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Dodge Dakota reveal

Dodge Dakota reveal

A DaimlerChrysler exec stands in front of ... the Giant Expanding Brain! No, actually, there's a truck under that balloon.


Buick LaCrosse

Buick LaCrosse

Buick's new mid-fullsized sedan, replacing the Century and Regal. Sorry about the crappy lighting.


Mercury Montego

Mercury Montego

The old name on a new car. Mercury shows off its 2005 Montego, based on the Ford Five Hundred, and to a lesser degree the Volvo S80.


Dodge Dakota

Dodge Dakota

The new Dodge Dakota "midsized" truck is as big as some fullsized pickups were just a few years ago. It bears a strong resemblance to the new Durango, and shares its stylish interior with that SUV.


Buick LaCrosse

Buick LaCrosse

Workers prepare the Buick LaCrosse for its public debut at the Chicago Auto Show.


Hyundai Tucson

Hyundai Tucson

Hyundai's new small SUV at the Chicago Auto Show. It's based on the Santa Fe, with available V6 power.


Hyundai Tucson

Hyundai Tucson

The interior of the Hyundai Tucson features rich-looking appointments that are easily the equal of anything in the small soft-roader class.


Mercury Montego

Mercury Montego

The Montego offers available all-wheel drive, and a design that says nothing so much as "badge-engineered Ford."


Bentley Continental GT

Bentley Continental GT

The inside of the GT is all sumptuous leather and wool carpet ... with matching wood and shiny chrome details. Nicest Volkswagen you've ever seen, eh?


Bentley Continental GT

Bentley Continental GT

Best. Car. Ever.


Subaru Outback

Subaru Outback

Subaru's executives talk up the new Legacy during its reveal at the Chicago Auto Show, February 5th, 2004.


Subaru Outback

Subaru Outback

The 2005 Subaru Outback is a butched-up version of the terrific Legacy wagon coming this year. Shown here at its reveal in Chicago.


Toyota Tacoma

Toyota Tacoma

The Tacoma "X-Runner" concept is a thinly-veiled look at the next Tacoma, due out in '05. It's usefully bigger, and designed to be more "American."