This year’s Detroit Auto Show will be a little more barren than in past years – thanks to the fall outs of several automakers – but the show’s coordinators have found a way to turn that negative into a positive. Show goers will be treated to a test track setup in Cobo’s lower Michigan Hall, which will showcase the latest in green automotive technology.
Michigan Hall is usually occupied by Chinese automakers, but the fall outs by Nissan, Rolls-Royce and Land Rover, among others, has cleared enough space on the main floor to moves those companies up a level. With a blank canvas laid out before them, the Detroit Auto Show staff decided to turn Cobo’s lower level into an eco-friendly test track.
The track is sponsored by the Michigan Economic Development Corp. and will feature 6 to 12 green vehicles. The list of cars to be featured on the test track has yet to be finalized, but will highlight the latest green tech from Ford and General Motors, including the Chevrolet Exquinox fuel cell vehicle.
Product experts will chauffeur show attendees around the eighth mile track, answering any question about the low and zero emissions vehicles along the way.
To remind riders of the eco-friendliness of the vehicles they are in, the test track has been decorate to resemble a forest trail. “This will blow your mind,” show co-chairman Joe Serra told The Detroit News. “It literally looks like you’re in a beautiful forest. It’s huge. Trees, waterfalls, brick pavers. It’s a way to showcase of what (automakers) currently have to offer and what the future holds.”
The track is also a smart move for the Big Three, just weeks after Congressional leaders berated the Detroit automakers for lagging behind the industry in fuel efficient vehicles.
01/08, 6:27 PM
posted by:
Lariat Luxury Locomotive Liner No.3
Where’s Homer Simpson when you need him?
01/08, 6:56 PM
posted by:
bolex
wow that sounds so exciting i can barely contain myself
01/08, 7:20 PM
posted by:
A4
thats actually kinda cool
if your a homo
01/08, 7:41 PM
posted by:
05Z88Path
A test track where the point is to drive slow? Nice one.
01/08, 7:52 PM
posted by:
tyler_is_aero_tt
Lol.
01/08, 8:03 PM
posted by:
DB9
Yup, says it all…
“… the test track has been decorated to resemble a forest trail. “This will blow your mind,” show co-chairman Joe Serra told The Detroit News. “It literally looks like you’re in a beautiful forest. It’s huge. Trees, waterfalls, brick pavers…”
See, stuff like this happens when people have way to much free time on their hands. Whatever happened to just picking lint out of your belly button or…forget it.
DB9
01/08, 9:22 PM
posted by:
hfry
Your Negative bole-**** is merely gonna keep our Recession burning. FYI the American Auto Industry isn’t the only ones auto industry hurting. GM ****ed up.. thats that. Half the reason why ****s as it is, is because so many people like DB9 would rather sit around crack a beer and bitch. Apply yourself, Otherwise your just as worthless as the rest of Corporate America. later
01/08, 11:20 PM
posted by:
johnnycanuck
Well if nothing else now everyone knows where to go to light up.
01/08, 11:31 PM
posted by:
bolex
you guys better shape up in here, seriously your negative comments making the recession worse, the next comment might collapse the medical field…DB9 you really need to apply yourself when you pick your belly button…FOCUS DAMN IT! hfry, that track looks amazing! i cant wait to test drive those electric cars at 5 mph!!! YES! WHIPEEEEhomo
01/08, 11:31 PM
posted by:
DB9
Thank-you hfry; my evening smile:-)
“Sometimes when I reflect back on all the beer I drink I feel ashamed – Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the brewery and all of their hopes and dreams. If I didn’t drink this beer, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered. Then I say to myself, ‘It is better that I drink this beer and let their dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver.’” -Deep Thought, Jack Handy
DB9;-)
01/08, 11:35 PM
posted by:
johnnycanuck
DB9, that’s beautiful. Now how can I shorten it to fit on a vanity plate?
01/08, 11:57 PM
posted by:
sharpie
Green cars are here, like it or not. I think this adaptation shows how American will continue to thrive in the future. What’s so much fun about continuing the big performance car theme? Hasn’t Honda shown you people anything – that technological innovations needs to be pushed and invented? If everyone is as negative as the first 9-10 commenters here, then USA will surely go down.
01/09, 9:28 AM
posted by:
mayer_ray_nagin
They need to blend this lame test track with San Franciso’s Annual Public Masturbate-athon so that the greenies and the perverts can commune together indoors in the wild like God meant for it to be.
01/09, 10:33 AM
posted by:
DCG3
HA!
01/09, 11:15 AM
posted by:
yarddog82abn
Well, you do make Lemonade out of lemon’s…
01/10, 4:15 PM
posted by:
Dante_JoseCuervo
Welcome to our competition to the ring, complete with the alphabet, A-B-C-D-E-F..B