<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Automotive Shows: News &amp; Videos about Automotive Shows - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Automotive_Shows</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Automotive Shows from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:28:06 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Automotive Shows: News &amp; Videos about Automotive Shows - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Automotive_Shows</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Automotive Shows from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Tokyo Motor Show rolls out hot wheels</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/27/tokyo.motor.show/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/27/tokyo.motor.show/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Take a glimpse of the near future. Electric vehicles and other types of eco-friendly cars are taking center stage at the 41st Tokyo Motor Show, which runs through November 4.</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>East German Trabant to make unlikely comeback as eco-car</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/08/14/trabant.electric.cars.germany/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/08/14/trabant.electric.cars.germany/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The much-maligned symbol of motoring in Communist East Germany, the Trabant, is set to make an unlikely comeback as a concept car at this year's International Motor Show in Frankfurt.</description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>2010 Ford Shelby most powerful Mustang ever</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/02/06/aa.ford.shelby/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/02/06/aa.ford.shelby/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>When Ford introduced the new 2010 Mustang at the LA Auto Show in November, marketing boss Jim Farley promised the next chapter in the Mustang story would be revealed at the Detroit Auto Show in January. </description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:08:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Electric cars move closer to your garage</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/01/16/aa.electric.cars.debut/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/01/16/aa.electric.cars.debut/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>At the 2009 Detroit Auto Show, Chrysler, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota and MINI showed the world what electric vehicles of the future will look like. And the future of driving looks fun.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 06:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sayonara auto shows</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/16/autos/sayonara_autoshow.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/16/autos/sayonara_autoshow.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>Are auto shows going the way of manual typewriters, videotape recorders, and Palm Pilots?</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:51:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Peek at the upscale 2010 Ford Taurus</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/01/14/aa.ford.taurus/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/01/14/aa.ford.taurus/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The lines are crisp, the roofline looks sleek, and the wide stance of the wheels gives the car a performance-oriented feeling. </description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:16:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>One man's quest to build his dream car</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/13/smallbusiness/bat11_auto_show.smb/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/13/smallbusiness/bat11_auto_show.smb/index.htm</guid><description>A sign of hope for today's ailing auto industry is here at the 2009 North American International Auto Show, but not where you'd expect to find it.</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:11:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Detroit Auto Show: The party's over</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/07/autos/2009_detroit_walkup/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/07/autos/2009_detroit_walkup/index.htm</guid><description>Reporters hoping for a free appletini mixed by Chrysler chief executive Robert Nardelli at the Detroit Auto Show are in for a disappointment this year.</description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:29:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Electric dreams for 'green' driving</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/31/eco.cars/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/31/eco.cars/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The automobile is synonymous with the personal freedom and high standard of living of the consumer lifestyle. Greening the motor industry is about proving that that lifestyle is compatible with the fight against climate change.</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 07:05:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>RIP for Detroit's auto show</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/01/16/news/companies/taylor_lutz.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/01/16/news/companies/taylor_lutz.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>For 30 minutes, uber-car guy Bob Lutz held forth before an audience of business journalist on the final press day of Detroit's International Auto Show.</description><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2008 00:55:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Startups rev engines at Detroit auto show</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/01/14/smbusiness/autoshow.fsb/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/01/14/smbusiness/autoshow.fsb/index.htm</guid><description>One overlooked piece of news coming out of the North American International Auto Show in Detroit is that small business is starting to invade the Big Three's territory.