Debut

Another year, another Detroit Auto Show. The public won't pass through the doors of Cobo Hall until Friday, but the world's media have largely departed after two days' worth of press previews. It felt like a somewhat flat show, despite rah-rah coverage in the local press, and it really had only three important global debuts. Big pickup, but lighter The first was the 2015 Ford F-150 full-size pickup truck, the next generation of the highest-selling vehicle in the United States. The new big Ford pickup is big and brash, as always, but its cab and bed are built of aluminum alloy, reducing its...