Ohh. I was wondering why they directly ripped that off and turned it into something terrible.

It's hard to notice but the Civic is.. different. Somewhat. Honda could redeem itself by releasing a gas powered CR-Z... What are they thinking!?

PapoZalsa

Where is the FT-86 Toyota/Subaru?

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vividracing

awesome photos! thanks for sharing!

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Lemers

Nice

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I went last night thanks to a friend who has an app in use on the floor. Industry/press "preview" days are the best. Just about every car is unlocked and no one cares if you pop hoods and drool all over them. Oh and there are about 10% of the people during the public days.

My favorites of the show were the 911 Turbo S and Cayman R hands down. The 1 Series M is beautiful and comfortable too. Unfortunately the 918 was nowhere to be seen. We could see signs in the private Porsche area but I didn't harass any of the models about it.

There is a BOSS 302 set up on a dynamometer but we didn't get a chance to see that demonstration. I expect they are starting it with the street key, running the dyno then repeating with the track key.

Lemers

2 different keys for the Boss. I guess instead of calling them the "street" and "track" keys they should call the "teen" and "dad" keys.

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I like that. :P

I did sit in one of the other Mustangs... I really disliked their interior. Huge step up from the early 00's but still ugly.