Yahoo Autos Detroit Auto Show 2016: All Of What’s New
Last year’s Detroit auto show made for splashy headlines with the unveiling of a new Ford GT, the production Acura NSX and a pair of Ford Shelby GT350 Mustangs. Barring major surprises, this year is more sedate, and the focus is on practical production cars–crossovers, trucks, a minivan and luxury sedans.
Here’s a list of the major reveals at the 2016 North American International Auto Show, updated as the show progresses:
Periscoping the Detroit Auto Show
Watch Editor-In-Chief Sharon Carty touring the show floor with Periscope. Includes a surprise encounter with Michigan Governor Rick Snyder.
2017 Lincoln Continental
Last year’s Lincoln Continental show car was a sensation, of sorts, imagining an American luxury sedan with enough Bentley touches throughout that Bentley itself was a little put out. Today, Ford took the wraps off the 2017 Continental production car—toned down in most respects, but still designed to offer a quiet alternative to other luxury cars, here and abroad.
2017 GMC Acadia
As for GMC’s new runner, the Acadia looks surprisingly masculine, and meaty. It’s a vehicle I’d drive without shame. That whopping 700 lbs. diet is due in part to a significant shrinking of the SUV, both in terms of length and width, squarely placing it in the midsize crossover division—despite looking similar to the previous generation in pictures.
2017 Honda Ridgeline
The original Honda Ridgeline pickup was, to put it kindly, an oddball. It had its fans who wanted a car-like ride twinned with the ability to haul an occasional payload, but in the tradition-bound U.S. pickup realm, the flying buttress style, relative lack of grunt and relatively high cost all made the Ridgeline one of Honda’s rare miscues.
Yet pickups are such a part of American culture that no automaker the size of Honda can ignore them. Hence the 2017 Honda Ridgeline, a reworked pickup that shows Honda sticking to its new ideas about what pickups should be, while trying to win back some of the buyers it turned off before.
Kia Telluride Concept
Kia has been trying to appeal to ballers—literally—with the LeBron-approved K900, and it’s now targeting the fullsize luxury SUV market with the Telluride Concept. Whimsical and gimmicky features aside, it’s a futuristic concept eying production reality.
2017 Genesis G90
What you see here is the Genesis G90, revealed today at the Detroit auto show. It joins the lineup as its premium luxury flagship, a Mercedes-Benz S-Class rival that will likely save customers at the bank.
Lexus LC
Lexus anointed a new king today at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
The all-new Lexus LC 500 will serve as Toyota’s luxury brand new flagship, dethroning the Lexus LS.
Akido Toyoda, Chief branding officer, said the LC 500 was the product of the LF-LC concept vehicle that debuted in Detroit four years ago. That car was muscular, highly-defined and outrageously sporty. The LC 500 is better.
2017 Infiniti Q60
Based off the well-received Q60 concept, the road-going version keeps most of the good lines while adding a minimum of less-graceful ones. Under the hood, Infiniti will offer one of three power choices—a 208-hp turbo four-cylinder or a all-new 3-liter twin-turbo V-6, tuned to either 300 hp or 400 hp. The seven-speed automatic pairs to either standard rear-wheel-drive or a new all-wheel-drive setup.
Audi H-Tron Quattro Concept
The whole “Clean Diesel” thing didn’t work out too well for Volkswagen, and so its follow up is to cozy with your forgetful side by offering a feast of actual clean vehicles—like all-electric SUVs, and now, a hydrogen-powered ride that can travel 373 miles and be recharged in fewer than four minutes.
Nissan Titan Warrior Concept
What’s the point of a concept truck like this one, the Nissan Titan Warrior? Unveiled today in Detroit, the Titan Warrior is a mostly cosmetic remix of the all-new Nissan Titan XD full-size diesel, with the 5-liter Cummins turbo V-8 left untouched. What was redone instead was the exterior and stance, all meant to show off an off-roading feel that Nissan’s full-size pickup has heretofore not possessed.