</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:55:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Hot cars at Detroit Auto Show</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/01/14/detroit.car.overview/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/01/14/detroit.car.overview/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Driving off the end of the Lodge freeway deposits you smack dab in the middle of downtown Detroit. You're welcomed to town by a sculpture of a huge bronze fist that's large enough to TKO Godzilla. This sculpture is just about as friendly as Detroit's January weather, but the two together are no match for the heat generated by what's going on inside Detroit's Cobo Center. It's the 2008 North American International Auto Show, otherwise known as the Detroit Auto Show </description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:15:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Detroit's bumpy road to better times</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/01/13/news/companies/autoshow/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/01/13/news/companies/autoshow/index.htm</guid><description>The Detroit News welcomed Detroit auto show attendees to town over the weekend with the headline "Carmakers try to overcome gloom."</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:59:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>GM dominates 'Car of the Year' nominee list</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/12/12/autos/car_of_the_year/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/12/12/autos/car_of_the_year/index.htm</guid><description>General Motors looks like it's on track to win both the Car and Truck of the Year awards at the 2008 North American International Auto Show in Detroit next month.</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>At Frankfurt Motor Show carmakers emphasize low emissions</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/10/autos/bc.apfn.eu.fin.germany.auto.ap/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/10/autos/bc.apfn.eu.fin.germany.auto.ap/index.htm</guid><description>The world's automakers will try to win customers over with more environmentally friendly cars at the Frankfurt Auto Show this week as they tout new vehicles with hybrid propulsion and more advanced, cleaner engines.</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 04:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Daimler, BMW may sue over China 'copycats'</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/08/29/autos/daimler_bmw.reut/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/08/29/autos/daimler_bmw.reut/index.htm</guid><description>DaimlerChrysler and BMW are threatening legal action over Chinese-made vehicles that they claim are copies of their own models, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Manufacturers announce auto launches ahead of Frankfurt show</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/BUSINESS/08/14/frankfurt.preview/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/BUSINESS/08/14/frankfurt.preview/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A number of car manufacturers have announced model launches ahead of next month's Frankfurt Motor Show. The biannual expo is second only to the annual Geneva Motor Show in its importance to the motor industry in Europe.</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 02:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Can this super car rev up Nissan?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2006/10/01/8387123/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2006/10/01/8387123/index.htm</guid><description>Nissan has long lagged Toyota in sales. But in the world of high-performance racing cars, Japan's second-largest automaker leaves its rival in the dust.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>'World's most valuable car' fails to sell</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/AUTOS/03/10/auto_union_dtype_no_sale/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/AUTOS/03/10/auto_union_dtype_no_sale/index.html</guid><description>After a sale was postponed to answer questions about the car's racing history, an ultra-rare 1939 German racing car expected to fetch the highest price on record for any automobile did not find a buyer at an auction.</description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2007 19:42:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Stocks on the move Wednesday</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/03/07/markets/movers/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/03/07/markets/movers/index.htm</guid><description>Here are some of the companies whose shares were active in Wednesday trading:</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2007 15:12:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>GM unveils new Saturns</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/AUTOS/02/07/saturn_astra_intro/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/AUTOS/02/07/saturn_astra_intro/index.html</guid><description>General Motors will unveiled a new compact car for its Saturn division at the Chicago Auto Show on Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2007 19:40:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Ford brings back Taurus and Sable names</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/AUTOS/02/07/chicago_ford_taurus/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/AUTOS/02/07/chicago_ford_taurus/index.html</guid><description>The Ford Five Hundred will get a new old name for 2008 model year. It will be called the Taurus. And, as before, its Mercury cousin, now called the Montego, will be named the Sable.</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2007 16:07:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Redesigned Toyota Highlander debuts</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/AUTOS/02/07/chicago_toyota_highlander/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/AUTOS/02/07/chicago_toyota_highlander/index.html</guid><description>Toyota unveiled the redesigned 2008 Toyota Highlander at the Chicago Auto Show Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2007 14:41:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The next blockbuster cars</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/fortune/0702/gallery.newcars/index.html</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/fortune/0702/gallery.newcars/index.html</guid><description>Car companies are coming up with a lot of radical ideas. Here are ten that should go the distance, from Detroit's 2007 North American International Auto Show.