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Auto Central Louisville KY, December 18, 2011; Each week Larry Nutson, The Auto Channel's Chicago Bureau Chief, along with Steve Purdy and Thom Cannell from The Auto Channel Detroit Bureau give you the past week's automotive news highlights you may have missed. If you are a car nut like we all are here you can easily "catch up" on not only this past weeks automotive news but the past 16 years 876,342 automotive stories, articles, reviews, rants and raves by just searching for the subject you are interested in The Auto Channel's Automotive News Archive ...get smart, have fun see ya next week LN.
* As we get closer to the 2012 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, more and more new product news is streaming into the media. Various reports say that Honda's Acura luxury brand will unveil an unprecedented three new vehicles -- including the long-awaited successor to its legendary NSX exotic sports car -- on Jan. 9 at the show. Acura also will reveal its new ILX compact sport sedan and the 2013 model of its RDX crossover SUV at the show.
* We also got a look at the sixth-generation Mercedes-Benz SL roadster scheduled to be unveiled next month at the Detroit auto show. The 2013 SL will have a new, all-aluminum body shell that will weigh 275 pounds less.
* The Ford Focus, Hyundai Elantra and Volkswagen Passat are finalists for the 2012 North American Car of the Year, and the BMW X3, Honda CR-V and Range Rover Evoque are finalist for the Truck of the Year. Three fuel-sipper cars and no "real truck".
* Ford Motor Co. will tap about 1,000 employees to test a software upgrade to MyFordTouch before it rolls out the latest version of the infotainment system on 2013 model vehicles. This week employees received a USB flash drive with the new software to conduct a month-long beta test of the system that addresses concerns consumers have expressed with the current system. Ford said the upgrade will make the system simpler, faster and more reliable.
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We also got a look at the sixth-generation Mercedes-Benz SL roadster scheduled to be unveiled next month at the Detroit auto show. The 2013 SL will have a new, all-aluminum body shell that will weigh 275 pounds less. * The Ford Focus, Hyundai Elantra
Auburn Hills hurting financially by idled Detroit Pistons | Michigan ...
Many fans of professional basketball are disappointed that the ongoing contract dispute between players and owners may end up canceling this year’s NBA season. But in Auburn Hills, the home of the Detroit Pistons, disappointment is turning into desperation.
Many businesses in Auburn Hills rely on the 41 games the Pistons play at the Palace each season. Pete Auger is the Auburn Hills city manager. He says the local economy supported by the games is more than just the thousand people who work at the Palace.
“You also have restaurants and bars that thrive off of those dates that you get 20-22,000 people coming to one location.