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Bigger, faster & more expensive: Three trends from the Detroit auto show

The Detroit auto show's press preview days have wound down, but now comes the hard part: Sorting out what was real, and what was just gloss for the thousands of reporters who came to see the latest new vehicles. Sure, who can stop looking at cars like the Ford Mustang 350GTR track toy, or even the Hyundai Santa Cruz pickup — but when we paused to put things in context, we saw three distinct trends coursing through the show.