The New England International Auto Show is more of a trade show than a car show. It's sponsored by an auto dealers association, and is as staid and provincial as its host city of Boston. Instead of unveiling new concepts...



Keith Barry

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The annual Nashville International Auto Show 2008 rolls into town from Friday and runs through Sunday, featuring hundreds of new cars, trucks, vans, crossovers and sport utility vehicles at the Nashville Convention Center.

Among highlights of the show will be several concept vehicles and new models that are not yet available in dealer showrooms, including the new 2009 Nissan Maxima that will be built at the automaker's plant in Smyrna.  read more »

The diesels are coming! The diesels are coming!  read more »

What has been an auto-show trend for some time all but ran away with Detroit's North American International Auto Show this year, and the trend will undoubtedly continue in Chicago and New York in the coming months. American and foreign manufacturers painted the town green with talk of their current fuel misers, future alternatives and no small amount of wishful thinking. To separate the truly green from the merely envious, I ran around the show floor in two videos one to the left and one below in which I rated many of the concept and production offerings with green thumb up or green thumb down. To fill in some of the gaps, I've expanded the ratings below. To be clear, I only address cars and technologies introduced at the Detroit show, and I make no claim of comprehensiveness.  read more »

French cars. Caminos. Diesel swaps. Hayabusa swaps. Tatras. Hayabusa-powered diesel Tatraminos reenacting C'tait un Rendezvous . All of these wonderful tropes meta-blend together to make Jalopnik, well, Jalopnik. But what are you driving? Does your car measure up? How would you even know? Lucky for you, you have us! Using advanced hyper-phrenology and the Laws of Planetary Motion as laid down by Johannes Kepler, Tycho Brahe and Brahe's prognosticating pet dwarf Jepp we have arbitrarily scientifically broken down the 10 key aspects that make a car radical. What the hell am I talking about? You ever taken a Cosmo sex quiz? Identifying the ultimate Jalopnik ride is obviously quite difficult. Sure, one could say Citroen SM , but you could just as easily say Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe . And what about a Pontiac Streamliner Deluxe Convertible ? Surely that sucker's plenty Jalopnik enough. But how can you say one is more Jalopnik than the other?  read more »

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[bold]Small cars[/bold]: Dodge Caliber, Honda Civic, Honda Fit, Jeep Compass, Nissan Versa and Solon xB. [bold]Family car[/bold] Ford Fusion, Ford Taurus, Honda Accord, Lincoln MKZ, Mercury Milan, Mercury Sable, Saturn Aura and Toyota Camry/Camry Solara. [bold]Luxury cars[/bold]: Acura TL,