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It's a small world
Some of the stars at this show in America's heartland are actually from outside the U.S., though they are wearing domestic nameplates. GM Motors unveiled the Saturn Astra, a mildly revised version of the Opel Astra that GM makes in Germany and the Pontiac G8, based on a Holden model in Australia.

Undoubtedly watching this closely, new Ford CEO Alan Mulally is pushing Ford to follow GM's lead in leveraging its global vehicles. Mulally has said Ford may bring some models from Europe to the U.S. Ford's President of the America's said Mulally has given management the marching orders for Ford's global operations to share assets and behave like a global company. Also under Mulally, Ford has appointed a product developing champion along the lines of GM's Bob Lutz.

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