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firsts.” (It’s now a minivan). It offers more than 100 standard and available safety and security features, including 360-degree Surround View camera, ParkSense Parallel/Perpendicular Park Assist, Adaptive Cruise Control with Stop and Hold and Forward Collision Warning-Plus. Okay, we’ll buy that for now. Looks good and promises much in performance and utility. (Please note carmakers would like us to describe optional extras that cost extra as ‘available features’. Ahem, call us old fashioned but we’ll stick with the ‘options’ option from here on in!) Honda unveiled the all-new 2017 Ridgeline truck promising “superior on-road performance – with the segment’s best handling, ride quality, cabin quietness and all-weather traction capabilities”. Frankly, it’s in tough in a tough market full of tough successful domestic and import competitors. A round of applause for KIA, the Korean company that continues to challenge its big brother Hyundai and indeed the rest of the market with interesting concepts and production cars. The Telluride concept is its take on a premium large sport utility vehicle, featuring three-rows of seating for seven passengers. Notable are the front doors and rearhinged back doors that swing open 90 degrees in opposing directions. Talking of Hyundai, it unveiled its G90 premium luxury sedan for the new Genesis brand. Don’t snigger, these guys know what they are doing . . . now. Five additional Genesis models are planned for launch within the next five years. Moving upmarket, sorry Hyundai you will be in that rarefied air soon. The first ever BMW M2 is
the entry-level model to the brands renowned M performance line-up. It will feature a newly developed M TwinPower Turbo technology 3-litre, 6-cylinder engine producing 365 hp, capable of soaring to 100 klicks in around 4.2 seconds. The Lexus LC500 is mighty purty. The premium Japanese brand has teased us with its LF-LC Concepts, now we have a production 2+2 coupe. Its all-aluminum, 32-valve V8’s output is expected to generate 467 hp, using a newly developed 10-speed automatic transmission. The Acura Precision Concept model made its world debut and these eyes reckons it’s even more purty than the Lexus. keith.morgan@drivewaybc.ca
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Detroit, MI – A chill wind blew snow outside but which died with the brand. inside the huge Cobo Hall conference centre, a It features standard 1.4-litre turbo engine with great deal of hot air accompanied every new direct injection and Stop/Start technologies plus model announcement. electric power steering. Sayeth Chevy: “More More than 5,000 journalists from 60-plus counstandard safety features than any other compact tries make this annual pilgrimage car – including Corolla and Civic to the North American International – with available adaptive features Auto Show. Dozens of new cars including Lane Keep Assist, Rear and trucks are revealed to applause Cross Traffic Alert, Side Blind Zone and some gasps though not nearly Alert and Rear Park Assist.” as loudly as in the old days before The all-new Ford F-150 Raptor the internet. Now carefully orchesSuperCrew adds room for passentrated ‘leaks’ and ‘sneak peeks’ cut gers and gear, in what the manufacsurprises to the minimum. Nevertheturer boasts “expanding choice and less, it’s still the hottest place to be versatility in the toughest, smartest, Dozens of new for the auto world despite the frigid cars and trucks most capable F-150 Raptor ever.” conditions outside. See what I mean about hyperboare revealed to Space limitations prevent us from le-charged hot air? parading the dozens of vehicles applause and some In the real world, the Raptor will do revealed over the two-day official its own talking. It has an all-new gasps though not preview, which follow the ‘spe3.5-litre EcoBoost, all-new 10-speed nearly as loudly cial invite only’ previews that the transmission and torque-on-demanufacturers offer up in the days as in the old mand transfer case making it more running up to the show! You get powerful yet efficient and easy to days before the the picture: so here’s just a taste of drive off-road. internet. what caught our eye on the show We thought the Chrysler Pacifica floor – detailed specs and prices are Keith Morgan crossover would simply leave the months away in many cases. world’s stage, a little embarrassed Chevrolet introduced the 2017 Cruze Hatchabout ever seeing the light of day. Nothing wrong with it other than it’s just a ho-hum kind back, set to go on sale in the fall of this year. The of vehicle. But there it was/they were on the liftgate opens to offer 524 litres of cargo space Detroit stage: the 2017 Chrysler Pacifica and behind the rear seat. With the rear seat folded, Pacifica Hybrid, designed to “revolutionize the cargo space expands to 1,189 litres. Yes! – minivan segment with nearly 40 new minivan Finally, a good replacement for the Pontiac Vibe,
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