Taurus, Prius, EVs Charge Up NAIAS: Despite radically altered show floor, Detroit autofest remains all about product

摘要

EXPECTATIONS WERE LOW AS Journalists arrived at Detroit's Cobo Center Jan. 11 to begin the press days at the North American International Show. Two-thirds of the Detroit Three had just begged Washington for a financial lifeline, and every auto maker had suffered sales declines in 2008. So the usual flash and sizzle would be gone, especially at the shockingly sparse General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC stands.