Detroit Autoshow

General Motors received a welcoming present to kick off press these days for the 2008 North American International Auto Show, taking home the 2008 North American Car of the Year medal for the Chevrolet Malibu.

"The new Malibu is the best midsized car we've ever ," said Ed Peper, overall manager for Chevrolet, as he received the prize near the shiny blue Malibu on exhibition.

The Malibu is made in Orion Township and in Fairfax, Kan. It's a unlimited looking conduit," Peper said. "It's got noble fuel budget. It's the quietest car in its class."

Last year, GM won North American Car and Truck of the Year for the Saturn Aura and the Chevrolet Silverado.

Auto show highlights
Watch a Flint Journal-produced video of cattle presence driven down the of Detroit for a elevation at the North American International Auto Show this stay.

Cadillac exec talks Flint
John F. Howell, director of comprehensive for Cadillac, talks roughly speaking the Michigan-made Cadillac CTS.
The Mazda CX-9 took home the 2008 North American Truck of the Year, defeat out the Buick Enclave, which geography engines at Flint Engine South, and the Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid.

Finalists for North American Car of the Year contained within the Cadillac CTS, which also structure a Flint-built tank engine, and the Honda Accord.

The awards were chosen by an self-supporting committee of locomotive journalists in the United States and Canada.