Post updated with photos from each press event.

8:47am: I’m up in Chicago today for the first press previrew of the Chicago Auto Show. It should be a fun event, and I’ll try to update this live blog with my thoughts as the day goes on. Stay tuned!

10:20am: Toyota press conference just finished. New 2011 Avalon revealed, and will go on sale this Spring. Focus of the talk was on safety and the pedal fix. Avalon will have the fixed pedal already from the factory. Next up is Honda so we’ll soon see the what… click for full post

Without further ado, let’s wrap up the rest of the 2009 Detroit Auto Show. For those unable to attend this year’s convention, read on to find out what you missed.

No celebrities were on hand to get interviewed by VW’s latest spokesperson… or spokes-car as it were, but I’ve got to hand it to VW for creating a pretty entertaining display. Not only was the original Beetle “Max” there to add a few sound bytes, but so were all of his commercials. Rather than putting random words (see Prius display… click for full post