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Barack Obama made his first visit to the Motor City on Monday, telling a crowd gathered at Joe Louis Arena that, "We are going to build the cars of the future right here in Detroit, right here in Michigan, right here in America." The Detroit metro area has one of the highest rates of both unemployment and foreclosure, so Obama's message found a receptive audience. Popular Mechanics is expected to post a sketch of Obama's "car of the future" later today, including an artist's depiction of its flight capabilities. Sen. Obama continued with a message of alternative energy development, an industry for which many experts say Southeast Michigan's workforce is ideal. "We're going to create alternative fuels for our plug-in hybrids," he said. "We are going to help the auto companies. If you are ready for change, we are going to create a brighter energy future right here in America." [ MLive ]
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45 "High-Profile Journalists" - ie old white men in ill-fitting khakis - have selected the Chevy Malibu and Mazda CX-9 as the North American car and truck of the year, respectively. galleryPost('2008ChevyMalibu', 6, '2008 North American Car of the Year'); galleryPost('mazdanactoy', 6, '2008 North American Truck of the Year');
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Despite recently aggressive posturing from the LA and New York Auto Shows, everybody knows the Detroit Auto Show is still the big kahuna in the North America, even Kiwis. New Zealand based Motoring.co.nz lays out some of the statistics of on of the Motor City's greatest assets in a recent article. Statistics like "enough carpet is laid in the Cobo convention centre to blanket 750 football fields and the exhibits alone will be worth $200-million". That's right! When it comes to carpet, we can lay it down like the best of em. We can't wait to trample all over that perpetually bumpy and treacherous statistic starting on Sunday and you can follow along easily with the RSS feed . If we trip, you'll know about it.
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