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Day two of the New York International Auto Show continued the theme started Wednesday: trucks, lux, megabucks — and fuel economy that sucks.
This week in Aichi, Japan, Toyota Motor Corp.'s straight-outta-outer-space I-Unit — an adjustable, ion-lithium powered personal pod vehicle — will scoot freely around that city's Expo 2005 amid bands of trumpets and avant-garde robots.
If the automakers knew that gasoline prices would be climbing into the stratosphere during the New York International Auto Show, they might have elected to introduce some different models. The first day saw roughly 10 brands introduce luxury models and performance variants — the thirstiest vehicles this side of an offroad course.
In the heat of the annual college basketball tournament, the New York International Auto Show adds to March Madness with an early start -- on the same day Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus brings its clowns and elephants to Madison Square Garden nearby.
