Detroit Auto Show 2010

As if we didn't already expect the 2010 Detroit Auto Show would be depressing enough, they're cutting the press preview days from three to just two. Looks like we'll have cut-backs to PR-paid drinking.
The Detroit Auto Show typically has three press days, starting on Sunday. The big debuts occur on Sunday and Monday morning, with other automakers taking time in the afternoon. Tuesdays were reserved for smaller companies, parts manufacturers and anyone else who was not a major automaker. While compressing the work into just Monday and Tuesday makes sense given automakers have backed out, it is yet another depressing sign of the Carpocalypse.
The press release from the show below says the idea came from input from exhibitors and key media. We guess we aren't "key media" since, honestly, we like having the extra day to troll around the floor in our Mobile Command Center to try and pick up unique stories and fail at picking up booth professionals.
North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) Announces Press Preview to Move to Monday Beginning in 2010

Ford Transit Connect review

What do European motorists know that we, here in the States, haven’t yet figured out? When it comes to Ford products, quite a lot, it seems. The automaker’s continental offerings include a striking list of vehicles that could find a welcome home here on this side of the Atlantic.

 That’s likely to change, in the years to come, as Ford globalizes its line-up. The Verve small car concept, first shown in Detroit , last month, is one example. And the Transit Connect van, debuting at the 2008 Chicago Auto Show, is another.

 “This workhorse is like nothing available today in the American market,” said