????夢(mèng)幻汽車(chē)

????受底特律2009年經(jīng)濟(jì)崩潰影響，充滿想象力的概念車(chē)或“夢(mèng)幻”汽車(chē)成為較少有人關(guān)注的犧牲品。以前大家認(rèn)為，設(shè)計(jì)師如果有機(jī)會(huì)展示自己大膽創(chuàng)想的作品，既能提振士氣，又能為未來(lái)車(chē)型的開(kāi)發(fā)帶來(lái)靈感。不過(guò)由于這種車(chē)的開(kāi)發(fā)成本動(dòng)輒上百萬(wàn)美元，它們變成了一種難以負(fù)擔(dān)的奢侈品，而今天的所謂概念車(chē)往往是即將上市車(chē)型的夸張版。其中有一些，比如謳歌的ILX和迷你的John Cooper Works（見(jiàn)上圖）顯得如此束手束腳，幾乎與量產(chǎn)版沒(méi)什么區(qū)別。由于這些更富創(chuàng)意的車(chē)缺席了本屆車(chē)展，導(dǎo)致本屆展會(huì)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.