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detroit auto show 2010


Detroit: Detroit Auto show 2010: North American International Auto Show great success. It was a sweep of the different kind at North America Auto Show this year. Ford is a company that is making waves and it was evident from the fact that the company won the Car of the year and Truck of the year award.

Detrit auto show has emerged as the top auto shows in the world and this year not only car companies were there searching for clues to survive the downturn in their fortunes but also government officials to reassure the worried industry.

The first auto show was held in Detroit in 1907 at Beller's Beer Garden at Riverside Park and since then annually except 1943-1952.

It was renamed the North American International Auto Show in 1989. Since 1961, it has been held at Cobo Center where it occupies nearly 1 million square feet (93,000 m²) of floor space.

The show is particularly important because the Metro Detroit area is the location of the headquarters of the Big Three American automakers, Chrysler, Ford, and General Motors.

Transport Secretary LaHood who has been thumping his back since the cash for clunkers program while speaking at the show said, “This is a new day; today is a new day. Today is a new beginning really for the automobile industry…The automobile industry is manufacturing products that people want to drive…As this industry comes back, the economy will come back.”

In the meantime Fusion hybrid won car and Transit Connect, a Euro-designed small commercial van modified for the U.S. market, took top truck honors.