The Ethanol Papers - Paperturn manuscript - Flipbook - Page 59
2008 LA Auto Show: Is This the Start of the BIG
THREE FAREWELL TOUR?
Originally published November 19, 2008
Los Angeles, San Francisco, Detroit, Chicago, Philadelphia, New York…
sounds like the city stops along a rock band’s national tour; and it could be. But
in this case, these are major cities that make up part of the 2009 model-year
auto show exposition tour that car companies will follow to display their products
to the American public. For the Big Three; General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler;
it could be their farewell tour.
While nearly everyone hopes this won’t be the situation, it doesn’t look particularly promising judging from what the U.S. carmakers unveiled (or more pointedly, didn’t unveil) this week at the Los Angeles Auto Show.
