I read a New York Times article today with the following pleasant paragraphs about the Detroit auto show:
“Five manufacturers from China are showing cars here this year, up from one in 2007 and 2006, when Chinese vehicles were first displayed in Detroit.
They are still learning the finer points of auto-showmanship. Their displays tend to be plain and dated. Changfeng Motor’s name was misspelled on trinkets the company gave journalists this week, and it proclaimed in a press release that its display “steps on” the auto show for the second consecutive year.
Guang Ming, meanwhile, suggests on a placard that its tiny, yellow electric cars, with names like The Book of Songs and A Piece of Cloud, are suitable short-range transportation for “renowned environmentalists” like President Bush.
On Monday, the head of a battery maker called Build Your Dreams, which started making cars just five years ago, offered to show a hybrid sedan to a writer from the blog Jalopnik.com. Instead, he provided a mini-test drive, right through a news conference going on nearby.”
The Chinese sure know how to do it!
You’ve been a lazy blogger, lazy lazy!
I’m hosting the Olympics.
Do I win?
China, you’re out when I’m in. But try your luck