from Popular Mechanics online--No Signs of Forced Entry, But Ford Clearly Stole the Show
Just two hours into the show, with only a handful of cars debuted, Ford ushered a horde of journalists and industry insiders into Joe Louis Arena—home of the Red Wings and adjacent to Cobo Center—dimmed the lights, and blew us all away.
Ford might as well have turned out the lights in the entirety of Cobo, because after introducing the wicked F-150 Raptor, sliding the flat-crank-V-8–powered GT350R across the stage, and after dropping jaws with the mid-engine GT hypercar, what was left to see? Even at a show positively packed with important and impressive debuts—including the new Acura NSX and the stunningly beautiful Buick Avenir concept—everything paled in comparison to the Blue Oval’s power trio. While the rest of the automakers file a police report for this theft, we’re already wondering what next year’s event will hold and whether anyone can top Ford’s utterly dominant Detroit showing. A mid-engine Corvette, perhaps?