Detroit Auto Show 2002

[Remko]

Kinda quiet in here... I'm surprised nobody brought up the Detroit Auto Show 2002 yet... there are many places to visit for coverage of that, but I prefer Cardesignnews.com (http://www.cardesignnews.com/autoshows/2002/detroit/index.html) - they always got high quality photos of all cars. Check back in a few days when they'll have the Photo Gallery online. 8)~

What's the highlight of the show for you? Mine would have been the (possible) rebirth of the Ford GT40:
http://www.cardesignnews.com/autoshows/2002/detroit/highlights/images/ford-gt40-8643.jpg
Here's another page with some info and photos: Pistonheads.com (http://www.pistonheads.com/shows/detroit2002/index.asp?storyId=3519)
I like it, what do you think?

[MattB]

thanks for the link again remko, some good pics.


how'd they get the car up on the wall like that?

[jtace]

:love: Wow nice car that GT40! :HB:

I'd guess the car on the wall is a carbon fiber shell or the like.

[Ashwin91]

Wow!!!!!!:eek:

I can't belive it!I really hope they would reserect the "Legend"!:love: .It was beautiful in 1966 and its still beautiful now!Well,if Ford is serious about remaking the car,i'm sure it will sell.I want it!!,Btw,you can build a real replica if you don't want to spend 250,000 - 300,000 Pounds on an original,hehe.

I hope Ford considers building this!

Ashwin

[Justin Martin]

Yeah, the GT40 is stunning, but it isn't going to change the way we drive. ;) I think the highlight of the show was the govenment and manufacturers announcing they are abandoning PNGV (Project for Next Generation Vehicle, an attempt to make a 80mpg Taurus-sized car) in favor of rapid development of fuel celled vehicles and the infastructure to support them. Under the plan, the big three would probably have mass produced fuel cell vehicles out before 2010, with limited production models in a few years.

That eliminates the need for the PNGV prototypes, which even with the highest tech internal combustion engines available today, even with the lightest bodies available, they still had to strip the cars down to almost nothing and reduce the horsepower to nothing to meet the fuel mileage goal. So you ended up with a $40,000 car that has fewer luxuries than a $10,000 car, with acceleration bordering on glacial, and the only advantage to it was that it got 80mpg, not a trade off many people would make.