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CTV.ca Auto-industry gloom hangs over Detroit car show, seven companies The Canadian Press - Jan 7, 2009 Shilling's comment hints at Detroit's real value. All auto shows in North America are organized by local dealers - partly as traffic builders for their Detroit car show running on empty France24 Cockrel gets tour of Detroit Auto Show DetNews.com Greg Migliore: Behind the scenes at the Detroit auto show AutoWeek Examiner.com - MLive. More hybrids, electrics set for Detroit auto show - Detroit Free Press The Gazette (Montreal) More hybrids, electrics set for Detroit auto show Detroit Free Press, United States - 19 hours ago The show also marks the Detroit debut of the latest vehicles to use the sophisticated hybrid system General Motors introduced in its big SUVs last year. A Green Auto Show BusinessWeek The 12 Most Important Cars of 2009 U.S. Auto show includes new Buick Lacrosse to be made at Fairfax plant - Kansas City Star TheCarConnection.com Auto show includes new Buick Lacrosse to be made at Fairfax plant Kansas City Star, MO - 7 hours ago The 2010 Buick Lacrosse luxury sedan premiers Sunday at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit . Production will begin this summer at the Preview: 2010 Buick LaCrosse world debut at Detroit Auto Show Examiner.com GM leverages Chinese success to reinvent LaCrosse The Associated Press LaCrosse redesign could fill tall order Detroit Free Press KCTV5 News - Cars. Did Henry Ford really do this? The four Goldberg brothers, Lowell, Norman, > Hiram, and Max, invented and >>> developed the first automobile air-conditioner. > On July 17, 1946, the >>> temperature in Detroit was 97 degrees. The four > brothers walked into old >>> man >>> Henry Ford's office and sweet-talked his > secretary into telling him that >>> four >>> gentlemen were there with the most exciting > innovation in the auto >>> industry >>> since the electric starter. >>> >>> Henry was curious and invited them into his > office. They refused and >>> instead >>> asked that he come out to the parking lot to > their car. They persuaded >>> him to >>> get into the car, which was about 130 degrees, > turned on the air >>> conditioner, >>> and cooled the car off immediately. > >>> >>> The old man got very excited and invited them > back to the office, where >>> he >>> offered them $3 million for the patent. > >>> >>> The brothers refused, saying they would settle > for $2 million, but they >>> wanted >>> the recognition by having a label, 'The > Goldberg Air-Conditioner,' on the >>> dashboard of each car in which it was > installed. >>> >>> Now old man Ford was more than just a little > anti-Semitic, and there was >>> no way >>> he was going to put the Goldberg's name on two > million Fords. They >>> haggled back >>> and forth for about two hours, and finally > agreed on $4 million and that >>> just >>> their first names would be shown. >>> >>> And so to this day, all Ford air conditioners > show Lo, Norm, Hi, and Max >>> on the >>> controls. >>> >>> So, now you know nfl picks |