</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2007 21:18:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>GM to unveil new Saturns</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/AUTOS/02/05/saturn_astra_intro/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/AUTOS/02/05/saturn_astra_intro/index.html</guid><description>General Motors will unveil a new compact car for its Saturn division at the Chicago Auto Show on Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2007 14:25:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>GM exec impressed by Toyota pickup</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/09/news/companies/lutz_tundra/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/09/news/companies/lutz_tundra/index.htm</guid><description>The new Toyota Tundra, the Japanese automaker's first entry into the full-size pickup market dominated by U.S. automakers, got a positive review from an interesting source Tuesday: General Motors Vice Chairman Bob Lutz, who heads the automakers' product development efforts.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2007 17:03:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>LaSorda on the record</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/08/news/companies/chrysler_lasorda.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/08/news/companies/chrysler_lasorda.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>Chrysler CEO Tom LaSorda has gotten a much-needed vote of confidence from his boss, DaimlerChrysler chairman Dieter Zetsche. But LaSorda has a lot of work to do after Chrysler lost $1.5 billion in the third quarter because of overproduction and slumping light truck sales, and it's in the midst of a vast cost-cutting scheme.</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2007 15:32:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Showtime on Wall Street</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/08/markets/stockswatch/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/08/markets/stockswatch/index.htm</guid><description>U.S. stock investors will try to sort through the corporate announcements at some key trade shows Monday as the first full trading week of 2007 begins.</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2007 08:53:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>GM sweeps honors at auto show</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/AUTOS/01/07/car_truck_of_the_year/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/AUTOS/01/07/car_truck_of_the_year/index.html</guid><description>General Motors kicked off the North American International Auto Show by sweeping the show's car and truck of the year awards for the first time in the company's history.</description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jan 2007 16:57:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Make-or-break year for Big Three</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/07/news/companies/detroit_auto_show_outlook/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/07/news/companies/detroit_auto_show_outlook/index.htm</guid><description>The U.S. auto industry gathers here this week for the annual auto show after a turbulent year, ahead of a year that promises to be even more momentous.</description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jan 2007 13:59:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Behind the scenes at the Detroit auto show</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/05/news/companies/pluggedin_taylor_autoshow.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/05/news/companies/pluggedin_taylor_autoshow.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>For the next couple of days, you won't be able to escape the avalanche of news from the Detroit auto show. Manufacturers will do everything in their power to focus attention on the models they'll be unveiling. They have compiled elaborate information kits and planned glitzy product reveals to extract the last ounce of glamour and drama from the displays.</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2007 21:15:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>GM: The new green carmaker?</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/12/01/la_show_mpg_cars/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/12/01/la_show_mpg_cars/index.html</guid><description>The belief that General Motors has all the environmental sensitivity of a panda fur wholesaler has been widespread for a long time.</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2006 17:24:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>GM: Saturn Vue plug-in hybrid coming</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/11/29/gm_green_cars/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/11/29/gm_green_cars/index.html</guid><description>General Motors is working on a plug-in hybrid version of its redesigned Saturn Vue SUV, the company's CEO announced today at the Los Angeles Auto Show.</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Nov 2006 15:10:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>CNN Future Summit forum</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/10/09/fs.MITcar.forum/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/10/09/fs.MITcar.forum/index.html</guid><description>The concept cars shown at the Paris motor show this week might present a glimpse of shape of things to come, but across the Atlantic a car is being developed that is radically reinventing not just the car itself but also our relationship with the automobile.</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Oct 2006 11:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mini Cooper redesign unveiled</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/10/01/mini_cooper_paris/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/10/01/mini_cooper_paris/index.html</guid><description>A new Mini Cooper was unveiled this week at the Paris Motor Show. You might not notice the difference right away, but, in reality, everything about the little car has been changed.</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Oct 2006 12:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Alliance plan clouds Paris auto show</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/BUSINESS/09/28/paris.auto/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/BUSINESS/09/28/paris.auto/index.html</guid><description>Carlos Ghosn is in his element. The CEO of Renault and Nissan is the host and man-of-the-hour at the party to cap off the first day of the Paris Auto Show.