Windsor-made Dodge Charger is up for prestigious Car of the Year Award today at the Detroit Auto Show
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In a week where President Donald Trump says the U.S. doesn’t need cars made in Canada, the Dodge Charger Sixpack — made in Windsor, Ont. — is in the running to win car of the year at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit this morning.
The Charger, which started rolling off the line in December, has won several awards so far, including TopGear’s U.S. car of the year and The Detroit News’ vehicle of the year.
It’s one of three finalists for the North American Car of the Year award this morning. The winner will be revealed around 9 a.m.
The nominees are as follows:
Sam Klemet, executive director of the Detroit Auto Show, said he’s pleased to see Windsor-Detroit represented, and vehicles featured that were made in the area.
“We want to honour the men and women that work in this industry,” he said, and who put their “blood, sweat and tears” into designing, engineering and building the vehicles.
“Our show is an opportunity to thank them and celebrate them and their achievements and their work. Having vehicles that are made here in Detroit, in Windsor, it matters.”
U.S. President Donald Trump visited Detroit Tuesday, giving a speech at the Detroit Economic Club. He also toured a Ford plant in Dearborn, Mich.
Trump said during the tour that he wants to see more cars built in the U.S., and that the U.S. doesn’t need vehicles made in Canada or Mexico.
“I want to see Canada and Mexico do well, but the problem is we don’t need their products,” he said.
“We don’t need cars made in Canada. We don’t need cars made in Mexico. We want to make them here and that’s what’s happening.”
The auto show is happening at Huntington Park in downtown Detroit. It’s open to the public Jan. 17-25.
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