Auto Shows (Page 65)

Three major events have been on the agendas of Detroiters all winter: The North American International Auto Show, the Super Bowl and the Autorama with the Ridler Award. This year’s Autorama will be February 25, 26 and 27.

When the Geneva Motor Show opens next month, Renault will unveil the new Captur Concept, the second of the six concept vehicles to be debuted as part of the automakers new brand identity.

The Chrysler Group has been tossing around the idea of a performance oriented version of their popular minivans for some time and with the introduction of the 2011 Dodge Grand Caravan R/T, company CEO Ralph Gilles’ vision of the “man van” materialized into a production vehicle.

The Chicago Auto Show, which officially opens today and runs through Feb. 20 at McCormick Place, has lots to do but here are the TorqueNews five best things to see at the show.

Think in terms of a series of major new vehicle and customer focused technology announcements for the 81st Geneva Motor Show beginning March 1st.

Last week, Hyundai teased their new rally car in a single high-flying picture and yesterday, the new Veloster Rally Car made its debut at the 2011 Chicago Auto Show.

This afternoon at the 2011 Chicago Auto Show, Chrysler’s Ram brand introduced the newest trimline for the half ton pickups – the 2011 Ram 1500 Tradesman, due in dealerships in the second quarter of 2011.

This afternoon, Chrysler’s Ram brand fired a shot heard ‘round the heavy duty truck world as they introduced their new 6.7L High Output Cummins Turbo Diesel at the 2011 Chicago Auto Show – putting the Ram 2500 and 3500 atop the list of the most powerful trucks in the world with a whopping 800lb-ft of torque.

The 2011 Dodge Durango is already heading to dealerships (and consumers) around the country and to help support the sporting side of this new SUV, Dodge unveiled the new Durango Heat trimline at the 2011 Chicago Auto Show.

Early this morning, the folks at Camaro5 brought us the first bit of information of the Camaro expected to be called the next Z/28 but around 10:15am EST, General Motors officially unveiled the supercharged 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1.

The big news from Dodge at the 2011 Chicago Auto Show is the introduction of the 2012 Dodge Charger SRT8 but the performance oriented brand is also using the Windy City show to introduce the newest special edition color for the Dodge Challenger – Green With Envy.

Pretty much everyone expected to meet the new high performance Camaro Z/28 at the 2011 Chicago Auto Show but thanks to the folks at Camaro5.com, it appears as though the supercharged, super-Camaro that has been captured in countless spyshots will carry the name ZL1 – not Z/28.

When Dodge introduced the pavement pounding 392 cubic inch Hemi in the 2011 Dodge Challenger SRT8 with more power and better fuel economy than the previous (6.1L) SRT Hemi, we knew that it was only a matter of time before it found its way into another vehicle and today is that day – as Dodge introduces the 2012 Charger SRT8 at the Chicago Auto Show.

The 2012 Acura TL sedan is scheduled to make its grand debut tomorrow at the media opening of the 2011 Chicago Auto Show but today, the luxury brand of Honda teased the back end of the new TL.

While I was at the 2010 LA Auto Show, I had a chance to sit down with Dodge CEO Ralph Gilles where he talked about the new and revised 2011 Dodge models, along with briefly discussing the upcoming Caravan R/T that he playfully referred to as “The Man Van” and according to The Automotive News, that masculine minivan will make its debut at the 2011 Chicago Auto Show.

The 2012 Shelby GT350 Mustang will make its grand debut at the 2011 Chicago Auto Show – marking the first time that Shelby American will debut a new vehicle at a major auto show.

The 2012 Hyundai Veloster was introduced at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show with its innovative door configuration featuring two doors on the passenger side with just one on the driver’s side and now Hyundai has supported the sporty spirit of the Veloster with a picture of a rally-prepped hatchback soaring through the air – clad in Team Red Bull race livery.

Yesterday we brought you the news of new product reveals coming from the Dodge and Ram truck brand of the Chrysler Group at the Chicago Auto Show and today, Chrysler announced that they will use the Windy City show to formally introduce the 2011 Chrysler 200 Convertible.

The 2011 Chicago Auto Show is less than a week away and today, the Chrysler Group announced that they would be offering a live web feed of new product reveals for the Dodge and Ram brands from the Windy City.

The 2011 Phildelphia Auto Show is showing an upward attendance growth trend like the Detroit Auto Show, with a rise in attendance of 28.4% thus far.

Gumpert has announced that they will introduce the second vehicle in their lineup when the new Tornante debuts in March at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show.

Denso, a Tier 1 supplier, showed two alternatives at 2011 NAIAS that serve the micro-hybrid segment of stop-start technology.