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4:50 pm
Tue January 15, 2013

SLIDESHOW: Workers fight the dust and fingerprints at the Detroit auto show

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Carlos Bryant has been keeping the Bentleys dust and fingerprint free at the Detroit auto show for more than a decade.
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He says media days keep him busy. Reporters are allowed to approach the cars.
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A clean towel and a light polishing solution lifts the fingerprints off.
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It's a constant battle.
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Bryant won't have to go over the cars as often during the public show.
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Keeping the Volvos dust free.
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The feather duster is moving contantly.
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A tool of the trade.
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Keeping the Porsches shiny.
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He saw the dust. I didn't.
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Waiting for dust to fall.
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Taking prints off a Mercedes.
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When you walk onto the showroom floor at the North American International Auto Show, the bright lights and polished shine of the cars surround you.

You'd think a wash, wax, and polish for the cars would be good enough.

I mean, these things are indoors. What can muck them up?

Dust. That's what.

And not just dust... fingerprints too! (for heaven's sake)

So at the North American International Auto Show, you see a small army of people hovering over the cars with feather dusters, a little towel, and a spray bottle.

Carlos Bryant has been keeping the Bentleys looking sharp at the Detroit auto show for more than a decade.

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2:12 pm
Tue January 15, 2013

Jeeps to be built in China, Chrysler and Guangzhou announce deal

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An electric concept car from Chinese automaker GAC Group at the Detoit auto show.
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At the North American International Auto Show today, the Chinese-owned Guangzhou Automobile Group, or GAC Motors, announced plans to build Jeeps to sell in the Chinese market.

GAC Motors is a state-owned automobile business located in the city of Guangzhou in southern China.

More on the announcement from Brent Snavely of the Detroit Free Press:

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9:57 am
Tue January 15, 2013

Ford talks trucks at the Detroit Auto Show

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Ford's new concept truck, the "Atlas."
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Ford is known for putting on a glitzy press conference at the Detroit Auto Show.

The media and auto industry officials filed into Joe Louis Arena to see what the company would unveil.

Company officials spent a good portion of the 25 minute press conference showing off their new line of Transit vans.

But the sparks flew when they lowered their concept truck, the "Atlas," from the ceiling of the arena.

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Why trucks? Well, a good portion of the company's profits come from their truck line, with the Ford F-150 leading the way.

Auto
7:35 pm
Mon January 14, 2013

Nissan in the spotlight (for good and other reasons) at the Detroit Auto Show

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Nissan Leaf
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Nissan found itself in the spotlight at the North American International Auto Show today.  But not entirely for reasons that would please company executives.

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5:57 pm
Mon January 14, 2013

Thomas Edison and Bob Lutz share an awkward moment

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Former auto exec Bob Lutz at the VIA Motors unveiling.
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At the unveiling of the all-electric VIA Motors truck, former auto exec Bob Lutz held a conversation with a holographic presentation of Thomas Edison.

VIA Motors is a privately held electric vehicle development and manufacturing company. The company is working to develop a purely electric truck under the VTRUX brand name.

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