</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2006 18:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>GM exec: We need more new Hummers</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/09/28/news/companies/gm_hummer/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/09/28/news/companies/gm_hummer/index.htm</guid><description>General Motors Corp.'s Hummer brand needs to double its product lineup by adding two or three more models, the executive charged with GM's product planning told reporters on Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2006 16:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mini Cooper redesign unveiled</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/09/27/mini_cooper_paris/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/09/27/mini_cooper_paris/index.html</guid><description>A new Mini Cooper is being unveiled today at the Paris Motor Show. You might not notice the difference right away, but, in reality, everything about the little car has been changed.</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2006 20:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Report: Ghosn to pitch GM on $10B savings</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/09/27/news/international/gm_renault_nissan/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/09/27/news/international/gm_renault_nissan/index.htm</guid><description>Carlos Ghosn was expected to tell General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner that GM could save at least $10 billion a year by entering into an alliance with the two automakers Ghosn heads, Renault and Nissan Motor, according to a published report.</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2006 10:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dodge Avenger, VW Scirocco to show in Paris</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/09/26/paris_dodge_avenger/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/09/26/paris_dodge_avenger/index.html</guid><description>At the 2006 Paris Motor Show, which opens to the press on Thursday, Dodge will unveil a new Avenger sedan concept.</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Sep 2006 16:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>1931 Daimler named 'Best of Show' in top car contest</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/08/21/autos/pebble_beach_winner/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/08/21/autos/pebble_beach_winner/index.htm</guid><description>An ultrarare 1931 Daimler car was awarded "Best of Show" at this year's Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, the top competition for high-priced collectible cars, on Sunday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:37:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pebble Beach car show: Why collectors spend thousands to win</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/08/17/autos/pebble_beach/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/08/17/autos/pebble_beach/index.htm</guid><description>Winning "Best of Show" at the annual Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance car show, taking place this weekend in California, can add 50 percent or more to the value of a collectible car, one that's already worth hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of dollars.</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2006 17:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Revealed: behind the scenes</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/BUSINESS/04/17/revealed.ghosn.revealed/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/BUSINESS/04/17/revealed.ghosn.revealed/index.html</guid><description>He runs two of the world's biggest car companies, each based on opposite sides of the world, and still manages to find time to be with his wife and children. Just how does Carlos Ghosn fit it all in?</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Apr 2006 15:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hertz Rent-a-Shelby is back</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/04/11/new_yorks_hertz_shelby/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/04/11/new_yorks_hertz_shelby/index.html</guid><description>In 1966, you could go to Hertz and rent a Shelby GT350-H, a 306-horsepower high-performance version of the Ford Mustang.</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Apr 2006 18:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Jeep Wrangler gets four doors</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/04/04/new_york_wrangler_4door/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/04/04/new_york_wrangler_4door/index.html</guid><description>The iconic Jeep Wrangler adds an unheard-of feature in a version unveiled Wednesday at the New York Auto Show. For the 2007 model year, Wrangler buyers can get one with four doors.</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Apr 2006 15:31:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cars: What's hot in Geneva</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/funonwheels/02/28/geneva/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/funonwheels/02/28/geneva/index.html</guid><description>If you take a look at the car's being unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show in Switzerland, which opens to the public Thursday, you'll see some vehicles that look strangely familiar. But then, somehow, not quite.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2006 16:08:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Birth of the Prius</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/03/06/8370702/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/03/06/8370702/index.htm</guid><description>In late 1995, six months after Toyota decided to move forward with its revolutionary hybrid, the Prius, and two years before the car was supposed to go into production in Japan, the engineers worki... </description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2006 16:07:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Toyota: The Birth of the Prius</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/02/17/news/companies/mostadmired_fortune_toyota/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/02/17/news/companies/mostadmired_fortune_toyota/index.htm</guid><description>New York (FORTUNE Magazine) - In late 1995, six months after Toyota decided to move forward with its revolutionary hybrid, the Prius, and two years before the car was supposed to go into production in Japan, the engineers working on the project had a problem. A big problem.