主题：【欣赏】2005年底特律汽车展撷英 -- Highway

汽车展和电影节一样，哪儿哪儿都是，没什么希奇的。但事实上，全世界每年那么多的车展中，只有几个是众目关注的重量级的。就像网球赛的四大满贯一样，车展中也有这么四大满贯（根据Highway我的定义），那就是美国底特律汽车展，日本东京汽车展，德国法兰克福汽车展和日内瓦国际汽车展。这四个车展分别代表了美日德欧这四大汽车集团的最高水准，成了汽车业届的航向标。

在日前举行的2005底特律汽车展上，又有一大批新车，概念车曝光，精彩纷呈，各极其妍。这里是圈内人士对于本届车展的一个总评判。四个大奖分别授予了 --〉

[SIZE=3]最佳表现奖 Best in Show[/SIZE]

2006 Chevrolet Corvette Z06

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The pre-show hubbub played out like a prime-time soap opera (minus the catfight in a fountain), with the scene an Internet rife with leaked photos and rumored power figures, while the specter of goon squads and lawsuits provided the subplot. Yet all the commotion this 21st-century cyber-drama could conjure failed to quash the excitement that bubbled over the crowd when the Chevrolet Corvette Z06 finally rolled across that Detroit stage, especially when accompanied by the deafening roar of a Ron Fellows-piloted matching yellow C6-R in full racing livery. If you've been keeping an eye on this space, then you know the details by now: 500 hp from a 7.0-liter bored and stroked Chevy small-block LS7 V8 (can you say 427-cid?), 475 lb-ft of torque with 11:1 compression; dry-sump lubrication; CNC-ported heads; six-bolt main bearing caps; titanium con-rods and forged-steel crank; Tremec six-speed manual transmission; composite and carbon fiber body panels; hydroformed aluminum frame with aluminum and magnesium chassis bits; 12-inch-wide rear tires and just 3130 pounds at the curb for roughly $65,000. Try buying any Ferrari for that kind of coin, let alone ask one to prance to 60 mph in just 3.5 seconds (remember, the $670,000 Enzo Ferrari is no longer in production). Put another way, the price of just one Porsche Carrera GT will get you six Z06s. Hows that for a Best in Show argument?

[SIZE=3]最佳概念奖 Best Concept[/SIZE]

Chrysler Firepower concept

Looking like a morph of a Chrysler Crossfire and Dodge Viper, the Firepower has us hoping this concept becomes a reality, and it easily could. With the ME Four-Twelve now dead in the water because the business case could not be made for the 12-cylinder supercar, Firepower has a much better chance of making it to your garage, though no production plans have yet been mapped out. Rather than using the Viper V10 engine, Firepower takes advantage of the 6.1-liter 425-hp Hemi V8 and a five-speed automatic with Autostick. That is good enough for a sprint from 0 to 60 mph in less than 4.5 seconds, though Chrysler design boss Trevor Creed says Firepower is more a grand tourer than a mondo sports car. Whatever its called, we can definitely live with it.

[SIZE=3]最重大（生产型）奖 Most Significant[/SIZE]

2006 Honda Ridgeline

No, it doesn't have a Midgate, but the Honda Ridgeline packs more innovation between those slab sides than its Chevrolet Avalanche-reminiscent styling might belie. Look closely: Honda engineers actually integrated the bed into the cab, which means if you were to lift the Ridgelines skirt, you would find unibody construction. Yes, you heard that right. Honda claims the design gives the Ridgeline 20 times the torsional rigidity of a traditional body-on-frame truck. From there, the Ridgeline goes on to replace the traditional steel bed with a composite one. The tailgate is engineered to flip down or swing open, and the whole shebang is put on a four-wheel independent suspension. Payload is 1000 pounds, towing capacity is 5000 pounds. Our favorite feature has to be what Honda calls its In-Bed Trunk, a locking storage compartment built into the floor of the bed with enough volume to swallow three golf bags. In other words, Honda has succeeded at no less than reinventing the notion of what it means to be a pickup truck, and if that weren't significant enough, consider, too, Ridgeline is Honda's first truck and will no doubt strengthen Japan's effort to erode the Big Three's toehold on this money-minting segment.

[SIZE=3]最酷奖 Most Fun[/SIZE]

Jeep Hurricane concept

Our award is called Most Fun, but one editor describes the Jeep Hurricane as winner of the Most Insane category. Guess that depends on your point of view. Fun is something the folks in Auburn Hills seem to have a lot of these days, and it shows in this concept featuring not one, but two 5.7-liter Hemi V8s, each making 335 hp and 370 lb-ft of torque. Each engine sends power to a central transfer case that distributes it to each side of the vehicle rather than to the front or rear axle in a traditional 4wd application. Think skid-steer loader. This setup along with all four wheels that can toe in allows the vehicle to pivot, giving it essentially a zero-turning radius which was nicely demonstrated on the stage inside Cobo Hall. With extremely short front and rear overhangs, the Hurricane, riding on 20-inch rubber, would be a tour de force off-road. Don't expect this in your Jeep dealership any time soon, but Chrysler design chief Trevor Creed says there are applications (such as for the military and some extreme off-road situations) where this technology could be appreciated. As German rockers The Scorpions so eloquently put it, Rock You Like a Hurricane. We cant wait for the SRT-16 version. Ha!