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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