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Detroit car show running on empty
Detroit car show running on empty
It’s the biggest event in the world’s biggest auto market, but this year’s Detroit Auto Show comes at a terrible time for the industry. Expect gloom - not glitz - in Motor City, say our correspondents.
By Natacha BUTLER / Nicolas RANSOM (text)
The annual North American International Auto Show in Detroit is the most important car show in the United States, the world’s biggest market for cars and trucks. But the 2009 show, running from January 11-25, comes amid plummeting sales, layoffs and threats of bankruptcy for the Big Three automakers. FRANCE 24’s Nicolas Ransom and Natasha Butler travelled to Detroit to report on the Motor City’s grim future.