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51 AutoData | February 2019 WAITING FOR THE SUMMER? The Detroit Auto Show had 35 thousand less visitors this year, who lost the chance to see in person launches such as the furious Ford Mustang Shelby, with more than 700 hp did not privilege vehicle toxin for all and showed vehicle launches exclusively for NorthAmerican markets. They say that this or that will go to Brazil – bluff!!!: it is only occasional marketing. The figures showed, according to the organizers, the presence of 4,3% less public Disclosure/CES than last year. This year, 774 thousand 179 curious-maniac for car paid a visit to it – 35 thousand less than in 2018. The economic impact of this year’s Auto Showon the me- tropolitan area of the city was estimated, and celebrated, at US$ 430 million. But what had the virtue (for real) of shaking the carcasses of almost seven hundred journalists there was an announ- cement made by Ford and Volkswagen - through their CEOs, Jim Hackett and Herbert Diess – that updated information about the ongoing discussions aimed at a global alliance. Both companies have confirmed the alliance, which will begin with a Ford Ranger shoe on Volkswagen Amarok pickup truck’s foot in America. The other shoewill beworn in Europewith commercial vehicles and the whole agre- ement may even be extended to electric and autonomous vehicles. Since this is the story that caused sleep problems to the executives involved in it and to journalists who want to tell new stories. In recent weeks the subject has come under control of both companies’ legal departments, worried about legal and shareholder rights issues. Attention was also drawn to the order of the companies in the formal announcement: the VW logo appeared ahead of Ford’s - will it indicate something or everything happened by chance? The same sources also emphasized the fact that the agreement had its scope expanded, including areas beyond that ori- ginally discussed, of commercial vehicles. THE DAY Ford made its first appearance at the Detroit Auto Show in 2019, on January 14, which involved the Explorer 2020, Shelby GT500, and a police vehicle, the Police Interceptor. The Explorer gained a “new design, more power and technology”, third row seating with two engines: 3.0 V6 370 hp and 2.3 304 hp, both Ecoboost. The new Shelby, “an exquisite design”, has an engine of more than 700 hp, and