????夢幻汽車

????受底特律2009年經濟崩潰影響，充滿想象力的概念車或“夢幻”汽車成為較少有人關注的犧牲品。以前大家認為，設計師如果有機會展示自己大膽創想的作品，既能提振士氣，又能為未來車型的開發帶來靈感。不過由于這種車的開發成本動輒上百萬美元，它們變成了一種難以負擔的奢侈品，而今天的所謂概念車往往是即將上市車型的夸張版。其中有一些，比如謳歌的ILX和迷你的John Cooper Works（見上圖）顯得如此束手束腳，幾乎與量產版沒什么區別。由于這些更富創意的車缺席了本屆車展，導致本屆展會的人氣下降不少。

????Dream cars

????One of the less-noticed casualties of Detroit's 2009 economic collapse has been the decline of the fanciful concept or "dream" car. Back in the day, the opportunity for designers to unleash their imaginations was considered good for morale and inspiration for future models. But at a cost of a million dollars or more, they became an unaffordable luxury, and today's concept cars are mostly exaggerated versions of upcoming models. Some, like Acura's ILX and Mini's John Cooper Works (above) are so restrained that they are almost indistinguishable from production models. The absence of more creative efforts sucks some of the energy from the 2014 show's floor.