2008 Detroit Auto Show New Vehicles
Source: Drew PhillipsJanuary 14, 2008
Fisker Automotive, Inc., a green American premium sports car company, unveiled its first production car, the Fisker Karma, at the 2008 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit. The first of its kind four-door plug-in hybrid premium sports sedan will hav...
Having earned critical acclaim, industry awards and brisk sales, Cadillac CTS has moved into the vanguard of contemporary design. In doing so, Cadillac designers faced the question of what to do next. Their answer celebrates that design legacy with the exhilarating Cadi...
Audi presented a revolution in the top class at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show – the first 12-cylinder diesel engine in a high-performance roadgoing sports car. The V12 TDI with a displacement of six liters powers a concept car based on the Audi R8. This unit generates a hu...
The Audi TTS is the top of the TT model line. Under its hood lies a two-liter TFSI high-performance engine delivering a mighty 265 hp. This intense power propels the TTS Coupe to 100 km/h (62.14 mph) from a standstill in just 5.2 seconds and on to a governor-limited top...
Audi is taking the wraps off its new sports car – the Audi TTS, the top of the TT model line. Under its hood lies a two-liter TFSI high-performance engine delivering a mighty 265 hp. This intense power propels the TTS Coupe to 100 km/h (62.14 mph) from a standstill in j...
The rumors are true. The speculation ends. And the UFO sightings on desert highways were not of extraterrestrial craft – but they were of a low-flying object capable of seemingly otherworldly performance. Chevrolet officially announced the 2009 Corvette ZR1 – an America...
As the new CTS sport sedan earns accolades and new owners, Cadillac takes the next leap forward by premiering the 2009 CTS-V, the brand's ultimate expression of performance and luxury.
Launching in the fourth quarter of 2008, the all-new CTS-V intends to combine the ...
The engineers and designers at Lexus continue to use their groundbreaking LF-A premium sports car concept as a medium for expressing their ideas about what a high-performance sporting vehicle not only can be, but should be. In this latest expression of the LF-A, they ha...
As the latest in Mazda’s award-winning and highly acclaimed series of Nagare concept cars, the Furai P2 concept vehicle celebrates 40 years of rotary engine and international motorsports heritage with the raciest interpretation of NAGARE design language to-date.
Fur...
The Buick Riviera, a stunning concept car designed to showcase Buick's new global design direction, made its global debut at the 2007 Shanghai Auto Show. The gullwing Riviera concept coupe was developed with global design input by the Pan Asia Technical Automotive Cente...
Land Rover unveils a vision of its future at the North American International Auto Show (Detroit Auto Show) in January 2008, with the world debut of the LRX concept - a bold evolution of Land Rover design that indicates the brand’s progressive shift into new areas of th...
Launched in 2003, the Mazda RX-8 hit the global market with a serious bang. The RX-8 has won more than 50 global awards since its release including 2003 RJC Car of the Year in Japan Australia's Wheels magazine's Car of the Year for 2003, 2003 International Engine of the...
The MITSUBISHI Concept-RA offers a unique interpretation of the sporty coupe. This two-seat pure coupe concept explores the transversely mounted, front engine packaging theme. Generous helpings of technology create a vehicle that combines exotic appeal, outstanding, fun...
The new Lancer Ralliart reinforces the sporty identity of the Lancer lineup (Lancer, Lancer Ralliart and Lancer Evolution) with aggressive styling and driving performance that creates a unique product between the Lancer GTS 2.4 and the Lancer Evolution models. The Lance...