</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2006 15:24:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Chicago Auto Show: New cars will shake things up</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/02/08/chicago_toyota_tundra/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/02/08/chicago_toyota_tundra/index.html</guid><description>The Chicago Auto Show is usually not one of the bigger automotive events of the year, at least in terms of media attention. The fact that it comes fairly close on the heels of the Detroit Auto Show, the grand-daddy of them all, probably doesn't help. 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The Chevrolet Camaro and the Pontiac Firebird went out of production in 2003. That left just the Mustang hanging on.</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2006 16:05:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>GM chief: End to job guarantees needed</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/01/08/news/companies/detroit_wagoner_jobguarantees/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/01/08/news/companies/detroit_wagoner_jobguarantees/index.htm</guid><description>General Motors Corp. Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner said he would like to see an end to job guarantees for members of the United Auto Workers union at GM, but he wouldn't comment on his chances to win such a contract change in the 2007 labor negotiations.</description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2006 23:53:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Honda wins car and truck awards</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/01/08/honda_carty/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/01/08/honda_carty/index.html</guid><description>Honda took both the Car and Truck of the Year awards handed out at the opening of the Detroit Auto Show Sunday.</description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2006 18:03:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Ford unveils Edge, new 'crossover' SUV</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/01/06/detroit_ford_edge/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/01/06/detroit_ford_edge/index.html</guid><description>America's love affair with SUVs is not over. It's just changing shape.  Now, the increasingly hot vehicle is the crossover.</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2006 19:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Dodge Challenger concept: 1970 all over</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/funonwheels/01/04/dodge_challenger/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/funonwheels/01/04/dodge_challenger/index.html</guid><description>With an appearance that draws heavily from the classic muscle cars of the late 1960s and early '70s, the Dodge Challenger, premiering in concept car form at next week's Detroit Auto Show, should satisfy those who thought the 4-door Dodge Charger just didn't have the right stuff.</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2006 16:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Six intriguing cars from 2005</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/12/29/Autos/funonwheels/6_cars_watched/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/12/29/Autos/funonwheels/6_cars_watched/index.htm</guid><description>The 2006 Detroit Auto Show starts soon. No other auto show offers more new-car introductions than this one or is covered more heavily by the media.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2005 21:15:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Reaching the Unreachables</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/10/01/8359280/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/10/01/8359280/index.htm</guid><description>We all know the type. He's a 25-year-old dude who spends about four hours a week playing videogames. Squanders five or so more hours each week watching movies. 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The new SUV was introduced at the Chicago Auto Show Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2005 16:47:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Concept cars worth watching</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/01/19/pf/autos/wednesday_concepts_to_watch/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/01/19/pf/autos/wednesday_concepts_to_watch/index.htm</guid><description>In the 1950s, they used to call them "dream cars." 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You can watch it on TV.</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2004 15:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>2004 New York Auto Show</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/04/15/pf/autos/ny_carshow_gallery/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/04/15/pf/autos/ny_carshow_gallery/index.htm</guid><description>NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - For a city whose denizens spend more time on the subway than the freeway, New York still manages to grab the automotive spotlight for a few weeks each spring.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2004 20:13:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Lost In Translation The once-zany Tokyo auto show has become a real snooze.</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/11/24/353770/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/11/24/353770/index.htm</guid><description>The biennial Tokyo Motor Show used to be a showplace for the wackiest automotive ideas seen since GM's Futurama exhibit at the 1939 World's Fair. 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That message reverberated through the recent Tokyo Motor Show,...</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 1989 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Lasting Temptation of Buying Collectible Cars ''Muscle cars'' and other recent used-car-lot refugees have sizzled since the </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1988/09/01/84657/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1988/09/01/84657/index.htm</guid><description>When the high-finned '50s Cadillac convertibles started spinning on the auction turntable in Las Vegas this spring, Robie Wayne's head spun too. Wayne, 40, a Cadillac aficionado from Minneapolis, h...</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 1988 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>